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Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider

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Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a side-scrolling action platformer inspired by classic 16-bit titles. You play as a super soldier ninja created by a totalitarian regime who rebels against your creators. Fight through eight challenging stages using snappy combat and unlock hidden modifier chips to customize your abilities. Defeat powerful bosses and uncover secrets as you fight for freedom in a pixel-art world filled with retro aesthetics and intense platforming action.

Action Pixel Graphics Platformer
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
Release Date:
Platform:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11)
Developer:
JoyMasher
Publisher:
The Arcade Crew
About this game

Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider Overview

Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a side-scrolling action platformer that channels the golden age of classic 16-bit action games in a full-throttle quest for revenge.

Revenge of the Moonrider

In the oppressed world of Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider, humanity finds an unlikely hero. After building an army of super soldiers as weapons of war, the authoritarians unwittingly seal their own fates by bringing online the ninja warrior known as Moonrider. Conceived as a tool to preserve the totalitarian state, the Moonrider instead rejects its intended purpose and wages a relentless battle for vengeance against its creators and fellow super soldiers.

Gear up and prepare to battle your creators

The design of Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider puts the best classic action-game elements in the laser-precise sights of its starring ninja, ensuring snappy, responsive combat that’s supremely challenging.

Powerful modifier chips are hidden and guarded throughout the adventure, allowing you to customize the Moonrider’s fighting style while gaining killer advantages and abilities.

Beautiful pixel graphics complemented by an incredible soundtrack

The gorgeously desolated world of Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider flawlessly channels the halcyon days of the 16-bit era through intricate pixel art, inspiring a striking gauntlet across eight deadly stages. From start to finish, you’ll enjoy seamless platforming action for a tight, focused experience that never lets its blade get dull.

Complementing these beautiful pixel graphics is an incredible soundtrack with a timeless, nostalgic vibe. The result is the quintessential retro experience.

Features

  • Created by Joymasher, the studio behind the amazing retro games Oniken, Odallus, and Blazing Chrome
  • Authentic retro-game feeling
  • Discover special modifier chips throughout your adventure and use them to customize the Moonrider’s fighting style with killer abilities
  • Incredible soundtrack
  • Eight deadly stages to overcome
Can Your PC Run It?

System Requirements

Minimum:
  • System: Windows 7
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-650 or AMD Phenom II X4 965
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730, 2 GB or Radeon HD 7770, 1 GB
  • Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Easy Install and Play

Instructions

  1. Click the download button. You can also select a previous version if available.
  2. You’ll be redirected to Vidgazoo. Wait 5 seconds, then directly click the button or copy the link.
    • Make sure you have a supported download client installed (it’s free here) before downloading.
  3. Once the download process reaches 100%, locate the downloaded files.
    • Get ready for installation and make sure you have enough disk space for the game.
  4. To Install DRM-free Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider:
    • Run or double-click setup_vengeful_guardian_moonrider_********.exe to launch the installer.
    • Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
    • If a DLC folder is included, run any .exe files inside it as well.
  5. Once the installation is complete, launch the game and start playing.

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