Gumbo Machine

@gumbo-machine.com

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Software Design & Development - Makers of Battle Rockets and Ultra Mission, available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation®, Xbox®, Atari VCS, and PC!

A glowing dark blue background; superimposed are download keys for the PS Vita version of Ultra Mission; five for the North American region, and five for the European/Oceania region; all download keys also entitle their users to the PS4 and PS5 versions of Ultra Mission
Advertisement for PlayStation's "July Savings" promotion, running until July 15th on the PlayStation Store; in this sale, the video games, Battle Rockets and Ultra Mission are on sale for 45% off and 70% off, respectively
Character art of DC-650 "Professor Cass", a non-playable character who appears in Battle Rockets, as illustrated by Mauro Fonseca; this time, without the blue color highlight at the bottom
Character art of DC-650 "Professor Cass", a non-playable character who appears in Battle Rockets, as illustrated by Mauro Fonseca
Promotional image for the 2026 Steam Summer Sale, lasting from June 25 to July 9 at 10 AM, PT; Battle Rockets is on sale for 45% off, at $5.49, while Ultra Mission is 70% off at $0.89
Screenshot of the website, itch.io, demonstrating a Summer Sale where the video games, Battle Rockets and Ultra Mission, are 45% off; there is also a bundle where both games are available for just $5.49
Work-in-progress credits screen for the upcoming video game, Royalty Free-For-All; the name, "Benjamin Kapferer - Gumbo Machine, LLC", has been circled in red
Screenshot of Nintendo.com's listing for the Nintendo Switch game, Battle Rockets, showing the game with a 40% discount at $5.99 USD; sale ends on July 6, 2026
Advertisement for Steam's Bullet Fest, a sale running from June 8 to June 15, 2026; featured in this advertisement is the video game, Battle Rockets, on sale for 45% off
Advertisement for the June Indie Sale, occurring from June 4 to June 30, 2026 on the Atari VCS game console; the video games "Ultra Mission" and "Battle Rockets" are listed for a discount of 70% off and 45% off, respectively
Cover art for the video game, Ultra Mission, featuring art from Dix-Neuf; cover art is in a vertical orientation
Screenshot of Nintendo.com's listing for the Nintendo Switch game, Battle Rockets, showing the game with a 55% discount at $4.49 USD; sale ends in 10 hours according to this screenshot
Poster for "Tom & Jerry" (2021 film), depicting the titular characters on a skateboard that is travelling in between two cars
"Nixie", a character who appears in the video game, Battle Rockets, hugging another character who appears in Battle Rockets, "Bonne"; both characters are created and drawn by the artist, Mindwipe
Official trailer for the original PS Vita release of "Battle Rockets", created in March of 2020
Advertisement for the PlayStation Store's Mega March sale, depicting the video games, Battle Rockets and Ultra Mission; sale ends March 25, 2026
Steam PvP Fest promotional banner, advertising the video game, Battle Rockets. Battle Rockets has been discounted from $9.99 USD to $5.49 USD from February 9th until February 16th
Official trailer for the Nintendo Switch port of Battle Rockets, ported and published on the Nintendo eShop by Elushis Music & Gaming
Character sprites of the protagonist from the video game, Ultra Mission, as well as character sprites of various enemies from the same video game, glowing and aligned in a grid; lined up together, these sprites read, "SEASON'S GREETINGS"
Promotional banner for the 2025 Steam Winter Sale, displaying "Battle Rockets" at 40% off (now $5.99 USD) and "Ultra Mission" at 70% off (now $0.89 USD)
Photo from January 2022 of a PS Vita handheld displaying the homescreen page for the Vita version of Ultra Mission
Trading card-like design, featuring the character, iM57 "Max" in the center, who appears in the video game, Battle Rockets
Promotional banner for the PlayStation Store's "End of Year Deals" sale, ending 12/22/2025; at the bottom of this square banner reads, "SAVE UP TO 75%"
Screenshot of the itch.io page for Gumbo Machine's "Black Friday Creator Day 2025" sale, featuring 40% off on the video games, Battle Rockets and Ultra Mission, or a bundle of both games for $6.99 USD
A perfectly average screenshot from the video game, Battle Rockets
Screenshot of the itch.io page for Gumbo Machine's 2025 Halloween Sale, featuring a bundle of Battle Rockets and Ultra Mission for $6.99 USD
Customized banner for the 2025 Steam Autumn Sale, which runs from September 29th through October 6th at 10 AM, Pacific Time; featured are the video games, "Battle Rockets" (on sale for $5.99 USD) and "Ultra Mission" (on sale for $0.89 USD)
Advertisement for Sony Interactive Entertainment's "Tokyo Game Show 2025" promotion on the PlayStation Store; the two pictured games are Battle Rockets (40% off, left) and Ultra Mission (70% off, right)
PlayStation Storeにて開催中のTokyo Game Show 2025セール広告。ゲームソフトBattle Rocketsが現在40%オフ、Ultra Missionが現在70%オフで販売中。
Digital art of Nixie, a female "console-tan" character with long black hair, drawn in an isometric perspective
Advertisement for a 30% discount on the Nintendo Switch release of Battle Rockets, lasting until August 28, 2025; advertisement depicts the character, Nixie, as she chases down an orange shopping bag mascot used in the past by the Nintendo eShop
Panel from the webcomic, Tails Gets Trolled, depicting the characters, Knuckles the Echidna (left) and Shadow the Hedgehog (right) raising shovels in the air and hitting them together; both say, "high shovel" to each other like they are giving each other a high five
Advertisement for the Nintendo Switch release of Battle Rockets, developed by Gumbo Machine and published by Elushis Music & Gaming. In this ad, the character, Nixie, is laying on the ground, accidentally causing a crack by her hand, while Vee looks down at her in surprise.
Screenshot from the Nintendo Switch version of Battle Rockets, demonstrating Nixie's alternate costume, selected by Player 1 on the multiplayer character selection screen
PlayStation's signature shape symbols, positioned next to the word "SUMMER SALE", with a blue box underneath featuring the text, "MORE GAMES ADDED"
Promotional poster for the 2025 edition of Cleveland's longest running classic gaming event, Cleveland's Classic Console and Arcade Gaming Show; this 25th anniversary edition happens on July 19th, 2025, at the Soccer Sportsplex; address is 31515 Lorain Road, North Olmsted, Ohio
Light blue water ring toss game that resembles a PS Vita game handheld; a rectangular "screen" filled with water and multicolored rings resides in the center, backed by a background of illustrated fish; the phrase "GAME MACHINE" can be found underneath
Screenshot of the homepage for Gumbo Machine's official website, www.gumbo-machine.com: "We're stirring up some excitement! Gumbo Machine, LLC is a software firm based in the United States, cooperating with developers and artists from around the world. We believe in pin-pointing the desires of various markets, and providing them a quality product along the way! Our very first release was Battle Rockets, a hybrid 'SHMUP Fighter' starring characters inspired by the game console market. This project was released on PS Vita on March 31, 2020, and received a comprehensive update on March 31, 2021. Since then, we've released Battle Rockets on PS5, PS4, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, iiRcade, Atari VCS, and PC. That's right, there's enough battlin' and rockin' for everyone! Also available is a game known as Ultra Mission. This title is inspired by the arcade shooters that time forgot, featuring 20 labyrinthine levels. So far, Ultra Mission has launched on all of the same platforms as Battle Rockets."
Promotional image for the 2025 Steam Summer Sale, lasting from June 26 until July 10th at 10 AM, Pacific Time; customers can save 35% on Battle Rockets, now costing $6.49 USD; or save 65% on Ultra Mission, which now costs $1.04
Advertisement for the video game, Battle Rockets, informing potential players that the game is now released on the Nintendo eShop for Nintendo Switch
Advertisement for the video game, Battle Rockets; namely, its Nintendo Switch port, published by Elushis Music & Gaming for the Nintendo eShop
Promotional image for the 2025 Steam Summer Sale, lasting from June 26 until July 10th at 10 AM, Pacific Time; customers can save 35% on Battle Rockets, now costing $6.49 USD; or save 65% on Ultra Mission, which now costs $1.04
Screenshot of the Nintendo.com digital store listing for the Nintendo Switch version of Battle Rockets, releasing on July 3, 2025 for Nintendo Switch, at a price of $9.99 USD; Nintendo Switch 2 compatibility is fully supported
Advertisement for the Nintendo Switch release of Battle Rockets, developed by Gumbo Machine and published by Elushis Music & Gaming. In this ad, the character, Nixie, is laying on the ground, accidentally causing a crack by her hand, while Vee looks down at her in surprise.
Official trailer for the Nintendo Switch version of Battle Rockets, developed by Gumbo Machine and published by Elushis Music & Gaming
Screenshot of the PSPrices website, particularly of the PS Vita version of Ultra Mission, demonstrating its late North American release date of July 29, 2021
Screenshot of the PSPrices website, particularly of the PS Vita version of Ultra Mission, demonstrating its late North American release date of July 29, 2021
Release date announcement for the Nintendo Switch release of Battle Rockets, a game developed by Gumbo Machine and published on Nintendo eShop by Elushis Music & Gaming. The game releases on "07.03.2025", which a long-haired female character, Nixie, exclaims, "That's the 3rd of July, ya hear?"
Advertisement for May 2025's PlayStation Indies sale, featuring a 35% discount on the video game, "Battle Rockets" and a 65% discount on the video game, "Ultra Mission"
Character art for the video game, Battle Rockets, depicting the character, "Miss Wu", experiencing knock-back from an unseen attack; taken from the Battle Rockets cover art
Composited gameplay footage from the video game, Battle Rockets, scrolling from the right side of the screen to the left side
Cover art for the video game Tank Swap, a title co-developed by Variant Studios and Gumbo Machine for the now-discontinued GameNite platform
Bonne, a character who appears in the video game, Battle Rockets, edited to hold two energy swords from the Halo series
Character sprites from the video game, Battle Rockets; from left to right, these depict the characters, "Toots", "Vivi", as well as a sprite specially made of the Sonic character, Knuckles
Promotional poster for Battle Rockets and Ultra Mission, two games that are included in the 2025 Atari VCS Easter Sale; Battle Rockets is 35% off, and Ultra Mission is 65% off, from April 19 to April 27, 2025
Background for the Ultra Mission box art, depicting a robot enemy having a huge, melting hole blasted in its center, in front of a dark blue labyrinth; art created by Dix-Neuf
Digital store icon for the video game, Ultra Mission
Teaser for an upcoming collaboration between the video games, Battle Rockets and Cross Impact; text reads, "A Battle Rockets fighter is joining the Cross Impact roster!"