Macarena of the Missing (2008)
Trigger Warnings: transphobia, mental health
Macarena of the Missing is a bootleg demake of Limbo of the Lost, a point-and click adventure game fabled for stealing every single artistic asset you can think of. Luckily, this parody uses all original assets, filled with knowing winks to classic game franchises. The plot follows Admiral Horatio Nelson, hero of the battle of Trafalgar, as he descends into Macarena (a sister dimension to Limbo). There, he meets a host of familiar faces, enters into lengthy conversations, solves puzzles, and maybe helps save Free Will from the machinations of Destiny.
Controls:
Left click: Move/Interact/Interrupt (when cursor shows rude gesture) Double-click on arrows to fast-travel. Right click: Look Escape: Bring up save/load menu in-game M: Toggle overworld music in-game
Features:
Excessively long conversations with NPCs such as the plumber Minestrone or the muscle-bound gun maniac Dick Fallout.
The innovative TalkToTheHand dialog interruption system.
A single voice actor.
Music courtesy of an old three octave Yamaha non-midi keyboard
Item based inventory puzzles that skirt the edge of reason.
Extreme pixellated closeups.
Suspiciously familiar background art, music, and characters
Backgrounds: sergiocornaga - Chess, Hell, Moon Noyb - All the crappy looking ones Game Screenshots courtesy of: FriendlyRhinoceros - Double Fault! Robson - Debrysis Oddbob - Dance of the Slightly Misplaced (many) Pishtaco - S.T.A.C.K.E.R.
Press:
Won 8th place in the TIGSource Bootleg Demake Compo.
Included in 50 MMF games in 10 minutes.
Apparently included in Russian magazine “DVDmaniya”, № 11, November 2008.
“[E]xcellent puzzles, great writing and full voice acting that’s frankly better than it has any right to be, considering all 10 or so characters are voiced by the creator” – Terry Cavanagh, September 18, 2008
“My pants, they were nearly wee’d in through laughter and the tea spillage was beyond a joke.” – Rob, Retro Remakes, September 12, 2008
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@pixelcop
I just learned of this and played through it. Different content, same kind of experience.