News: Masaya, Chou Aniki, Retro gaming music

June 01, 2007, 03:23 AM

by Zepy, via Dengeki Online -
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Game company Extreme has popped out of nowhere and announced that they have acquired the Masaya brand label [Recap's note: Actually this agreement is a few months old now; Motoroader was released for the VC back in January under license from Extreme] and have revealed that they have a top secret Chou Aniki project going. Chou Aniki is a famous side scrolling shooter that goes all the way back to the PC-engine days.

According to Dengeki Online, they will be releasing their older games on the Wii virtual console too, so fans of the Langrisser series probably have something to look forward to (not to mention Schbibinman!).

Extreme also started a band called PSG apparently, and as the name of the band suggests, they use sounds from the 8-bit gaming era for their music. The site has a short sample of their music so take a look if you're interested.