Gamma Bros

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Gamma Bros
Title screen of 2007 Flash game Gamma Bros.png
Developer(s) PixelJAM Games
Publisher(s) PixelJAM Games
Producer(s) Mark Denardo
Programmer(s) Miles Tilmann, Wayne Marsh
Artist(s) Richard Grillotti
Platform(s)
Release2006
Genre(s) Shoot 'em up
Mode(s) Single-player

Gamma Bros is a 2006 Flash shoot 'em up game developed and published by American game indie studio PixelJAM Games, released as a free online title. [1] It was nominated for "Best Web Browser Game" at the 2007 Independent Games Festival. [1] [2] [3] [4] It was the studio's first game after the mini-game Ratmaze. [1] The game was also released as a smartphone game in 2016. [5]

In the game, the player takes control of brothers Buzz and Zap Gamma who are on their way home from a galactic commute and must survive hordes of oncoming enemies. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Wallis, Alistair (22 September 2006). "Road To The IGF: Pixeljam's Gamma Bros". Game Developer. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  2. "Kongregate Secures $5 Million in Venture Funding". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
  3. Burch, Anthony (25 March 2009). "GDC 09: Making Web Games: The Indie Experience". Destructoid. Archived from the original on 29 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  4. 1 2 Byrd, Caitlin. "Asheville indie game company isn't playing around". The Asheville Citizen Times. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  5. Nelson, Jared. "GDC 2016: Gamma Bros. and Wrath of Pegasus Heading to Mobile Courtesy of Pixeljam Games".