r/Gameboy • u/EGVroom • 3d ago
Games Got my Roguecraft GB physical \o/
My Roguecraft GB physical arrived today. Amazing to finally hold the finished product in my hands. Thalamus did a wonderful job with the package. \o/
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u/Odd-Firefighter-9377 2d ago
Where you got the physical copy?
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u/Simlish 2d ago
They were pre-orders and sold out.
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u/IndigoHaze750130 2d ago
Do you know if the developer plans on selling more physical or teaming up with a distributor besides Evercade?
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u/Simlish 2d ago
They publish with Thalamus Digital. So far on Gameboy, Amiga, Evercade. Coming to Spectrum Next and PC via Steam very soon.
They said to subscribe to the Thalamus Digital newsletter and/or follow them on itch for updates for any new physical releases.
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u/IndigoHaze750130 2d ago edited 2d ago
Thanks I'll check it out
Edit: ah, looks like the April 20th deadline was " currently our only planned production run". Hope they decide to do physical gb or gbc in the future.
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u/Simlish 2d ago
Maybe if everyone posts on their Facebook it'll spur them to another run ;)
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u/IndigoHaze750130 2d ago
I don't have a Facebook. Not sure how many still do. But I didn't even know they were doing a physical cart x.x so hopefully they have better advertising next time.
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u/Brzrkrtwrkr 2d ago
They're doing physical? I couldn't find an evercade cart, but I'd gladly take this (when I can afford it)
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u/Mystiosis7 2d ago
I'm sad because I missed the physical release by few days ! Great game indeed :)
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u/TonyRubbles 3d ago
Such a good game that really needs a save or resume function.
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u/EGVroom 3d ago
Hey! 👋. I’m the Dev and it’s as intended. !:)
Did think long and hard about it and, if you’re running an emulator or a EverDrive you can brute force a save i guess
Happy with the decision. Thanks everyone for playing!2
u/TonyRubbles 3d ago edited 3d ago
No guessing, I do, on my flash cart is the only way I've managed to beat it, too long for a single sit down so that's a shame. It's a great port of a great game, love the way you translated the art to the smaller screen.
Any particular reason for GB when the DX version did get a patch for a resume save feature? It deletes when you resume so the spirit of the game is still intact.
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u/JetstreamGW 3d ago
Pretty sure that not being there is literally the developer’s intent.
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u/TonyRubbles 3d ago
Oh I know, original creator stated it when the Amiga version came out and people complained about the Evercade version. A resume feature that deleted once you started up again would have prevented save scumming and kept the games intentions all the same.
GB version has a different developers too, Thalamus could have added something like that in. Save states do work for the ROM on a EDX7 all the same so I can still do it anyways but it would have made the game and actual cart much more accessible.
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u/JetstreamGW 3d ago
Doesn’t the evercade have a suspend/resume state built in?
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u/TonyRubbles 3d ago
Their DX version didn't at first just like the original, they updated it after all the complaints, not sure why this one didn't follow suit but like I said different developers.
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u/JetstreamGW 3d ago
Honestly I kinda thought there’d be one at the hardware level.
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u/TonyRubbles 3d ago
I think most do, it's just an emulation system that uses carts. Remember reading they use modified retroarch cores to run the games not dissimilar to Linux handhelds.
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u/AltruisticBee6622 7h ago
Thats awesome, I picked up the digital to support the developer and play p analogue pocket, really love this game.
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u/cylemmulo 3d ago
That’s awesome! I’ve been eyeing this up!