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Press release:
Dallas, TX –January 18, 2022.
Thanks to the support of 352 backers, independent game publishers The Retro Room Games exceeded their goal of $7,500 and raised $21,222 to fully fund the production of “Elland: The Crystal Wars” on Kickstarter.

Elland: The Crystal Wars achieved its first stretch goal and would now produce a short documentary film featuring the original developers along with the new team.

Elland: The Crystal Wars is a reincarnation of a cancelled game in the early 2000’s. Formerly known as Dune: Ornithopter Assault the game was developed by Soft Brigade and owned by Cryo Interactive.

After 20 years, Elland: The Crystal Wars, has dropped the Dune IP and is getting the much awaited physical release which includes a cartridge, box and an instruction booklet.

In Elland: The Crystal Wars, players must defeat the aggressive Trafford, who seized the resources of the planet and used them for evil purposes.

The game is set in a harsh desert world on the outskirts of the galaxy and takes you on adventure-packed missions to defeat Trafford. Throw high damage bombs, long-range missiles, and unlimited ammo of Grays Cannon to defeat the enemy.

Features:

Unreleased title on Game Boy Advance for more than 20 years

First-person flying shooter

Set in a harsh desert world on the outskirts of the Galaxy

Pilot a fighter ship and take care of several duties: escorting, guarding, destroying enemy ships and buildings, capturing vehicles, and collecting resources

23 huge missions

Weapons and power ups: missiles, grays cannon, bombs…

Originally licensing Dune

About Retro Room Games
Retro Room Games has been developing and publishing games for two years. It has been a dream of theirs to bring entertainment to the masses for many years and through development and publishing they can achieve that goal. Another very important aspect of what they do besides creating games is preservation of licensed games by giving them the attention and physical re-released that they deserve. Their goal is to have others enjoy what they build and keep retro gaming alive for many years to come.