The hottest heroes of 1991 return for a radical, radioactive romp for a new era, featuring awesome action, crushing combos, and more toxic waste than you’ll know what to do with! Developer and publisher Retroware has teamed up with Troma Entertainment to bring the Toxic Crusaders back, for an all-new, all-action beat ’em up for one to four players! Grab your mop, tutu, and attitude, and get ready to clean up the mean streets of Tromaville, one radioactive goon at a time!
Battle across seven disgusting levels rendered in vibrant pixel art as you defend Tromaville from hordes of Radiation Rangers, mutated thugs, and zombie chickens. The odds might be stacked against you but with awesome powers, a winning personality, and up to four players on your side, the Smogulan Empire’s days are numbered!
Choose from seven playable characters, including Toxie, No-Zone, Junkyard, Major Disaster, and Headbanger – plus, for the first time, play as Toxie’s musically “gifted” girlfriend Yvonne, and the mother of all mothers, Mrs. Junko, Toxie’s mom!
Take a deep breath and dive deep into an action-packed, pun-filled adventure that drags you kicking and screaming through the wonderful world of Troma Films! Enjoy cameos from gore-filled classics such as Class of Nuke ‘Em High, Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead, and Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. – reimagined in the Saturday morning cartoon style that made this franchise so unforgettable!
Features
- The triumphant return of the Toxic Crusaders, just when we needed them most!
- Pulse-pounding beat ’em up action for up to four-player local co-op
- Gorgeous full-color pixel art graphics
- A stunning soundtrack that’ll make you party like it’s 1992
- Amazing comic book cutscenes featuring the voices of TeamFourStar (DragonBall Z Abridged)
- Seven playable characters, each with their own unique moves and powers
- Seven unique stages taking you from the streets of Tromaville to Planet Smogula and beyond!
- Surprise cameos (each more surprising than the last) from across the Troma Cinematic Universe!
History
Toxic Crusaders is a 1991 animated series aimed at children, loosely based on The Toxic Avenger films. It features Toxie, the lead character of the film series, leading a group of misfit superheroes who combat pollution. This followed a trend of environmentally considerate cartoons and comics of the time, including Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Swamp Thing, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures, as well as cartoons based on R-rated properties like RoboCop and Police Academy. As this incarnation was aimed at children, Toxic Crusaders is considerably tamer than the edgy films it was based on (although it nevertheless contained many adult-oriented jokes that would go over most children’s heads).
Toxie was still a grotesque mutant endowed with superhuman powers, but underneath it all, he was a good-hearted, law-abiding citizen of the fictional town of Tromaville, New Jersey (the setting of most of Troma Entertainment’s films). Another change from the films was that the toxic waste also mutated his mop into a sentient being that would sometimes battle enemies by itself or motion to Toxie ideas on how to solve problems. The villains were still polluters, albeit polluters from a different world. Hailing from the planet Smogula, Czar Zosta, Dr. Killemoff, and Psycho wreaked ecological havoc with the help of Tromaville’s corrupt Mayor Grody. Bonehead, a street punk who bullied Melvin, joins them in the first episode.
Dr. Killemoff and Czar Zosta were cockroach-like extraterrestrials from the planet Smogula, which is a world where pollution is natural as fresh air and water is natural to Earth. Natives of Smogula thrive on pollution and need it to survive. For unexplained reasons, Czar Zosta and other Smogulans were able to withstand Earth’s atmosphere without problems while Dr. Killemoff wears a breathing apparatus to survive. Dr. Killemoff, like most villains, also had a seemingly endless army of foot soldiers called Radiation Rangers.
About Retroware
Retroware is a video game developer specializing in creating retro-inspired games for modern consoles and PC. With a passion for classic games from the 8-bit and 16-bit eras to the present day, Retroware creates titles based on both original IPs and licensed properties from the 1980s and 1990s. The company’s focus is on delivering fun, challenging, and engaging gameplay experiences that appeal to both old-school gamers and newcomers alike.
Retroware’s portfolio includes a range of original IP titles, such as Eagle Island Twist, a procedurally generated, roguelike, Metroidvania, and Angry Video Game Nerd 1&2 Deluxe, a retro-inspired platformer that celebrates the classic games of the past.
With a commitment to quality, Retroware is dedicated to delivering unforgettable gaming experiences that capture the magic of retro gaming on modern platforms. For more information on Retroware and its upcoming projects visit retroware.com.
