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Yeah I'm ordering the parts for 50 more. People are yelling at me to do open preorders but that would make too much sense.

Thanks for all the support everyone!

I still can't believe I sold 50 copies in 2 minutes. Sorry about that.

10/10 all day long. The music is killer, too. Same composer as the Rocky series.

Really appreciate everyone contributing! When I found out this was happening it weirded me out a little, but all of the submissions were great. Congrats James! It's fitting that you won with a Larry entry since that was the project that introduced us to one another all those years ago. And also, coincidentally, right around the time I'm about to re-release it.

Good times!

Just answer me this single question, tracker.

How is Jeff benefiting the community (which he has stated over and over and over is his intent) when he is directly going against the wishes of the developer of the very game he's releasing? That seems to do quite the opposite.

I can understand it being a miscommunication (I guess... but this whole "miscommunication" happened over a year ago and communication should have been re-established prior to launching), but how can you defend him when he continues to push the release of this game?

2 hours ago, fcgamer said:

@a3quit4s : Yes i saw that tweet as well, as he mentions (the real story). IMO, if there was any issue to begin with, he and Jeffrey should have been discussing it behind closed doors, why the need for an unrelated (but very biased) party to start slinging mud at another member here? That's what I personally find most disturbing. 

 

Heaven forbid I defend a personal friend of mine who has given me specific details of this ongoing issue for the last several years. It's not like my statements were unfounded. Rob's Twitter thread proves this.

I'll let Rob's Twitter thread do the talking from now on. In the past Rob hasn't risen to defend his work, so I took it upon myself to do it for him. That's all.

[8:27 AM] KHAN Games: @SlyDogStudios Did you give Wittenhagen permission to re-release BBC?

[2:53 PM] SlyDogStudios: No. I also certainly didn't say he could use the property to make a sequel.

I urge anyone backing Jeffrey Wittenhagen's Black Box Challenge to seriously consider the following: he didn't get the game creator's permission to re-release it. The game creator is getting zero compensation from this. He didn't get the creator's permission to create a sequel.

It's a limited edition, yeah. Standard edition sold out awhile ago.

8BIT XMAS 19 is no longer available.

NEScape! has one more copy available, then it'll be out of stock.

Thanks for continuing this list.

I mostly just collect Sierra stuff. I have some King's Quest, Police Quest, Space Quest, and of course lots of Leisure Suit Larry, along with generic stuff like Windows 3.1.

Definitely want to complete these game sets but I don't pour a lot of effort into it. Cool to see other enthusiasts!

12 hours ago, Hybrid said:

The incident hmmm.... remember the ; I still have my glitched copy

Damn you for reminding me! 

What is the game a repro of?

It's a challenging problem to think about as a developer.

Retro game collectors who are interested in the homebrew scene typically want new experiences on the system because they've played the older stuff to death over the years. The common person who hasn't lived with and grown with this system for the past 30 years probably wants to re-live experiences that they had in their youth and when looking at new games on the system probably don't care about new, unique stuff.

Which audience do we cater our games for? Do we press on to try to bring modern experiences to a classic system, or do we just make another Contra?

I certainly know my answer to this, but you will definitely have a hard time pleasing everyone at the same time with the same game.

On 2/14/2020 at 8:15 PM, SuperJimtendo said:

How do i sign up to be reminded when larry gets the rerelease?

The best way is to probably follow me on Twitter if that's a social media platform you use. I tend to make most all of my announcements there. I will probably also make a thread here.

Just now, darkchylde28 said:

Will there be a difference between the original version and the re-release outside of perhaps some date information?  I finally managed to snag a copy of the original (and loved it!) but am willing to throw down on another copy if there's any new gameplay to be had.

It's going to be very close to the original but there are a couple things I'm changing that have bugged me over the years. Not sure if they'll even be noticeable to the player but they're important to me haha.

42 minutes ago, Raftronaut said:

This is great news, do you have a ballpark time frame? 

I put the order in for the boxes and manuals last week, but I'm still finalizing the actual ROM so I'm not sure. I really don't know for sure.

My favorites are:

The Mad Wizard: This is my absolute favorite. It's a game that will take you a bit to memorize the map, but once you know where everything is you can get through it in one sitting. Platformer mechanics without the jumping. You have a hover mechanic that you get to slowly power up, as well as the attack power. Very rewarding feeling when you get through it. Cool boss fights.

Black Box Challenge: Super big RPG. There aren't many RPGs in the homebrew world, but Rob made this one super unique. You hunt down the various NES Black Box games and even have to play them in the game to unlock different abilities to further your quest. Combat is incredibly unique and becomes very fun after you figure out how it works. (Did I mention it's a super long game?!)

Candelabra Estoscerro: Before this game I had never played a dungeon crawler so when I started this game I was just attacking without any thought and getting my ass handed to me. After taking the time to understand combat and realize you actually need to protect people I got further and further. Suchhhh a fun game. Downloaded a program to help me draw the maps of each floor. Unique enemies, secrets and hidden walls abound. And a twist ending unlike anything I've ever seen in a NES game.

Micro Mages: If you have friends over this is the game to play, for sure. Incredibly tight controls, amazing music, fun boss fights, etc. Amazing what they were able to fit inside 40kb.

Legend of Owlia: Awesome Zelda-like. Wasn't super keen on the requirement to acquire a certain amount of gold to unlock each dungeon, but that small annoyance aside, the game is beautiful and it's a good story. Derek did a great job with this game.

Larry and the Long Look for a Luscious Lover: I'm definitely not above voting for my own game. Being able to play my favorite old PC game on my favorite system is a dream, and I still love the music that is in the game as much as I did when I first put it in all those years ago. Converting a point and click game to a d-pad controller was a fun experience and I think it works well.

Hi everyone. Since most of my games are now sold out, and I have no desire to really put them back into publication, I figured I'd throw a few of my games up on my website as free downloads.

You can now download:

• Ultimate Frogger Champion
• 8-Bit XMAS 2012
• Scramble
• E.T.

Figured I'd keep Sneak 'n Peek a "you gotta own it to play it" type thing since it's become so infamous. As for the games I didn't put up.

• Sneak 'n Peek: see above.
• Study Hall: still for sale at retroUSB.
• Larry: will be re-releasing this year.
• The Incident: undecided on this one, but I have a free level builder out.
• NEScape!: one or two copies still available, but is for purchase on itch.io.

Here's the link: https://www.khangames.com/file-share

Enjoy!

The modern scrolling on this looks incredible. Also those waterfalls are 

Dead Tomb needs to hurry the heck up before I myself am in a dead tomb.

Awesome pictures. Thanks for posting these. Made me miss it even more.

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Solid list. Thank you!

Chris, I really respect the way you're going about this release. Thanks a lot for putting so much thought into things. Can't wait to play it!