April Fools' Day has been one heck of a minefield this year, with some video game companies going an extra step by actually releasing a real product.
With this in mind, Xeno Crisis developers Bitmap Bureau have announced they'll be bringing the retro-inspired shooter to the Nintendo 64 and GameCube. And yes, it's not a joke! We've seen this Kickstarter release on all sorts of platforms already - including Switch and now pre-orders are live on these classic Nintendo systems.
It'll set you back £55.00 on N64 and £30.00 on GameCube (or your regional equivalent) and will begin shipping in the next 3 - 4 weeks (late April 2023), with manufacturing already complete.
You can also select the region version you would like (note: both versions are region-free but there are some restrictions with the N64 version). It even comes with an instruction manual! You can learn more about this game in our review.
Would you be interested in these versions of Xeno Crisis? Comment below.
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Can't wait for releases on more obscure consoles like the Phillips CD-i, Sega Saturn, Virtual Boy, and Wii U.
That's rad. It's a hell of a fun game.
This game has been on and off in my mind, since I liked their other game, 88 Heroes, alongside putting the work to get an Evercade release. Getting it on GameCube would be pretty cool.
Very cool! I haven't played this one! I love seeing games get released on older systems. I also love the above artwork in the image above.
Cool to see new Gamecube discs be printed.
@HotGoomba Surprised it’s not on Wii U yet. I’m sure it will be eventually.
Actually tempted by the GameCube version.
Why not on Super NES as well? It's controller is the best for a game like this.
How are they making a gamecube version when GC copy protection hasn't been broken yet outside of the Action Replay? 🤔
I have it on my Evercade but I'd buy it for my 64 too.
Great game.
@Dpullam it's great.
I think the game is amazing. I love retro stuff. But I am disappointed that the N64 version won't have polygon characters / enemies lol. I guess that's just in keeping with the spirit of the console. I dunno, You would never have gotten away with slapping a Megadrive game on an N64 cart back in the day lol.
@HammerKirby You need a modified console to play it. It's just a mini DVD with the game on it.
A GameCube release!? That’s my childhood console.
I played Xeno Crisis on Xbox One when it was on Xbox Game Pass. I got pretty far int he game too but i could not beat the game, not quite. Entertaining and challenging. Action packed.
Cool! Will get it on N64
Tears of the Kingdom should get a GameCube port.
@GrailUK
This got me thinking... I know of a few N64 games that used nothing but 2D graphics, but they are puzzle games like Pokémon Puzzle League, Puyo Puyo Sun 64, Dr Mario 64, and Magical Tetris Challenge.
There are a few N64 games that use sprites for characters such as Mischief Makers and Rakugakids, but they still have polygonal backgrounds. ...you know, I think Yoshi's Story is the only game I can think of that uses 2D graphics for everything.
@EarthboundBenjy I'm sure there are examples, but yeah, an N64 game usually had to crowbar polygons in there somewhere
Their website is horrendous to navigate on a phone. You know, how most people browse the internet these days. I can barely make it to the product page for the N64 version.
What are the restrictions for the N64 copy? Nothing is mentioned that I can see on the terrible website.
Anyone saying they fancy the gamecube version…. Take note this is NOT a proper game cube disk.
It’s a cool idea but I can see lots of people not realising they need a modified console to play.
Now I need xenocrisis 64 on NSO!
They should first bring some rebalancing to the game. The first boss is ridiculous and possibly the hardest of them all.
It's a good game but the difficulty isn't 'old school' it's just 'off'
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