Blasten!!

fun and sarcastic story, good retro gameplay, challenging but not impossible. definitely play with a controller! loved the enemy design and felt the length of each stage was good. i didn't find myself stuck in any area too long but also didn't breeze through it.

A great throwback to those difficult pixel adventures of old! Run through levels as a well-intentioned simpleton of a robot trying to clean up messes for an eccentric cast of characters, including your quippy grump of a creator. Definitely a lot of heart in this game, and I'm looking forward to anything else this crew comes up with!

A fun and quirky little Mega Man clone with a sense of humor and aesthetic that will be right up your alley if you spent your formative years playing flash games on Newgrounds. I do really wish it came with an unlimited lives toggle, though.

This is a fun love letter to the brutally hard 80s side scrollers that made me wish I had an older brother to beat for me. The dialogue is funny without being completely immersion breaking and the platforming is fair but brutal. Join the fight for peace and give it a try!

If you're looking for a challenging retro platformer, look no further than Blasten!! More than just a Mega Man parody or clone, it offers classic 2D difficulty along with fun writing and creative stage design. Perhaps a bit too challenging for some (me), thankfully there's a more forgiving casual mode that lets you experience the full game while still offering a rewarding playthrough.

I bought this game because I'm familiar with previous work of one of the creators and thought it would be neat to check it out, and throw some support their way. My 100% honest review is that this game very much has the vibe of a hobby project, which is likely what it is, and not a great one. There's nothing inherently wrong with hobby projects! I love hobby projects! I think i'd be able to look past the uneven art style and jankiness if the game felt more balanced in terms of difficulty. The writing is charming, the core controls/mechanics seem solid, but the first few areas just do not seem tuned properly. I was able to get to the first boss and got "Game Over" (or rather, suddenly booted to the main menu when I ran out of lives) twice. It's a shielded enemy on a vehicle coming at you, and when you jump over him he shoots you in the back. I'm fine with tough bosses that require some practice to learn, but I'm not sure what I'm expected to do here. I think it's a classic case of developers getting very good at their own game and not playtesting with fresh eyes. Even the standard "shield guy" enemies are annoying to fight - the game teaches me to slide right before the first one, s…