Black Future '88
Climb a procedural tower in an alternate version of 1988 to kill its insane owner. Then do it again, and again. The constantly evolving world is influenced by other players as you experience this bold and…
Black Future '88 is an adventure developed by SUPERSCARYSNAKES, released 21 November 2019 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $1.99 at GOG.
What Black Future '88 is
Black Future '88 is an adventure game developed by SUPERSCARYSNAKES and released in 2019. It was published by Gambitious. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Black Future ’88 is a Synth-Punk roguelike 2D action Shooter. Vertically climb an always evolving procedural tower to reach the top and kill its insane owner…before your heart explodes. Shoot, slash, dash and upgrade yourself to survive the endless waves of deadly traps, homicidal AI, crazed junkies and colossal Wardens standing in your way in a stylish alternative version of 1988. The world is reeling from a nuclear cataclysm, created by Duncan, the tower architect. The First of his bombs fell in the summer of 1988, and by December they had blacked-out the sun with endless rain. We decided to stop keeping time after this, and it’s been 1988 ever since. Everything that lived through the…
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. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen. There are 29 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Black Future '88 holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 21 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 (2*1866) or equivalent, 2 GB RAM and GeForce 7600 GS (512 MB) or equivalent. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $1.99 at GOG, 90% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Black Future '88 launched on 21 November 2019, within three weeks of Death Stranding, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Persona 5 Royal and Luigi's Mansion 3. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Death Stranding, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Persona 5 Royal, Luigi's Mansion 3.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Black Future '88 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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