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Hi everyone. My name's Carlos and I'm a member of Retro Sumus, a small indie dev team from Spain. We developed Xenocider for the Dreamcast (launched in early 2021) and have recently begun developing our new game, Sovietborgs for Mega Drive and Dreamcast. Just a few days ago we announced there will be a Neo Geo version as well.

Our team's programmer is Chui, who created the Neo4All and AES4All emulators for the Dreamcast.

The crazy setting for the game is as follows:
On November 9, 1989, 11:14 pm, the KGB's glorious electronic brain, Tovarishch-Prime, became self-aware, and immediately managed to take control of Arpanet, triggering the detonation of all capitalist thermo-nuclear devices inside their own silos.
25 years later, the West remains a nuclear wasteland. But like cockroaches, there are still pockets of resistance and free-thinking threatening our workers' paradise. In these forsaken locations, new mutant races emerged due to radiation and their sickening capitalist mind.
Fortunately, the Soviet People have developed a new unit of the illustrious Red Army, the SovietBorgs. Half man, half machine, all proletarian, they can go where no one else can, inmune to radiation, and liberate all new capitalist races from their pitiful existence.
Join the SovietBorgs. Become a part of their prestigious present and future, travel the world pacifying all hotbeds of belligerence. Let the dream world of our venerable Tovarishch-Prime finally become a reality for all.

A look at the current demo build:


Juanjo Martín (keyboardist and musical director for Morat), who composed the OST for Xenocider, is hard at work putting together some new tunes for Sovietborgs:
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Agustín Padilla (Green Arrow, Transformers, Borderlands) created the cover artwork for Xenocider and now for Sovietborgs too:
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We hope it piques your interest! smile

You can follow our progress on X, Facebook and Bluesky. Our new website is coming soon!
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A few animated GIFs we shared on our social media profiles:


These are the Chernobugs, enemies we can find in the shmup-like bonus stages 🚀
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Also let's take a look at the walking and attacking animations from the first stage boss:
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Demo title screen:
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A mockup we did of the PAL Dreamcast editions of Sovietborgs and our previous game, Xenocider smile
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Please follow us on X, Facebook or Bluesky for updates. New website coming soon!
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We'll be back shortly...
Sovietborgs is coming soonretrosumus.comSovietborgs is a new top-down run-and-gun in development for the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive, Dreamcast, and Neo Geo, from the developers of Xenocider.


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💥 I'm detecting some press freedom here, tovarisch. Maybe I'll need to consult with your commanding officer. 🧐

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Thanks to Marc Jowett for featuring Sovietborgs in Pixel Addict Magazine #26!
(Didn't mention Neo Geo but it's coming too)


Our new website is under construction. Please follow us on X, Facebook or Bluesky for updates!
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