It kept running till 2008 and later got replaced by a phpBB page by the game’s publisher. In 1998, Claw’s official forum was hosted online. That’s why video-games are more liable to be forgotten than movies after a certain period of time, no matter how popular they get.īut what if I told you, that a 23-year-old game called Claw, still has an active community running today? Forums and Fansites Simply because good stories and screenplays cannot be replaced, but older graphics and gameplay mechanics could be through new titles, due to the constant evolution of computer technology something that determines the base of a video game. Now when the difference comes to cult classics between movies and video games, the latter reaches a point of saturation faster than the former. Now as expected for a cult-classic, geeky-communities were made, fan-sites were created, and thankfully due to WapMap (Claw’s stage-designing tool) more and more levels were built. The game eventually turned into a cult-classic, and got itself admirers from many parts of the world. Defeating the final boss, who was ridiculously tough to beat, gave an acute sense of pride and joy to the player back then.īut for those who weren’t really patient about Claw’s intrinsically challenging nature, god bless cheat-codes! The game was not just known for its memorable foes, intricate level-designs, and great background music, but also for its soul-crushing difficulty.

It was made by Monolith productions, in the year 1997. A spectacular side-scroller about a swashbuckling anthropomorphic cat, on a quest to find nine gems which make up an amulet. It’s never too late to get yourself immersed into the world of Claw (or Captain Claw).

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