Developer Bitmap Bureau has introduced that its 2019 retro-style enviornment shooter Xeno Disaster might be ported to the Recreation Boy Advance. The port that lastly brings the sport to probably the most beloved retro handheld consoles you may get.

Xeno Disaster was initially launched on Steam in 2019, and as much as two gamers can battle it out throughout 10 ranges in opposition to hundreds of enemies as they slowly make their option to the supply of the alien menace. It’s impressed by basic Sega Mega Drive and Genesis titles and was, in truth, efficiently Kickstarted for those self same consoles. Now, it’s obtainable on virtually each gadget, however Bitmap Bureau isn’t happy, so it’s lastly coming to certainly one of Nintendo’s best-known retro handhelds in late 2024.

Get able to crack out a cartridge

The Recreation Boy Advance port of Xeno Disaster will embody the Arcade, Boss Rush, and Infinite recreation modes so that you can make your method by means of. The shop itemizing, the place you possibly can already pre-order your copy, reveals that it contains every thing the PC model has. There’s even a ROM copy, so you possibly can play it in your PC should you’d like. Whereas sadly, we solely have a launch window, it’s nonetheless a model new Recreation Boy Advance recreation followers can choose up 23 years after the console’s preliminary launch.

This Recreation Boy Advance port appears to be like to have every thing that the PC model has, aside from multiplayer. I need to admit, I wasn’t certain if Bitmap Bureau would hassle together with hyperlink cable compatibility for the few dozen of us who’ve the gear and inclination to satisfy up and play Xeno Disaster from begin to end in co-op in a day.

The trailer proven under solely features a single marine and the developer tells us that just one marine is setting out on a mission this time. Nonetheless, the cutscenes do seem to point out the whole story from different variations of Xeno Disaster, so that you gained’t miss on the market.

In Xeno Disaster, you’re employed your method by means of missions by gathering weapons, defeating enemies, and selecting up Canine Tags that they drop. These Canine Tags might be exchanged between areas for upgrades to make your characters stronger and more practical within the subsequent biome. In fact, some enemies gained’t even flinch except you outflank them earlier than attacking them, that means you could grasp enemy varieties and assault patterns, too.

Whereas most variations of Xeno Disaster might be performed in co-op, single-player has at all times been on the playing cards, and it appears to be like like single-player not solely works simply fantastic however can be extremely enjoyable to play. Enemies rush at you as rapidly and ferociously because the projectiles from every boss, a few of which look so nasty it’s exhausting to abdomen preventing them.