Update []: Following last week's announcement, the Joe & Mac Retro Collection Kickstarter is now officially live and it's already "over 40% funded" after 24 hours.
As part of this campaign launch, the team has also revealed its very first stretch goal. It's a brand new Boss Rush Mode and will be added when the campaign hits €30,000 in funding.
The team's initial funding goal will allow it to release the game in English and Japanese across multiple platforms including the Nintendo Switch. A physical release for the Switch has also been confirmed as well as a "Super Nintendo-inspired" Collector's Edition.
Here's a description and look:
"Amongst the beautiful items Joe & Mac fans can get their hands on are a Super Nintendo-inspired Collector’s Edition, an artbook, a plushie of the iconic meat item seen in the game, an original sketch from the artist who created the Joe & Mac Retro Collection’s cover art and even an extremely limited 20cm figure of the collection’s three heroes!"
Original Story: [Sun 8th Jun, 2025 06:05 BST]:
Retro game collections are all the rage nowadays and following in the footsteps of classic mascots like Gex and Bubsy are now Joe and Mac.
This new package, officially titled Joe & Mac Retro Collection, is slightly different as it's a Kickstarter project scheduled to go live on 10th June (aka next week) and is expected to release later this year digitally on multiple platforms including the Nintendo Switch.
"Play as three cavemen fighting dinosaurs in this retro collection of three SNES/Super Famicom titles, coming to Steam/PS5/Xbox/Switch!"
It will contain the following three 16-bit Super Nintendo releases from Data East:
Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja
Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja (ジョーとマック 戦え原始人) is a Run & Gun platformer that follows the titular Joe & Mac as they fight through 12 hellish levels using prehistoric (but not just) tools and weapons. While the game was censored when it came out in the West, the Retro Collection also includes the original Japanese version!
Congo's Caper
"Congo's Caper (戦え原始人2 ルーキーの冒険) is a side-scrolling Action platformer centered around Congo, a half-human, half-monkey boy looking to rescue his girlfriend from a demon through 35 varied levels."
Joe & Mac 2: Lost in the Tropics
"Joe & Mac: Lost in the Tropics (ジョーアンドマック戦え原始人3主役はやっぱり) adds a light roleplaying aspect to the series. While the goal is still to defeat cavemen and dinosaurs, players can court and wed their Stone Age girlfriend, and even have a child with her!"
As you can see, this collection is comprised of games released here in the West in the early 90s (1991 - 1995) as well as the "uncensored" Japanese versions.
There'll also be "multiple new features" including quality-of-life improvements like the ability to rewind gameplay, save states, customisable aspect ratios, a CRT filter, local co-op for Joe & Mac 1 and 2, and "cool new visuals and merchandise" to go with this Kickstarter.
This campaign is led by G-Mode, Red Art Games and their "award-winning internal studio" Red Art Studios. If you're curious to revisit this prehistoric franchise there are also multiple options on the Switch, including Nintendo's Switch Online Classics game library.