Clockwork Aquario revived and coming 2020 (PS4, Switch)

[ZenithianHero]

Originally in development on Sega's System 18 arcade board, Westone cancelled Clockwork Aquario after failed location tests. Strictly Limited and ININ have now licensed a publishing deal with Sega and LAT to bring the game out officially. Former Westone staff will also help in restoring missing sound and graphics in the source code.

The game will be available for PS4 and Switch sometime in 2020.


www.gematsu.com/2020/06/clockwork-aquario-cancelled-westone-bit-entertainment-arcade-game-from-1992-coming-to-ps4-and-switch-in-2020

[toei]

I really like the sprites, even if I can see why the game failed these tests. I would have passed it up if I saw it in an arcade. Platformers are not a good arcade genre, and the game itself doesn't really look my type. But I've still got enough curiosity left that I'll probably watch a trailer or some gameplay footage down the line to make sure.

[ZenithianHero]

Reading up on the game, Unseen had a player's impressions from the location test that the original build was far too hard while the later build was too easy.
I begin to wonder if Westone could have just port what they had to Genesis or Sega CD, save them some frustration. Then again, they were not developing arcade games after this game gotten cancelled...

[dsparil]

It'll be interesting to see how it turned out. I've been waiting for this for quite some time as it was originally teased 2 and a half years ago!

[Dracula on a bike]

Here's a short snippet of gameplay footage (posted on Famitsu magazine's YouTube channel, and linked to from here):

[ommadawnyawn2]

No steam release?

[KGRAMR]

Dec 18, 2020 16:13:02 GMT -5 ommadawnyawn2 said:

No steam release?

That might depend on how successful the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 release proves to be. People are also buying CA to rip the .ROM and make it playable on MAME, at least that's one of the things i'm assuming...

[ommadawnyawn2]

Right, I guess that's my hope at the moment though I wouldn't mind buying.

[Dracula on a bike]

FWIW: the "Original Soundtrack" CD (i.e. not the "Remix" one) that Strictly Limited Games included as an optional bonus item has some differences from the downloadable version of the soundtrack album that Project EGG released in 2006. The Strictly Limited Games version's running time is about 11 minutes longer overall (because some sections of the tracks loop more times), and its audio mastering is different (louder, and seems to be EQed differently / bass-boosted).