Prove your worth and rescue your beloved princess by winning the Powerball.
The Game Boy Color, which was released in 1998, was once the epitome of mobile gaming – that is until Nintendo released the Game Boy Advanced in 2001 and the Game Boy Color became just another disused dusty last-gen console. However, that hasn’t stopped game publisher Bitmap Soft from launching new games for the iconic handheld, and its latest game, Powerball, is launching soon.
In Powerball, a princess and a young man have fallen in love and wish to marry. However, the King is dead set against the union, so he uses a magic spell to turn the young man into a terrifying creature. The princess is locked away in a tower and forced to become betrothed to a wealthy prince.
It won’t be long until your beloved is trapped in a loveless marriage. Your only chance of beating the King is to partake in a high-stakes event called the Power-Ball. With gameplay similar to pong, Powerball tasks you with destroying bricks and enemies by hitting a ball across the screen. You’ll also gain points, which you can use to increase your defence, magic, and power.
Bitmap Soft, along with developer Rueben Retrohave, will be releasing a digital version of Powerball on the Bitmap Soft store for £10.00 and a physical version for £45.00 in the near future. Powerball’s physical version is compatible with Game Boy Color, Super Game Boy, Game Boy Advance and Analogue Pocket and comes with a game cartridge, case, box, and instructions.
Bitmap Soft was launched in 2019 and specializes in publishing new and unreleased games on old-school computers and consoles. With a motto of “Putting the NEW into RETRO,” the company currently supports the C16, CPlus/4, C64, Amstrad CPC 464, ZX Spectrum 48k/128k/NEXT, CD32, and the Atari ST & Commodore Amiga computers. It aims to create a new catalogue of games across various retro systems.
