Category: NES

Eurogamer.net has published yesterday an article talking about the NES homebrew market, which is very active, even after 22 years after the NES was officially dead. The text is a treat for any aspiring developer that always thought about making a cartridge-based game for a console. And you can even make some money! “I think, in the coming years, you’ll…

We have some more Kickstarter News today and it’s not about the Next! Antoine Gohin (glutock) contacted us a few days ago to let us know that his Kickstarter project for “Twin Dragons” has started. We are very pleased to announce to the world that so far the project has reached a whopping €17,478 pledged of an €8,000 goal! But it’s not…

As you know, the Super Famicom is the Japanese cousin of the Super Nintendo. What you probably don’t know is that there will be a new cartridge being released for it in 2017! The game is not a brand new homebrew, as you could expect when reading the headline. Kaizou Choujin Shubibinman Zero was actually released in 1997 as a digital download…

Eskimo Bob for the NES is an Arcade Style Puzzle/Platformer with 64 levels, 15 enemy types, two playable characters, two support characters, and a fully functional password system allowing you to save your progress the good old-fashioned way. The Kickstarter has almost reached it’s goal target of CA$ 7,000 and there is still 27 days to go! Check out the…

Romhacking.net have updated their website with some brand new hacks and translations patches. Rom Hacks Adventure Island 3 – Googie Edition (Complete)(Adventure Island III)(NES) Megaman 5 Ridley X Hack 4 (Complete)(Mega Man V)(NES) Metafight EX – Backwards Compatibility Patch (Improvement)(Blaster Master: Enemy Below)(GB) Megaman X – Generation (dashfix) (Addendum)(Mega Man X)(SNES) Air Fortress 2 (Spoof)(Choujikuu Yousai: Macross)(NES) Trans Formers Z…

  It is pretty common to hear veterans bragging (or whining!) about how hard it was to develop in the early days, without enough RAM, or the Internet, or using a cassette as data storage, and so on. How about developing without a keyboard to type your program in? That’s what, apparently, Nintendo developer Masahiro Sakurai used to create the…

Breath of the NES is a “Breath of the Wild” inspired fanmade demo game for Windows, offering a new adventure in the classic Zelda style, but with smooth animations and a more interactive world! Currently you can play around in a mini overworld, testing out the gameplay, while discovering lot’s of fun items! We wonder though how long it will be before…

retrogamedev over at NintendoAge forums has shared some News about his new NES Homebrew game in development called betelgeuse. Retro describes the game as a “Zelda 1 Like Shooter”. From what we can see, the graphics resemble similarities to NES Zelda and the game has “Shoot’ em up” aspects thrown in. He also mentions that game engine is almost complete (sprite engine, collisions, animations and sprite…

For those of you that bought a Nintendo Switch, you must be wondering where are the games? Well they are coming.. just not very fast. Yes there are quite a few Indie Game titles available for the system, as well as some cool Neo Geo games. I’m sure you all bought Breath of the Wild, but some hardcore gamers have…

Romhacking.net have updated their website with some brand new hacks and translations patches. Rom Hacks Super Mario Arcade (Complete)(Super Mario World)(SNES) Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow Fixed Luck (Bug Fix)(Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow)(NDS) Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow No Required Touch Screen (Improvement)(Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow)(NDS) Megaman X: No Forced Upgrades (Improvement)(Mega Man X)(SNES) PeCaMario (Spoof)(Super Mario Bros.)(NES) Weird Mario Bros (Graphics)…