Games based on movies are not as common these days as they used to be, but a new one is on the way that may be one of the most unique. German musician Denis Karimani – aka Remut has announced he will be adapting the 1984 cult classic German film Decoder as a game for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. The movie directed by Jürgen Muschalek, is considered a seminal piece of cyberpunk cinema, and was based on the writings of William S. Burroughs.
“After releasing music albums as game cartridges for the Nintendo 64, Super Nintendo and Gameboy consoles, Remute is kicking off 2023 with an ambitious, longtime dream project: A Sega Genesis adaption of the German counter-cultural cyberpunk cult movie Decoder.
Decoder, released in 1984 and conceived by german filmmaker Klaus Maeck, is roughly based on writings of William S. Burroughs and tells us about a dystopian society ruled by the ‘WORLD’ corporation who controls the population with hypnotic sounds called ‘Muzak’. But there’s FM, a clever dissident, who discovers that by decoding the Muzak, riots and revolution against the looming power of WORLD can be incited.”
Remut has described the project as a “musical visual novel”, and has stated that the game will ship on a physical, region-free cartridge that is confirmed to work on both original hardware and newer systems, and will feature a new soundtrack by Remut, that will use the console’s audio hardware. Remut has joined forces with coder Kabuto and graphic artist Alien for the project, both of whom he worked with on the cartridge albums Technoptimistic and Living Electronics.