Rockstar’s The Warriors is likely one of the oddest video games that the GTA developer ever launched, although it is fairly fulfilling in its personal proper. In accordance with a current report from retro gaming website Time Extension, Rockstar got here extraordinarily near releasing a GBA port of the sport round 2005, nevertheless it was finally canned.
The Time Extension piece attributes the knowledge to an nameless former Rockstar Video games worker. That worker says that the sport was primarily completed when it was canceled in 2005, and that it used tech from Rockstar Leeds’ GBA port of Max Payne, together with the sport engine. The piece additionally states that there is not less than one copy of the sport on the market, nevertheless it hasn’t but seen a launch as a result of potential authorized issues.
In accordance with the supply, the GBA Warriors had four-player co-op by the console’s hyperlink cable, and it was “enjoyable to play.” Nevertheless, it by no means noticed the sunshine of day as a result of the PSP was gaining momentum, and Rockstar was decidedly on the Sony facet of the platform conflict. The worker additionally cites Nintendo’s obvious dislike for selling M-rated video games as an element within the resolution. Rockstar developed numerous unique GTA video games for the PSP, together with Liberty Metropolis Tales, but in addition developed Chinatown Wars for the DS.
Later within the piece, the supply says that Rockstar Leeds was set to work on a Nintendo DS port of Rockstar’s traditional PS2 sport Bully earlier than it was canceled as a result of related causes. Nevertheless, Time Extension notes that it was not capable of totally verify this latter declare. A couple of years in the past, we discovered about Rockstar’s shelved plans for Bully 2, which might’ve featured a map 3 times bigger than the unique sport.