Recommended: Australia’s Equestrian Games – An Interview with Riding Star creator Andrew Niere

Play it Again Project is diving into the history of Australian horse games, starting with 1998’s Riding Star. I highly recommend reading the full article for yourself and learning all about how one of the very first horse games came to be. Unlike its sequel made in Germany, the initial Riding Star came from a very genuine desire to create something for horse loving kids:

Niere’s reflections are fond and passionate. This wasn’t a case of a studio having little choice but to take on gendered shovelware to keep the lights on. IR Gurus was founded on the desire to make a game for Laughton’s younger sister—a girl who loved horses. 

I always love when other outlets dive into horse games and their history – there’s so many stories out there that I couldn’t possibly find, research and write them all myself. Definitely head over to Play it Again to give it a look!