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A 38-year-old NES platformer is getting a Steam remake by its original husband-and-wife team, as the pair's 'final major game product'

Games get remade for all sorts of reasons, but I think you'd struggle to find one with as heartwarming a basis as this.

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The Battle of Olympus, a side‑scrolling platformer first released for the NES in 1988, will receive a remake on Steam early next year. The remake is being developed by the game’s original creators, programmer Yukio Horimoto and artist Reiko Oshida (now Horimoto), who were romantically involved during the original’s development. This project is described as the pair’s final major game product.

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