NES homebrew recommendations

[CMR | 519]

If you're still looking for new carts, here are a few sites that sell them.

http://www.infiniteneslives.com/products.php

http://www.morphcat.de/

https://www.retrousb.com/index.php?cPath=30

https://megacatstudios.com/collections/8-bit

 

You can also find a lot of homebrew on ichio that can be put on your flashcart.

https://itch.io/search?q=nes

[Scrobins | 1,725]

3 hours ago, Gamegearguy said:

So nobody makes homebrew cartridges of NES games any more? How sad.

The thread of mine that Deadeye quoted earlier is exclusively cartridge releases, check it out and you’ll see the many options available 

[Gamegearguy | 223]

Thanks. Just bought Doodle World.

[Code Monkey | 2,006]

On 4/5/2021 at 11:43 PM, Dr. Morbis said:

At first blush it looks like a hack of Bionic Commando, (and as a guy who can't stand hacks, I avoided it for years for this reason), it is actually all original game code, based loosely on the concept crudely implemented in the Action 52 game of the same name.

In a nutshell, you've got a "streemer" that goes up at a 45 degree angle and grapples onto walls and whatnot, and each level is a giant obstacle course where you're trying to get from point A to point B.  Tons of options and a cool little story the first time through that you can skip in subsequent playthroughs - and there will be subsequent playthroughs.  Try it out today!

It's not the same game from the Action 52 cartridge even though it's the same name? Wow, what a terrible decision from the publisher, I've been ignoring it for years because I wondered why anyone would ever pay for that terrible game.

[JamesRobot | 5,800]

2 hours ago, Code Monkey said:

It's not the same game from the Action 52 cartridge even though it's the same name? Wow, what a terrible decision from the publisher, I've been ignoring it for years because I wondered why anyone would ever pay for that terrible game.

Nah, man.  It ain't like that.  Streemerz was originally a developed as a NES-like flash game as part of a game jam where participants attempted to remake titles from Action 52.  It's a pretty radical upgrade to the original Streemers and was very well received.  It really borrows more from Bionic Commando than it does from it's namesake but it is not a hack.

Faux Games then ported it to the Nintendo and it was featured as the flagship title of the first NESDev Action 53 compo cart.  Coming full circle as it were.  Gameplay is fun, controls are tight, and great humor throughout.  Streemerz is essential homebrew.

 

Get it! Here: https://www.fauxgame.com/

Or as part of the whole Action 53 download set at INL here: http://www.infiniteneslives.com/action53.php

Here's the original flash version: http://www.superfundungeonrun.com/?page_id=763

Edited April 20, 2021 by JamesRobot

[Code Monkey | 2,006]

14 minutes ago, JamesRobot said:

Nah, man.  It ain't like that.  Streemerz was originally a developed as a NES-like flash game as part of a game jam where participants attempted to remake titles from Action 52.  It's a pretty radical upgrade to the original Streemers and was very well received.  It really borrows more from Bionic Commando than it does from it's namesake but it is not a hack.

Fuax Games then ported it to the Nintendo and it was featured as the flagship title of the first NESDev Action 53 compo cart.  Coming full circle as it were.  Gameplay is fun, controls are tight, and great humor throughout.  Streemerz is essential homebrew.

 

Get it! Here: https://www.fauxgame.com/

Or as part of the whole Action 53 download set at INL here: http://www.infiniteneslives.com/action53.php

Here's the original flash version: http://www.superfundungeonrun.com/?page_id=763

Wow, they definitely should have named it something different, I may have tried it.

You wrote the company name as Fuax but in the web address it's Faux. Are they different companies?

[JamesRobot | 5,800]

14 minutes ago, Code Monkey said:

Wow, they definitely should have named it something different, I may have tried it.

You wrote the company name as Fuax but in the web address it's Faux. Are they different companies?

Typo resolved.

Your loss I guess.  Seems like a silly reason not to try something.  So are you never going to try any of the NESDev competition titles because of the Action 52/53 association?

[Code Monkey | 2,006]

32 minutes ago, JamesRobot said:

Typo resolved.

Your loss I guess.  Seems like a silly reason not to try something.  So are you never going to try any of the NESDev competition titles because of the Action 52/53 association?

I'm saying I may have tried it in the past, not that I won't try it in the future. They would have just had a much better chance of getting me to buy it by getting my attention when it first came out instead of years later.

I have no idea what NESDev is.

[JamesRobot | 5,800]

3 hours ago, Code Monkey said:

I'm saying I may have tried it in the past, not that I won't try it in the future. They would have just had a much better chance of getting me to buy it by getting my attention when it first came out instead of years later.

I have no idea what NESDev is.

Gotcha.  NESDev is another forum dedicated to NES development and homebrewers.  For the past decade NESDev has hosted a homebrew competition where brewers submit games, demos, apps, tools, etc. and entries are all featured in the follow up volume of Action 53 available from Infinite NES Lives. 

We have some overlap with members there but it's more of a technical forum with tons of dev talk and resources.  You can always check out the progress of the competition games and play the early builds too.  There have been some notable entries that have gone on to full releases.  Nebs N Debs and Twin Dragons come to mind.

The forthcoming Action 53 Vol 4 features entries from the 2017 and 18 competitions and will include Streemerz' return to physical cart.  The entire package is also available for download here.

Edited April 21, 2021 by JamesRobot