oh yeah dude this is my project. haha yeah its got some vintage retro vibes you probably dont know but this on screen? is an anime (an anime is a cartoon from japan btw haha) called akira from the sixties and like i added like scan lines like so its like your watching it in the 1970s haha and yeah this song is called i wanna hold your hand by the beatles (the beatles were alive when akira was released lol) but heres the thing dude. the beatles made this country music but ive refined their sound to this hip hop vibe by adding some drumbeats and sometimes skipping back and forth ahah. yeah its really nihilistic like….we’re all dying bro. this is our broken culture.
This is such a treat! I mostly write about games that—despite their retro visuals—run on modern hardware. Not today! Xeno Crisisis an upcoming title for Sega Genesis a.k.a. Mega Drive. Just look at this!
The project is up on Kickstarter, which is how you can get the cartridge at $54. There’s also a Dreamcast version at $40 (it comes on a CD so I’m guessing it’s cheaper to manufacture?) and a digital rom file for $20.
The Kickstarter is way over its goal already and currently working towards getting that Dreamcast version a reality as it’s the next stretch goal (co-op mode was already achieved).
You might be wondering how come the art is so good and true to the 16-bit-era. Well, besides that it’s ACTUALLY RUNNING on 16-bit hardware, it’s done by Henk Nieborg, an old-schooler that’s had his pixels in games since 1990 (Ghostbattle, Lionheart, The Misadventures of Flink etc.). Besides, he’s a nice guy and releases tutorials every now and then on Patreon.
Also on the art side, Catherine ‘@einsbern’ Menabde is doing character art for in-between screens.
Things that you can’t figure out from looking at the screenshots include: 9 weapons with limited ammo for strategic combat, 5 different areas, procedural generated levels and rooms.
On top of this, great authentic Mega Drive music by Savaged Regime, so if you like what you saw, go check out the trailer (and snag yourself a future copy) on Kickstarter.