DUX (video game)
DUX is an independently developed scrolling shooter video game by German studio HUCAST.Net & KTX Software Development. for the Sega Dreamcast. The game was released on July 17, 2009 worldwide. There is also a 500-print limited edition DUX with a game soundtrack on a separate disc. The game was available from HUCAST.net, Play-Asia,[2] Videogamesnewyork[3] and various other retailers.
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Developer(s) | HUCAST.Net KonTechs Ltd |
Publisher(s) | HUCAST.Net |
Designer(s) | René Hellwig Martin Konrad[1] |
Composer(s) | Andre Neumann |
Platform(s) | Dreamcast |
Release | July 17, 2009 |
Genre(s) | Shoot 'em up |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Director's Cut
The HUCAST website links to a Twitter account under the name "Fresh Dux" which tweets that Dux 1.5 has been in development since July 2011.[4]
Remake
In May 2012, a Kickstarter project for a remake of the game was announced.[5] It was called Redux: Dark Matters and scheduled for a release on PSN, XBLA, Steam and iOS, as well as the Dreamcast. The latter version was originally available only as a Kickstarter reward[6] but Redux 1.1 was later sold separately.[7] The project reached its funding goal of $25,000 on 14 May 2012, after only a few days.[8] The Dreamcast version was released on January 27, 2014.[9]
Razion
Art assets from the Dux series were used in NG.Dev.Team shm'up Razion.
See also
- Last Hope
- Wind and Water: Puzzle Battles
- List of commercially released independently developed Dreamcast games
- Independent video game development
References
- Agnello, Anthony John (November 19, 2013). "Back from the dead: 9 modern games for obsolete consoles". The A.V. Club. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
- Buy DUX [Limited Edition] (DC)
- "Dux - $29.99 : VideoGamesNewYork, Japanese and Retro Video Game Boutique". Archived from the original on 2013-02-14. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
- steffen rehr (@freshdux) on Twitter
- Redux: Dark Matters - for Sega Dreamcast, iOS and More by ReduxGame — Kickstarter
- Redux-Special – SEGA-DC.DE
- ReduxGame (reduxgame) on Twitter
- "Redux Dark Matters is Now Shipping Out". Kickstarter. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.