So, a couple of days ago Housemarque - the developers behind Resogun and Stardust among other things - opened up a twitter poll for what classic titles they should look into for inspiration for their next title, and among the listed games is Windjammers. It's of course hard not to vote for Turrican in this poll, but damn it, if we want a new Windjammers, this may be our best chance.

The poll ends in about a day, so this may be a bit late to post.

Link to the poll in question (fair warning - requires you tweeting their hashtag on your twitter account, if you're opposed to that kind of ad stuff, which I am usually, but made an exception for this): http://twtpoll.com/HMQsurvey

Link to more details on Housemarque's blog: http://www.housemarqueblog.com/housemarque/memorable-classic-game/2014/10/27/

I voted even if it is an obvious campaign to get marketing.

@fear_the_booboo: Yup. Windjammers is worth sacrificing a little dignity for though.

"This is in no way something that will directly impact development, but rather a friendly survey of preferences."

I think we can all agree that Dave Lang put Windjammers in the ground at GDC 14:

That said, I would love to see a new Windjammers, though I'm not sure if Housemarque is the right team to deliver it even if it did happen.

We must hijack this poll and bring forth the closest thing we'll get to a new windjammers

A Housemarque Gradius/Salamander-inspired game could be pretty rad.

Then I saw Marble Madness on the list.

But Dave Lang guaranteed that...

Man, that is actually a good list of games, I would almost vote for some of the other games over Windjammers. Snake, Rattle n Roll is legit; still have my NES copy.