Now for something somewhat different.
What..? We've seem to fallen into a hole. This shouldn't look too familiar to those NES veterans we have; this is a completely new NES homebrew game, or new to those who haven't seen it! This is the demo of Super Bat Puncher! Bats have infested this planet, and it's up to Captain Roast to punch them in their bat-faces until they bat-splode!
So we get up and someone screams for help. Let's go to the right a bit and..
A bird's calling for help; he's trapped. He was so into eating some cave-bacon that someone shoved him into a cage. That's pretty rude; imagine sitting at home, eating a slice of bacon, and someone just slips a pillowcase over your head. Let's free him the only way we know how.
By punching the cage so hard that it explodes. Holy crap.
Punching's our main attack; and it serves some other uses too.
The bird flees after thanking us and telling us his name, which is Sir Loin. (Yum!) Also, he isn't afraid of anything, it seems. Well, he sure does seem afraid of..
Bats. We've gotten close to this bat, and he's looking at us meanacingly. Do you know what's about to happen to that bat? I'll tell you what:
POW! RIGHT IN THE KISSER! He got punched so hard that he blew the fuck up. Awesome! This is surprisingly violent when you think about it; punching animals until they explode? Sheesh! The bats exploding provide a way to solve puzzles, however. For example, we're gonna come across a wall.
The explosions the bats create can destroy these blocks. That's pretty cool! Sir Loin sees that you're a total boss for punching these bats out, and offers to join us.
As you can see, we have no choice to let him join us. This enables us to play two player co-op mode, which sounds pretty cool. I'm on my PSP however, so I cant do that!
Anyway, Onward!
I'm going about wrecking the crap out of every bat I see; each one drops a coin. If I remember correctly, if you die, you can use the coins to continue. As I progress, I notice a new being in the caves:
WHOAHWHATTHESHITISHAP.. So it seems the green things we can bounce on! You use those to reach higher ground. Sweet! Using those, I travel upward and notice a nook in a corner. Let's investigate.
A chest. I wonder what's inside? Let's punch it open!
An upgrade! Normally, punching walls would bounce you back a bit, but with this shiny new upgrade..
You can clear entire gaps in one punch. It doesn't look like it the above screenshot, but when I progress to the little "T" Termino (Tetris piece) looking thing on the right and do it..
I go flying across it. Sweeet. Across the way, there was a door; and within lies a slew of angry bats! Punching the crap out of them released a figure..
THIS is what, or who you're fighting for, the spirits of the planet. Someone locked them away, but wrecking the bats in that area set her free. She warps us to the hub area with a single message:
Rescue her sisters.
There's a second whole level with a new power up, but the game is still a demo! The music is amazing also.. I really hope this homebrew gets finished at some point! Would you like to show your support, or even try the game yourself? Head on over to http://morphcat.de/projects and check it out. Until tomorrow, possibly!
~Kuragari Ryo
Other games played today that weren't mentioned: New Super Mario Bros 2, Gundam VS Gundam NEXT PLUS
What..? We've seem to fallen into a hole. This shouldn't look too familiar to those NES veterans we have; this is a completely new NES homebrew game, or new to those who haven't seen it! This is the demo of Super Bat Puncher! Bats have infested this planet, and it's up to Captain Roast to punch them in their bat-faces until they bat-splode!
So we get up and someone screams for help. Let's go to the right a bit and..
A bird's calling for help; he's trapped. He was so into eating some cave-bacon that someone shoved him into a cage. That's pretty rude; imagine sitting at home, eating a slice of bacon, and someone just slips a pillowcase over your head. Let's free him the only way we know how.
By punching the cage so hard that it explodes. Holy crap.
Punching's our main attack; and it serves some other uses too.
The bird flees after thanking us and telling us his name, which is Sir Loin. (Yum!) Also, he isn't afraid of anything, it seems. Well, he sure does seem afraid of..
Bats. We've gotten close to this bat, and he's looking at us meanacingly. Do you know what's about to happen to that bat? I'll tell you what:
POW! RIGHT IN THE KISSER! He got punched so hard that he blew the fuck up. Awesome! This is surprisingly violent when you think about it; punching animals until they explode? Sheesh! The bats exploding provide a way to solve puzzles, however. For example, we're gonna come across a wall.
The explosions the bats create can destroy these blocks. That's pretty cool! Sir Loin sees that you're a total boss for punching these bats out, and offers to join us.
As you can see, we have no choice to let him join us. This enables us to play two player co-op mode, which sounds pretty cool. I'm on my PSP however, so I cant do that!
Anyway, Onward!
I'm going about wrecking the crap out of every bat I see; each one drops a coin. If I remember correctly, if you die, you can use the coins to continue. As I progress, I notice a new being in the caves:
WHOAHWHATTHESHITISHAP.. So it seems the green things we can bounce on! You use those to reach higher ground. Sweet! Using those, I travel upward and notice a nook in a corner. Let's investigate.
A chest. I wonder what's inside? Let's punch it open!
An upgrade! Normally, punching walls would bounce you back a bit, but with this shiny new upgrade..
You can clear entire gaps in one punch. It doesn't look like it the above screenshot, but when I progress to the little "T" Termino (Tetris piece) looking thing on the right and do it..
I go flying across it. Sweeet. Across the way, there was a door; and within lies a slew of angry bats! Punching the crap out of them released a figure..
THIS is what, or who you're fighting for, the spirits of the planet. Someone locked them away, but wrecking the bats in that area set her free. She warps us to the hub area with a single message:
Rescue her sisters.
There's a second whole level with a new power up, but the game is still a demo! The music is amazing also.. I really hope this homebrew gets finished at some point! Would you like to show your support, or even try the game yourself? Head on over to http://morphcat.de/projects and check it out. Until tomorrow, possibly!
~Kuragari Ryo
Other games played today that weren't mentioned: New Super Mario Bros 2, Gundam VS Gundam NEXT PLUS
