Hey everybody!
I’m Niklas Istenes, the CEO of Bitwave Video games – a contemporary retro gaming studio from Gothenburg in Sweden. I began the studio in 2013 with a dream purpose: growing and publishing video games impressed by my all-time favourite Nintendo Leisure System and Famicom sport Gimmick! from legendary developer Sunsoft. Little did I do know I’d finally assist launch Gimmick! for contemporary platforms with our mates at Metropolis Connection. It feels surreal and past thrilling!
Gimmick! has a particular place in my coronary heart. Launched in 1992 and on the finish of the NES/Famicom life cycle, it was spectacular to see a sport that pushed the console to its limits. The graphics, physics, and soundtrack actually left their mark on me as a child. In Scandinavia (the place I’m from), it’s generally known as Mr. Gimmick. It was the one market outdoors Japan the place the unique sport was ever launched. So, to many individuals, this is perhaps an entirely misplaced gaming treasure.
Gimmick! Particular Version is a tough-as-nails platforming sport with a heavy give attention to physics. You’re enjoying as Yumetaro – a cute inexperienced youkai with particular star-summoning powers. Via a number of playground-like ranges, all with their very own environmental twists and thrilling creatures, you need to creatively use your glowing star to bounce, bounce, take out baddies, and attain hidden areas crammed with secrets and techniques.
Gimmick! Particular Version has many enhancements that make this difficult sport much more accessible to trendy gamers. You may quick-save, rewind, compete in opposition to your folks on the web leaderboards, unlock achievements, and stroll via the attractive gallery injected with footage of scanned-in cartridges, the unique Japanese and Scandinavian manuals, and extra.
For the reason that authentic NES and Famicom cartridges are arduous to seek out and costly to buy, we’re thrilled to have the ability to convey this true platforming traditional to a broader viewers. Ensure to observe us on Twitter and Instagram for extra Gimmick! Particular Version content material and bounce onto our Discord to speak with different retro followers.
See you within the land of Gimmick!
Gimmick! Particular Version
Bitwave
$14.99
An old-school problem enhanced for the fashionable participant
SUNSOFT’s NES™ traditional Gimmick! returns on this long-wished-for Particular Version from Metropolis Connection. Expertise a surprising physics-based platformer with up to date options like on-line leaderboards, achievements, a time assault mode, save and fast load, a rewind operate, a stunning gallery (with cartridges, artwork, and scanned manuals), and extra.
Stellar platform physics with a bouncing star
Discover a physics-based playground that was manner forward of its time. As the lovable youkai Yumetaro, use your star-summoning powers to sort out advanced challenges with creativity and finesse. Your fantastic star will make it easier to attain hidden spots, traverse cliffs, and pull off trick pictures that outwit even the hardest baddies!
Uncover a hidden NES™ treasure
Gimmick! was solely launched on Famicom™/NES™ in Japan and Scandinavia within the early ‘90s. It pushed the console to its limits and the Japanese cartridge featured SunSoft 5B, a customized sound chip that permit Masashi Kageyama compose a star-studded soundtrack. Gimmick! stays probably the most beneficial (and rarest) NES™ cartridges ever made. The Scandinavian model was referred to as “Mr. Gimmick”.
Uncover secrets and techniques in a race in opposition to time!
Gimmick! Particular Version incorporates a time assault mode for speedrunners, and completionists can hunt for secrets and techniques all all through the sport. Unlock an exquisite shock by discovering every thing. For a hard-core problem, disable all quality-of-life options in “Severe Mode” to crank up the joy!
Trendy enhancements:
* Achievements
* Time Assault Mode
* On-line Leaderboards
* Save and Fast Load
* Rewind Operate
* Gallery mode
* Sound check
