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Telly the TV

Telly the TV is a throwback action/adventure platformer with a 1-bit style. You'll explore six themed worlds while collecting Remote Control Keys in a scavenger hunt gone wild. Can you defeat the baddies of TV Kingdom and restore the airwaves?

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October 24, 2024
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About the Game

Telly the TV is a throwback action/adventure platformer with a 1-bit style.

Kick back and play a nostalgic game that respects your time, Telly the TV is designed to be played in one sitting.  Familiar controls and mechanics lets you relax and explore the airwaves.

Surf the Channels of TV Kingdom

Enter six exciting and quirky worlds while bashing baddies and traversing terrible traps! Collect items to save each TV program, and face-off with the enemies of TV Kingdom.

Technology Come to Life

You Play as Telly, the living CRT television set, in a scavenger-hunt gone wild. Telly’s been trapped in TV Kingdom by the evil Robo-Queen.  His only hope of surviving is navigating each television show, all while trying to locate five remote-control-keys to escape each episode.

Once you get all five keys, you'll be able to exit the episode!

Features

  •  Action Platforming and Level Exploration - No tutorials, no instructions, no hand-holding, no cutscenes, no time wasted while you jam through each stage with tight controls

  • Six Unique Worlds - Help Telly escape a construction site, a haunted house, an enchanted candy village, a space facility, a hidden temple, and an evil castle

  • 18 Challenging Levels - Telly needs to smash enemies and avoid traps to make it through each stage, in this unique 1-bit world

  •  Fight for your Life - Destroy three big bosses to beat the game

  • Collectathon Adventure - collect all 5 keys to escape each level

  • Controller Support - Effortlessly assist Telly in TV Kingdom with your PS4 Dualshock, PS5 Dualsense, or Xbox Controller

  • Level Select - Get back into the action you left behind, immediately.  Keep playing with unlimited continues.

  • Nine Original Songs - Original Dance Music produced with Yamaha YM2612 software for that zesty Genesis sound

  • Thumbstick or D-Pad Support - pick your favorite control style

Stick with Telly if you're craving a nostalgic, retro experience for your next game.  Help Telly defend TV Kingdom and take out the Evil Robo-Queen together.  

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