I think a lot of people in the gaming community laughed when a Sega Genesis game, Pier, was released by an independent developer in 2010. This RPG was a love letter to an RPG long past and thanks to Kickstarter the developer hopes to port the game to current gen consoles including the Xbox 360, Wii U and… the Sega Dreamcast?
Originally the developer aimed to bring the game to all platforms using the original 2010 graphics but as the project’s funding grew and grew their vision became more ambitious. For those of you wondering how such a project could possibly live on a platform like the Dreamcast, which has long been dormant, the answer is quite simple. Due to the systems Windows CE operating systems porting the game should be quite easy. In fact many different homebrew games have gained prominence on the internet, especially amongst collectors, who snatch up the games that are burnt (or pressed) on to CDRS, bundled with instruction books and command a price close to that of modern retail games.
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- 145k – Japanese Translation: Pier Solar HD now translated in Japanese, on every single platform.
- 150k – Dreamcast Extras: 16×9 Widescreen support, VMU integration, VGA support: We are sweetening up the Dreamcast version with everything we can think of. VGA will look stunning, and with 16×9 support it will be the perfect match. We aren’t leaving out anything and thats why your VMU will be integrated with Pier Solar.
- 160k – Pier Solar HD Directors Cut: We are going to add in tons of stuff we left out of the final version of Pier Solar due to technical limitations on the original SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis cartridge. We’re talking tons of new sidequests, mini games, and never-before-heard songs.
- 10+ new sidequests.
- 4+ new minigames with 2-4 player action.
- New battle features.
- 175k – Pier Solar HD for Android & OUYA: Pier Solar HD for Android devices and the OUYA.
- 200k – Pier Solar HD for Wii U: Pier Solar HD for the Nintendo Wii U.
For more on Pier HD, head over to their Kickstarter page!
Source: VG24/7