Category: Games Consoles

ROMhacking.net Latest Rom Hacks and Translations

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…

Astro Force, Sega Master System Homebrew Shoot ’em Up, SMS Coding Competition 2017

We all love a good shooter, don’t we? :) Astro Force is a nod to classic Shoot ’em ups from back in the day. Heavily inspired by Thunder force, RSG, Aleste, Gaiares, MSX Nemesis and R-Type, Astro Force features 6 stages, 30+ enemy types, 11 bosses and some lovely music (courtesy of the Mod2PSG tool). If you like shmups, this…

Mecha-8, Sega Master System Game Demo, SMS Coding Competition 2017

Merciless aliens have overrun a small planet, taking the army by surprise! Now the last remaining defence is the Mecha Research’s Lab and its unique two mechas, but these are the most powerful! Guide Tricia Thunder on board Mecha-8 to gain freedom! The demo will end after level 3, the full game contains 6 levels and is available for a…

The tale of how Gameboy’s ‘Kirby’s Dream Land’ was programmed without a keyboard

  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, Nintendo Switch “Breath of the Wild” inspired 2D Prototype for Windows

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…

Betelgeuse, New NES Homebrew Shooter in Development

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…

Resurrect your DB9 joystick, Mayflash USB Adapter Review

Can a classic DB9 joystick be made work work through this Mayflash Mega Drive adapter?

Namco Arcade Classics Coming to the Nintendo Switch!

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 Latest Rom Hacks and Translations

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)…

H.E.R.O. Atari 2600 Review by Rob Joy

Helicopter Emergency Rescue Operation. So, it’s another visit to the vault of classics on the Atari 2600. Activision, still strong to this day, released many hits for the Atari, and indeed spanning across other platforms back in the 80’s, however its not the collection or the mediums under scrutiny here, it’s the utterly amazing… H.E.R.O. The all important story. Well…