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Tower Defense 1990 Homebrew NES game from Retro Wonder Workers

Apr 27, 2018 at 1:49:54 PM
zi (73)
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yeah, they'll be a standard release on Ryan's website (no timeframe given as of yet): http://www.retrowwgames.com...

If he doesn't bump this thread when the RE comes out, I will! pew pew pew- take that, bats!

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Apr 30, 2018 at 4:49:19 PM
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What I'll say thus far,
Sometimes when I start my game up, the music's messed up. A reset fixes it.
There is no pause menu (to restart the level). You have to reset the console and re-enter your level code to start over.
Reselling a tower puts your resources in random locations. Often you cannot get those much needed resources.
Killing enemies on tiles you cannot walk on results in the same issue. If the dead enemy drops a resource, you can't pick it up.
The manual, while very resourceful. Lacks an image for each enemy. The Kickstarter page has some of that info, but that was the only place I could find it.
On the manual. I'll say I personally use page 17 (tower spreadsheet) and page 18 (enemies spreadsheet). The problem is, these pages are not page 17 on the left and 18 on the right...
So i'm constantly flipping this one page to see both sides of it.
I'm sorry for my text wall. But as a tower defense player, you can understand how much small things affect the big picture.
Again. I fucking love this game!
Thank you Retro Wonder Workers, Bleep Bop Records, and Infinite NES Lives for bringing a top fucking shelf product!

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May 7, 2018 at 9:53:40 PM
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Got my copy in the mail last week. Super fun so far!  

Haven't play all the way through yet but I did manage to put together some password sets. I'm dropping them here off just in case somebody needs some extra help or just wants to jump around in the game more easily.

Lvl   Standard     Upgraded
 1     DJCGNPLF     HJGHNOLF
 2     DJCGPPJF     HJKHDIJD
 3     DJCGJPPF     NJKHPIPD
 4     DJCGLPNF     NJKHNIND
 5     DJCGFPDF     LJOEBLDD
 6     DJCGHPBF     BJOFJLBC
 7     DJCGBPHF     PJOFBLHC
 8     DJCGDPFF     FJCCFKFE
 9     DICGNPLE     DICDNKLE
10     DICGPPJE     JICDFKJE
11     DICGJPPE     HICANKPH
12     DICGLPNE     NIGABFNI
13     DICGFPDE     LIGBJFDJ
14     DICGHPBE     BIGOBFBG
15     DICGBPHE     PIKOFHHE
16     DICGDPFE     FIKPNHFF
17     DLCGNPLH     DLKMFHLF
18     DLCGPPJH     JLOMJGJE
19     DLCGJPPH     HLONBGPF
20     DLCGLPNH     NLONJGNF
21     DLCGFPDH     FLMKNBDF

Cheers!

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Edited: 05/07/2018 at 09:54 PM by BacteriaMage

May 10, 2018 at 10:11:28 AM
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Did anyone else have to go to the post office and cough up an extra $4.25 to get their copy because it was mailed media mail?

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May 10, 2018 at 10:57:24 AM
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Originally posted by: Mega Mario Man

Did anyone else have to go to the post office and cough up an extra $4.25 to get their copy because it was mailed media mail?
What do you mean? When they shipped it they didn't pay enough for shipping so the post office held your copy hostage?

 

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May 10, 2018 at 11:12:03 AM
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Originally posted by: KHAN Games
 
Originally posted by: Mega Mario Man

Did anyone else have to go to the post office and cough up an extra $4.25 to get their copy because it was mailed media mail?
What do you mean? When they shipped it they didn't pay enough for shipping so the post office held your copy hostage?

 

Yup. It was paid as media mail and they opened it and deemed it was not media. So, I had the option to either have it returned to the sender or pay the extra cost to get it. So in all, I paid $4 shipping on the Kickstarter and $4.25 to the post office. So I paid $8.25 total shipping! Might as well just paid for a priority box at $7 and been done with it. But, I have the game, so it's not the end of the world. Word of advice, don't send games via media mail, especially to me. This post office checks every piece since they get so little of it.
 

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Edited: 05/10/2018 at 11:20 AM by Mega Mario Man

May 10, 2018 at 11:43:49 AM
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Originally posted by: Mega Mario Man
 
Originally posted by: KHAN Games
 
Originally posted by: Mega Mario Man

Did anyone else have to go to the post office and cough up an extra $4.25 to get their copy because it was mailed media mail?
What do you mean? When they shipped it they didn't pay enough for shipping so the post office held your copy hostage?

 

Yup. It was paid as media mail and they opened it and deemed it was not media. So, I had the option to either have it returned to the sender or pay the extra cost to get it. So in all, I paid $4 shipping on the Kickstarter and $4.25 to the post office. So I paid $8.25 total shipping! Might as well just paid for a priority box at $7 and been done with it. But, I have the game, so it's not the end of the world. Word of advice, don't send games via media mail, especially to me. This post office checks every piece since they get so little of it.
 

Yeah, video games have never been considered media mail. It's ridiculous that someone tried to do that, and even worse that you got stuck with paying the difference.  

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May 10, 2018 at 7:44:46 PM
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I mean, if it's just a CIB, it should be able to ship 1st class (16oz or less) and it shouldn't be much more than $4...

Sorry MMM, that sucks :\

Jun 21, 2018 at 5:30:48 PM
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Originally posted by: barconcern

What I'll say thus far,
Sometimes when I start my game up, the music's messed up. A reset fixes it.
There is no pause menu (to restart the level). You have to reset the console and re-enter your level code to start over.
Reselling a tower puts your resources in random locations. Often you cannot get those much needed resources.
Killing enemies on tiles you cannot walk on results in the same issue. If the dead enemy drops a resource, you can't pick it up.
The manual, while very resourceful. Lacks an image for each enemy. The Kickstarter page has some of that info, but that was the only place I could find it.
On the manual. I'll say I personally use page 17 (tower spreadsheet) and page 18 (enemies spreadsheet). The problem is, these pages are not page 17 on the left and 18 on the right...
So i'm constantly flipping this one page to see both sides of it.
I'm sorry for my text wall. But as a tower defense player, you can understand how much small things affect the big picture.
Again. I fucking love this game!
Thank you Retro Wonder Workers, Bleep Bop Records, and Infinite NES Lives for bringing a top fucking shelf product!

My points as well. Still a great game, few minoe bugs. Not had any bad tunes at the start though
 

Jun 22, 2018 at 9:44:57 AM
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Beat it. Good times.

Wish I could've beta'd. My biggest suggestion would have been to use the Select button to allow you to scroll the screen from side to side to view enemies while powering a tower. Maybe next time!

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Oh, my WTB thread is very popular. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, Richard craniums - they all adore it. They think it's a righteous thread.
I'd also like to add that I've got my father's gun and a *scorching* price guide for aftermarket Nintendo games.
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Edited: 06/22/2018 at 09:45 AM by Ferris Bueller

Jun 26, 2018 at 9:07:54 AM
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Woah...First time I'm hearing about this. Hopeful for a release for non-backers!

Jun 26, 2018 at 9:53:55 PM
zi (73)
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to pull back the curtain a little:

i worked with the creator Ryan on music debugging after the music was looping incorrectly. something about famitone and the Bxx opcode from Famitracker didn't gel, so we had to enter the loops by hand. I testing the rom extensively but maybe the loops were offset on a reset? I dunno.

I pushed to bring in some NA members to beta, but Ryan tested it with people he knew. I putting the beta testing out there on NA generates as much hype here as a KS does for the normals. t

There will be a general release on the website (http://www.retrowwgames.com/tower...), but I don't know when.

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I AM ZI, CHIPTUNE ARTIST FOR THE NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM, COMPOSER OF BOTH BLEEPS AND BOPS, VIRTUOSO OF INSTRUMENT FABRICATION, MERCENARY OF THE RETRO MUSICAL SOUNDSCAPE! THE SEGA DEVELOPMENT GUYS KNOW ME AS KNUCKLES SPRINGSTEIN, THE LONG ISLANG GEEK SQUAD KNOW ME AS ABE ECKSTEIN'S BOY, AND I AM KNOWN IN CANADA AS THAT KEENER WHO ALWAYS GETS THE NUMBER TWO BREAKFAST COMBO AT TIMMIES... and there are other secret names you do not know of yet.