Few details are know about the Riqa project, another famous unseen for the Nintendo 64. Developed by Bits Studios, it was presented for the first time at E3 1999 in playable form. Defined as the “N64 Tomb Rider” as stated by Nintendo, Riqa would have dealt Third-Person Shooter Action mixed with exploration, with Riqa (the woman character controlled by the player) up against both humans and monsters. With impressive graphics for its time, an immersive storyline, complicated levels full of action, including shootings and puzzles to solve, Riqa was going to be a new killer application for the N64.
Unfortunately, the game has never seen light on the 64-bit, for the continuing delayed release dates, which led to the cancellation of the title. Many think that the general concept of Riqa, has then evolved in Rogue Ops, another game developed by Bits Studios and released in 2003, published by Kemko. The title was just a discrete Action Game, released on the Game Cube, Xbox and PS2.
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“Riqa – Those who’ve seen it say it’s Perfect Dark’s biggest rival. From Bits Studios.”
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Five bulds have been released over on Facebook by a developer, and these have been mirrored on Internet Archive.
Here’s a video of some active gameplay of the recently released prototypes
https://youtu.be/5C7wfDUMe0I?si=PSQC_FfoAP20FGM-