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Press release:
Montreal, Canada – April 21, 2022.
Retro publisher Incube8 Games has announced a new imprint, Incube8 Games Lite, with the intent of publishing cartridge-only physical releases for retro handheld games.

Incube8 Games Lite releases will be strictly cartridge releases; they will not include a box, insert, or any of the other additional items (such as sticker sheets) that might be included in standard boxed releases. For the cartridges, while some of the aesthetic features of the PCB will be forgone, these PCBs are still manufactured by Inside Gadget, to their standard of quality.

Thus, the end result will be a cartridge-only release that has a lower price point, and shorter manufacturing time, with the ultimate aim to be an affordable solution for Incube8 Games releases.

To debut this new format, Incube8 Games and indie development studio 7FH announce that “Gunship” for the Nintendo Game Boy will be getting released on physical cartridge through the Incube8 Games Lite imprint, as well as digitally.

In “Gunship”, our nation is under attack by enemy forces, and the defense can only succeed with the help of air ground support. The future of our nation depends on you! “Gunship” is a rail shooter for the Nintendo Game Boy, which sees you fighting your way through five missions to repel the attack and restore peace.

Lite Edition Includes

Physical cartridge

Digital cover art and instruction booklet

Digital Edition Includes

Digital ROM

Digital cover art and instruction booklet

Features:

2D pixel art

Five missions to play through

Fully compatible with all Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance handhelds

Social Networks

Incube8 Games: facebook / instagram / twitter

7FH: itch.io

About Incube8 Games
Founded in 2021 with already more than ten games signed in the first year, we aim to facilitate the publishing of retro video game cartridges. Strong with Retro Modding’s expertise and supply chain, we offer turnkey publishing solutions for physical releases. Using quality PCBs from Inside Gadget and locally manufactured boxes, we manufacture complete physical cartridge releases of games, in addition to a variety of add-ons for premium collector’s editions.

About 7FH
Andreas Winhard was born in 1981, near Munich, Germany. Having studied Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, he always had a passion for programming video games. As a result, he taught himself Assembly and Pascal, and also learned ANSI-C and Java during his studies. In 2019/2020, this interest evolved into Gameboy programming, and he became familiar with Gameboy Development Kit (GBDK) as a result.

Jonas “O.J” Ek
The Gaming Ground
Twitter: @TheGamingGround