{"id":239856,"date":"2024-07-04T21:39:20","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T21:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/04\/possibly-the-most-delayed-video-game-in-history-is-finally-available-on-the-game-boy-advance\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:15:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:15:28","slug":"possibly-the-most-delayed-video-game-in-history-is-finally-available-on-the-game-boy-advance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/04\/possibly-the-most-delayed-video-game-in-history-is-finally-available-on-the-game-boy-advance\/","title":{"rendered":"Possibly the most-delayed video game in history is finally available on the Game Boy Advance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Making a video game on any platform takes hard work, and even if a game is finished it\u2019s still not immune to delays (see: <em>Duke Nukem Forever, L.A. Noire <\/em>and <em>Diablo III<\/em>.) A group of Italian programmers had to wait 22 years to finally see the release of their fantasy hack \u2018n slasher <em>Kien<\/em> for the Game Boy Advance (GBA) \u2014 a console whose last units went into production in 2009. It&#8217;s likely the most-delayed game in history, according to a feature in<em>\u00a0<\/em><a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/article\/2024\/jul\/04\/kein-the-most-delayed-video-game-in-history-released-after-22-years\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Guardian;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>The Guardian<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"caas-iframe-wrapper\" data-embed-anchor=\"6c5f8483-4b50-5c41-a5fe-84b0871d4c6e\">\n<div class=\"caas-iframe youtube\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%\" data-type=\"youtube\">\n<blockquote data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kk0-yXB3Wvw?si=pAK3KCvmS6Q9O1Sf\"><p><noscript><iframe title=\"Kien - Official Game Boy Advance Trailer #2 (2024)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kk0-yXB3Wvw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Kien <\/em>first started its long development in 2002. A small group of Italian programmers formed <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ageofgames.net\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:AgeOfGames;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">AgeOfGames<\/a>, the first company in the country to start production on a GBA title. Two years later, they had a finished product, but the game never saw store shelves because its publisher deemed it too much of a financial risk to release.<\/p>\n<p>In the interim, AgeOfGames switched to making educational games to stay in business,and the life cycle of the GBA came and went. Then the retro gaming boom gave the Italian studio an opportunity: a new publisher that specializes in classic console games, <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/incube8games.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:incube8 Games;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">incube8 Games<\/a>, took interest. Now <a data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/incube8games.com\/en-eu\/products\/kien-gba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kien is available in cartridge form;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Kien <\/em>is available in cartridge form<\/a>, and playable on original hardware.<\/p>\n<p>Retro gaming in general is big business these days and more accessible than ever. There are <a data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/search.engadget.com\/search;_ylt=AwrijE0y.oZm9NwZeRt8BWVH;_ylc=X1MDMTE5NzgwMjg3NgRfcgMyBGZyA2VuZ2FkZ2V0BGdwcmlkA3lGTWFwLkMzUWU2alVNSk9CS3kxeEEEbl9yc2x0AzAEbl9zdWdnAzUEb3JpZ2luA3NlYXJjaC5lbmdhZGdldC5jb20EcG9zAzAEcHFzdHIDBHBxc3RybAMwBHFzdHJsAzIwBHF1ZXJ5A3JldHJvJTIwZ2FtaW5nJTIwY29uc29sZQR0X3N0bXADMTcyMDEyMjAzMg--?p=retro+gaming+console&amp;fr2=sb-top&amp;fr=engadget\" data-ylk=\"slk:all kinds of new consoles;cpos:5;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">all kinds of new consoles<\/a> designed to play hundreds of thousands of different titles from yesteryear. The iPhone finally began allowing apps that emulate all sorts of <a data-i13n=\"cpos:6;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/sony-psp-emulator-ppsspp-hits-the-ios-app-store-052506248.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:classic consoles;cpos:6;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">classic consoles<\/a> in its online stores earlier this year. There\u2019s even been a renaissance of new games using old fashioned graphics. You\u2019re never far away from the games and experiences that defined your childhood.<\/p>\n<p><em>Kien <\/em>is available to <a data-i13n=\"cpos:7;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/incube8games.com\/products\/kien-gba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:purchase;cpos:7;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">purchase<\/a> from incube8&#8217;s website for the (only slightly shocking) price of $60.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/possibly-the-most-delayed-video-game-in-history-is-finally-available-on-the-game-boy-advance-205150837.html?src=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Making a video game on any platform takes hard work, and even if a game is finished it\u2019s still not immune to delays (see:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":239857,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239856"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}