Former Sony Executive Shahid Ahmad Gets PS4 DevKit, Might Do a Chimera Remaster
Back in December, former Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Strategic Content Director Shahid Kamal Ahmad left the company to go back to his root and develop indie games. Afterwards, he joined Double Eleven’s advisory board, but he hasn’t given up on development. Today, he got his first PS4 devkit, or better, the first one he’s on the receiving end of, instead of giving it.
I feel I should announce that I received a PS4 DevKit today. I cannot tell you how exciting this is for me, I feel like a kid again!
— Shahid Kamal Ahmad (@shahidkamal) March 1, 2016
Ahmad also shared what his first project on it might be, a PS4 remaster of his 1985 creation Chimera, that was released back then on Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.
I’m going to crack open a fresh install of Unity tomorrow and see if I can get Chimera running. Perhaps get a simple remaster out for £2 😉
— Shahid Kamal Ahmad (@shahidkamal) March 1, 2016
A 1985 game, brought back to life with minor updates, a dev commentary and a surprise or two, for the PS4, by the kid who did the original.
— Shahid Kamal Ahmad (@shahidkamal) March 1, 2016
Incidentally, the game might not just be on PS4, as Ahmad mentioned. If he manages to do it in Unity, it’ll be released “on everything.”
@andybrammall @AntStiller If I make it with Unity, it will come out on everything 😉
— Shahid Kamal Ahmad (@shahidkamal) March 1, 2016
I actually played Chimera back in the day on my Spectrum, and it was quite enjoyable. Yes. I’m that old. Hopefully the plan to remaster it will come to fruition. I’d definitely love to take a trip with Shahid down the memory lane.
