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Future Knight: Fixed Image LCD Platforming Fun and Games ⚜️
If you remember those stupid Tiger Electronics LCD handheld things from the early 1990s, then you were around in the early 1990s. Now, Spanish indie game studio Aeternum Game Studios has gone and done a platformer using that distinct graphics style.
Future Knight takes the fixed image printed onto a handheld screen look of the old LCD games. And it adds in some fancy new modern gaming sensibilities, too, so it’s a more complete experience.
Tiger Electronics… Meet Future Knight!
This is out now on Steam only and is styled like a run and fun type platformer of yesteryear. The genre was very popular in the 1990s. Here you take control of a robotic hero and your goal is to stop a cult from doing its thing.
Into the frantic action you go to shoot stuff, take out weird bosses, and race around in the air on a hoverboard type deal. Oh, and it’s all set in a retro-futuristic 1993 version of Tokyo.
Future Knight stands out thanks to its liquid crystal display look. As if you’re staring at a calculator, but not.
However, the devs were also inspired by Japanese animator, artist, and director Satoshi Kon who was notable for his bizarre, faintly disturbing work. And that really comes across in some of the concepts the game has (particularly the grotesque boss battles). Behold it in action!
Future Knight’s attention to detail is impressive, there’s always something fancy going on with the visual flair. Playing it, you’re always on the lookout for some new quirk.
The soundtrack is pretty unique, too, offering some intriguing work by the composer Salvinky. Previously, they’d worked on the score for the underrated Metroidvania romp Narita Boy (2021). This is one of our favourites (Either Hours Before).
As for the gameplay with Future Knight, it’s frantic stuff and only lasts around two hours overall. We think that’s best, as the gameplay can get a little bit repetitive.
Overall, great fun little title. It’s designed to not outstay its welcome, but also dazzle with its unique approach to modernised-retro graphics. The very best of indie gaming creativity! Even if this isn’t an all-time classic, it still delivers a memorable blast.
#Entertainment #Fun #FutureKnight #gaming #handheldElectronicGame #IndieGames #LCD #Lifestyle #platformer #Retro #RetroGaming #TigerElectronics -
I remember the cheap LCD handhelds of the '90s. Tiger Electronics, movie tie-ins, the works. The gameplay was always some variation of "move left, avoid thing, repeat," but they were weirdly hypnotic.
Which one did you have? I want to hear the most obscure, terrible LCD gem you obsessed over.
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𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬
✧ Game.com ✧
The Game.com is a fifth-generation handheld video game console manufactured by Tiger Electronics. Designed as a competitor to Nintendo's Game Boy series, it was released in September 1997. It sold less than 300,000 units and was discontinued in 2000 as a commercial failure.
#TigerElectronics #Game.com #Nintendo #Wikipedia
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I've had this weird sense of familiarity with this game eversince I ran it and saw the stylized "VINDICATORS" splashed across the screen. The almost "TRON"-like quality of that scene, the weird way the tanks are almost leaning forward. I don't think I ever played this on the family IIgs as a kid, but I am now pretty sure I played a port: The Tiger Electronics LCD handheld!
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Just when I thought I had found everything Pokémon related from my childhood, I find these at the bottom of a drawer!
Here are two Pokémon light up keychains, featuring Pikachu and Mewtwo. They were made in 1998, and would flash when you turn the switch on the bottom clockwise. According to instructions, these would flash up to 120,000 times!
#Pokemon #90s #Toys #Vintage #Pikachu #Mewtwo #TigerElectronics
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Picked up this piece at a pawn shop for a very low price. Works great!
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Throwback to the pocket-sized craze of '97: Tiger Electronics Giga Pets! These digital buddies needed your TLC to thrive. Did you keep yours alive? 🐶🐱🐵 #GigaPets #90sTech #DigitalPets #RetroGaming #TigerElectronics #Nostalgia #VirtualPet #90sKids
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The Game .com was one of the first portable consoles to go online! 🌐 This 1997 add-on brought dial-up internet to Tiger Electronics' handheld console. You could surf the web, but it was text only! It was a bold step into the online world for gamers of the 90s! #ThrowbackTech #90sGamer #RetroGaming #Nostalgia #VintageTech #1990s #GameCom #TigerElectronics #RetroTech #InternetHistory
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Who else played these for HOURS in the back seat of the car?
#TigerElectronics #VideoGames #Handheld #PowerRangers -
🎮🌍 The Tiger Electronics Game.com from 1997 attempted and failed to compete with the Game Boy. Today, it's known as an unsuccessful product, but its innovative features certainly deserve a mention:
☎️ It could be connected to a 14.4 kbit/s modem and used for email and text-based web browsing.
👈 It had a touch-sensitive screen with a resolution of 200x160, although not for every pixel but rather a grid of 12x10 fields. -
Found this in a garage sale ad somewhat locally to me. Think it’s worth the pickup (if they still have it)
#gaming
#lcdgame
#afterburner
#tigerelectronics
#retro
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Did you know there was a version of Panzer Dragoon on the R-Zone? This was a portable game console by Tiger Electronics.
#PanzerDragoon #Sega #パンツァードラグーン #HandheldGames #RetroGaming #90s #TigerElectronics
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Tiger Boy Advance Is a 90s Kid Dream Come True - From the release of the DMG-01 in 1989 until the final Micro variant hit store she... - https://hackaday.com/2022/01/07/tiger-boy-advance-is-a-90s-kid-dream-come-true/ #nintendogameboyhacks #3dprintedenclosure #tigerelectronics #gameboyadvance #classichacks #lcdgames #tiger #gbc