The classic 1990s game Croc: The Legend of Gobbos is getting a remaster. Joining the likes of Spyro, Crash, and Banjo & Kazooie, Croc will be seeing an upgraded remaster at some point. Former lead of Argonaut and series creator Jez San said that while it's very early on to announce, "Croc HD" has begun development. Croc, while it never had much staying power, the original game sold over 3 million copies, performing on-par with other beloved games back in the day.

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[M7L7NK7]

What a croc

 

[lucasdaolio]

I remember that I played 3 stages, but it was very fun to solve the puzzle to get more items. But I hope they fix de 90s 3D camera problem, or at least make it have some button to tilt a little

 

[stanleyopar2000]

I learned so many curse words watching my brother play this and dying to the bean shit in the desert world

 

[PopcornSweetie]

I played this as a kid, very excited to see it back!

 

[DarkCoffe64]

Well, cool, more games like these should get the remastermake treatment, games that were alright, but with a bit more polish, could've been even better.

Now, while my suggestion doesn't maybe really need it... Tombi/Tomba next? :V

 

[HarveyHouston]

I've never played this title, and I've played a lot of 3D games from that time period. Maybe I'll find a cartridge from a thrift store (or online) and give it a try.

 

[Vorde]

Wait until we hear about the Jaz Jackrabbit remake a few months from now

 

[krakenx]

The soundtrack was good, but I never could get past the controls. I played Mario 64 first and Croc's controls are so bad in comparison. I originally played it on PSEmuPro at like 5fps, and it actually played better that way... I went back and played it on RetroArch recently and even rewind doesn't save it.

I'll definitely be picking up the remake if they fix the controls.

 

[shadow1w2]

Loved the original on my Saturn and have been replaying the PSX version on handhelds now and then.
The controls could be fixed up in a remake but I hope they don't change too much to keep some difficulty with the platforms.
Would be a shame not to have that flip he does in the first game.
Wouldn't mind more stages either.
The sequel would also be nice for a remake and I'd hope this could lead to a third to make it a trilogy.

Been hoping to see something with Croc for a long time like a GoG release but this will do just fine.

 

[K3Nv2]

i remember this terrible slow and clunky controls. hope they fix all that. was also the KING of loading times!

That'll be fixed in the next patch.

 

[FAST6191]

Wait until we hear about the Jaz Jackrabbit remake a few months from now

There was a GBA reboot.

Also https://www.moddb.com/mods/jazz-jackrabbit-doom-tc

 

[RichardTheKing]

Dafaq is this load of Croc?

Where's my Ratchet & Clank remastered trilogy? Like how bloody-ass Spyro got Reignited, and fuck-difficult Crash became N-Sane (and a more faithful fourth game too, and a remastered racing game - which had monetisation added post-release)? Gimme R&C already Sony/Insomniac!

 

[MasterPanda]

I liked Croc but I don't think it's remaster worthy (on the level of Spyro or Crash) ...

btw, WHEN THE HELL did they announce/make an official Banjo & Kazooie Remaster???

 

[FAST6191]

btw, WHEN THE HELL did they announce/make an official Banjo & Kazooie Remaster???

2008 for the xbox 360, and returned for the Rare Replay collection in 2015.

 

[Bladexdsl]

btw, WHEN THE HELL did they announce/make an official Banjo & Kazooie Remaster???

lol years ago it even has proper stop n swop ability where you can take items from one game into another like it was origially supposed to be before nintendo threw a fit and said they couldn't do it.

 

[InsaneNutter]

Croc was the first game I ever owned on the PC, it got pretty difficult from what I remember. However my 3D gaming experience was lacking as a kid back then!

I seem to remember the original release I had never supported Direct X so it wasn't possible to play it once upgrading our PC's GPU, however their looks to be a Direct X patch, so might be a good excuse to re visit the game.

Wait until we hear about the Jaz Jackrabbit remake a few months from now

I'd buy it!

Someone has reimplemented JJ2 so you can play it on various platforms including your web browser: http://deat.tk/jazz2/wasm/

Android and Xbox (UWP) are also supported: https://github.com/deathkiller/jazz2

 

[Kioku]

So… I don’t know about you, but I don’t think of Croc in any capacity when I think 90s platformer mascots…

 

[eyeliner]

Why are people asking for remasters of games not made by Argonaut?
Are they ill informed?

 

[Dragozard]

Gex comeback when?

 

[The Real Jdbye]

It deserves it and I think it's much needed. IIRC the original didn't have analog stick support on PC, and the game (as well as its sequel) uses tank controls, which needless to say do not work very well for a platformer.
So, there is a lot a remaster could do to improve upon the original.
I love the original, but I never actually beat it, though I got quite far. Could never get used to the controls and I guess at some point they just made it too frustrating to play the game. It was slow and clunky. I hope the remaster will offer a more traditional control scheme, at least as an option. Even if it makes the game easier, a game's difficulty shouldn't be due to bad controls.

Apparently there is a fan made remaster already that fixes some things such as analog support, and adds support for higher resolutions. Not sure how I missed that. Let's see if they can do a better job with the official remaster than fans already did.