First released way back in 1989, the late Mike Singleton's Midwinter launched on Commodore Amiga and Atari ST to a positive response, with gameplay mechanics that in hindsight were way ahead of their time. After a 25 year hiatus the game is set to be rereleased, if a Kickstarter campaign is successful.
The game is being updated by Chilli Hugger Software (who also ported Singleton's The Lords of Midnight in 2012) and the game's technical lead is Dave Gautrey, who acted as programmer in the original Midwinter.
Creative lead Dan Whitehead said: "Midwinter was a seminal game, and a huge influence on the open world sandbox genre, but Mike's vision was held back by the technology of the time. Our aim is to bring Midwinter back into the modern gaming environment, combining the depth and variety of the original with today's cutting edge visuals and processing power. The goal is not to merely remake the game, but to fully realise Mike's ambitious design without the limitations of 16-bit hardware."
The Kickstarter campaign is due "in early 2014", and if funded the core development team will expand with a view of launching the game early next year. More details can be found here.