One of the rarest video games ever launched for the Sega Mega Drive and Genesis, Eliminate Down is getting a bodily re-release from Retro-Bit.
The Sega Mega Drive (or Genesis in case you’re over there within the US) had a wealth of shoot-’em-ups to select from, however few are extra obscure than Eliminate Down.
Emerging in 1993, the side-scrolling blaster was the one and solely launch from developer Aprinet, the sport was solely ever launched in Japan and Korea. As a consequence, shopping for a real copy will set you again a fairly terrifying amount of cash today – asking costs on eBay are within the £1500 vary for the Japanese model, whereas the Korean one, thought to have been produced in even tinier portions, are nearer the £7,000 mark.
Fortunately, classic gaming specialists Retro-Bit are right here to these of us who’d like to have a bodily model of the sport, however don’t occur to have 1000’s mendacity round to splash out on one.
Due out in 2024, the Eliminate Down: Collectors Cartridge follows the corporate’s different reissues of basic Mega Drive video games. It is available in a clamshell case with a reversible sleeve (a rejigged model of the unique paintings on one facet, a brand new design on the opposite), features a color guide and a good-looking lenticular slipcase, whereas the cartridge itself is a pleasingly lurid shade of translucent inexperienced.
Previous releases of this sort from Retro-Bit have included the Valis trilogy, Mega Man: The Wily Wars and Gaiares.
If you’ve by no means encountered Eliminate Down earlier than, you then’re in for a little bit of a deal with. Although its builders have been obscure, they clearly knew wring probably the most out of the Mega Drive’s 16-bit {hardware}, and the sport’s positively filled with enormous, grotesque and vaguely suggestion alien abominations to destroy. There are some cool weapons that can assist you along with your invader murdering, and all of it grooves alongside to a synth-metal soundtrack. It’s a legendarily powerful recreation (much more so than Gaiares) although Retro-Bit says it’s added a secret straightforward mode to this new cartridge if you must tone down the spiciness a little bit.
Eliminate Down: Collectors Cartridge is proscribed to 4,000 copies (which might be greater than the unique recreation bought, to be sincere) and pre-orders are at present open from in the present day (twenty eighth November) till the 2nd January 2024. The completed product can be anticipated to emerge in 2024. If you’re within the UK, you may place your pre-order on Retro-Bit’s associate web site, Strictly Limited Games.
Can we have now a second quantity of the Toaplan Collector’s Edition subsequent please, Retro-Bit? There’s nonetheless the likes of Musha Aleste, V-V, Slap Fight and Kyukyoku Tiger nonetheless with out a trendy re-release…
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