Summary

Demon Throttle is a retro 8-bit arcade shoot em up physical exclusive for Nintendo Switch released 2022 by Devolver Digital and Doinksoft, where a dusty gunslinger and cursed vampire team up to avenge a demon who stole their mystic chalices and slept with the gunslinger's ex-wife. Scroll vertically through 4 fixed stages against enemy hordes, 4 monstrous generals, and bullet-hell patterns using unique character shots in brutally hard solo or local 2-player co-op with Joy-Con as NES-style controllers. Old-school mechanics without saves, memorizable level design, chiptune nostalgia, high replayability despite short length; Spanish text, English voices. Collectible cart-only no digital ideal for arcade fans seeking frustrating but addictive portable couch-co-op.