The discharge of Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle on Change 2 has us right here at Nintendo Life Towers cracking out our 4K discs for a cheeky rewatch. A bit of righteous swashbuckling and fantastical archaeology in these troubled instances is simply what the physician ordered.
Nonetheless, there’s one other treasure-hunting recreation that caught our eye not too long ago, one which’s in search of a few of Indy’s fortune and glory: particularly, Fortune & Glory, a brand-new GBC platformer that is at present reside on Kickstarter after smashing its purpose on the primary day.
Coming from indie dev Matthew Loffhagen, it is truly one other Disney character of Scottish heritage that this homebrew title is channelling: Scrooge McDuck – or extra particularly, Scrooge’s NES platformers and the broader 8-bit Capcom oeuvre beneath the Disney banner (as spotlighted not too long ago in Digital Eclipse’s wonderful — and lengthy overdue on Change — Disney Afternoon Assortment).
Actually, the Indy reference and the namecheck for high quality Saturday morning tie-ins like Chip ‘n Dale and DuckTales was sufficient to pique our curiosity, however there appears to be loads of coronary heart and soul that is gone into this GBStudio challenge.
You management one of many titular rodents as you discover Gatopolis — the Metropolis of Cats — in quest of (in the most effective custom) some sacred MacGuffin or different. Historic cities? Test. Booby traps? Obvs. Minecarts? Natch. Snakes? Most likely. Rats? Er, they’re mice, no? Thoughts-scarring melting faces or coronary heart elimination scenes? Most likely not.
The sport picked up second place within the Recreation Boy Competitors 2025 jam, and you’ll try the Kickstarter trailer on the prime of the web page for a greater concept of how this little platformer strikes and sounds. Here is a bit flavour from Loffhagen’s Kickstarter web page:
“I’ve lengthy wished to make my very own tribute to those video games, and eventually final 12 months I fulfilled this dream by coming into Fortune & Glory within the GB Compo ’25 recreation jam. To my shock, the sport received 2nd place within the jam’s video games class, in addition to scoring highest among the many judges for artwork.
“Emboldened, I took my preliminary recreation and expanded it considerably, quadrupling its measurement and including an extra playable character in addition to detailed cutscenes tying the entire journey along with a narrative impressed by Disney classics – with a wholesome quantity of Indiana Jones and The Mummy (1998) in there for good measure! In spite of everything, these movies had been impressed by Disney comics to start out with, so all of it felt very thematic!”
There’s nonetheless greater than 20 days to go on the Kickstarter on the time of writing, so if a bodily copy of this sounds interesting (plus a wide range of add-ons in the event that they float your boat), head over there and take a gander.
Nonetheless unsure? There’s a demo on itch.io which you can obtain and even simply play in your browser.
Tell us beneath if that is urgent your nostalgia button.
