Hermano and Chantey grace your Chromatic or GameBoy today
ModRetro Publishing drops two new winners for your favorite GameBoy player
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The ModRetro Chromatic is a fantastic device. Part of what makes it unique on the market, however, is that the team is actively publishing new games for it. Sure, these will play on your GameBoy or GameBoy Color, but why not play it on the amazing Chromatic? Today, two new games are available, a cute platformer in Hermano, and a sea-faring, rhythm adventure in Chantey. Take a look at the links below and pick yours up today! We'll have our reviews for these games up soon, keep an eye on GamingTrend.
ModRetro Chromatic review — The right kind of retro
It’s like I’m back in my childhood vehicle playing my Gameboy off street lights
David Burdette
Hermano, available for pre-order since November 2024, begins shipping on 3/25/25 and is now available for purchase on ModRetro.com for $39.99.
ModRetro is proud to announce the official launch of Hermano, the highly anticipated 2D platformer from the renowned Spanish game studio Pat Morita Team. A standout winner at the 2023 GB Compo game jam and a Kickstarter sensation, Hermano is now available for purchase.
Immerse yourself in a hauntingly beautiful journey inspired by rich cultural legends. Hermano ("brother") follows the courageous Nano as he ventures through the underworld to rescue his brother Mano, who was abducted while honoring his brother’s grave during the Day of the Dead. Players will guide Nano through eerie, otherworldly realms teeming with relentless ghouls, ghosts, and demons. As gates to deeper and more perilous infernos unlock, the path to saving his beloved hermano grows darker and more treacherous.
Hermano
On the Day of the Dead, Mano paid a visit to the grave of his brother, Nano. Legend has it that on this night, the gates of the underworld swing open, allowing the departed to reunite with their living kin. However, these same gates unleashed a horde of lost souls, monsters, and demons upon the realm of the living. Jus
Pat Morita Team
Chantey, available for pre-order since August 2024, begins shipping on 3/25/25 and is now available for purchase on ModRetro.com for $39.99.
Chantey is a classic top-down adventure, mixing open-world exploration and rhythm game elements. You play as a young-man-turned-pirate, entangled in a fierce pirate vendetta between the descendants of the legendary ‘Nightingale Pirate’ on a quest to rule the seven seas beneath the vibrant echoes of rousing pirate metal anthems. Set in an alternate history where Golden Age pirate mythology and headbanging metal riffs collide, embark on an epic journey to re-assemble and revive the Nightingale Pirate's heavy metal legacy, navigate treacherous waters, overcome notorious enemies, and survive the horrors lurking beneath the ocean’s waves.
Chantey
Stowed away on a Spanish merchant vessel, craving for adventure, riches and fame, your long and arduous voyage to the West Indies is about to come to an abrupt end... Set in an alternate history where Golden Age pirate mythology and headbanging heavy metal riffs collide, embark on an epic journey to collect mystical se
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Stay tuned to GamingTrend for more Hermano, Chantey, and ModRetro news and info!
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