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Throwback Action Game ‘Demons Ate My Neighbours!’ Announced For PC And Switch
If you’re of an age, you probably remember Zombies Ate My Neighbours, the classic run and gun from LucasArts and Konami. While it technically received a sequel/spin-off in Ghoul Patrol, that wasn’t as well-received. Luckily, the folks at Tuned-Out Games are fans, as they’ve announced a spiritual sequel in Demons Ate My Neighbors!, a twin-stick co-op action game coming to Switch and PC via Steam on September 1st of this year.
Much like ZAMN, Demons Ate My Neighbours! utilizes cheesy horror motifs, and combines them with top-down action for one or two players. Unlike its inspiration, Demons has stackable power-ups and utilizes the aforementioned twin-stick control scheme. You’ll also have to track down and save people before they’re eaten.
The story goes that it’s a day in July back in the year 1991. Things are of the mundane sort for the sleepy suburbs of Fairweather Valley. That’s until a cursed VHS unleashes untold horrors upon the neighborhood, turns the residents evil, and generally makes April & Joey’s summer a total bummer. It’s up to them to exorcise their neighbors from Hell, fight their way back to the haunted High School and rewind their summer to save the world!
Retroware surprised everyone last year with the announcement that they’re working on a throwback beat-’em-up based on the Toxic Crusaders cartoon. Grab your mop and get ready: the side-scrolling beat ’em up game is heading our way later this year.
Toxic Crusaders is now available to preorder on Steam, with the game set for Fall 2024 release. Exact date TBA.
Developer and publisher Retroware has teamed up with Troma Entertainment to bring the characters from the 1991 cartoon “Toxic Crusaders” back, for an all-new, all-action beat ’em up for one to four players.
In the game, “When the evil Dr. Killemoff attacks, only one team of hideously deformed creatures of superhuman size and strength stands between him and his plans for global pollution: the Toxic Crusaders, Earth’s last, greatest and ugliest hope for survival! Battle across seven disgusting levels rendered in vibrant pixel art as you defend Tromaville from hordes of Radiation Rangers, mutated thugs and zombie chickens. The odds might be stacked against you but with awesome powers, a winning personality, and up to four-players on your side, the Smogulan Empire’s days are numbered!
“Choose from seven playable characters, including Toxie, No-Zone, Junkyard, Major Disaster, and Headbanger – plus, for the first time, play as Toxie’s musically “gifted” girlfriend Yvonne, and the mother of all mothers, Mrs. Junko, Toxie’s mom!”
Considering this is set in Tromaville, it’s a safe bet that we’ll see more Troma characters beyond the Crusaders here. Toxic Crusaders will also feature fully voice-acted motion comic cutscenes, featuring voice acting by TeamFourStar, industry veterans, and of course, Troma actors.
Check out the gameplay demo below for a closer look at the Toxic Crusaders in action.
Toxic Crusaders is coming soon to Xbox Series X + S, Playstation 4 + 5, Steam, Nintendo Switch, and the Epic Games Store. But you can wishlist on Steam in the meantime.
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