Mega Cat Studios has teamed up with Video Game Sage and Reddit's Retrogaming community page to create a new game for the SNES, sales of which will support the charity Child’s Play.
Super Excidium Event is described as "the SNES game that Reddit built" and came about when Mega Cat Studios and the r/Retrogaming community came together to brainstorm a new shmup.
"Set in deep space, this interstellar epic is a throwback to the glory days of arcade gaming that’s sure to soothe the itchiest of trigger fingers," reads the press release. "As intrepid space pilots soar across perilous alien terrain and master the game’s unique four-way weapons system, they’ll trade shots with deadly swarms of enemy ships and a bestiary of epic bosses hell-bent on reducing your sweet starfighter into a sad puff of space dust."
Proceeds from the sale of the game will benefit Child’s Play, the charity established in 2003 by Penny Arcade creators Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins which donates games and technology to pediatric hospitals "to improve patients’ lives through the power of play."
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It's funny and frustrating how so many modern indie/homebrew SNES games look like they've been designed and made by school project teams over the course of a few weeks and in extremely restrictive conditions.
I think there's even some slowdown shown here, which is honestly just bonkers with a game this seemingly basic.
It's really not helping dispel all the modern mostly false narratives being peddled everywhere around SNES these days, pushed largely by a group of particular bad actors and disgruntled SNES haters.
Still, it's a new SNES game and looks fun enough for what it is, so I welcome it.
Keep em coming! And let's hope we see even more and even better stuff in the coming weeks, months, and years too.
Edit: By the way, Time Extension, there should be an obvious link in the article directly to the game's page on some store or whatever so people can actually purchase it and support the charity.
Here, let me: https://megacatstudios.com/pages/super-excidium-event
Looks like a game that Reddit built for sure
@RetroGames I think development tools for SNES just haven't caught up with the excellent tools available for Mega Drive, NES, etc. I'm impressed when complete homebrew SNES games get released at all.
@snk2d4life Yup, basically this.
By the way, Time Extension, there should be an obvious link in the article directly to the game's page on some store or whatever so people can actually purchase it and support the charity.
Here, let me: https://megacatstudios.com/pages/super-excidium-event
I don't think it's that serious...
Game made by Reddit? So insults, spamming and fake accounts? 😆
@Honkshot Well, it's clearly just a bit of a fun side project that's been created to hopefully make a few bucks for the charity.
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