Battletoads seeing new limited edition NES Legacy Cartridge Collection and Smash Hits Vinyl Soundtrack
iam8bit, Rare, and Xbox Game Studios have announced the Battletoads NES Legacy Cartridge Collection. The special re-release “comes in a premium fold-out box sporting painstakingly restored full-color archival artwork, and comes with exclusive pack-ins, as well as (in the collector’s tradition) a foil-stamped dust cover.”
If that wasn’t enough, there will also be a Smash Hits Vinyl Soundtrack for Battletoads. It comes with tracks from the original Battletoads, Battletoads in Battlemaniacs, Battletoads Arcade, and newly-launched Battletoads title.
Here’s the full rundown of everything included in the NES re-release and vinyl soundtrack:
Limited Edition Battletoads NES Legacy Cartridge Collection
- Limited Edition of 2,000 (iam8bit Exclusive)
- Brand-New Playable Cartridge
- Translucent Zitz Green and Ultra Limited Pimple Brown Cartridges (Randomized)
- Specialty Fold-Out Foil Box with Gloss and Embellishments
- Full-Color, Premium Instruction Booklet w/ Restored Artwork + Foreword by Jirard “The Completionist” Khalil
- Custom Dust Cover
- Retro Pack-In Surprises
- Custom Package Design & Restoration by Jango Snow Art & Design
- Manufactured by Retrotainment Games + Infinite NES Lives
- Battletoads: Smash Hits (2xLP Vinyl Soundtrack)
2xLP on Pimple Pink Vinyl
- “Kiss My Fist” 3D Pop-Up Gatefold Jacket (iam8bit exclusive)
- Disc One feat. music by David Wise (Battletoads, 1991)
- Disc Two feat. music by David Housden (Battletoads, 2020)
- Album Art by Alex Pardee
- Mastered for Vinyl by Townsend Mastering
- Digital Download Included
- As a special bonus, 500 randomly selected orders will receive Rash’s Toadally Rad Adventure Cassette
Pricing for the Battletoads NES Legacy Cartridge Collection and Battletoads: Smash Hits Vinyl Soundtrack are set at $99.99 and $42.99 respectively. They should ship in late Q3 2020 and Q4 2020. Pre-orders are now live here.
Source: iam8bit PR
