Retro Specialist Digital Eclipse Asks Fans What It Should Make Next — And They Have a Lot of Ideas

Digital Eclipse, the studio behind remasters of retro games like The Disney Afternoon Collection, The Lion King, Aladdin, Blizzard Arcade Collection, and more is asking fans what games they’d like to see remastered next.

“With Digital Eclipse in a funded situation, I’d love to hear your thoughts on what games we should go after,” said studio head Mike Mika following a wildly successful crowdfunding campaign that raised almost $7.5 million as of mid-July, first spotted by TheGamer. “Our mission is to re-release, re-master and re-imagine. This means not only documentaries, museums, game improvements but also sequels and more. We’re funded! Let’s go!”

Fans quickly poured into Mika’s Twitter mentions to request vastly different games.

Giant Bomb’s Jeff Gerstmann (correctly) requested a remaster of 1984’s Cloak & Dagger, the game based on a thriller film starring E.T.’s Henry Thomas. Mika responded to Gerstmann suggesting he’s always wanted to make a remaster collection of games based on cult hit films.

“You know me more than I know myself,” Mika said. “In all hinsty [sic], I’ve dreamed of the Movie Game game Collection for years: Superman 3, Bishop of Battle, Last Starfighter, Cloak and Dagger etc or the Simpsons Game Game Collection of all their fictional games.”

The beloved Marvel vs. Capcom fighting game series was another common request from fans, with a particular focus on Marvel vs. Capcom 2.

Both of these masterpieces https://t.co/6V4BbWraZz pic.twitter.com/as2zr77Usa

— H?️O|TorriK0 (@TorriK0) July 18, 2021

Skies of Arcadia, the classic JRPG, was another popular request being led by Easy Allies’ Daniel Bloodworth. Considering one of the original developers is urging fans to ask Sega to greenlight a sequel, maybe this could be the push needed?

Beyond Marvel vs. Capcom, another popular fighting game request was the Soul Calibur series. Digital Eclipse previously remastered Samurai Shodown’s SNK collection and the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary collection, so it’s entirely possible.

A Soulcalibur collection featuring the first four games in the series (Soul Blade, SC, SCII, SCIII) would be nice, similar to the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, especially if it included a re-release of Soulcalibur III Arcade Edition. pic.twitter.com/NrCKVhZv60

— Mach5Mike (@Mach5Mike) July 17, 2021

Notably, Mika includes re-releases, remasters, and “re-imagined” games to the list of possibilities, implying that Digital Eclipse may go beyond what their previous projects have entailed. It’s also worth noting that part of Digital Eclipse’s business strategy is offering bonus materials, like concept art, design docs, or even documentaries about the games they remaster. In addition to that, Digital Eclipse tends to update each game with modernized controls.

Digital Eclipse was founded in 1992 and made a name for itself initially through emulations of popular classic arcade games like Joust and Defender. The company was relaunched in 2015 with a specific focus on preservation and game history, utilizing the skills of folks like of Frank Cifaldi (Video Game History Foundation), Drew Scanlon (Giant Bomb, Cloth Map), and Chris Kohler (formerly Wired).

Digital Eclipse does make its own games from time to time. The studio recently made a free-to-play 2D pixel art arcade beat-em-up based on Space Jam: A New Legacy.

Let us know what you’d like to see from Digital Eclipse in the comments.

Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer for IGN.