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[Update] Gunman Clive Creator Releases Demo Of His Game To... Game Boy Color?
Update: After showing some pictures of the strange port recently, Gunman Clive creator Bertil Hörberg has released the ROM online for anyone to download.
You can grab the ROM, as well as some instructions for getting it going, here.
Ok it's done, you can get the ROM here https://t.co/3MtI7erLDu pic.twitter.com/veXXHSoamA
— Bertil Hörberg (@BertilHrberg) November 1, 2015
[Source: Gunman Clive]
Original story:
Bertil Hörberg, creator of the 3DS (and now Wii U) platformer Gunman Clive recently posted an update about a surprising side project.
Hörberg, for fun, decided to bring his game to Game Boy and Game Boy Color – a handheld console that was discontinued in 2003. It's not a port of the full game, but rather a demo port of the first level.
It's getting there... I'll do the final touches this weekend and then release the rom pic.twitter.com/V4kJAPDAlk
— Bertil Hörberg (@BertilHrberg) October 31, 2015
Don't get too excited though; it's just a small demo with the first stage. Doing the full game would be way too much work
— Bertil Hörberg (@BertilHrberg) October 31, 2015
Yep it runs on super gameboy too pic.twitter.com/PQB7AimPO5
— Bertil Hörberg (@BertilHrberg) October 31, 2015
It's taken way longer than I expected to get the gameboy demo to this state, but it's been really fun to work on
— Bertil Hörberg (@BertilHrberg) October 31, 2015
I've spent a month of fulltime work on it now, not sure I can really justify that financially.
— Bertil Hörberg (@BertilHrberg) October 31, 2015
It's nice to be in a situation where I'm able to do things like that, even though I really oughtn't to...
— Bertil Hörberg (@BertilHrberg) October 31, 2015
You can check out our review of Gunman Clive 2 by heading here.
[Source: @BertilHrberg]
Our Take
It's a weird, but charming side project, and one totally in line with the tone of the game. It feels like a classic Game Boy platformer to begin with.
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