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Dual Hearts Remaster

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Travis Blanks
Travis Blanks
Jack of All Trades

I've been in contact with a person who has been working on remastering the video game Dual Hearts. If you don't know anything about Dual Hearts, I recommend watching my YouTube reviews of the game. I still plan on finishing that series. I have a few more parts to add to it. Life got in the way of me completing it, but now that I've subtracted a lot of the things that took up unnecessary time, I plan on getting back into it in time for the game's 25th anniversary.

I ran into a forum post this person made last year. I actually get a Google Alert for whenever Dual Hearts gets mentioned on the internet. I don't think it's very accurate, since I've seen a lot of instances where I missed someone making a review, playing it on Youtube, or a forum post about it. The Google Alert showed a forum post about a remastered version of Dual Hearts being made.

A google alert email

After seeing they were missing some art of the characters, I decided to reach out to create an account on the website and DM them.

A message I sent to the person remastering Dual Hearts

They thanked me, and have been messaging me if they needed anything else for the remaster. I have no experience tampering with game files, but I can confidently say there is no one else alive who knows more about this game than me. If they need some help, I might be able to point them in the right direction. It's a goal of mine to deeply analyze this game, and break it down into small pieces. I compare it to how speedrunners have systematically broken down games like Super Mario 64 or Ocarina of Time. I also plan on speedrunning this game in the future as well. My any % record as of now is just under 3 hours on the normal difficulty.

Here's a scan I made of a Japanese promotional poster of the game I found online years ago. I don't believe I've found an image of this anywhere on the internet. My scanner wasn't big enough for the entire thing, so it's in 4 parts.

Part of a Dual Hearts poster Part of a Dual Hearts poster Part of a Dual Hearts poster Part of a Dual Hearts poster

I plan on creating a website for the game as well. It'll have all the details I've amassed from the game over the years. I have a bunch of other things no one has seen about the game, and I'm really excited to share it with the world!