GladMort is a fantasy medieval action-platformer designed especially for the NEO GEO by the PixelHeart development teams. The game’s production completion was financed by a crowdfunding campaign in May 2024 on the Kickstarter site. In just 24 hours, the campaign was validated thanks to 862 passionate contributors, and the targets set were far exceeded – thanks to them! The game fully utilises the Neo Geo hardware and provides an awesome blend of Metal Slug run and gun with Ghouls n Ghosts style platforming and a range of unique weapons to send the undead back to their graves! Story: In a forgotten kingdom, in an era lost in the labyrinth of time… A terrible calamity, the Crimson Plague, spreads like an unholy curse, corrupting souls and awakening the dead from their graves. These sinister revenants, led by infernal lords, form a fearsome army, leaving ruin and desolation in their wake. The last bastions of humanity falter, and the last forces of man fade before the relentless advance of the demonic hordes. Filled with despair in the face of his imminent downfall, the sovereign of the kingdom decides to call upon a being endowed with supernatural powers, obscure and versed in the magic of ancestral relics. He has no choice but to seal a pact with this black knight, thus entrusting the survival of humanity and the kingdom into GladMort’s merciless hands! Determined to eradicate the evil at its source, GladMort embarks on a quest both heroic and evil. His path leads him to the still-smoldering ruins of the last human stronghold, once a vibrant haven, now consumed by darkness. Beyond the ruins bearing witness to mankind’s glorious past, the shadow of the menace looms. You’re GladMort! But who’s really behind this black knight…