Toki is back

Driftwood
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 | 11:10 AM
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Old gamers like me will shed a tear of joy when they learn that the French developpers of Golgoth Studio are currently working on a remake of Toki, one of the great classics of the late eighties and early nineties. For those of you who weren't born at the time of the Golden Age of video gaming, Toki deals with the adventure of a poor young man who has been turned into a monkey by a mean sorcerer by the name of Vookimedlo. The evil sorcerer also kidnapped the hero's girlfriend and the game is about this quest towards humanity and love - the kind of pitch you don't see that often nowadays. There seems to have been quite a huge amount of work done in redesigning the game's looks and the first images are rather exciting. The game has just been announced on XBLA and PC for the moment.

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alimokrane

Commented on 2009-10-20 11:19:37

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSS!!! Oh my god, totally forgot about this... abso-freakin-AWESOME!

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upsnake

Commented on 2009-10-20 11:52:21

yeeeeeeees

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VaBu

Commented on 2009-10-20 11:52:58

WOW :O, totally did not expect to ever hear from Toki again.. :D!
I played it back in the days on my much beloved Atari Lynx, hehe.. Though, I never made it to the end of the game; to hard and frustrating at the time (didn't have the patience to keep trying back then ;))

The remake looks awesome, so far!! Hope the animations will be good as well

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Megido

Commented on 2009-10-20 11:55:14

Hahaha, didn't see that one coming ;)
I had this on the genesis, and i must say i have mixed feelings about this. The nostalgia is pretty high, but was the game really that good?

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Suil

Commented on 2009-10-20 12:15:07

They should revamp more of those classic titles. I mean 3D looks fantastic... but 2D HD graphics are beautiful too. So many old 2D games would look so damn good today!

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Ajsomfan

Commented on 2009-10-20 12:26:54

2d-hd for the win!

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zorniki

Commented on 2009-10-20 12:48:50

sweeeet. dont know how many coins fell to their death for this game back then...

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bleachedsmiles

Commented on 2009-10-20 13:47:05

pleased to see they're actually putting in the effert of re-doing these old games for arcade (sega take note).

Looking forward to seeing Earthworm jim

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2PintsOfInsulin

Commented on 2009-10-20 13:52:21

Oh Wow! I had this on my Amiga, brilliant little game (hard as bastards, but hey, all the challenge is gone from games nowadays). HD remake looks brill.

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tuwdc

Commented on 2009-10-20 13:59:47

my brother loved this game back on mega drive. and the new graphics look awesome!!!!

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dialMforMike

Commented on 2009-10-20 14:01:17

So the 2009 Toki has traded his Nike's for Puma's, how times change indeed! Shame PSN is being left out.

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Fenrir

Commented on 2009-10-20 14:10:03

I wish someone would remake TIE Fighter, all these old platformers are nice and all... but that was the king of all games.

I suppose Mechwarrior will have to suffice for now.

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wafze

Commented on 2009-10-20 17:09:19

where is turrican 2 HD? amiga days back on newgen

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Jollipop

Commented on 2009-10-20 17:26:11

All I can say is wow, I loved this game back in the day lol

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LEBATO

Commented on 2009-10-20 19:11:42

Talk about face lift, I remember playing this at the arcades.

EDIT: I'd love to see Flashback for Genesis turned into 2D HD

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CloudXIV

Commented on 2009-10-20 21:31:37

Please, please bring it to psn as well. I loved toki so much when I was a little boy.

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Megido

Commented on 2009-10-20 23:59:46 In reply to LEBATO

Posted by LEBATO

Talk about face lift, I remember playing this at the arcades.

EDIT: I'd love to see Flashback for Genesis turned into 2D HD

Screw that, remake Another World instead :D

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Driftwood

Commented on 2009-10-21 09:05:16 In reply to Megido

There has already been an HD version of Another World on PC.

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iosomewhere

Commented on 2009-10-21 11:27:56

Looks much better then the new Rocket Knight ! This is the way to remake it,2D HD is awesome !

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Megido

Commented on 2009-10-21 16:25:40 In reply to Driftwood

Posted by Driftwood

There has already been an HD version of Another World on PC.

I knew someone would mention that but it doesn't count, i want a full remake with new graphics and everything. Maybe some tweaked gameplay to make the game a little less confusing as well ;)

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zlimness

Commented on 2009-10-21 17:10:10

oh shit, I remember this game. Played it on arcade. The remake actually looks pretty fresh, but I'll always prefer the old version. Can't wait to play it again.

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NoGood

Commented on 2009-10-24 04:15:40 In reply to Fenrir

Posted by Fenrir

I wish someone would remake TIE Fighter, all these old platformers are nice and all... but that was the king of all games.

I suppose Mechwarrior will have to suffice for now.

TIE fighter would rock. Never played toki though.

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