Gamma Bros is a 2006 Flash shoot 'em up game developed and published by American game indie studio PixelJAM Games, released as a free online title.[1] It was nominated for "Best Web Browser Game" at the 2007 Independent Games Festival.[1][2][3][4] It was the studio's first game after the mini-game Ratmaze.[1] The game was also released as a smartphone game in 2016.[5]

Gamma Bros
Developer(s)PixelJAM Games
Publisher(s)PixelJAM Games
Producer(s)Mark Denardo
Programmer(s)Miles Tilmann, Wayne Marsh
Artist(s)Richard Grillotti
Platform(s)
Release2006
Genre(s)Shoot 'em up
Mode(s)Single-player

In the game, the player takes control of brothers Buzz and Zap Gamma who are on their way home from a galactic commute and must survive hoards of oncoming enemies.[4]

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  1. ^ a b c Wallis, Alistair (22 September 2006). "Road To The IGF: Pixeljam's Gamma Bros". Game Developer. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Kongregate Secures $5 Million in Venture Funding". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
  3. ^ Burch, Anthony (25 March 2009). "GDC 09: Making Web Games: The Indie Experience". Destructoid. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  4. ^ a b Byrd, Caitlin. "Asheville indie game company isn't playing around". The Asheville Citizen Times. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  5. ^ Nelson, Jared. "GDC 2016: Gamma Bros. and Wrath of Pegasus Heading to Mobile Courtesy of Pixeljam Games".

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