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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6 itemsAbout the Game
Telly the TV is a throwback action/adventure platformer with a 1-bit style.
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. Telly’s only hope of surviving is navigating each television show, all while trying to locate five remote-control-keys to escape each episode.
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.
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, 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
Nine Original Songs - Original Music produced with Yamaha YM2612 software for that zesty Genesis sound
Thumbstick or D-Pad Support - pick your favorite control style
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