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Super Bernie World is a new free and retro political platformer from a team of different indie developers and it's out now with a Linux version.

Is this real? Yes, very much so. The Lead Developer and Producer is Emma Maassen from Kitsune Games (Lore Finder, MidBoss) and it's also made with the cross-platform FNA tech, with Ethan Lee doing the porting work as confirmed to us on Twitter.

Run and jump your way across 11 states and the District of Columbia as Bernie and free the USA from the clutches of four Republicans in their castle lairs. Find power ups like Vermont cheddar cheese, red roses, and the power of "Not Me. Us" to overcome obstacles such as walking red hats, Mitch troopas, and tiki torch throwers.

A political retro game rendered in classic NES style and colors, accompanied by nostalgic chip tunes.

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For an old dude, Bernie sure has a lot of agility in this. Jokes aside, it's a very retro and surprisingly polished Mario-styled platformer with a nice challenge to it that's supposed to encourage people to get out and vote (and they would obviously prefer you vote for this Bernie fellow). There's even a few real statements included from politicians.

Find it free on itch.io (you can play in the browser too) and also Steam.

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Xicronic Mar 10, 2020
Quoting: Purple Library Guy
Quoting: jarhead_hWhat a surprise, a bunch of actual socialists seizing & redistributing someone else's game.
. . . Fine, I'll bite. "someone else's game"?

Super Mario Bros is owned by Nintendo. This spoof is free. Bernie is a socialist. jarhead_h made a good joke.
Purple Library Guy Mar 10, 2020
Quoting: Xicronic
Quoting: Purple Library Guy
Quoting: jarhead_hWhat a surprise, a bunch of actual socialists seizing & redistributing someone else's game.
. . . Fine, I'll bite. "someone else's game"?

Super Mario Bros is owned by Nintendo. This spoof is free. Bernie is a socialist. jarhead_h made a good joke.
Well, I thought it was probably that lame but I thought it polite to ask. If that's all, gosh, those socialists sure had to line up behind a lot of stacks of capitalists over the years doing the exact thing.
wvstolzing Mar 10, 2020
Quoting: Purple Library GuyWell, I thought it was probably that lame but I thought it polite to ask.

Come on now, why 'lame'? He used such words as 'seize' and 'redistribute', which signal authentic knowledge of the subject matter.

I mean, that's the correct idiom, right? You know 'seize the means of' ... what was it ... and sure enough 'redistribute' is another of those words. Like 'free stuff'.
Eike Mar 10, 2020
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Quoting: BrisseApparently president Trump was two handshakes away from an infected person at his last rally.

Lucky him it's just a Democrats' hoax!
Liam Dawe Mar 10, 2020
Somewhat expected to wake up to find fights in the comments but people behaved, you did good GOL community.
bidinou Mar 10, 2020
Cool !
Reminds me of some people who wrote a funny beat'em up for a French candidate in 2017 election (http://www.fiscalkombat.fr/ :-)
Dunc Mar 10, 2020
Quoting: Liam DaweSomewhat expected to wake up to find fights in the comments but people behaved, you did good GOL community.
I'm keeping my mouth shut for the sake of a quiet life.
ageres Mar 10, 2020
I finished it in 30 minutes. It's enjoyable but has some flaws that original SMB hadn't.
* Brick blocks are indestructible.
* Less animation.
* Piranha plants are replaced with some guys in caps, and you cannot defeat them by jumping onto them. The problem is that you know a piranha plant is deadly just by looking at it and try avoiding it, while those guys don't look threatening until you touch them.
* It becomes much harder starting at World 3-1, requiring too many precise jumps over wide pitfalls. Fortunately, there are infinite lives.
* The final boss is being auto-defeated in a cutscene, not by a player. Disappointing.

On the upside, there is two-way scrolling.
Also, in the fullscreen mode I still can see my taskbar.
wvstolzing Mar 10, 2020
Quoting: ageres* The final boss is being auto-defeated in a cutscene, not by a player. Disappointing.

The folks who made this probably didn't want to cause animated gifs of Bowser McCheetof*ckwit owning 'the player' circulating around the internet.
ageres Mar 10, 2020
Quoting: wvstolzingThe folks who made this probably didn't want to cause animated gifs of Bowser McCheetof*ckwit owning 'the player' circulating around the internet.
Hmmm, sounds reasonable.
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