Late one night, the malevolent Thump enters the Gadget Kingdom's castle and steals the Gadget King's gem. The king wakes up the next morning to find that his gem was stolen. The king then summons Bop and Bump to reclaim his stolen possession from Thump.
Gameplay consists of flying through six air and water levels: Gadget Bay, Zeppelin Attack, The Lost City, Sub Attack, The Crystal Lake and Thump's World. Although the game continually scrolls throughout its stages, the player can fly in all directions on the screen. Bop and Bump come equipped with a spring glove mechanism that lets the player punch either up, down, right or left, which is used to defeat enemies.
Defeated enemies drop coins. There are also chests littered throughout the stages which contain coins also. These coins can be spent at a shop where the player can purchase upgrades.
The game also contains bonus stages where the objective is to open all the chests in a limited amount of time.
This is an emulated version of the Genesis/Mega Drive game Gadget Twins. The emulator being used is Mednafen, which is generally not one of the better emulators for the Genesis, but it seems to do a decent enough job for this particular game. At least through stage 2 (out of 6), I haven't encountered any noticeable problems yet.
Piko hasn't included...
Very difficult, very fun, very obscure.
This was my first shmup and it fostered a lifelong love for the genre. It's pretty dated and janky by today's standards but it remains one of the most unique titles out there. I dream that this game is one day remade in the Cuphead style.
The Gadget Twins is a fun, retro-style shooter game developed by Imagitec Design and published by Piko Interactive LLC. Here's a breakdown of what players can expect:
Gameplay:
Fast-paced shooter action with six levels of wild arcade-style gameplay
Players control BOP and BUMP, two gadget-wielding twins on a mission to retrieve the stolen Gadget King's...
This game is part of my childhood and it's great to revisit it. That said, I wish they had added alternate controls, because the controls are ROUGH! You can attack in the 4 cardinal direction but to switch direction, there is a single button that switches the direction 90 degrees clockwise. So if you punch and enemy below you then want to punch an enemy...
