A New GARBAGE PAIL KIDS Video Game Announced For NES, Modern Consoles, and PC
Video game developer Retrotainment is looking to have some fun with the classic Garbage Pail Kids franchise as they have created a new video game for the property titled Garbage Pail Kids: Mad Mike and the Quest for Stale Gum. The game is being developed for the retro NES system as well as PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
I love that they are actually making a new game for the original NES system! That NES game will be released in early 2023. But the game will be released on the modern consoles mentioned above on October 25th.
Here are the details that were shared:
In the 80s, the world was ruled by two things: the Nintendo Entertainment System and Garbage Pail Kids cards. These lovable, grossout monster children could be found in the lunchboxes of every latchkey kid, juvenile delinquent, rascal, and brat in your neighborhood. At the same time, Nintendo was taking over America with their first home video game console. So, it only made perfect sense when these two dominant forces of 80s pop culture came together… right? Right?????
Well, here’s the thing: that never happened. UNTIL NOW!!
iam8bit Presents, alongside the developers/time-travelers at Retrotainment and our friends at Topps, are proud to reveal this Long-Lost, All-New Garbage Pail Kids NES Game on a real, functioning NES Cartridge! That’s right, Garbage Pail Kids: Mad Mike and the Quest for Stale Gum is a BRAND NEW NES game! This old school platformer features four playable GPK characters, six disgusting, secret-filled levels, and its own trading-card system. It’s a complete throwback to the golden era of gaming.
And of course, we had to house it all in a SICK iam8bit-exclusive NES Cartridge collector’s package. Available in both Stale Gum Pink and Mad Mike Blue color variants, this box also includes a Full-Color, Premium Instruction Booklet and an Exclusive batch of Pixel Art GPK Cards. Pop this sucker in your NES! Cuz it’ll actually work!!
You can download Garbage Pail Kids: Made Mike and the Quest for Stale Gum on Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and the Epic Game Store coming soon at GPKGame.com. It will come with a bunch of quality-of-life features like rewinding, a “watch mode,” and save states.
There will be bonus content like an exclusive cut of the stop-motion short film Mad Mike: Fury Load, a documentary trailer, concept art, archival card scans, various filters, and a music player. It’ll be $9.99 on those platforms.
The physical cartridge will cost you $79.99. That will come with more stuff including an instruction booklet with a foreword by Adam F. Goldberg (the game’s writer), pixel art cards of its playable characters, and a retro box. Those who pre-order the cartridge will get a download code for any platform, too.
The characters in the game include:
MAD MIKE: The titular character, Mike uses a sword and axe for melee attacks
LUKE PUKE: He’s gonna puke! Luke’s downward-firing barf takes care of enemies on lower platforms
LEAKY LINDSAY: Lindsay’s horizontal snot rockets provide much-needed ranged attacks
PATTY PUTTY: Think of her as the Luigi of the group. Higher jumps and head stomps play more like a Mario Bros. game
Here’s a little documentary you can watch along with some screenshots from the game from Game Informer.
