We are SO EXCITED to finally show you Xcavator 2025! This is an unreleased (and unannounced!) NES game from 1991 that we recovered from its source code. The rights to it were 100% donated to us, and it’s being published as a fundraiser cartridge to support our work!
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The title was never formally announced and would likely have ended up forgotten if a prototype hadn’t been discovered among the development materials the Video Game History Foundation recovered from Oberth’s archives — materials his family donated to the Foundation after his passing.
“The Video Game History Foundation then worked with Mega Cat Studios to finish the game,” iam8bit says, “staying true to Oberth’s original vision and using the tools and environments that Oberth would have utilized himself to make the game whole.”
You can pre-order Xcavator 2025 now ahead of its Q2 2026 release for $100. That is a premium price for a reproduction cartridge, but 100% of proceeds will be donated to the Video Game History Foundation to support their preservation efforts.
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Source: gamesradar.com
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