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Electronic Super Joy: Groove City brings disco-charged platforming to iOS, comes with a Steam key

Dance between missiles

Electronic Super Joy: Groove City brings disco-charged platforming to iOS, comes with a Steam key

Electronic Super Joy: Groove City has long been on our list of games to look out for. So it's quite the surprise to us that we missed it coming out on iOS yesterday.

What's even more surprising is that, on the App Store page for the game, it says you get a Steam key if you purchase it on iOS.

Not a bad deal at all - you'll be able to redeem that key for playing on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Groove City is the sequel to Electronic Super Joy, both of which are hyper, musically-charged platformers.

You jump, dodge, and dance between missiles, lasers, and sometimes even run away from monsters.
The plot is just as barmy. You set out to help a giant robot called JoJo get her Laser-Noodles back from the evil Dr. Swinger.

I told you. Oh, and you'll also get some help from Pope Boris the Super Smooth.

The result is 15 levels of promiscous checkpoints and brutally hardcore platforming.

Getting through the levels is hard enough, but if you want a high score you'll have to collect the stars.

These stars often sit just out of your way, deliberately testing your ability to squeeze out of a tough situation against the clock.

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I spoke to developer Michael Todd last year about his plans to bring Electronic Super Joy to iOS and Android.

That never happened, in fact, on the game's website it still says its "coming soon" to iPad and Android.

Oh well, at least we have the sequel on iOS now, which is more of the same frantic platforming.

We don't know if Groove City will be coming to Android but we'll let you know when we find out either way.

There's more information about Electronic Super Joy: Groove City on its website.

Thanks Christian V.
Chris Priestman
Chris Priestman
Anything eccentric, macabre, or just plain weird, is what Chris is all about. He turns the spotlight on the games that fly under the radar.