“I haven’t seen you in 20 years my 8 bit friend. Let’s fight”

Many of you may have seen trailers or screenshots for Dark Void, an upcoming release developed by Airtight Games and published by Capcom. Jammed packed with the usual sci-fi fare, Dark Void is a slick looking game that has you zooming around on a jet pack fighting an alien race called the Watchers. What you may not know is Dark Void is a remake of a game that was never released!

Well, not really, but Capcom have impressively gone to the effort of creating a legend around the game for the release of their retro downloadable version. The story, revealed on Capcom Unity, is that work on Dark Void commenced in the 1980s. Then titled, Dark Rift the game was a platformer-come-shooter that aimed to push the limitations of gaming as we knew it. Unfortunately they pushed the boundaries a little too far, creating the need to develop a chipset for each cartridge so the NES could cope with the graphics. They took a little too long and the SNES console made Dark Void obsolete. A sad team at Capcom decided to take their bat, ball, cartridges and chipsets home, rather than release a version for the SNES.

Now with the remake on the verge of release, Capcom have renewed their enthusiasm for the original project. This lost gem will be available for download on DSiWare this month. You can play Rusty in all of his 8-bit glory as he fights his way through the Void to defeat those nasty Watchers.