Link to ROM download - https://iodinedynamics.itch.io/wh...

How to order a cart - https://iodinedynamics.com/whatre...

It seems the cartridge release is limited to 80 copies so I'm not sure if there are even any available since they're only doing orders via email.

I haven't had a chance to play it yet since the ROM was just released but the screen shots look promising.

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned already so apologies if I missed it.

Awesome to see, thanks for posting! Now to hold off on playing that ROM until the cart arrives...

Cool!

Totally rad, dude.

Just sent an email about placing an order, but I guess it's probably too late? I wonder when exactly one gets confirmation as to whether he or she is on or off the list?

Either way, the game looks great

I sat down and played through the game this afternoon. It took a couple of hours. The game looks and sounds great. The gameplay is mostly exploring and progressing a story which is political in nature. I'd recommend giving it a play through since it's pretty quick.

Neat. I emailed them too about the waitlist. I've never heard of this. If 80 other people have, where do they keep tabs on stuff like this? I'll wait on playing the ROM to see if I can grab a cart.

There's a little list here on NA that mentioned it back on 9/5   . I just happened to run across it on Twitter the night before, but could not find a way to buy it. I wrote it off, but decided to check again in the morning since Micro Mages had just released and I was online anyways. Lo and behold, it was suddenly for sale with instructions on how to order.

Just got word I'm on the list!

Email sent

I livestreamed the game on Friday night, if anyone's curious what the game is like:



It's pretty fun, funny, and definitely unique on the NES. I think it's well worth your time to play through it.

OK, I'm on the list. There isn't some secret underground homebrew release community I don't know about then  

If you want to confirm if you're on the list, try tweeting at them. They're very responsive there, and that was how they confirmed for me that I was on the list to pre-order.

Final rom for the completed game was just released today. Seems they have now started production of the cartridges as well.

https://iodinedynamics.com/whatre...

Awesome, hadn't heard of this but it looks fantastic!  Thanks!

 

So I checked out the website and I read this:

"Producing new hardware and purchasing new electronic components to create a game did not feel right, because in the long run we would just be adding to the already out of control pile of e-waste. "

While I agree that we should be careful as a society about not producing unnecessary waste, I don't think making carts of a homebrew nes game is of any concern. If you were producing 1 million copies of your game then I can understand (like when Nintendo printed Super Mario Bros 1/Duck Hunt for the nes back in the day).

Also I don't think the people buying new nes games think this is e-waste because I'm sure most of the audience of this game are hardcore fans and collectors of the nes. So they are most likely not going to be throwing away these games after playing them. When I think of e-waste I think of printers, fax machines, scanners , old 90's computers and monitors and such that becomes obsolete.

Anyway, the project looks very cool though!