Garbage Pail Kids: Mad Mike and the Quest for Stale Gum

Nailed it in every category. An actual NES game from the era wouldn't have been this faithful to the property. And the looks, sounds, and difficulty will make you believe you're actually playing a forgotten 8 bit game. Bonus materials are generous, and even include a new GPK movie! This is how you do neo-retro.

The game that's been missing from our lives and we didn't know it. As a NES game it excels, similar to late era NES games in its look and variety. Huge bosses, The levels are each unique, and the whole thing is true to the spirit of Garbage Pail Kids. The card trading feature is a cool extra bit of gameplay, and the PC features like rewinding gameplay and saving were welcome. I can't wait to own/play the physical cartridge.

Bought the game as a Steam key, installed it, it launches, it shows the developer and publisher info... and then just stays at a black screen. There's no way to get to the actual game. And the game hasn't been updated in a long time so there's liltle chance of a fix. If you buy it, don't be like me. Nab it on Steam, test it immediately. If it doesn't work, just refund. Edit: Figured out the problem: Having either Steam Input *or* the Steam Overlay active will cause this black screen. Disabling both from Steam itself lets the game start just fine! And once you press a button on your gamepad, the game will recognize the pad and let you play with it! I'm keeping this negative review, hopefully me figuring it out can help someone in the future.

As a guy who collected GPK cards in 4th grade this game is amazing! Feels like unearthing a hidden gem from the 80's at a game stand at the swapmeet. Emulates the NES difficulty well without being cruel or unfair. They nailed the tone of the cards too! This game needs more eyes on it!

Having purchased, reviewed and generally been around the guys of 8-Bit Legit since Haunted Halloween 85', I am aware of their love and appreciation for retro and their ability to build a game. I am a couple of hours in to my play time of Mad Mike (between here and Xbox) and I will say that this is on brand GPK. This is truly out there, makes absolutely no sense, and that's what makes it so fun. Fishing in a toilet, a rubber bouncing baby? I mean, GPK was always gross, and to the letter absolute ridiculous. And Mad Mikes quest for Stale Gum is something that any retro enthusiast would love. Because of it's nonsensical play style, and retro difficulty. It's $10 bucks, and you cannot go wrong. Support Indie Devs or GTFO

I think this might be my new favorite game. It might be gross, but the gameplay is spot-on perfect, imo. Like contra, if you fail, it's on you and means you just need to get good.

Plays on the Deck out of the box. Only issue I saw was remapping controls were not reflected in submenus for trading and activating cards. Overall fun game and is made to accommodate all skill levels.

https://youtu.be/cZI-gwVdbcg Immediately raising the question of who this game is for the unclear platforming and level design does match that of the NES era but not in a rewarding way.

Bad controls, choppy camera movement, nothing is explained, searched the option to change the camera style but coudn't find... what were they thinking?

[h2]Top-tastic.. Garbage pail kids[/h2] Is a faithful throwback to 80's style nes platformers of yesteryear. Break trashcans to find and trade cards for power up bonuses. Tourist difficulty you are pretty much done in afew hours. 6/10 Average completion time: 3-4 hours Number of achievements: 18 Difficulty: casual (tourist) Replay-ability: tied to achievements Online playerbase: None applicable