I Am 8Bit

I AM 8BIT’s Garbage Pail Kids release is a crossover between two 80s pop culture forces, the Nintendo Entertainment System and Garbage Pail Kids cards.

The release is Mad Mike and the Quest for Stale Gum, a side-scrolling video game released on October 25, 2022, and written by Adam F. Goldberg. iam8bit made it as a limited run of 4,000 copies, and it came in an NES-sized box with Joe Simko artwork on the front and gameplay and story material on the back. The cart itself plays on an original Nintendo Entertainment System.

Collectors should know there are three cartridge versions in the mix, but only two were sold at release. Buyers received either the Mad Mike Blue standard version or a Stale Gum Pink chase version packed at a 1 in 8 rate. A very rare grey cartridge also exists from a small pre-release distribution. The box also included a full-color instruction booklet.