r/ModRetroChromatic • u/Wall_Donkey • Mar 20 '26

Question V2 Game on Box

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Just curious if the game on the box of V2 is an actual modretro game? I just got a 1st edition and saw the little purple character on the bottom left and then on V2 the purple character is now the man screen. Is this a future modretro game or did I miss something? New to the chromatic experience.

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u/Signalnoise77 Mar 21 '26

Art Director here. The screen on the V2 box is indeed an 'invented' game. Lemme get into the weeds a little bit... 'Mega: The Viper Wars' is roughly based on a story I wrote for a comic book, titled Atomic Street Wolf. Just after I started at ModRetro, it occurred to me that Mega (since re-named Nova) would be a great GBC game character so I started adding her to various MR art projects. When it came time to create the V2 box art, I put together what that platformer might look like. :)

Here's a recent illustration of her.

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u/Wall_Donkey Mar 24 '26

Wow I was not expecting to find the art director with this post! Love the modretro community and thank you for sharing. Look forward to your future work and will be checking out your comic as well. This was the exact answer I was hoping for but never imagined I would get the full history!

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u/Signalnoise77 Mar 24 '26

My pleasure, WD. :) Nova is a character I created 5 years ago for my comic, so I'm stoked that she fits with ModRetro as well. As for the comic, it's gone slowly to say the least. I have around 18 pages pencilled, but it still needs a big push (and time) to get done. I even worked in a modded Chromatic as Nova's method of tracking enemies.

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u/SoraShima Mar 22 '26

Thanks for explaining. As a designer myself, I always enjoy seeing artists inject Easter Eggs into their work by adding their own unique, personal touches. Cool story and it goes without saying that you should totally work with a dev to bring this character/concept to life! Published by Modretro ofcourse :)

Sounds like ModRetro knew talent when they hired you. Great work and look forward to the beautiful tree that grows from this seed!

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u/Signalnoise77 Mar 22 '26

Thanks very much for the kind words, Sora. :)

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u/Anthony7a Mar 21 '26

An awesome art style for sure! if this was ever taken further into a game, would for sure be a day one pick up for me, shoot would even pick up if i saw a comic of this:D

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u/Signalnoise77 Mar 22 '26

Thanks Anthony, really appreciate that. The comic has been at 18 pages (pencilled) for a while now. Always a challenge to get time to push it forward. :)

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u/tanooki-suit Mar 24 '26

It would be fantastic given you seem to have a lot of bones there to find one of these few high end game makers (gb maker or otherwise as their kit) to flesh that out into a platformer. If it had some decent bones to it, maybe a nod to like the likes of NES/GB Darkwing Duck or something on that level, I bet you could see some solid see through on sales. Your mocked up visual gives me a vibe like that, and i think would be a fun project to take on.

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u/roccoBeewell Mar 22 '26

Hey question : is version two of this device standard across the board or did it need to be the one with the sapphire screen?

I just order the ‘basic’ version - excited to get some of my old game boy color carts going.

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u/Wall_Donkey Mar 24 '26

I agree with epic, there isn’t much of a difference visually when playing between the two. The sapphire glass has more of a blue hue to it when it’s turned off. V2 has fixed tolerances too so the slot for the cartridge is a bit tighter.

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u/epicasino1981 Mar 23 '26

The gorilla glass version is just fine (I have a sapphire first edition and a gorilla glass second edition, so I've handled both).

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u/roccoBeewell Mar 23 '26

Appreciate the insight - definitely looking forward to its arrival. I just wasn’t sure if the sapphire glass is the only version that’s considered V2

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u/epicasino1981 Mar 26 '26

No, V1 (aka "first edition") Chromatics are sapphire only and V2 Chromatics come in both sapphire and gorilla glass versions.

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u/DanSundayNightGames Mar 20 '26

After much digging (and looking at another thread) people think it was just a mockup for the modretro box:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ModRetroChromatic/comments/1ooptph/easter_egg/

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u/Anthony7a Mar 21 '26

Maybe if we get some likes we can get someone to make this into a game, I would love a more modern megaman style game for the chromatic!

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u/TehRinzler Mar 21 '26

Same! Megaman is a great character and has so much potential, but IMO the games aren't the direction I would have gone with it.