198X
198X is not just a beat ’em up, a shoot ’em up, a racing game, a ninja game and an RPG. This is a love letter to the golden age of arcade games – yet with a scope that was never possible in the actual 1980s…
198X is an adventure developed by Hi-Bit Studios, released 20 June 2019 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What 198X is
198X is an adventure game developed by Hi-Bit Studios and released in 2019. It was published by 8-4. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
"The game is set in Suburbia, just outside the City, sometime in 198X. It follows the journey of Kid, a teenager stuck between the limitations of innocent youth and the obligations of inevitable adulthood. The story unfolds when Kid discovers the local arcade – finding new worlds, and new meaning, in video games. For every visit to the arcade – every game uncovered, every move mastered, every demon defeated – Kid grows stronger. And the lines between game and reality starts to blur…"
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
198X holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year.
What it launched against
198X launched on 20 June 2019, within three weeks of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Super Mario Maker 2, The Sinking City and Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Super Mario Maker 2, The Sinking City, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for 198X yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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