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Ecco the Dolphin Creator settles lawsuit with Sega, series could resurrect

Ed Annunziata and SEGA have resolved the legal dispute on the series of Ecco the Dolphin: whether it's an encouraging sign for the possible return of the saga?

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Fist4achin3097d ago

Ecco was a cool game. Very calming and chill. It would be insane on VR.

Miss_Weeboo3097d ago

It wasn't calming and chill, unless you were swimming with your dolphin brothers and sisters in the first level before the kidnapping, after that it was a freaking nightmare! Hard game, very nerve breaking

Fist4achin3097d ago

The atmosphere and mood. I know it was about conveying messages of antipollution and anti-cruelty of marine life, but you were solving problems and doing good positive things for your pod and in a broader sense the ocean environment in general. It wasn't absolute chaos like your typical fps shooter...that's all I meant.

Auron3097d ago

Maybe the sega cd music was calming everything else was angering. Never played the dreamcast/PS2 ver. Though...

Auron3097d ago

Yeah.. lol like sega would even touch the ecco ip! like they touch any of their other ips for that matter!

Miss_Weeboo3097d ago

Isn't that the truth? I wanna see a new Nights, Skies of Arcadia, Phantasy Star, Jet Radio.
Sega: when are you finally gonna realize how awesome you were?

FlyingFoxy3097d ago

I guess it's always a possibility that they hope to get back to making consoles again and have a ton of great games for it, would at least explain why they are doing so little with all those good titles under their belt currently.

rainslacker3097d ago

Maybe environmentalism will make a comeback and I can see them trying to cash in. People care less about the environment nowadays though, and spend more time trying to figure out who's wronging them personally in some way. I'd imagine some game could be made based on that premise.

3-4-53097d ago

The music in this game is beautiful.

Auron3097d ago

True that! Have you ever heard the Sega CD versions?

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Six Times When Games Turned Into A Horror Game

Ever play a game a game only to discover at some point it transforms into a horror game? No? Well Netto's Game Room shares six games that do just that!

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P_Bomb36d ago

Immediately thought of the El Dorado zombie dudes in Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune.

raWfodog36d ago (Edited 36d ago )

Not necessarily a ‘horror’ moment, but I remember feeling really tense and anxious when the Flood were first introduced in the original Halo. I never felt more on edge or nervous in that whole game as that moment. I think it was the whole buildup that something terrible was coming but you didn’t know exactly what.

Another non-horror game that had me feeling it was Subnautica. The deep dark depths, and knowing that sea monsters were lurking nearby, had me jumping at every sound.

NettosGameRoom35d ago

That scene where you first see them attack is pretty crazy!

Relientk7735d ago

I remember being scared of the Asylum level in the most recent Thief game from 2014.

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Cross time and space to save your pod - Ecco the Dolphin: An Underwater Classic

"Ecco the Dolphin is a classic exploration game where we meet a pod of dolphins who are innocently swimming around. Suddenly, great winds pick up and sweep everyone away. With their whereabouts unknown, Ecco embarks on a journey to find them." - Alex Legard from Video Chums

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Rebel_Scum1510d ago

There’s a good article somewhere on the net showing some of the dev designer documents for this game. The level of detail they put into creating fish, coral, rocks etc was pretty amazing for its time.

Its a classic game that never gets old for. But seriously to hell with Welcome to the machine. That level and the one before it suck.

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5 Unsettling Boss Fights in Retro Games (That Made Me Question My Gaming Decisions)

Whether you have real Mike Tyson and pixelated Mike Tyson fighting for the title of “scariest human being” or you’re questioning reality thanks to a malevolent Creator, it’s safe to say that some retro game bosses are just...unsettling. :-|

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Aghashie1949d ago (Edited 1949d ago )

Definitely missed Giygas from Earhbound 2 on that list. That boss gave me nightmares when I was a kid. Finished the game way later as a grown up and holy cows, the boss still gave me the hebejebes 😂