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From Below Is Back!

A brand new game for your Nintendo Game Boy is here!

Check out the launch trailer, and then head over to https://shop.matthughson.com/ where pre-orders are now open!

More info below!


From Below Is Back!

A brand new game for your Nintendo Game Boy is here!

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"From Below Pocket" is available for a limited time as a physical cartridge, complete in box! The included cart is compatible with every model of Game Boy, and takes full advantage of each, including Super Game Boy!

Check out the launch trailer, and then head over to https://shop.matthughson.com/ where pre-orders are now open!

If you can share this across your favorite gaming socials/forums/discord, it would be an absolutely massive help to this project! 💛

But that’s not all! 🦑

To celebrate the launch of “From Below Pocket”, the original “From Below” for the NES is coming out of the vault!

For the first time in years, “From Below” will be available as a physical NES cartridge again!

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Recap!

My new homebrew game, “From Below Pocket” for Game Boy, is out right now, along with a re-release of “From Below” for the NES.

Preorders will close on October 16th, and then both of these games will become out-of-print again!

Head over to https://shop.matthughson.com/ now!

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