Homebrew developers Casa De Ruivo, the team comprised of Ozzy and Johnny16Bit, has a new project. For those unfamiliar, this is the team behind Double Dragon One, a port of Technōs Japan’s 1987 arcade beat ’em up for Neo Geo using assets from Double Dragon’s delisted iOS port to upgrade the graphics of the original title. Now the team is looking to bring the Irem title, In the Hunt to Neo Geo hardware.
Retro news YouTuber neocvera shared some footage of the title last week running on an Analogue Pocket (using the Neo Geo core). So far, this only consists of a proof-of-concept demo that represents around 2 weeks of work. That being said, it does look to feature some interesting changes from the original, such as the ability to switch between the PS1 and arcade music.
Along with the Gunforce games, In The Hunt is considered a spiritual predecessor to the Metal Slug series, partially due to being designed by many of the same individuals who went on to form Nazca Corporation. In The Hunt was first released in arcades back in 1993 for the Irem M-92 arcade board, and was then ported to consoles like the Sega Saturn and the original PlayStation.
