Vengeful Guardian Moonrider, which pays homage to the great action game classics of the 90s, finds its release date with an explosive gameplay trailer.
The Arcade Crew, publisher of independent games (Young Souls, The Last Spell…) and division of Dotemu (Streets of Rage 4, TMNT Shredder’s Revenge), is about to launch a new neo-retro title: Vengeful Guardian Moonrider.
A release date for Vengeful Guardian Moonrider
The Arcade Crew is going to please retrogaming fans again with an action-platformer, Vengeful Guardian Moonrider, which has a foot in both the 90s and our time. The player embodies a cyborg ninja with destructive talents, Moonrider. Through modification chips, we can customize the style of play.
This ultimate cybernetic fighter turns on his creators, defying his original purpose to sate a thirst for revenge as sharp as his blade. Discover the futuristic tools at his disposal to clean up this greedy and liberticidal megacorporation. These powers will help him to quench his thirst for revenge against a numerous and formidable adversity, responsible for the oppression which suffocates what remains of humanity.
A production with a nice pixel art and very stimulating music as before. Danilo Dias, co-founder of JoyMasher (the development studio) and artistic director, talks about it best:
From the use of ’90s audio recording techniques, to the color palette that would be perfectly at home on Mega Drive, we wanted every aspect of Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider to pay a faithful and emphatic homage to the era. founder of the games that inspired us to create our own. The clarity of the great classics of the action platform game largely influences current game design, and Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a perfect illustration of this. Here’s our own take on the best retro experiences, demonstrating in its own way how a historic proposition can still evolve today.
Vengeful Guardian Moonrider will be released on January 12, 2023 on PS5, PS4, Nintendo Switch, PC and Amazon Luna.