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 objective: growing and publishing video games impressed by my all-time favourite Nintendo Leisure System and Famicom recreation Gimmick! from legendary developer Sunsoft. Little did I do know I might 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 recreation 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 exterior Japan the place the unique recreation was ever launched. So, to many individuals, this may be an entirely misplaced gaming treasure.
Gimmick! Particular Version is a tough-as-nails platforming recreation with a heavy concentrate on physics. You’re enjoying as Yumetaro – a cute inexperienced youkai with particular star-summoning powers. By way of a number of playground-like ranges, all with their very own environmental twists and thrilling creatures, you will need to creatively use your glowing star to bounce, soar, take out baddies, and attain hidden areas crammed with secrets and techniques.
Gimmick! Particular Version has many enhancements that make this difficult recreation much more accessible to trendy gamers. You may quick-save, rewind, compete towards your mates on the web leaderboards, unlock achievements, and stroll by means of the attractive gallery injected with footage of scanned-in cartridges, the unique Japanese and Scandinavian manuals, and extra.
For the reason that unique NES and Famicom cartridges are exhausting to seek out and costly to buy, we’re thrilled to have the ability to convey this true platforming traditional to a broader viewers. Make sure that to observe us on Twitter and Instagram for extra Gimmick! Particular Version content material and soar onto our Discord to talk with different retro followers.
See you within the land of Gimmick!
Gimmick! Particular Version
Bitwave
$14.99
An old-school problem enhanced for the trendy participant
SUNSOFT’s NES™ traditional Gimmick! returns on this long-wished-for Particular Version from Metropolis Connection. Expertise a shocking 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 complicated 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 one of the precious (and rarest) NES™ cartridges ever made. The Scandinavian model was referred to as “Mr. Gimmick”.
Uncover secrets and techniques in a race towards time!
Gimmick! Particular Version includes 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 all the things. 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
