Atari Is Bringing Jeff Minter's 'Akka Arrh' Arcade Game Back
Remaking the legendary developer’s canceled ‘80s wave-shooter.
Atari has just released the official trailer for Akka Arrh, a modern remake of legendary game developer Jeff Minter’s unreleased 1982 arcade game.
The original project was scrapped before its release due to feedback from game testers, who claimed the game was too hard to play. The new Akka Arrh, which will be executed by Minter’s software house, LLamasoft, will be honoring the prototype with its creative vision in a brand-new psychedelic wave-shooter game. Like the original, the remake will span 50 levels of pure arcade bliss in Jeff Minter’s signature humor and synthwave-esque aesthetics. Additionally, the game will also provide adjustability for light-sensitive players to tone down or disable the intensity of its trippy visuals.
Scheduled for release in early 2023, Akka Arrh will be available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch as well as the Atari VCS. In the meantime, you can preview the game in the official trailer above.
Legendary game developer Jeff Minter brings his unique, retro-fueled mayhem to Atari’s mysterious Akka Arrh.
Desperately fight off waves of enemies as you manage two planes of fast-moving combat. pic.twitter.com/1ppl3Mc3p2
— Atari (@atari) December 7, 2022
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