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Released in July this year, the acclaimed action-adventure game “Stray‘. The game is degraded in the style of the Game Boy and is attracting attention.
“Stray” is an opera with a certain stray cat as the protagonist. A cat is separated from his family and wanders around Cyber City, a decadent city where robots live. And to return to his hometown, he will venture out with a small B-12 flying drone he met along the way.
YouTuber 64 Bits worked on the Game Boy-style demake video of this work. They have produced and released a variety of demake videos with a retro feel, as if the latest games have been ported to gaming consoles from the past, and the video for “Gameboy Version ‘Stray'” will be released on November 4th as their latest work. . .
In the video, the first part of the gameplay of “Stray” is expressed as a transparent 2D action game with side view. The first scene is an exploration scene with other cats. The scaffold tube breaks and the main character’s cat falls into the underground stream. The close-up depiction of one of the impressive early stage scenes is also reproduced, which is a close-up trying to hold on so as not to fall.
Even after entering Cyber City, there are weird things like jumping fences on dust boxes, using drums floating in polluted water as footholds, and someone using the environment to send signals to guide cats. .Scenes such as being chased by a large group of creatures are also reproduced in pixel art. Game Boy-style BGM and SE also match.
And the cat that met the little B-12 drone was wearing a backpack. In the original, it’s a scene where you can see a realistic expression of a cat who is dressed in something unfamiliar and makes a frustrating gesture. On the other hand, in this video, he expresses his emotions with his depressed face and squid ears, which are also cute. Next, familiar scenes are played such as gondolas with resident buckets and robots running away at the sight of a cat.
It should be noted that the video released this time is a video produced in the style of Game Boy and is not a game running on the real machine. However, each scene from “Stray” that was beautifully reproduced by adding an arrangement and detailed movements that convey the sweetness of the cat, are drawn in a truly Game Boy expression. On YouTube, where the video was posted, it was played over 20,000 times and received many high marks.Blue Twelve Studioor distributorInteractive AnnapurnaHe seems to like it too and is giving a favorable response to the creator.
“Stray” was released for PC (Steam) / PS4 / PS5. It is also available for PS Plus Extra / Premium members.
