Nintendo handheld Game Boy Advance was first released in 2001. During its eight-year product life, it has sold more than 80 million units worldwide, making it the most classic handheld game console in the hearts of a generation.
13 years after GBA announced the suspension of production, there are still people who want to make a newly designed game for this handheld with a screen resolution of only 240×160, and it has received crowdfunding support from a large number of netizens.
The Chinese name of “Goodboy Galaxy” is “好狗狗星系”. It is a 2D exploration platform game with side-scrolling. The developer calls it “Medieval with a cute screen” and the protagonist is a “Space Dog”. “.
The most special thing about “Goodboy Galaxy” is not the interesting style or operation mode, but the release platform chosen by the developer. In addition to the PC and Nintendo Switch, there is actually the Game Boy Advance that has long been discontinued.
Making new games for old consoles is actually not uncommon in the retro gaming circle. For example, until now, there are still people who have specially developed new works for old computers such as Commodore 64, and the purpose is not only for profit, but more reasons are for feelings, and even to challenge the limits of technology.
“Goodboy Galaxy” chose to launch the GBA version. The technical challenge may be smaller than other retro game consoles, but in terms of rarity, it is much higher than other video game consoles.
Just one month after “Goodboy Galaxy” was on Kickstarter, it has surpassed the developer’s initial $25,000 crowdfunding goal, and even accumulated more than $100,000 along the way. It is expected that the Switch physical cassette version, Switch and PC will be launched in the future. The exclusive cooperative missions of the version, and the exclusive game chapters specially designed for the GBA version, and so on.
The developer pointed out on the crowdfunding page that “Goodboy Galaxy” is expected to be launched in 2023 after the fundraising goal is completed. In addition to the game cassette, the physical GBA version will also come with a specially made packaging box and instruction manual, just like all the regular ones that year GBA game works sold.
If readers are interested in “Goodboy Galaxy” now, you can click here to play and experience the demo in the browser, or go to the Kickstarter page of the project to read the details. The developer specifically pointed out that in order to avoid thunderstorms in the plot, the “Chapter 0” of the Demo content will not be included in the main plot. At the same time, the game is expected to be released in Chinese.
Source: IGN
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