Fighting Space (2016) · Curator Co.

Featuring carefully curated 256 color palette sprites, a smashing retro soundtrack and intense action, Fighting Space brings back the glorious days of yesteryear DOS gaming – back when red meat, 33.6k modems and colossal 19 inch CRT displays where cream of the crop!

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Across media

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Character

Plot-driven, unpretentious, nostalgic and spare.

character-ledplot-driven
unpretentiousprestige
contemporarynostalgic
sparerichly built
contemplativerelentless

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About the game

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Released: December 20, 2016
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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