Limited Run #296: Blazing Chrome VHS Edition

Sometimes a game comes along that doesn't just pay tribute to the 16-bit era, it kicks it square in the teeth and steals its lunch money. Limited Run #296: Blazing Chrome VHS Edition for Nintendo Switch is that game, packaged in a retro VHS box that'll make your media shelf weep with joy. Limited to just 750 copies worldwide, this one's already a white whale for run-and-gun collectors.

Blazing Chrome channels everything we loved about Contra and Metal Slug, then wraps it in a physical package that actually respects the source material. The VHS box format is a stroke of genius, instantly recognizable on any shelf and dripping with that late-80s rental store energy. Inside you're getting the physical Switch cart with a manual and interior art, because yes, manuals still matter to us. The enamel pin is a nice wearable flex, the 18 x 24 inch poster gives you wall-worthy pixel art, and the soundtrack on physical CD means you can blast those synth-heavy tracks without booting up the game.

At 750 copies, the math here is brutal. There are more collectors hunting this than there are units in existence, and that gap only widens with time. The VHS packaging makes it one of the most visually distinctive Limited Run releases in the entire Switch library. If you see one in the wild, you don't hesitate. You grab it the way you'd grab that last copy of a rental store classic on a Friday night.