An epic video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System that went on to become one of the system’s best, if most difficult, games.
A long-lost NES prototype from the 90s is now seeing full release more than 30 years later thanks to the Video Game History Foundation.
iam8bit has partnered with the Video Game History Foundation, Mega Cat Studios, and Retrotainment Games to bring programmer Chris Oberth’s long-long Nintendo Entertainment System game Xcavator back from the dead as Xcavatar 2025, also for Nintendo Entertainment System. It will launch as a premium physical release with a cartridge of the game and new manual. Pre-order are available now for $100 via iam8bit, with shipping to begin in Q2 2026.
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One of the most memorable fights I ever played. I almost didn't want to pull the trigger at the end.
This game was so hard.
I could get past the speeder bike level, but not the level after that. Which I think was only like the 4th or 5th level.