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[h3]WARNING: Passengers May be Infected Personnel![/h3]
Get ready to fight against hordes upon hordes of Meat-infected Humans, vehicles, and other monstrosities on board this train!


Watch out for infected Humans riding on stolen jet bikes! They’ll constantly fire orange plasma projectiles at Vadim, so don’t let them linger for too long!


[h3]Onboard Obstacles[/h3]
You’ll find a host of new Meat obstacles much unlike those found in the Forest level. For starters, you’ll find a few “Eyesticks” making a new home for themselves on some rail platforms and box cars. These function like turrets and they fire spinning diamond projectiles! Eliminate these eyesores and keep moving!


Take the low road when they take the high road! Some box cars are passable through the inside–meaning, you can choose to go through them rather than moving on their tops. The catch is: you’ll find the interiors taken over by ravenous Meat Incisors! These mouths will constantly chomp away as they wait for new prey to chew on. These obstacles can’t be shot at or destroyed, so time it right and run through them!


Waiting at the middle of the level is a fleshy outgrowth consuming a piece of mechanical debris! You can see that its tendrils have all but expanded through the couple of passenger cars it now inhabits. Similar to the Meatified Tank from the Forest level, when detecting nearby prey, this Meat amalgamation will secrete toxic bubbles into the air to poison any ill-equipped foes. Shoot these bubbles out of the air before they get to you!


[h3]Floating Cars[/h3]
As you travel along the tops of both normal and infected passenger carriages, you’ll come across multiple military cars commandeered by Meatified Humans!


Armed with the skills from their infected hosts, these monstrous Meat Humanoids can launch several rockets into the air and toward Vadim! Evade the rockets and blast these formerly allied vehicles to smithereens!

Oh, and you’ll want to watch your back, too! Hordes of Meat creatures will occasionally charge at Vadim from either side, so be careful!


[h3]Iron Serpent Boss[/h3]
At the very front of the train, you’ll find its head and the passenger cars closest to it have all been infected by The Meat! Take down this dangerous boss as it summons Blats, charges into walls, excretes blue plasma, and vomits the remains of its past victims!


We’re excited to share more as we continue on with Iron Meat’s development!

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[h3]Launching a Counterattack![/h3]
After receiving an alert about the Meat's rapid spread across the region, Vadim begins a defensive sweep of the Forest Zone with the Earth Counter Invasion Force (ECIF)! Initially armed with a standard-issue Normal Energy Rifle (N), Vadim makes his way through hordes of Meat creatures, infected turrets, and monstrously Meat-ified vehicles!


As he advances through the Forest, Vadim will come across a couple of ECIF outposts--either stationed with friendly soldiers ready to supply Vadim with a new weapon upgrade, or a band of infected Meat creatures using it as a new home!

Friendly Outpost:

Infected Outpost:


[h3]Meaty Obstacles![/h3]
Throughout the Forest Zone, Vadim will encounter infected turrets once under the control of the Earth Counter Invasion Force. These turrets will shoot burning projectiles that will cause a brief wave of fire to cascade along the ground.


[h3]Infected ECIF Vehicles[/h3]
In addition to the gun turrets, Vadim will encounter a few military vehicles infected by The Meat! With their lethal capabilities and their potential to spread even more mayhem to other areas, their destruction is of utmost import!


At the end of the Forest Zone, an infected tank awaits Vadim. Armed with a plasma cannon, a radiation beam, and a brain that can excrete a rain of toxic bubbles, this "Boss" class enemy will stop at nothing to crush all foes before it!


We're excited to share more with you as we continue on with Iron Meat's development!

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[h3]// ALERT! “Boss” Class Enemy Inbound! //[/h3]

The absolute abomination that is this Meat-ified train boss makes for an ultimate battle between prey and predator! Fight, destroy, or be consumed…

With the temporary designation of “Carrionvoy,” this dangerous enemy has claimed too many lives of the Earth Counter Invasion Force.


Get to know this fierce foe before heading out!

[h3]Summoning Blats![/h3]
Not the least among this creature’s attacks is its initial roar, which summons a group of Blat monsters hiding in the underground train yard. These Blats will fly toward you in zigzagging patterns, so be sure to bring weapons–like the (H) Heavy Capsule Launcher or the (S) Shotgun Spreader–that cover a wider, vertical range. And don’t forget! You can still damage the Carrionvoy itself while the Blats fly to you, though it’s advised you deal with them first!


[h3]Ceiling Collapse![/h3]
After you’ve dispatched a Blat group, or if some of them get away, the Carrionvoy will charge and crash into the foundation of the train yard, causing some parts of the fragile ceiling to fall! Be wary of these debris chunks, and get between them quickly!


[h3]Burning Plasma & Plasma Spills![/h3]
The Carrionvoy can also raise itself over the rail platform to open its bodily pores on its left side. These pores can then shoot out burning blue plasma projectiles from their mouths that spin in pairs toward you. Destroying the mouths will harm the Carrionvoy, but be careful! The exposed pores will still continue to spill out blue plasma, which can still melt through armor and kill you! Once all six mouths are destroyed, the Carrionvoy will move to its final phase!


[h3]Gore Vomit![/h3]
Using its stored up food in its elongated bowels, the Carrionvoy will vomit the remains of its victims onto the rail platform! Run away as the boss vomits, then duck beneath it to avoid even more of its disgusting innards. Shoot at the Carrionvoy as it passes above you, and when it moves back to the right!


With the right maneuvering, skillful aiming, and perhaps a bit of luck, only the most daring of soldiers will be able to take down this ravenous Iron Serpent!


We’re excited to share more information as we continue along with Iron Meat’s development!

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Iron Meat is a run-and-gun arcade shooter that immerses players in an apocalyptic future overrun by “The Meat,” an iron-ravenous mass mutating everything in its path.

You can play Iron Meat and Prison City at the Retroware booth in the Game Room, first booth on the left, VG201, this weekend!

Look for the BIG RED TENT!


[h3]A Glimpse of the Meat Invasion![/h3]

Get a chance to play the current version of the Iron Meat demo at our booth!


[h3]Come Play at Our Arcade![/h3]
Don’t forget to check out Retroware’s ARCADE, located in the back of the Game Room–same place as the Retroware booth! We’ll have the following machines available to play:

• Centipede
  
• DDR HD Black Cabinet
  
• Die Hard Arcade
  
• Donkey Kong III
  
• Final Fight 30th Anniversary (3p)
  
• Gunbarl (Point Blank 2)
  
• Jr Pac Man
  
• Lethal Enforcers
  
• Marvel Vs Capcom (Blast City)
  
• Metal Slug 5
  
• Mr. Do's Castle
  
• Neo Geo 4 Slot (King of Fighters 98, Shock Troopers II, NAM 1975, Metal Slug)
  
• Nostalgia
  
• Pole Position
  
• Project DIVA
  
• Puzzle Bobble
  
• RBI Baseball
  
• Street Fighter 2: Hyper Fighting (Big Blue)
  
• Street Fighter 6 (Vewlix Diamond Orange)
  
• Sunset Riders
  
• Super Pac-Man
  
• Tekken
  
• Time Crisis 3 (Linked pair)
  
• VS Balloon Fight (2 Games Linked/Nintendo Red Tent)
  
• VS Gradius
  
• Wacca
  
• X-Men

IN ADDITION, we are also joining with Psychic Drive who will have another 30 arcade machines situated in our area!


We’re excited to be able to feature Iron Meat alongside Prison City at Otakon 2023! We’ve got more updates on the way as we move along with development.

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Humanity’s arsenal isn’t limited to just guns of all types and rates-of-fire! Here’s a breakdown of two passive abilities that can be found throughout your crusade against The Meat invasion!

[h3]Rapid Fire[/h3]
Denoted by a golden lightning bolt symbol, the Rapid Fire passive can appear from either floating ally drones, or from destructible objects.


As its name suggests, the Rapid Fire passive will allow your player-character to increase their rate-of-fire for a limited amount of time. This is typically a godsend in most situations, as you are able to quickly dispatch more enemies than usual.


Depending on the weapon you have equipped, utilizing this passive can yield promising results–enabling you to take down obstructions and mid-level enemies with ease. Use good judgment and make the most of Rapid Fire whenever you acquire it!


[h3]Omni-Shot[/h3]
Denoted by a golden symbol of projectiles in a circle, the Omni-shot can also be found from ally drones or level objects.


The Omni-Shot is a powerful passive that fires plasma bolts in eight directions from the center of the player-character’s sprite. This ability allows players to cover every direction as they move through a level.


Using this passive can help ensure enemy mobs that appear behind you are dealt with easily. With Omni-Shot active, you can focus on the enemies directly in front of you, rather than turning around or maneuvering to take shots at enemies above or below you!


We’re excited to share more as we continue along with Iron Meat’s development!

Be sure to wishlist Iron Meat and play the free demo available NOW!