On a cool spring evening in April surrounded by the sound of laughter and shouted conversation, Sly McMahon Jr, his face wet with tears, watches a mechanical rat shoot a slime with a heavy rifle before rocketing across a bottomless chasm.
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Guerrilla journalist Warren Hernandez tracked down the enigmatic developer behind the SICK’s pack-in title, Down with the Sickness. Driving to Toronto to interview him, Hernandez provides a rare look into the mind of an elusive ’90s video game pioneer.
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One of the Super Indie City Konsole’s most beloved platformers is Toss Up Tower, lovingly restored by Harrison Kratz. Besides the code, the only portions of the package that Kratz was able to recover from SICK fan forums included concept art of a wizard, blurry scans of planning documents, some marketing materials, and the phrase “Bring crystal ball to top of castle tower.”
The team at Kohococoa Design Works is proud to restore a critical piece of the history of the Chicago-built SICK. This was made possible thanks to a friend and SICK fan based out of Odawara, Japan.
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The SICK-MC, only known to the most dedicated SICK fans, is an unreleased portable add-on for the original SICK. Due to the konsole’s failure, it was scrapped.
Justin Herrick, a devoted historian and game developer, has unearthed all known information on the MC and has even restored and expanded one of its planned launch titles, SICK RACING.
Buzz has always surrounded Rataton: Slimeval, a never-released SICK game that, if rumors are to be believed, inspired Metal Slug (Nazca, SNK, 1996). SICK historians and fans alike have been trying to get in contact with the game’s developer, Will Steinhardt, for years. This April, they finally did.
