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I’ll PM you so we can talk at length, but this thread is a good start:

Let us know if you’re interested in any recommendations!

In their latest update to backers, PIXEL NAPE GAMES announced that their next Kickstarter will launch for Reknum Fantasy of Dreams for the NES and Switch on September 30th.

Happy birthday @Deadeye! Hope you're enjoying some brew at home!

The diamonds don’t appear randomly, it’s just that what makes them appear is hyper-specific like walking on or jumping from a particular spot. It’s such a fun game, I’m so glad it’s getting released on Action 53’s next volume.

Updated!

I’ve read them all, and they are a fun read. Just don’t read them one after the other, or you will get too accustomed to the formula and it won’t be as enjoyable. Some of the post-Fleming books are pretty good too, especially the last few.

Now we got a race!

You bet it does, nice collection!

I can read the font, but it could be a little easier on the eyes. Also make sure you proofread your text, "decided" only has two e's.

Seems like they fused (or confused) Oddjob with Nick Nack.

Yes

They’re popular for a reason!

The Living Daylights, so Bond, so 80s, sooo perfect.

I'm also so excited to see No Time to Die. Spectre wasn't my favorite, I think they forgot the rule of "show, don't tell" and didn't put in the work to build up Spectre and Blofeld. They should have finished what they started with Quantum and built up what Spectre was in relation to them rather than dropping such icons in the minute they acquired the rights. Billie Eilish is such a cool choice for singing this time around, her style isn't generally Bond-esque, but there's something about her voice that made me think of what we could have gotten from Amy Winehouse, and I knew when they first announced she would be the next singer that she would be great, and I love her song.

I love Bond so much! I'm actually named after Sean Connery. The story I'm told is that he was the only man my mom would have left my dad for, which is an odd thing to say in 1987 (circa The Untouchables) but whatever. I own all the movies, novels (even beyond Fleming), and comics, and it is the only thing I've ever written fan-fiction of. Sean Connery is the gold standard of portrayals, but I also love Timothy Dalton's more accurate to the novels approach. I think Dalton was under-appreciated then for what Craig was getting praise for in recent years. But then again, I understand how Dalton's darker portrayal is whiplash-inducing following Roger Moore. And while Roger Moore was in my least-favorite movies, he is one of the best people to play Bond, and I loved reading his memoirs. Favorite movie is From Russia with Love, which is so steeped in espionage, and yet I rewatch The Living Daylights every year on my birthday because it is so good and because it was made in 1987. @Deadeye you need to add a poll for favorite Bond theme song! My vote would be for The Living Daylights and A View to A Kill.

Looks fun, good luck in the Byte-Off!

Lucky Penguin and Get’em Gary are still available from Mega Cat Studios and Second Dimension: https://megacatstudios.com/collections/8-bit/products/lucky-penguin-1 https://www.second-dimension.com/store/22

I got a response from Ryan Lloyd (developer of Tower Defense 1990 and Brilliant Pebbles) through Kickstarter. I invited him to join our community here if he was ever interested. Here’s what he wrote me: Hi, I basically closed my website down and didn't renew my domain. I haven't had as much time to program (for fun, outside regular work) as I did in the past. I'm still working on homebrew projects and will probably release games under a different label in the future. Developing a game takes hundreds of hours, and sticking with a project and finishing it is hard. I built a 4-way scrolling engine and a bunch of software modules that could be used in future projects. -Ryan Lloyd

I’ve been listening ad nauseam to my new millennium pop playlist. I generally think the 2000s was a dead zone of pop culture, it damn if there ain’t some diamonds in that rough.

RIP Mrs. James Bond, we have all the time in the world.

Fashionably late, but bringin’ the beat

8 BIT CHEX QUEST!!!

Updated and bumped

Added Retro Space Championship, another NES game teased by CollectorVision.