he German game developer Sunlight Games secured the rights and re-released the original version on July 25, 2014. A remake with the named Gold Rush! Anniversary was released on November 7, 2014 for the PC. OS X and Linux versions were released later in November 2014. The ports for iOS and Android were released in March 2015. All graphics are prerendered, but all animations and characters are displayed in real time 3D. The game's graphics are in high definition and the music was remade. All text from the original game was optimized with newly recorded voiceovers. The game can be controlled by a point and click control or with a parser (only PC, Linux and Mac), which is similar to the old Sierra games which use the AGI interface. Gold Rush! 2 was released in April 2017 as a sequel to Gold Rush! Anniversary.Sunlight Games has released a limited Special Edition, which is limited to 350 pieces. The content of this box which is similar to the old Sierra boxes is: a box with a banderole, a copy on DVD which is DRM-free, a poster, a card with the serial number, a printed making-of booklet, a printed booklet with concept drawings and a golden-colored coin in the design of Gold Rush! The Special Edition can only be ordered at Sunlight Games' online shop.
Adventure Gamers gave the remake 1½ stars out of 5. Just Adventure gave the game B-. 3rd-strike gave the game 7.0
Source: Wikipedia, "Gold Rush!", available under the CC-BY-SA License.
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In 1988, Rush appeared with Gold! in one of the most comprehensive adventure games of the 1980s. Now, the fondly remembered game, Gold Rush! has been developed anew, to today’s highest standards. No aspect of modern gaming has been overlooked. You can experience the famous California Gold Rush with high-resolution graphics, speech synthesis, a superb sound track and modern user interface features. Optimized game-flow will enhance your traveling and interactions with other characters of the period.
Gold Rush! takes you back to the year 1849, when gold was discovered in California. It was certainly one of the most exciting times in American history. Gold Rush! includes the three routes tens of thousands took to the gold regions. Become Jerrod Wilson and experience each trek as you travel from New York to California.
Whichever route you decide to take, you will see many historical sights. Try going overland across the Great Plains and huge mountain ranges, crossing the Isthmus of Panama, or rounding Cape Horn on the tip of South America. If you survive and arrive at Sutter’s Fort, the adventure is still only half over! Many other puzzles remain to be solved before you achieve your goals in California.
Features:
- Far more than 130 prerendered images and animated scenes in full HD
- Three different approaches
- High quality voices and new recorded music
- Optimized quests, dead-ends and random-dies
- Two possibilities for controlling (original parser as well as a new Point&Click control; for mobile only one new intelligent Point&Click control, optimized for touch)
- Digital versions (PC, Mac and Linux) for Steam: Requires Steam account for installation (online connection necessary)
- Box version (PC): DRM-free, play without Steam and without internet connection
Bonus items:
- Historical map of the three routes (Box & Steam)
- over 90 unpublished original concept drawings of the developer from the 80s (Box)
A limited Special Edition with more gimmicks is available in our online shop! Also there is a digital Special Edition available on Steam!
Source: The Game Website.