Ratalaika has announced that they’re publishing a collection of the two modern NES titles of theThe Adventures of Panzerseries.The Adventures of Panzer: Legacy Collectioncomes to Xbox Series X|S, PS4, PS5, and Switch on July 08, 2025.
The originalAdventures of Panzertitle was released back in 2021 by Pixelcraft Games. It was built inNES Maker, which means that it runs on original NES hardware.A Kickstarter in 2022allowed them to also publish the game on cartridge.The Adventures of Panzer 2followed it up in 2023, and alsowent through Kickstarterfor physical publishing.
Both games are action platformers, both touting a humorous and light-hearted narrative. The first game sees the eponymous Panzer traveling to five different levels to try and assemble his old team. The second game, set a year after the events of the first, sees that team fighting “a new evil.” In addition to being longer at 9 levels, you’re also able to switch between the four characters.
Not much is said about the added features of the port, if any.
The NES ismy happy place. Even though I was too young for it to really make an impact on my childhood, I’ve grown to love the simple graphics common on the system enforced by its hardware limitations. What I find weird aboutAdventures of Panzeris that the little characters look like they’re in a completely different resolution than the rest of the game, but they’re not, so maybe the pixel doubling is just a design decision. Weird.
The Adventures of Panzer: Legacy Collectionreleases on Xbox Series X|S, PS4, PS5, and Switch on June 29, 2025. It’s worth noting that at $8.99, the collection is roughly $2 more than buying thetwo gamesindividually for PCon itch.io.
