WaterMelon, a self-proclaimed ‘international’ game development studio, started as a homebrew outfit. While the company incorporated in Muscatine, Iowa in 2009 – 5 years after the group reportedly started working on “Pier Solar and the Great Architects” (“Pier Solar”) – and incorporated in Hong Kong in 2015, the general vibe the company gives off is one of a shady Chinese operation.
“Pier Solar” made a big splash back in 2010, as it was originally released via an incredibly limited print run for the Sega Genesis, over a decade after the Genesis’ demise. Unfortunately for those of us who enjoy ROMs, “Pier Solar” was functionally un-pirateable due to some of the technical wizardry involved with its oversized cartridges (capacity, not physical). Thus, “Pier Sola... |
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