Last year I did a book just on Officially Licensed NES games, which was the set I was completing at the time. After finishing both SNES books this year, the first thing I'm going to do next year is go back to the NES and finish out all the different aspects to that library in a followup book. The book will be called "NES Oddities, Rarities and Obscurities: Games You Haven't Played" and will cover everything not in my first book. So Unlicensed, PAL Exclusives, Grails, Major Variants, English-Friendly Famicom/FDS and finally the NES Homebrew Revolution. That's where I think nesdev members will be the most helpful, as here and NintendoAge is where NES Homebrew thrives. Here are my thoughts for the Homebrew Section:
Do an introduction explaining what NES Homebrew games are, misconceptions and a history of how the community has evolved over the past 14 years.
Interviews with Homebrew developers, musicians, artists, etc.
Definitive highlights of the homebrew games available to collect (In the same format as the Complete NES with box art, screenshot, summary etc)
Quick listing of everything else available to play. (think ROMs and smaller game releases that haven't been made available to all gamers)
Section for limited edition releases, showing the creativity in some of these projects as this is a unique aspect to NES homebrews
Finally, an "on the horizon" section with highlights of upcoming games per developer (think Nintendo Power PAK Watch, with 1-2 pages per developer with quick previews with screenshots if available)
I want this to be something special that will basically blow the casual reader's mind! This is why I feel that incorporating this in to the NES Oddities book is essential as it will allow many more people to become aware of these games and help raise NES Homebrew awareness, instead of just catering to the currently niche community. Combine that with the homebrew box set I'm doing and having all the games available for purchase individually, and I hope that this will help out everyone in the community!
Let me know what you think and any recommendations that you have. I haven't set anything in stone yet, but I do have everything pretty much written for all the sections but the Homebrew Games.
Do an introduction explaining what NES Homebrew games are, misconceptions and a history of how the community has evolved over the past 14 years.
Interviews with Homebrew developers, musicians, artists, etc.
Definitive highlights of the homebrew games available to collect (In the same format as the Complete NES with box art, screenshot, summary etc)
Quick listing of everything else available to play. (think ROMs and smaller game releases that haven't been made available to all gamers)
Section for limited edition releases, showing the creativity in some of these projects as this is a unique aspect to NES homebrews
Finally, an "on the horizon" section with highlights of upcoming games per developer (think Nintendo Power PAK Watch, with 1-2 pages per developer with quick previews with screenshots if available)
I want this to be something special that will basically blow the casual reader's mind! This is why I feel that incorporating this in to the NES Oddities book is essential as it will allow many more people to become aware of these games and help raise NES Homebrew awareness, instead of just catering to the currently niche community. Combine that with the homebrew box set I'm doing and having all the games available for purchase individually, and I hope that this will help out everyone in the community!
Let me know what you think and any recommendations that you have. I haven't set anything in stone yet, but I do have everything pretty much written for all the sections but the Homebrew Games.