The 90's Arcade Racer

[lucadp89]

It's been months if not years we are waiting . Can you give us some indicative information on the release date? Thank you

[Archetype Hisui]

Yes Pelikan, update us on this thing. The lack of info is seriously worrying.

Months go by with no info, and with how this game (The TakeOver) suddenly came up, it's all pointing to some internal issues (dev relationship fallout, mismanaging funds/lack of funds, platform licensing issues etc).

Even with the videos which showcase the game running well, at this point we can simply tell that something has gone wrong.


Just tell us something.

[The Cooper's Corner]

Damn. I was about to buy this game and now I read this. :(
What exactly happened here?

[pelikan13x]

hey Genki, 90s Arcade Racer is still my priority and it's close to being complete, I will do a kickstarter update soon explaining where the game is.

The game grew in scope during the kiskstarter campaign with Nicalis's involvement and we did face several challenges that led to delays during development but that was purely technical, nothing to do with mismanaging funds or problems within the team.

[Deathsnake]

Nice to hear. Also now support this one. Thank you sir.

[itchy tasty]

No offense, Pelikan, but you've been promising that for years and your updates are painfully thin on the ground.

(FWIW, I do love The Takeover though)

[sjow]

Originally posted by pelikan13x:

[...] I will do a kickstarter update soon explaining where the game is.[...]

You promised this a month ago. Do you have any info (like a release date) on '90s Arcade Racer'?

[itchy tasty]

THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sort it out, Pelikan. I just want more regular updates FFS. After all this time it's not exactly too much to ask.

[Gromber]

this is a forum for TakeOver, but yes, i want more info of 90s arcade racer

[The Cooper's Corner]

Does the Arcade Racer thingy has a website of its own? I saw a couple of videos for it and it looks like Daytona USa on this gen. I would preorder that in a heartbeat!

[sjow]

Originally posted by Gromber:

this is a forum for TakeOver [...]

I know, but this is the only place I can comment where I know that pelikan13 is active. I'm no Kickstarter-backer (thank you Paypal) so I cannot comment there.

[sjow]

Originally posted by Erron Black:

[...] I would preorder that in a heartbeat!

Well, the Kickstarter-backers get refunded by the dozen. So I don't think preordering would be a good idea ;)

[AlwaysFun]

To Pelikan:

I am a developer too and I can tell you only this and I hope you'll take it to you heart:

Jumping from one game development to another as a single person with some help of others isn't very wise. Thinking of getting the "big success" with a steam game or maybe simply driven by the emotion of "ever wanted to do that game too" is a neck breaker as well.

You have created a hell of a great game with 90's arcade racer and you should invest 150% of your time and energy into the finalization of it! The WiiU is lacking on good games and even both games do more fit to a console like the WiiU than to PC. It would be a big jump for WiiU users to have access to a game like the 90's arcade racer! Also you could go with this gem to greenlight as well. I really advice you to go for the racer on PC and WiiU and I promise you will earn what you ever dreamed of! Put the idea of mobile platforms behind and finish that game!

I don't want to get personally, but I can imagine what life you are living. You don't intend to be a 100% "fun for business" developer, otherwise the game would be out already. Working on serveral games in the beginning, even as a big company - isn't the right way. You have born a baby and It's the 90's racer - NOT TakeOver! And you should care for the game for the next 3 years to make it bigger, stronger and more more popular! Only then you will earn what you have ever dreamed of! Maybe you give a sh!t... i don't know. But that would make you arrogant.

I also created a baby and it was getting to big for two developers, that's why I buried the project. But you do a racing game that has already its main gameplay working! Our gameplay issues where more than complicated as in your project!
Think of it...years have past and the time goes by. The users except safety when they start showing interest on your project. You don't even need to show the game, just finish it and show it afterwards to all the media - if you think you can't manage the community side. But posting stuff to get motivated for a certain of time isn't the right way! 90's arcade racer IS the game and it needs to be finished! There is nothing that can stop you, except yourself!

And f...ck.... the hell - stop smoking man!

[itchy tasty]

In retrospect, putting out another game and releasing barely any info about your crowdfunded original one, was always going to end up with a thread like this...

Originally posted by Antigollos:

And f...ck.... the hell - stop smoking man!

- Haha, true dat

[Arach]

Hey Pelikan,can you confirm or deny that the PC and WiiU versions of 90s Arcade Racer have been canned in favor of PS4/XB1 releases?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1217095

Because its looking really bad right now. I´m a backer and if this is the case I will be wanting a refund.

[Gromber]

WTF!