Monoware

A PGMA SEASON 9 SUBMISSION:
https://www.pixelgamemakerawards.com/

Controls: SPACE. A/S/D for items. F3 to toggle on/off the CRT shader.

In the year 20XX, Pindento released GuanoWare: Paradoxically Large Nanogame$! for the GameSlave 3, the first of its kind in the incredibly influential, long-lasting, and successful Nanogames genre.

But in the depths of obscure Internet gaming forums, every now and then, arcade-goers from back in its heyday would spread word of a game extremely similar to GuanoWare, but released XX years prior. It even ended with the word "Ware"... Many people have tried proving the existence of said game, but no concrete proof of its existence was found, only hoaxes, Photoshops, and lies.

One day, an arcade transfers ownership. And stashed away in one dark corner of its storage room (or, whereever they like, store things. idk. it's like 12 am rn.), a peculiarly unassuming arcade cabinet lay. There was no printing on it, nothing to pinpoint its identity. But when the new owner plugged it up and started it, it was clear: MonoWare was real.

Later the owner mysteriously disappeared with no trace and was never found. but it's definitely not because the game is haunted or anything. And now it's a pgma entry. So you can mysteriously disappear too. and no i have not watched invader zim, but yes it is a reference to that show.

Presented by Team Firebeetle: pkhead, cz43, and ExoticCheese.
Chromecide for the CRT shader.