Underplayed Gems

Black Future '88 (2019)

Black Future '88 cover
Developer
SUPERSCARYSNAKES
Publisher
Good Shepherd Entertainment, Gambitious
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Genres
Shooter, Adventure, Indie
Rating
3.0 of 5, 4 player ratings
Where to get it
Nintendo eShop
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The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A relentless, synth-soaked sprint up a death trap tower where every mistake is brutally punished.

fast-pacedhigh difficultyproceduralsynthwaverepetitivefranticsci-fi actionchallenging

About

Climb a procedural tower in an alternate version of 1988 to kill its insane owner. Then do it again, and again. The constantly evolving world is influenced by other players as you experience this bold and wildly exciting dungeon crawler.

Screenshots

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.