Hey everybody!
I’m Niklas Istenes, the CEO of Bitwave Games – a trendy retro gaming studio from Gothenburg in Sweden. I began the studio in 2013 with a dream aim: creating and publishing video games impressed by my all-time favourite Nintendo Entertainment 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 pals at City Connection. It feels surreal and past thrilling!
Gimmick! has a particular place in my coronary heart. Released 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 often called Mr. Gimmick. It was the one market outdoors Japan the place the unique sport was ever launched. So, to many individuals, this may be a wholly misplaced gaming treasure.
Gimmick! Special Edition is a tough-as-nails platforming sport with a heavy give attention to physics. You’re taking part in as Yumetaro – a cute inexperienced youkai with particular star-summoning powers. Through a number of playground-like ranges, all with their very own environmental twists and thrilling creatures, it’s essential to creatively use your glowing star to bounce, bounce, take out baddies, and attain hidden areas crammed with secrets and techniques.
Gimmick! Special Edition has many enhancements that make this difficult sport much more accessible to trendy gamers. You can quick-save, rewind, compete towards your folks on the web leaderboards, unlock achievements, and stroll via the beautiful gallery injected with footage of scanned-in cartridges, the unique Japanese and Scandinavian manuals, and extra.
Since the unique NES and Famicom cartridges are laborious to search out and costly to buy, we’re thrilled to have the ability to deliver this true platforming basic to a broader viewers. Make certain to observe us on Twitter and Instagram for extra Gimmick! Special Edition content material and bounce onto our Discord to talk with different retro followers.
See you within the land of Gimmick!
Gimmick! Special Edition
Bitwave
$14.99
An old-school problem enhanced for the fashionable participant
SUNSOFT’s NES™ basic Gimmick! returns on this long-wished-for Special Edition from City Connection. Experience a gorgeous 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 beautiful gallery (with cartridges, artwork, and scanned manuals), and extra.
Stellar platform physics with a bouncing star
Explore 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 great star will show you how to attain hidden spots, traverse cliffs, and pull off trick photographs that outwit even the hardest baddies!
Discover a hidden NES™ treasure
Gimmick! was completely launched on Famicom™/NES™ in Japan and Scandinavia within the early ‘90s. It pushed the console to its limits and the Japanese cartridge featured SolarSoft 5B, a customized sound chip that allow Masashi Kageyama compose a star-studded soundtrack. Gimmick! stays one of the helpful (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! Special Edition options a time assault mode for speedrunners, and completionists can hunt for secrets and techniques all all through the sport. Unlock a great shock by discovering all the things. For a hard-core problem, disable all quality-of-life options in “Serious Mode” to crank up the thrill!
Modern enhancements:
* Achievements
* Time Attack Mode
* Online Leaderboards
* Save and Quick Load
* Rewind Function
* Gallery mode
* Sound check
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