Super Rare Games have announced the Super Rare Mixtape Vol. 1 – a curated collection of no less than 30 indie games and 6 demos of some of the most exciting upcoming indie titles. Best of all, the games come featured on a cassette tape shaped USB complete with custom launcher for easy plug ‘n’ play use on PC. All this wrapped in a beautiful collector’s box and full-colour manual.
A curated collection of indie games from some of the best and brightest up-and-coming developers.
Passion project turned reality by Super Rare Games‘ own Ryan Brown the Super Rare Mixtape Vol. 1 is perhaps one of the best and innovative ideas we’ve seen in a long time.
Super Rare Mixtape Vol. 1 is limited to 1,000 copies, which goes on sale on August 19th at 6pm BST (10am PT/1pm ET) – available worldwide for £28 (+ relevant VAT & shipping) at superraregames.com.
Super Rare Mixtape features 📼 30 games - a curated collection of 30 varied games from small indie developers in the freeware scene - from retro first-person shooters and platformers, to visual novels, tower defenses, and quick experimental ideas, this is a showcase of pure creativity that finally gives these games the attention and preservation they deserve 📼 6 demos - to fit with its PC compilation disc/PS1 demo disc type vibes, we've partnered with teams behind some of the most exciting upcoming commercial indie games to provide playable demos - including SkateBIRD, Grapple Dog, Billie Bust Up, and more! 📼 USB tape cassette - your mixtape of games are fittingly featured on a tape cassette shaped USB, complete with a built-in custom launcher for easy plug 'n' play use on your Windows PC or laptop 📼 Collector's box - the gorgeous slim box, designed to fit in with your games collection, also includes a full-colour manual with a full page dedicated to each of the 36 titles and why we chose them for this collection 📼 1,000 copies* - as a tester to see if there's an audience for this uniquely new idea of physical collections of tiny indie games for PC, only 1,000 copies of Volume 1 are available for sale - hopefully we can make many more volumes in the future!
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