Today’s The Last Day To Get Mega Kaiju Boom Ball

In case you missed our review of Orebody Inc’s upcoming 8-bit game Mega Kaiju Boom Ball, we think it’s really great — and that you won’t want to miss the Kickstarter campaign for the game, which is wrapping up tomorrow.

The classic setup where you ricochet a ball against walls and break bricks is one of the oldest video game conventions there is — it might actually predate video games if we take pinball into account. Mega Kaiju Boom Ball evolves the genre past Breakout and Arkanoid by adding a new element: monsters. You goal is no longer just to bust everything on the screen, but the rampaging kaiju at the center of it. The kaiju will try attack your paddle with projectiles, leaving one more thing to keep track of in addition to the ball — but there are power-ups to help you achieve your goal.

They came out of nowhere to rampage across our cities, oceans, and homes. The kaiju: giant monsters from beyond our world. In response, B.O.O.M (Ballistic Operations and Occupation Military) has deployed its prototype Bumper and Ball weapon, an experimental system that promises to end the kaiju threat. In this war, there are no winners. So B.O.O.M has to make sure that the monsters somehow lose first – and harder. Whatever the cost. Can you eliminate the kaiju threat and discover a way to stop them for good?

The cheapest way to play Mega Kaiju Boom Ball is through the digital tier, which costs just $10 and includes the ROM, a PDF of the manual and a PNG of the box cover. Collectors will want to spring for the Super Kaiju Tier which provides a physical cartridge of the game for a real NES, plus a real manual and box, all for $70. (It also comes in Famicom flavor.) The Mega Kaiju Tier will only be offered through the Kickstarter, costs $85 and adds your name to the in-game credits.

Hurry and get this game before the monsters take it away — the campaign ends tomorrow, October 23 at 10 AM Pacific.