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IGDB / 121834

What Remains

2019 Adventure Indie Visual Novel

What Remains is an 8-bit game for the emblematic 1985 NES console, blending visual novel and adventure elements in a story translating real events from the 80s into an epic quest to save the world.

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Deep dive / Spielprofil

Everything about What Remains: story and gameplay

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Story & context

It is 1986. You just came home from a skate session when a video game cartridge falls into your hands. Excited to find out what it contains, you visit your friend who just got a Nintendo for Christmas. You quickly insert the cartridge and a strange list of encrypted files appears... As the story unravels, your life in Sunny Peaks transforms dramatically, and you start uncovering a dark secret threatening everyone. But no despair, your best friend is by your side... as well as a very helpful cat.

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Trait1980s Trait80s Traitchild protagonist Traitfemale protagonist Traithomebrew Traitinteractive fiction

Game profile / Plain language

What Remains: release, platforms, and facts

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Studios & ownership

Studio & publishing

Developer
Iodine Dynamics
Publisher
Iodine Dynamics
Franchise
Standalone
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric, Side view
Themes
Mystery, Thriller
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • Nintendo Entertainment System May 24, 2019

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