Escape 2049 Announced for Sega Genesis and GBA

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Escape 2049 Announced for Sega Genesis and GBA

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Forget time travel—Escape 2049 is taking us back to the future… on a Sega Genesis.

French studio OrionSoft just dropped news that Escape 2049, the gritty sequel to Escape 2042, is hitting retro consoles like it’s 1995… if 1995 had AI surveillance, asteroid prisons, and grenades that solve puzzles. You play as Elena, hacker hubby Shun’s wife, who gets jailed after AI spots her too late. Think Contra meets Oddworld, with a dash of Another World’s eerie atmosphere—and all wrapped in pixel art that somehow feels fresh.

Gameplay? Run, gun, hack, disable cameras, hunt keycards, and blow up stuff across four wild worlds: prisons, deserts, forests, and—yes—an asteroid. Twelve levels. Twelve bosses. Zero mercy.

And if you’re a collector? Cartridges with manuals. Physical boxes. The full nostalgia package. (Or go digital, no judgment—we’ve all got cluttered shelves.) Plus, Steam’s getting it too, and Escape 2042 is being re-released like a cult classic vinyl.

Kickstarter’s live, and the demo’s free. If you miss the days when “dystopia” meant 16-bit sprites and cassette tapes… this is your sign.

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