{"id":12732,"date":"2018-02-13T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/02\/lost_n64_title_40_winks_is_resurrected_thanks_to_kickstarter"},"modified":"2018-02-13T09:30:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T09:30:00","slug":"lost-n64-title-40-winks-is-resurrected-thanks-to-kickstarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/02\/13\/lost-n64-title-40-winks-is-resurrected-thanks-to-kickstarter\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost N64 Title 40 Winks Is Resurrected Thanks To Kickstarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Dreams!\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/02\/lost_n64_title_40_winks_is_resurrected_thanks_to_kickstarter\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/02\/lost_n64_title_40_winks_is_resurrected_thanks_to_kickstarter\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"Dreams!\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Back in 1998, Eurocom began work on a 3D platformer called <strong>40 Winks<\/strong> which allowed you to enter a world of dreams and transform into a wide range of different characters. Sadly, when publisher GT Interactive began to haemorrhage cash the N64 version of 40 Winks &#8211; which was eventually released on PlayStation and is known in Europe as <strong>Ruff and Tumble<\/strong> &#8211; was one of the many projects to get the axe.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to the present, and\u00a0Piko Interactive &#8211; which has a history of reviving lost video games &#8211; has taken to <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/retrogames\/40-winks-a-new-nintendo-64-game\">Kickstarter<\/a> to secure a physical release for Eurocom&#8217;s lost platformer. After a day it has already smashed its modest goal of $20,000, meaning a physical launch has been secured.<\/p>\n<p>Two versions of the game are on offer, with the regular edition containing a grey game pack, colour cardboard box and insert and colour manual. The special edition has a colour game pack, special edition box and inset, colour manual, poster and a POG (Hey, remember those? Well they&#8217;re back!) featuring special artwork.<\/p>\n<p>With over $28,000 already raised, the first stretch goal is in sight &#8211; a special 40 Winks N64 controller, which is unlocked at $60,000.<\/p>\n<p>Let us know if you&#8217;ll be pledging your cash to this venture by posting a comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 1998, Eurocom began work on a 3D platformer called 40 Winks which allowed you to enter a world of dreams and transform into a wide range of different characters. Sadly, when publisher GT Interactive began to haemorrhage cash the N64 version of 40 Winks &#8211; which was eventually released on PlayStation and is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12732\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}