#macbat 64

[fancypantsrecords]

Jay Moser - Macbat 64 -Journey Of A Nice Chap- | Respawned Records | Pink Opaque & Blue Translucent Quad Split with White Splatter

[algusunderdunk]

My favorite aesthetic is haunted. Not horror, but just the overwhelming sense that you're beholding something you shouldn't be. Like walking through a mall, fully lit, stores stocked and open, muzak playing, but the place is devoid of people except for you.

Recently I found and played a number of games by a creator named Siactro. Super Kiwi 64, Macbat 64, Toree 3D, Toree 2, and Beeny. They're all lovingly well-crafted, and absolutely haunted.

Each one feels like an old school Rareware game, mostly N64 era, and they're absolutely the sort of thing that a creepypasta Let's Player would vanish while playing.

I won't spoil anything, save to say they're very well made, amazingly cheap (on Switch I was able to get the entire collection for around 10 dollars) and some of the most unnerving experiences I've had in a while.

[soldmoondoggie]

Macbat 64 (PC 2017)

[dizzizzydumm]

ive had macbat 64 sitting in my steam library for like 4 years..,

think i should play it. its like 2 hours long lol

[bigboobshaunt]

SUPER KIWI 64 BONUS CHAPTERS

[clover-bray]

haii im checkin out some quaint little retro budget platformy whatever games, come take a lookies :3

[gameotheque]

Pokémon Shining Pearl -> DA:O (Mahariel pt) -> DA2 -> Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore -> Faces of Evil Remaster -> Wand of Gamelon Remaster -> DA:I -> Toree 3D -> Toree 2 -> Macbat 64 -> Beeny -> Princess Peach Showtime -> Super Kiwi 64 -> Klonoa: Door to Phantomile Remaster -> Persona 3 Portable -> Persona 4 Golden -> Persona 5 Royal -> Pokémon Colosseum -> Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness -> Mass Effect Trilogy -> Bayonetta 3 -> Resident Evil Revelations 2 -> Life is Strange -> SMT V: Vengeance -> Super Metroid -> FNV -> Earthbound

Whenever I can get them: Dragon Age: The Veilguard, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Fields of Mistria

Summer: Super Mario Sunshine

* Finished

* Paused

* To Play

[legitimatesatanspawn]

Summer Sale gets:

Danganronpa v3 - Paid $11.20 via 1+2+3 bundle (got 1+2 via past $15 deal), Sale: $16. Base price: $40.

Spark the Electric Jester 3 - Paid $10.62 via series bundle (got 1 and 2 before), Sale: $12.50. Base price: $25.

Eversleep Lunistice - Sale: $4, Base price: $5

Super Kiwi 64 - Sale: $2, Base Price: $3

Estimated price (not counting taxes): $28 rather than $34.50 rather than $73. 62% off rather than 53% off.

Screencaps at the bottom if you want to see the difference between the games and their original builds/first titles.

I have faint but fond memories of the SAGE entries for Eversleep Lunistice and while I found Spark 1 a little iffy with the characters/humor it was rock solid as a game and since I wanted a new Sonic-ish game... rather than spending $30 on Frontiers which might not even run on my computer, I get a love letter to the Sonic games.

As for Super Kiwi 64... it's actually a direct sequel to Kiwi 64, a Banjo-Kazooie inspired game and in general a love letter to N64 Platformers. The dev also made Toree, Macbat 64, and a lot of freeware games that the titles blossomed out from. Aside from Macbat's original build (basically just the first world), I remember enjoying Boomadrons Bouncyverse Rebound.

According to How Long To Beat, Danganronpa v3 will take me about 50-100 hours, Spark the Electric Jester 3 about 6-10 hours, Lunistice 3 hours but 10 with the other modes, and Super Kiwi 64 about an hour. But no matter what I'll have fun.

[norrkatt]

"Stream had to end early today, it turns out it's a mild allergic reaction to the tea I was drinking. Not enough to go to the hospital over (I do not feel in immediate danger but do to the nature of the side effect, speaking and moving around makes it worse!), but I will take a couple of days of rest to recover! Streams will resume monday as normal, and next saturday I will finish Little Nightmares, NOT PUMPKIN PANIC! Today we finished BOTH of Pumpkin Panic and Macbat 64! Very good games and I recommend them both!" I accidentally played Pumpkin Panic, but if I hadn't I wouldn't have figured out the medicated tea I was drinking causes heart palpitations and a slight allergic reaction for me! ALSO it occurs to me that I didn't add a proper caption to the calendar and I am sorry about that and recently realised I still need to learn to remember to add descriptive text for screen readers! For a more accessible version of my schedule in the meantime, my schedule is available here, please note the times are currently wrong: https://www.twitch.tv/norrkatt/schedule

times will be announced each individual week, but surprise, spooktober.

[gears2gnomes]

SGDQ 2022 - Macbat 64 Journey of a Nice Chap

"Count Bat."

[kiro2go]

i dont think tasty would be able to handle a Snow Level

[grandiangeist]

Macbat 64 is a great little game that is heavily inspired by Banjo-Kazooie which I TOTALLY recommend, It’s on Itch.io, Steam and Switch for 1.99$!

(definitely not sponsored whatsoever nor the creator of the game, just wanna share my love for it)

[game-boy-pocket]

Today MacBat 64 - Journey of a Nice Chap, hit the Switch today, I was waiting for this one so I bought it immediately. It was only $2.00...  With a price like that, you do kinda get what you pay for... I completed it in just barely over an hour.

So normally it rubs me the wrong way when new 3D platformers use the whole nostalgia angle to market themselves, it just feels counter productive to the revival of a declined genre, and I want 3D platformers to go back to being top dog some day... buuuuut in the case of MacBat 64, I think the nostalgia angle is actually quite justified.

For one, this game took an actual low poly approach, trying it’s darndest to look like an N64 game, and it actually succeed very well. Only thing I will say is that there are one or two things that actually look worse than an N64 game, and a few things that aren’t quite as polished as N64, such as collectibles just kinda appearing with no fanfare, when even Mario 64 had the stars making big sparkly shows of themselves when they appeared.

The game presents itself as a platformer but it’s really not one... at least, it’s a platformer in the same way that Kirby is. Your character doesn’t jump, he flies... he has limited flying capability but it still gives you ample time to get any air time you need... and this game is EASY AS PIE.

Really, this is just a good nostalgia rush more than anything... that word is actually a bit of a dirty word to me when discussing games, but... it can be appropriate. This game is actually a short series of parodies actually. From what I can recognize, it parodies Banjo Kazooie, Mischief Makers, Donkey Kong 64, Kirby 64, Mario Kart, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Silent Hill, Castlevania, Super Metroid... and either Metal Gear Solid or Golden Eye, I can’t tell... Also it may parody Conker’s Bad Fur Day as well but that feels like a bit of a stretch to me.  There’s also a few secrets that I won’t spoil but they play homage to Banjo Kazooie’s stop-n-swop. As far as I can tell, they’re just easter eggs though.

The game is also a sequel to an even shorter game called Kiwi 64, which isn’t on the Switch as far as I know, but they apparantly added a new ending that teases a possible Kiwi 64 sequel? Not quite sure...

Either way, if you love fifth generation game consoles and want a fun little hour of throw back it’s not a bad usage of two dollars, but if you’ve no love for the N64, maybe skip it... either way, the little Bat protagonist is adorable. 

[bigboobshaunt]

I just played Macbat 64 on the Switch and with all honestly, it's very charming! It's $2 on the e-shop so it should be very affordable for how nice of an experience it is.

The titular Macbat is a delightful bat who you control through a selection of Nintendo 64-era throwback stages, ostensibly mirroring old rareware collectathon titles (though it often veers into other genres for a few stages or minigames) and it's a lot of fun.

It's a short game you'll beat in one sitting, including its bonus postgame content and the other game (Kiwi 64) that's secretly packed within it, but for the money you spent on it, it's honestly suuuuper worth it.

There is a very clear love for the genre packed in about every corner of this title, from the graphics, the sound track and sound design and the objectives, it's a nostalgiafest done right!

Please buy and play Macbat 64!

[newtafterdark]

I tried to draw @SIACTRO 's bat close to what his 3D model looks like. He looks really cute like this! Then again, Walter is always cute.

[miloscat]

[Review] Toree 2 (NS)

A second bite-sized delight.

As a direct follow-up to Toree 3D, much of what I said in the former’s review still applies. Diplodocus assisted, it’s cute with a couple of little creepy moments, play control is smooth, the 90s aesthetic is very charming. It’s more of the same, to the same high standard, and well worth the paltry asking price.

There’s another 9 levels of very speedrunnable 3D obstacle courses: towertops, space battle, watery resort, and lava temple plus a final level that includes a boss fight. On top of that a post-launch update added three Christmassy new courses. I was a little confused because I somehow played the bonus stages first and it took me a while to figure out where the main content was. Two of the bonus levels are very different in structure, more open collectathon type areas like Horn’s earlier games Macbat 64 and Kiwi 64, which is a nice change of pace.

Speaking of other Siactro works, there’s a lot of fun easter eggs. Macbat and the ramen bowl return as unlockable characters along with the glitchy dark angel antagonist becoming playable. Characters from his other games also turn up in the bonus levels, along with cameo appearances from Diplodocus’s Regina and Mac. The Siactro universe continues to get stronger, bolstered by this Diplodocus collaboration that also resulted in (the admittedly disappointing) Regina & Mac World and an upcoming game bundle on Xbox platforms. And with two more Toree bonus games released since this, I can’t wait to play more!