New Games For Retro Consoles: Ploid And Reknum

If you didn’t know, most video game consoles from the 80s and 90s are still getting new games added to their library every month — just not “officially.” There’s a thriving indie development community centered around the NES, Game Boy, Genesis, and the 90s’ final gift, the Dreamcast.

Ploid and Reknum are two indie projects first released for the NES, but they’ll soon be getting Dreamcast releases thanks to the efforts of publisher VGNY Soft. Preorders were opened today, and here’s what each of them are about….

Ploid is a Mega Man inspired platformer-shooter where you play as a robot named Omega searching for an upgrade. “Omega must travel to the sacred ruins in search of the sacred disks files that contain the necessary information to be able to take the final step and evolve,” reads the official description.

• 8 worlds full of exploration and secrets!

• Dangerous traps and monsters

• Story Mode 

• EX-Mode

• 8bit music by David Ko

• Supports HDMI & VGA Cables

• REGION FREE

In Reknum you are Cheri, resident of the Kingdom of Drissol — a place that just survived a brutal war. Cheri is now searching for her lost family and has been told if she collects four sacred artifacts, she’ll be able to rescue them from the underworld. “Explore the thematic levels, unlock new weapons, fight fearsome bosses inspired by classic gameplay, decipher the poetic words of the ancestors when you travel through the kingdom of Drissol and reach Cheri’s final outcome.”

• Explore the thematic levels

• Unlock new weapons

• Fight fearsome bosses inspired by classic gameplay

• Supports HDMI & VGA Cables

• REGION FREE

The Dreamcast versions of Ploid and Reknum are $29.99 each and will ship in the fourth quarter of 2023. Reserve your copies here and here.