Sméagol Posted September 18, 2014 Posted September 18, 2014 I was going to put this in the general Kickstarter thread, but how often do you get the chance to start a new thread about a (potential) new NES game? (Also, where the hell is the NES icon?) Another Kickstarter which looks too good to pass up. A little bit more info: The kickstarter is for the game as well as a documentary about making a new NES game. If it wasn´t clear, this is a game on an actual NES cartridge, not just a ROM. There will also be a PC version on the actual cartridge, which you can connect through USB, and you can play both versions in parallel. I´ll wait until next month, but I´m definitely going to pledge. But the Kickstarter is doing just great without me it seems.
Rummy Posted September 20, 2014 Posted September 20, 2014 Just got round to watching the video - a very interesting concept. I'd have to wonder though...how much of a market is there for the NES aspect? Having said that I imagine they might still make the NES part playable on PC, but haven't said that. Especially given there'll be a whole lot of digital distro, too. I might see what happens come payday this week and give a pledge.
Sméagol Posted September 21, 2014 Author Posted September 21, 2014 [..]I'd have to wonder though...how much of a market is there for the NES aspect? [..] Apparently, not much. You disappoint me N-Europe. Except for you, Rummy.
Rummy Posted September 21, 2014 Posted September 21, 2014 Haha, yeah surprised at the lack of interest. I spose it's due to not many actually having NESes(one of the few Ninty consoles I never had, starting off with SNES/GB). Something for @Happenstance and crew that own the Retron thingies? Does the Retron do NES?
Happenstance Posted September 21, 2014 Posted September 21, 2014 Yeah I never even bothered looking in this thread. Kickstarter interest has dropped way down for me. It is interesting though, kind of like when Halo was made for the Atari 2600. I still have my original NES and as @Rummy mentioned, the Retron 5 (which yes does play NES games) so I'll probably keep an eye on it.
Rummy Posted September 21, 2014 Posted September 21, 2014 If I had hardware capable of actually playing it, I'd probably back it to the point of a physical copy just for the experience. It's not that they're making a NES like/NES tribute game, they're making an actual NES game, with all the constraints and whatnot that go with it. I think having the games and the documentary will be quite an experience in itself - I think a lot of gamers, especially these days, are deftly unaware(myself included to a point) of quite how hard it was to make games back in the day just due to technical constraints. Gives some excellent byproducts though - Mario's moustache is one, is it not? I love stuff like that.
Sméagol Posted September 21, 2014 Author Posted September 21, 2014 Yeah, I looked into it a little bit, but making games for the NES (and other computers with the same chip) didn´t involve a fancy high-level programming language like Basic, it was a hardcore assembly language. Now, things were simpler then, but this still make things a bit abstract.. It did give me some insight into how things were done back then, and makes me want to try my hand at Petit computer for the DSi again.
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