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3''Rex Rocket'' is a Retro-Inspired {{Metroidvania}} ActionGame by Castle Pixel [=LLC=].
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5Rexford/Rexanna Rocket is a war veteran turned spaceship captain who spends his/her days ferrying scientists across the galaxy in his/her spaceship, the S.S. Montana. Their newest mission is to transport a species of bio-engineered [[BlobMonster Blob Monsters]] called Terra-Oozlings to an uninhabited planet across the galaxy.
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7However, while everyone is in hyper-sleep, the Terra-Oozlings escape containment and get into everything, including the ship's A.I., making it go insane. Now Rex and his/her crew need to stop the computer and save the day.
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9The game was funded on Website/{{Kickstarter}} on May 6th, 2013. It was released on Platform/{{Steam}} for {{PC}} on August 5th, 2014. It's also on Platform/{{Mac}} and Platform/{{Linux}}.
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12!!''Rex Rocket'' contains examples of:
13* AlliterativeTitle: '''R'''ex '''R'''ocket
14* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: The skin of Rex, and everyone else in the game, is yellow.
15* BlobMonster: The Terra-Oozlings are green blobs of various sizes (but all quite dangerous).
16* {{Hologram}}: Lauren, the ship's A.I. projects an image of a woman to communicate with people.
17* LudicrousGibs: Some of Rex's death animations involve him/her exploding into little red pixels.
18* MiniMecha: Rex can pilot robots to battle enemies.
19* PinnedToTheWall: Some crew members and scientists can be seen stuck to the walls in the background with green ooze.
20* ProtagonistTitle: Of course, the game is named after the PlayerCharacter.
21* {{Retraux}}: The game is meant to evoke the look, feel, and [[NintendoHard [=DIFFICULTY=] [=LEVEL=]]] of 8-bit classics like ''Franchise/MegaMan'' and ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}''.

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