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Thursday, October 22, 2009

PSN, XBLA: Toki To Go Ape Spit On Xbox Live Arcade?

Golgoth Studios have taken it upon themselves to recreate Toki, a classic 1989 arcade game and one nobody expected to make a return.

The original game, made by the now-defunct TAD Corporation, followed Toki, a man-turned-ape with the ability to spit a variety of Flem at enemies - a mixture of platforming and shmup gameplay which was not very relevant back in that decade.

The game hasn't particularly aged well graphics wise, so Golgoth Studios have upped the ante by giving the game a complete makeover, which looks spectacular. I'm not quite convinced that a straight remake is the answer, but we'll see if the developer decided to change things up a bit and improve on the original.

The game is currently looking to come to the PC and the Xbox Live Arcade, however the game has not been given the green light for XBLA just yet, so if it doesn't get the go-ahead it may appear on other platforms. We'll hopefully hear the official word soon.

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