Many years ago, when I was a dorky 12 year old in 6th grade, I made Super Freaks 1. It was awful in every way, but I loved it like a son.

　　Over the past several years, Super Freaks 1 wound up undergoing so many updates and overhauls that it's become a Ship of Theseus, and arguably isn't even the same game anymore. It's now a surprisingly modern platformer, with actual level design, weirdly advanced graphical features (including the ability to play the game at any framerate), and most importantly, a robust co-op feature. Four players can tackle this silly game together, armed with drop-in/drop-out multiplayer, a NSMB style bubble, and an optional Knuckles Chaotix style rubber band tether. There are also over 20 playable characters (most of which need to be unlocked).

　　As of version 2.0, there are now two story modes:

　　Super Freaks Story

　　 The Super Freaks must take back the galaxy's supply of Unlimit Energy from their enemy Kranion. This is the normal story mode. The freaks share hearts as hitpoints; you can get more via collecting Yorbs and Hearts, and you can set how many hearts you have before entering the level.

　　Bad Guys Story

　　Kranion is forced to team up with his eccentric brother Sticky in order to get his castle back from an impostor! In this mode, your hearts are replaced with ego meters. They'll slowly drain, but fill them up all the way and you can become invincible!

　　As of version 1.1, you can now import custom characters with our new Freakloader technology, courtesy of defnotreal. The Gamebanana mod page is here: Super Freaks 1 Ultimate Edition | SF1UE | Mods & Resources (gamebanana.com)

　　There are several challenge modes which you will unlock as you progress through the game. You'll unlock a free play mode, a randomized endless mode, a boss rush mode, and a few speedrun modes.

　　If you’re on the fence about playing this game, AlmyriganHero (creator of the excellent Frebbventure) made a video review about the game’s SAGE 2022 demo. It is very honest about the high points and flaws (all of which I've fixed since, since this was a whole year before release), and in the end, gave the game a great score (spoilers, I know):

　　If you'd like to play the original 2006 and 2016 versions of this game, as well as the other old Super Freaks games, I've uploaded them here in a convenient pack: Super Freaks Classic Pack

　　Basic Credits:

　　Game by:

　　SuperFreaksDev

　　Characters and World by:

　　SuperFreaksDev and Kingnormal

　　Soundtrack by:

　　philRaco and SuperFreaksDev (but mostly phil)

　　Assistant Programmers:

　　defnotreal and JorJoe05

　　Additional Art:

　　EngineerKappa (Promotional Art seen above, Freaky Freak Painting in Cool n Chill Caverns)

　　Metalefactor (Cinge edibles death pose)

　　More credits in-game!