Songbird

The next piece arrives! The boxes should be here later this week. Also did you know each game will include a flexible plastic controller overlay?

Got our first Signature Edition carts built over the weekend! More coming soon. Signature Edition should ship by end of August.

While supplies last, Songbird has a few copies of the limited serial number edition in stock: https://songbird-productions.com/product/assembloids-limited-edition/

Songbird sells a USB Lynx power adapter, which makes it easy to power the Lynx either from a wall outlet or portable power bank. I use mine quite a bit now especially when traveling. Obviously if your power jack on the Lynx is bad, this won't fix it...

Pre-orders are open for the next carts! Full Void: https://songbird-productions.com/product/full-void/ Home Computer Heroes: https://songbird-productions.com/product/evercade-home-computer-heroes-collection-1/

Vince from JV Games was quite open to feedback during the extensive beta test we did. He put way more time into it than you would expect, because he really wanted a quality product. As you said, not only do you get some upgraded textures and a little bit better 3D renderer, but also many UI / UX improvements, a whole bunch of new NPC audio that was never in the Jaguar version, and even some gameplay adjustments to tweak enemy behaviors or weapon/spell stats. I had so much fun playing Towers II Enhanced from start to finish with almost no spoilers. And for what it's worth, I bought Towers II back in the day at retail and never finished it because I got frustrated around level 3 or 4 when monsters could one-hit kill me plus they would respawn on subsequent game loads. This was a much different experience.

Thought people would like to know: all files have gone to print! Should have everything showing up about 3 weeks from now. In the meantime, I will start building carts, but my supply is very limited until the next run of boards arrives with the bigger saved data EEPROM. Those should also show up sometime in August. We're almost there! Really excited to get everyone's reactions to this first-ever remaster of a professional Jaguar release.

Delphine and Sunsoft pre-orders are open at Songbird! Pretty cool to have a portable way to play Flashback and Another World. Delphine: https://songbird-productions.com/product/evercade-delphine-collection-1/ Sunsoft: https://songbird-productions.com/product/evercade-sunsoft-collection-1/

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Pre-orders open now for the Super Pocket! Taito: https://songbird-productions.com/product/super-pocket-taito-edition/ Capcom: https://songbird-productions.com/product/super-pocket-capcom-edition/

Songbird will carry this. Pre-orders open in a couple days!

Thanks for your support! I think you will enjoy it. Having the extra element of collecting crowns via multiple playthroughs helps give the game a larger goal in addition to "how deep can you explore." I definitely enjoy playing it even though I'm not very good at reaching the deepest levels!

Totally agree about the appeal! It's professionally developed, published back in the 1990s, and getting remastered by the original developers 25 years later. Pretty cool to see it all come together.

If you're going in cold, and not using any hint guides, I would expect lots of hours. Easily 20+ when I played through it and I tried to explore nearly everything. If you skip past some portions or you already know some of the first objectives to accomplish, it would be shorter but I would still think 15+ hours.

FYI, the Signature Edition was limited to one per person. We just broke 100 sales in the first 12 hours. That's significantly better than any Songbird release of the past few years. Typically even for a "strong seller" I would expect at best 50-60 sales in the first 2-3 days. Thank you so much to Jag fans everywhere! It's because of your long-standing support that we can do cool releases like this. And I think you will really enjoy this remastered edition; I know I did while I played it all the way through to the end.

Signature Edition is sold out! Thanks for all the support so far. @K3V it was 49 when you ordered. 😉

Pre-orders are open now! First 300 copies all have "1ST RUN" printed on the box and sticker. Signature Edition (50 units): https://songbird-productions.com/product/towers-ii-enhanced-signature-edition/ Standard Edition (250 units): https://songbird-productions.com/product/towers-ii-enhanced/

Nice videos, @BitJag! And of course I am a big fan of your cover art too. Pre-orders will likely open around 7am Chicago time (Central USA time) on June 28.

Biscuits and gravy is always a breakfast crowd pleaser... Standard Edition ($99.95): September release target Limited to 250 units Black / dark gray shell "1st Run" printed on box and cart sticker Signature Edition ($129.95): August release target Limited to 50 units Clear shell (only way to get clear shell for Towers II Enhanced) "1st Run" printed on box and cart sticker JV Games 3" sticker Towers II Enhanced acrylic pin Full-color numbered postcard with special message from JV Games and hand-signed by them The "release targets" are still being determined based on the outstanding quote from the factory and the rate we can build cartridges, so this may change a bit over time. The plan is to have the Signature Edition release approximately one month ahead of the Standard Edition. Pre-orders open June 28! Watch for another batch of videos to launch this week too.

Pre-orders will open on June 28 for an August 2023 release. Still finalizing the build details at the moment...

Only those on the list as of June 1, 2023 are allowed to purchase the game.

Pre-orders are open for Piko Arcade #1 and Sydney Hunter! Plus Team 17 and Piko Collection #3 are both in stock and shipping now. Piko Arcade #1: https://songbird-productions.com/product/evercade-piko-arcade-collection-1/ Sydney Hunter: https://songbird-productions.com/product/evercade-sydney-hunter/

Quick update on pre-orders: the original supply of chips we were going to use got pushed back from a May delivery to June and now to August. 😕 However we were able to source an alternate part this week which we haven't tried before. We're going to build a few sample carts, and if the chip works, then the July release month should be feasible. That's a long way of saying I might need to hold off on pre-orders a bit longer than anticipated; I don't want to collect orders too far in advance of when I can deliver carts. I'll know more next week.

Yes. Just last night.

Enemy health bars is such a big improvement IMO, and obviously a common feature in modern games. It gives the player an important feedback loop especially when attacking new, stronger foes. Also did you notice that the fist graphic has been improved? You only see it in the first few minutes of gameplay, but I never liked how the fist looked in the original release. Glad it looks better now.