Apidya' Special - ININ Games (2026)
Apidya' Special is a remake of Apidya announced by ININ Games, expected for release in 2026 and listed as in development at the time of this writing. ININ Games is a publisher specialising in quality revivals of retro titles, with a track record including Cotton Reboot!, Turrican Flashback, and other carefully curated releases.
The announcement of Apidya' Special is significant for several reasons. It implies that the rights to Apidya have been successfully acquired by a current commercial entity - a non-trivial task given the complexity of Kaiko's dissolution and the uncertainty around IP ownership for dissolved studios. It also signals commercial interest in the Kaiko legacy at the highest level of retro game revival publishing.
What Apidya' Special will contain - whether it is a straight port, a graphical remake, or a full reimagining - has not been publicly confirmed. ININ's previous releases suggest a faithful approach that preserves the original game while adding modern convenience features (save states, display options, soundtracks in multiple formats).
Chris Hülsbeck's involvement in the remake's soundtrack treatment is not confirmed but would be expected given ININ's track record with original composers.
Monitor www.inin.com for release announcements. See also the Play page for pre-release play options.
The Timet → Mr. Nutz: Hopping Mad Connection
Among Kaiko's unreleased projects, Timet is perhaps the most historically interesting. A time-travel themed platformer that reached advanced development before being cancelled, Timet is believed to have contributed design and character concepts to what eventually became Mr. Nutz: Hopping Mad.
Mr. Nutz: Hopping Mad was a platform game released for the Game Boy in 1994. The Mr. Nutz character - a squirrel - appeared across several games in the mid-1990s. The connection to Timet is documented through developer accounts at nemmelheim.de and supported by visual similarities in character design between Timet concept art and the Hopping Mad character.
This is a common pattern in games development: cancelled projects provide design vocabulary that resurfaces in successor projects, often at different studios or through rights acquisition. In Kaiko's case, the Timet connection suggests that even the studio's unreleased work left a mark on games that did reach market.
The full history of the Timet cancellation and its relationship to the Mr. Nutz franchise is documented at nemmelheim.de.
The Fan Community
Kaiko's legacy has been maintained primarily by the enthusiast community rather than any commercial entity. The nemmelheim.de archive, the Hall of Light database, and the Lemon Amiga forum thread represent the primary documentation of the studio's history, credits, and cultural significance.
The Apidya soundtrack's presence at orchestral game music concerts - from the Symphonic Game Music Concert (2003) through Symphonic Shades (2008) - kept the music in active circulation and introduced it to audiences unfamiliar with the original Amiga game.
With Apidya' Special in development, Kaiko's most celebrated title is set to reach a new generation of players. Whether this will prompt renewed interest in Gem'X and the other titles remains to be seen - but the conditions for a Kaiko revival are, for the first time since 1995, commercially viable.