Cartridge (Windows Phone 8 game, 2012)
Photo taken from a review of the game from April 23, 2012
Status: Lost
Cartridge was a videogame released for the Windows Phone 8 mobile phones, described by the author in a forum post as "a free platformer for Windows Phone inspired by classic NES and SNES platformers."[1] It had a free version named Cartridge (Free), with the full game being simply called Cartridge. The game's story revolved around the titular character's father Console getting kidnapped by a tyrant bird king known as Glitch, leaving Cartridge with the duty of saving him.[2]
Gameplay
Cartridge played similarly to Super Mario Bros. for the NES, having on-screen controls for a directional pad, A and B. Cartridge could grow in size utilizing a powerup akin to the super mushroom, and throw acorns to hit enemies with the game's equivalent of a fire flower. Several signs were placed along the levels to instruct the player or give some exposition, and the game contained worlds such as the usual grasslands, desert and snow areas, and outliers such as an industrial/space station.