A pair of 2D horizontal shoot ’em ups are gearing up for an additional revival courtesy of ININ Video games. The writer introduced plans to carry each The Legend of Metal Empire and Over Horizon to Nintendo Swap and PlayStation 4 in early 2024.

The Swap model of The Legend of Metal Empire will contact down first on Swap in January, then PS4 at a later date. Following the 1992 Sega Mega Drive and 2004 Sport Boy Advance Metal Empire video games by HOT-B, this one is an HD remaster based mostly on the PC model with some further options. These embody reworked controls, high-definition visuals, and a leveling system that enhances each your energy and the resilience of your enemies relying on what number of objects you accumulate.

Additionally included within the bodily Metal Empire Chronicles from Strictly Restricted, The Legend of Metal Empire will probably be out there bodily and digitally on Swap. Right here’s a trailer: 

Over Horizon is a non secular successor of types, with growth from HOT-B and the co-director of Metal Empire. This entry wasn’t launched exterior of Japanese and PAL territories, so followers of the sequence all over the world will quickly have the ability to test it out on Swap and PS4. Over Horizon is at the moment penciled in for someday in early 2024 for each platforms. 

If you happen to’re in search of probably the most complete assortment, that Strictly Restricted launch nonetheless has a handful of LE Swap variations in inventory. It contains the Metal Empire HD remaster, in addition to the Mega Drive and Sport Boy Advance variations, and the NES model of Over Horizon. You received’t discover the 3DS model there, although, so that you’ll have to stay to the second dimension.