If anything, the style of the “Adam Caveman” ad screenshot resembles the games developed by Optimum Resource, Inc.: http://www.atarimania.com/list_games_atari-400-800-xl-xe-optimum-resource-inc_developer_157_8_G.html a b c Dillon, Tony (December 1992). "Joe & Mac Caveman Ninja". CU Amiga. EMAP. p.56 . Retrieved May 19, 2016.

Thanks to Fabrizio Bartoloni, the game was found to have been reviewed and listed as available for both Atari 800 and C64 in MC Microcomputer (See scans – interestingly showing Galivan as a screenshot and also Mumbles Superspy), which Fabrizio reports was a usually reliable magazine. The magazine suggests it was good graphically and played well. The One reviewed the arcade version of Caveman Ninja in 1991, calling it "a cutesie 'jumpy-jumpy' game which uses some good graphics and neat comic touches to overcome the unoriginal gameplay", recommending it as being "worth a try". [22] Gameplay [ edit ] First level on the BBC micro First level on the Acorn Electron First level on the Commodore 64Studios want to remake everything because they can do it for 10 of thousands versus millions, and make the same profit. For many years, we desperately tried to find out more about this title. The first early assumption was that the game was by the same developers as Polar Pierre. However, when we spoke to Art Huff in 2013, he suggested that he had nothing to do with the game and didn’t belief Ron Rosen was either. So the search went on.

A Super NES version was developed and published in 1991 by Data East. [4] In December 1992, a version for the NES was released. It was developed by Elite Systems and published by Data East. [5] A Game Boy version, released in North America and the United Kingdom in April 1993, [6] [7] was developed by Motivetime and was also published by Data East. [8] Finally, in late 1993, another version was developed by Eden Entertainment Software and published by Takara for the Sega Genesis and TecToy for the Brazilian Mega Drive in early 1994. [9] E.V.O.: Search for Eden has as its central conceit a mechanic that I’m flabbergasted nobody has copied by now: you hunt prey and evolve your creature body-part-by-body-part until you become an apex predator. Starting as a lowly fish in the primeval oceans, you gradually evolve legs that let you emerge from the water, then dominate the continents as a dinosaur, and then proceed as a mammal through the ice age until you eventually become a human in time for the final showdown with a giant amoeba. Just kidding! No one chooses to evolve into a human. Why would you, when you could be a colossal, armored behemoth with razor-sharp fangs and claws? Far Cry Primal is almost certainly not going to copy any of these amazing, fabulous ideas. The assumption that the developers of “Polar Pierre” had anything to do with “Adam Caveman” seems completely unfounded. Databyte were a UK distributor that licenced games from a few companies (Datamost, First Star Software) and individuals (Robert Jaeger’s “Montezuma’s Revenge”), and even had an original release on the Atari 8-bits, a utility called “Graphic Arts Department”. The fact that that they have placed “Adam Caveman” and “Polar Pierre” in the same ad means nothing –“Adam Caveman” might have been in development by a completely separate group. An updated version of the game has been announced for release exclusively for the Intellivision Amico. [26] Possible reboot [ edit ] Joe & Mac, [a] also known as Caveman Ninja and Caveman Ninja: Joe & Mac, [1] is a 1991 run and gun platform game released for arcades by Data East. [2] It was later adapted for the Super NES, Mega Drive/Genesis, Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Amiga, Zeebo, Nintendo Switch, and PC.consumers don't want to pay for the increased dev costs, they threw a stink when some games went up to 69 (first price increase in literally 20+ years). and devs want to find a way to get profits to cover these costs so they do remakes and microtransactions. There is also some obvious greed involved too when studios buy studios and management are money guys and not developers and are held accountable to shareholders who also care more about profitability than reputation.