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‘Turok’ Makes His Remastered Way to XBox One
In all honesty, I was never into the Turok series on the Nintendo 64. I was still in the midst of Quake (and later, Half-Life) to be bothered. Plus I never liked that controller. But now, thanks in large part to Night Dive Studios, I was able to revisit the PC versions of Turok: Dinosaur Hunter and Turok 2, and I can see that I missed out on some pretty fun shooters from the late 90s. And for XBox One users, now they too can enjoy these remasters of retro gaming goodness.
That’s right, both Turok and Turok 2 are now available for $20 USD each for purchase on the Microsoft Store. As mentioned, these are the remasters of the original games. Night Dive have gone back and given the games a graphical overhaul, as well as tweaks in the controls and in the framerates. To get an idea of what this overhaul entailed, you can see the differences on the PC version here for Turok, and here for Turok 2.
Unfortunately, you can’t purchase the games in a bundle for the XB1, but hopefully Microsoft will rectify that in the very near future.
The best part about engaging with collaborative genre fiction on the internet is that anyone can get in on the action, with worldwide accessibility often resulting in absurd story beats that wouldn’t be possible if any single person was responsible for the entire narrative. And while Kane Parsons’ Backrooms film is definitely the young filmmaker’s own unique take on the infamous creepypasta, it’s fun to see other creators join the Backrooms sandbox now that the big screen adaptation is getting ready for a record-shattering opening weekend.
As if cleverly timed releases like Puppet Combo’s The Backrooms game weren’t enough (not to mention that Scary Movie poster poking fun at Parsons’ flick), McDonald’s official social media accounts have now released an analog horror video of their own celebrating the liminal terrors of the McRooms – complete with a familiar purple surprise at the end of the footage.
While it’s funny enough to see the world’s most recognizable Fast Food giant engage with internet-borne Found Footage thrills seemingly out of the blue, the video is actually referencing a long-running gag among the Backrooms fandom where creators jokingly talk about there being a fully functional McDonald’s restaurant hidden somewhere in level 0 of the infamous liminal labyrinth.
Now, would it be too much to hope for a moist-carpet-flavored McShake to tie in with the film?
Backrooms is now playing only in theaters from A24.
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