Garbage Pail Kids: Mad Mike And The Quest For Stale Gum Announced For NES And Switch

iam8bit Presents and Retrotainment have announced a brand new game based on the classic 80s trading card series Garbage Pail Kids.

The game is called Garbage Pail Kids: Mad Mike And The Quest For Stale Gum and is being released brand new game for the NES. The package up on iam8bit’s website includes a playable NES cartridges for the game, as well as an instruction booklet, exclusive cards, and a retro-style box. Although the NES version is planned to launch in Q1 2023, the game will also be released on Switch, PC, and other platforms on October 25th 2022. Players who pre-order the NES version will receive a Steam code for the game for free.

Furthermore, the Switch, PC, and other console releases of the game will also include the following additional features:

Fury Load – Check out an exclusive supercut of Adam F. Goldberg’s Garbage Pail Kids – Mad Mike: Fury Load stop-motion animated shorts – which directly inspired Retrotainment’s game

The Quest for Mad Mike and the Quest for Stale Gum documentary trailer – This video digs into the mystery behind Garbage Pail Kids: Mad Mike and the Quest for Stale Gum. Why wasn’t it released in the 8-bit era…?

Concept Art – Browse through these behind-the-scenes production images to see how Topps’ original card creations made the transformation from cardboard to silicon

Archival Card Scans – Did your parents toss out your trading-card collection? Want a quick refresher? Take a look at some of the most memorable Garbage Pail Kids in their original form through high-res scans

Music Player – Love a particular track? Play it ‘til your speakers melt!

Gameplay Extras – Save states and rewinds help players who may be a little rusty; visual filters simulate a variety of old-school displays; and all-new screen borders fill the edges for those who aren’t playing on a 4:3 CRT.

You can check out a teaser for the game below, along with additional details:

Garbage Pail Kids: Mad Mike and the Quest for Stale Gum, created by lifelong GPK fans Retrotainment, is a rollicking and repulsive good time. Players control four unique Garbage Pail Kids throughout their time-traveling adventure, in a story written by Adam F. Goldberg and Retrotainment. Each Kid has their own nasty arsenal, including Mad Mike’s melee attacks; Leaky Lindsay’s snot rockets; Patty Putty’s diaper slams; and Luke Puke’s self-explanatory skillset.

Players can instantly swap between each kid depending on which challenges they’re facing at any given moment. Tricky side-scrolling levels including Egypt, Transylvania, and Hell will test the mettle of even the most hardcore old-school gamer. Players can collect and trade 8-bit versions of the official Garbage Pail Kids cards, including some that can be used in battle (Adam Bomb, anyone?). Minigames, including porta-potty fishing, round out Retrotainment’s loving tribute to Garbage Pail Kids and classic retro games.

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