Retro/Grade
Play a classic Shoot 'Em Up... in reverse! Navigate deadly enemy waves and un-fire attacks in Retro/Grade, a mind-bending rhythm game by 24 Caret Games. Pick up a gamepad or a guitar controller and help Rick…
Retro/Grade is an indie developed by 24 Caret Games, released 21 August 2012 on PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Retro/Grade is
Retro/Grade is an indie game developed by 24 Caret Games and released in 2012. It is available on PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Retro/Grade is a video game developed by 24 Caret Games. The game is about ace pilot Rick Rocket, who must repeat his last space battle in reverse in order to protect the space time continuum. The game play is rhythm-based and timed to original music by Skyler McGlothlin. In January 2009, it was nominated for two Independent Games Festival awards: Excellence in Audio and Excellence in Design. In October 2010, it won the Audience Choice Award at IndieCade.
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. There are 21 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Retro/Grade holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 62% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 9 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.0+ GHz or better (dual core recommended), 2 GB RAM and NVIDIA 8000 series. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
Retro/Grade launched on 21 August 2012, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition, Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Mark of the Ninja. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition, Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Mark of the Ninja.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Retro/Grade yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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