Of all the remakes, remasters, and revivals we’ve been showered with recently, from the sublime polish of Resident Evil 4 to the more uneven ports of various ancient arcade games, I don’t think anyone ever expected to see everyone’s—or at least my—favourite launch day PlayStation 2 firework ’em up, Fantavision, to pop up on Steam today. It’s a delightful deep cut.

Titled Fantavision 202X, this updated version of the previously Sony-published classic has been developed by Cosmo Machia, most recently responsible for Castle of Shikigami 1 and 2’s Steam ports. Going straight from porting old arcade 2D shmups to this particle-drenched puzzler may not sound like the most natural leap in the world. But the teaser video on Steam, showing fireworks lighting up city skylines and outer space to pleasantly jaunty tunes, does make it look like the team working on it have accurately captured the essence of the original.

Fantavision came out in the year 2000, a time when Se…