123 Slaughter Me Street Super Retro

"Face your Fears, for here comes your demise." Beware! This article contains information that may be considered Spoilers to newcomers to the series. Please keep this in mind while reading.

123 Slaughter Me Street Super Retro
Developer(s)	Nate Sanders
Publisher(s)	Impulse Game Studios
Platform(s)	Android and IOS
Release date(s)	August 23, 2023
Genre(s)	Action

“	A re-imaginging of our 2016 123 Slaughter Me Street Retro, but in SUPER form! Continue down the hallway forever; in the all new Infinity mode. Customize Tim with over 150 (and growing) wearable items! Compete with your friends on the leaderboards, or just go for some of those achievements! This game is totally FREE, and will never be pay to win!	”
	— Description from the Impulse Game Studios official website

123 Slaughter Me Street Super Retro is a reimagining of 123 Slaughter Me Street Retro released in 2023 on mobile devices.

Description

Welcome back to 123 Slaughter Me Street, this time for SUPER Retro!

In this remake of the 2016 mobile SMS, we aim to please! You will find a familiar Story mode, alongside the new Infinity mode - which is exactly as it sounds: Never-ending hallways.

Expect to see your favorite cast of misfits, as well as some debut appearances!

If you are new to the 123 SMS experience, the TL;DR is this - you are an alleged criminal on the run. You stumble into an abandoned apartment complex and must find your way out. Oh, and you are not alone!

Experience an all-new in-game shop that will receive rolling updates - stay informed via the in-game Notification Center!

Discover an all-new in-game loot crate system. Earn loot crates for playing, then open them to reveal goodies!

Customize your player with hats, masks, and themes for your controller!

Compete with your friends on the leaderboards for the best Infinity runs!

And there's much, much more!

So come on down, and remember - CONTINUE DOWN THE HALLWAY!

- Description from the Google Play Store page.

Gameplay

As the title suggests, 123 Slaughter Me Street Super Retro (or 123 SMS Super Retro) is a remaster of the original 123 Slaughter Me Street Retro, which revisions the gameplay system and completely changes the art style (as it is changed from 8-bit to 16-bit).

This version of the first game follows the same story of 123 Slaughter Me Street and 123 Slaughter Me Street Retro, in which you are a criminal attempting to escape from the police and find yourself in an abandoned apartment complex. You must escape from the complex before the puppets in the building catch and kill you.

Most of the gameplay mechanics remain the same as the original 123 Slaughter Me Street Retro, but some mechanics for the enemies are replaced, and some are entirely new. The game also features customizability, as players are able to customize their character with hats and masks, change the color scheme of the UI, and even change the positions of the control buttons.

The game also adds a brand new game mode called Infinity mode in which the player must complete as many levels as they can without getting killed. The mode also adds the ability for any enemy to take the role of another (for example, The Follower could play the role of The Waiter for one of the levels). There is also a chance for a Nightmare boss battle to occur every few levels. The player must beat the first boss battle with the Nightmare in order to unlock this mode.

There are 16 floors in the main Story mode, excluding the tutorial floor at the beginning of the game.

There appears to be 14 floors when the player first starts the game, but there are 2 extra floors that the player must pass afterward to complete the Story mode.

Trivia

• As of September 14, 2023, the game is rated 4.7 stars on the Google Play Store.
• This is The Hunter's first antagonistic appearance (other than the upcoming Slaughter Me Street Evolutions) in an officially released 123 Slaughter Me Street game. It is also Gomez's first appearance (as his own character).
• If you tap on one of the R's multiple times on the title on the main menu, the Follower will show up. If you tap on him, his fur will turn from blue to pink, which will appear in gameplay until you repeat the process or quit the game.
  • Strangely, this change is only seen in Infinity mode.
• It is speculated that Tim Denson goes to Hell at the end of the Story Mode, mainly because of the end cutscene and the final floor, Floor 666.
• It is also speculated that Tim Denson's daughter is the girl that shows up at the end of Floor 0.
• On Google's Play Games app there are 20 total Achievements.
  • 8 of these are dedicated to flashing the creatures (The Puppets and the Nightmare)
  • 10 are dedicated to Infinity mode and how many consecutive halls the player is able to complete
  • 2 of these are related to Story Mode and how many times it's beaten.