Drinkbox Studios
PlayStation 4 | Steam
Director: TBA
Yoku’s Island Express
Villa Gorilla
PlayStation 4 | Steam | Switch | Xbox One
Director: Jens Andersson | Mattias Snygg | Linus Larsson
Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap
Lizardcube
PlayStation 4 | Steam | Switch | Xbox One
Director: Omar Cornutt
Rabi-Ribi
Kano-Bi
Windows
Director: Gema Yue
Axiom Verge
Tom Happ Studios
PlayStation 4 | Vita | Windows
Director: Tom Happ
Pharaoh’s Curse
Synapse Software
Commodore 64, Atari 800
Designer: Bob Connell | Steve Coleman
ROOTS: Feeling almost like a hybrid between Adventure, Venture, and Pitfall!, Pharaoh’s Curse sends players into a tiny looping maze comprised of 15 interconnected screens. Each screen poses its own specific challenge, including an angry mummy to avoid.
Zork: The Great Underground Empire
Infocom
Personal Computers
Tim Anderson | Marc Blank | Bruce Daniels | Dave Lebling
ROOTS: An influential work that helped shape the nature and direction of metroidvania game design… and countless other games, as well. While not a metroidvania in and of itself, this essential precursor defined the workings of exploratory gameplay and persistent imaginary worlds.
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