This Black Friday, Mega Cat Studios is offering discounts on five shiny new games that they put on actual cartridges, popping in boxes and shipping to gamers everywhere.
This year’s batch includes the only roguelike you’ll find on the Gameboy Advance, an Indiecade Official Selection that’s gone from a board game to an NES title, and a puzzler featuring a very cute penguin- all of this year’s games are listed below.
Powder
Genre: Roguelike, Hack & Slash
Platform: Gameboy Advance
Sick of that same old RPG combat? Looking for deep mechanics and plenty of customization? Oh, that’s not enough? Okay, how about bite-sized play sessions you can enjoy on the go?
Powder is the first and best roguelike designed specifically for the Gameboy Advance. With endless replayability thanks to the magic of procedural generation, you can enjoy dungeon runs while you’re on the road!
Key Facts and Features:
- Tactical Play – The perfect blend of strategic planning with hack-n-slash action!
- Endless Replayability – Maps, items, and enemies are randomized each time. No two games are the same!
- Deep Interactive Mechanics – Items have unique properties that can be combined to take advantage of enemy weaknesses; create magical synergies!
- Over 15 Enemies – Bats? Check. Skeletons? Hide your calcium. Kobold assassins – watch your back!
- Over 25 Spells – Master the mystic arts to turn the tide of battle – or delve deeper into the dungeons!
- Take on the challenges of permadeath as you live the roguelike life!
- Dungeon crawl on the run with the first true roguelike on the Gameboy Advance – get yourself a real cartridge today! Includes a real box and cartridge.
Lucky Penguin
Genre: Puzzle Platformer
Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System
Meet Nestorzim. He’s a penguin with the luck to find four-leafed clovers wherever he goes! But Nestorzim doesn’t need lucky charms- that’s why he destroys every clover he sees. Can you guide this lucky penguin through 40 stages and feed his appetite for destruction in this action puzzle game?
Key Facts and Features:
- 40 stages of tricky mazes!
- Try your luck as you race against the clock!
- Mix it up with teletransporters to warp you through levels, screen wrap that loops you around, and wild mechanics!
- Passcodes allow you to jump right back in where you left off.
- Enjoy the magic of Flick-o-Vision, our custom process to squeeze all the graphical juice from this beloved console!
- Comes on a custom NES cartridge with authentic box and manual.
*Lucky Penguin is created and owned by Lukasz Kur and Marcelo Barbosa. Lucky Penguin is published by Mega Cat Studios.
l’Abbaye Des Morts
Genre: Exploration Platformer
Platform: Sega Genesis / Megadrive
Pursued by righteous blades, 13th century Cathar Jean Raymond seeks sanctuary in a forgotten abbey. Armed only with his faith, he faces a new threat – the evil buried within!
Key Facts and Features:
- Unravel a bone-chilling mystery as you explore an abandoned church.
- Test your reflexes and wits with classic adventure gameplay!
- View the game with through different lenses – choose Mega Drive Mode, Gameboy Mode, ZX Spectrum Mode, and more!
- Dodge skeleton archers, acid goo, and vengeful ghosts!
- Want to escape? You’ll have to hunt for clues to solve the riddles and escape certain death!
- Comes on cartridge, and includes box and manual.
*This gaming collectible is owned by Locomalito. It is published by Mega Cat Studios.
Infinitron
Genre: Shooter
Platform: Game Boy Color
The robotic Infinitron invasion is underway- it’s up to you to save humanity! Strafe fire, rescue survivors, and blast through wave after wave of robot hordes in this all-new action shooter for the Game Boy!
Key Facts and Features:
- Mow down waves of robotic Grunts, Tanks, and N-Forcers!
- Dodge N-2 Mines and invincible blockers!
- Take out dastardly Brains before they can convert humans into the hellish cybernetic PROGS!
- Switch between directional and strafing fire to outwit and outgun your opponents!
- Save other humans to increase your score, earn an extra life, and keep blasting!
- Comes complete cartridge, with box and manual!
*Infinitron is created and owned by Refresh Games, manufactured and distributed by Mega Cat Studios.
Billionaire Banshee
Genre: Party Game
Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System
Smash hit adult party game Billionaire Banshee comes to NES! This social party game has players passing a controller and trying guessing if their friends would date a centaur that has a butt worth sleeping on, or if they’d deny a billionaire because they happen to chew with their mouth open. Earn points for correctly guessing the strange desires and preferences of the other players. Prove that you’re the most monstrous matchmaker to win the game!
Key Facts and Features:
- Make it a party night! 2-8 player support with just 1 controller!
- Explore hundreds of randomized traits – no two sessions are ever the same!
- High quality in-game speech!
- Accessible and easy to understand rules mean that anyone can play!
- Customize each session for your group or party!
- Comes complete cartridge, with box and manual!
Retroid
Genre: Blockbuster
Platform: Game Boy
Get ready to smash those blocks in this spiritual successor to Breakout! Taking cues from that iconic game, Retroid is all about using your paddle to bounce balls into breakable blocks around the screen, all while avoiding hazards and keeping the ball from falling past your paddle!
Features:
- Hone your twitch reflexes and coordination with addictive, fast-paced action!
- Blast through 20 different levels – Your grandpa’s blockbuster didn’t have these dastardly boss battles!
- Powerup with cannon shots, flaming balls, oversized paddles, and more!
- Enjoy bite-sized gameplay that is perfect for fun on the go!
- Comes complete cartridge, with box and manual!
*This gaming collectible is published by Mega Cat Studios. Retroid is created and owned by Jonas Fischbach.
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