SOOOO excited to snag a physical copy of this game!

E:  Grabbed a CIB with white cart!

Snagged the white LE. I did end up buying the ROM for 10 bucks too. That's ok, this game is worth a double dip.

In for a white!

White purchased!

Missed out on the white CIB but still super stoked! I dedicate my boxed copy to my pet lizard from 1996.

Wow, was able to get a white one earlier, but wasn't thinking it would sell out so quickly. Looks like a fun, unique game.

Bought the rom, playing it through my PowerPak. Why do the stone messages get cut off? How do I read them completely?

Also, is there an objective to the game other than just exploring? Will it ever be possible to attack enemies instead of just avoid them?

The world exploration is the big sell of the game. Discovering the different lizards, learning how each lizard interacts with different enemies, objects, etc is how you progress the game. Certain lizards are needed to complete the various boss sequences, and by finishing all 6 zones, you can get to the ending. In terms of attacking enemies, there is the fire lizard that can attack some of the smaller enemies, but that's not really the point of the game.

 

Ah, the joys of playing games before the internet. Have fun!
 

Zelda used to make me feel like this as a kid. Since we only had the cart and no map, I was completely lost and what the point of the game was. Never understood until about 7 years ago why everyone raved about Zelda. Makes me excited for Lizard to arrive.
 

Has anyone received word from INL yet? Im sure he's busy but it's been 2 weeks and no correspondence. :/

Did you try contacting him?   According to the order page, orders would start shipping out this week, so unless they get much delayed, I don't see any reason for him to communicate any further.

I added some extra items to my order, and was told that it would probably ship out early next week.

Fear not, I've worked with him for years; what is going on is he works insanely hard and has too much on his plate. Don't worry.

 

Word. Thanks, guys. I wasn't going to bother him cause I figured he was swamped. Just wanted to make sure.

I got mine in this week. Seems like they're slowly pushing them out

Time for another review!

I got my copy of Lizard and had a chance to spend a few hours with it last night. This is an absolutely brilliant and beautiful game. The wait was well worth it. After a couple of hours it dawned on me that it's not one giant metroidvania with one final ending, it is more like 6 or so interlocking smaller metroidvanias. This fact makes the game more approachable, I think. I had felt a bit intimidated at first with my initial assumptions, but once I realized that's how the game was set up its like the pressure was gone and suddenly I was addicted. Haha!

My favorite music: The underground forest/roots area music, and the snowy area music. (so far) This is inspiring stuff.

:0 I like the way you think! Hopefully I get some time over the holiday weekend to sink into it  

The game is amazing.

Does it work with the AVS ?