Konami is running a competition that will let small development teams in Japan revive older Konami titles, with a cash prize and shot at funding attached.Through the ‘Konami Action & Shooting Game Contest‘, Konami is offering indie devs a chance to win a cash prize and “an offer to commercialise” any game that uses specific older Konami titles (thanks, Nintendo Life).Working with Shueisha Game Creators Camp – which aims to support indie game developers – the competition asks developers to create a new title based on anything from over 80 games listed.
Unfortunately for western game developers, applicants must live in Japan to qualify.While the available titles are in Japanese, some of the titles up for use include Star Soldier, Parodius and.
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