Project MULE

Posted by oddbob on June 26, 2007 · Lovingly Filed Under Retro Remakes News 
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Being a Spectrum owner, MULE is a game that never even registered on my radar to many years later, even then it was little more than a slight curiosity (not being a great fan of resource management games as a rule).

However, after many a late night chat to our forumite Rockfistus, he finally convinced me to give it a go and well, he didn’t really change my opinion too much but I was truly looking forward to his remake that sadly never made it to the finishing line.

Whats my point? Well, cocked if I know - I think its something to do with owning a Spectrum and therefor never getting to play MULE. Whilst slipping in a less than subtle reminder that Rocky has a half finished game there that needs completing at some point… If only there was an easier way of getting this post from A to B…

MULE Retro Remake

Ah, a picture - that’ll get us there faster.

So then. Mule. Not available on the Speccy… perhaps that will change now, albeit belatedly, thanks to Project MULE. Already in dev and in need of a final push, Project MULE is an attempt to bring what I’m assured is classic gameplay of MULE to the humble Spectrum.  A noble project indeed, find out much more by following the yellow brick link and going off to see the wizard (well, Alcoholics Anonymous) at the World Of Spectrum forums.

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10 Responses to “Project MULE”

  1. mnemo on June 26th, 2007 8:16 am

    M.U.L.E. is one of the CLASSICS of gaming! What the world needs is an online version of the game with realtime trading. Xbox Live Arcade anyone?

  2. d3v on June 26th, 2007 9:11 pm

    now this is more like it. the general retro scene is getting more interesting of late. what with stuff like this and people finally trying to tap into and source oldskool gameplay elements. whether or not they are remaking originals or not. ace.

  3. Teros on June 27th, 2007 2:54 pm

    You Brits just wont play a game if it’s not on the spectrum will you?

  4. oddbob on June 27th, 2007 6:18 pm

    There were other computers? ;)

  5. The Codex on June 28th, 2007 2:38 pm

    Ah, M.U.L.E., another of those brilliant early games on the C64. A great game and one outside the mold, like other C64 titles such as Archon, Murder On The Zinderneuf, and Crush, Crumble & Chomp.

    Makes a break from the Speccy world of platformer, platformer, platformer, isometric platformer, platformer, football management sim, platformer… :)

  6. oddbob on June 28th, 2007 2:58 pm

    Kevin Toms FTW :P

  7. Teros on June 28th, 2007 4:59 pm

    Yes, there were other computers like the C64. The games on it had great music and more than 3 colors.

  8. The Codex on June 28th, 2007 7:12 pm

    Now now, be fair to the Speccy. You mean “more than 8″. ;)

    (Stand by for the inevitable “brown” comments from the colour-clash-philic crowd…)

  9. oddbob on June 28th, 2007 8:13 pm

    Brown!

    (you called?)

  10. The Codex on June 28th, 2007 10:11 pm

    Without brown we wouldn’t have chocolate. Or bunnies. Or sticks. Or indeed, chocolate bunnies on sticks. Praise be to brown!

    What was the topic again? Oh yes, MULE. A mule kicked me in the head. Now every day is Christmas. Brown Christmas.

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