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Bat Lizard Bonanza

Bat Lizard Bonanza is an arcade shoot-em-up for the NES. It's inspired by games like Gradius and Parodius. The settlers have been exploiting Irata’s natural resources for many solar cycles. The Wampus took…

26 August 2020

Bat Lizard Bonanza is an arcade developed by John Vanderhoef, released 26 August 2020 on Nintendo Entertainment System.

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What Bat Lizard Bonanza is

Bat Lizard Bonanza is an arcade game developed by John Vanderhoef and released in 2020. It is available on Nintendo Entertainment System only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Bat Lizard Bonanza is an arcade shoot-em-up for the NES. It's inspired by games like Gradius and Parodius. The settlers have been exploiting Irata’s natural resources for many solar cycles. The Wampus took back the mountains. The Wart Worms took back the mines. But now Lizzy the Bat Lizard must embark on a quest to end the Settler scourge once and for all, dauntless in the wind with the echoes of her ancestors at her back.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Bat Lizard Bonanza launched on 26 August 2020, within three weeks of Marvel's Avengers, Factorio, Risk of Rain 2 and Crusader Kings III.

Released around the same time: Marvel's Avengers, Factorio, Risk of Rain 2, Crusader Kings III.

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When did Bat Lizard Bonanza come out?
Bat Lizard Bonanza was released on 26 August 2020 for Nintendo Entertainment System.

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