Death Row Game Boy

WARNING

Death Row is a game for adults and contains themes not suitable for minors. You should be 18 years or older to play.

INTRODUCTION

Death Row is a short, dense, horror role play game set on death row. The player has been sentenced to the electric chair for a crime they probably did commit. Your challenge is to help them escape.

The first half of the game takes place over three days, with the player electrocuted on the third day. You have three actions each day to stop that from happening.

FEEDBACK

"Death Row is a great puzzle game full of atmosphere.  Can you figure out how to escape the electric chair? Your life is literally on the line!  A short, but very enjoyable little game." - Mike's Gaming Gala

"This an an excellent game that should have come out for the original Gameboy! Very much enjoyed playing it." - Feliz

DIFFICULTY

This game is like groundhog day on death row. Expect to die several times along the way and have to complete several run-throughs to complete the game. The game is short enough to allow this.

The game will take around an hour to complete if you are very focused but longer if you take your time and enjoy the atmosphere.

CONTROLS

Standard RPG rules apply. Direction buttons move you around and use button A to interact. Death Row evolves slowly as the days pass, so it pays to revisit things you have already interacted with.

NARRATIVE

A lot of time has gone into the story, characters and narrative. I recommend reading the narrative at least the first time around. However, in the main hall, narratives can be toggled on/off with SELECT. Narratives containing clues are always on.

COMPATIBILITY

The game is for the Game Boy Original and should be playable on any Game Boy or emulator that can play .gb files.

NEW! A .pocket file is now available for the Analogue Pocket

On some handhelds you can copy the zip itself. This will ensure the .gb file doesn't get corrupt.

CREDITS

Game: Paul M

Artwork: Pixelpen

Music: Doug T

Tools: GB Studio by Chris Maltby

Font: Blocktopia by Aaron D. Chand

Testers: Feliz, Mike