Yeah, more or less. Even with extensive asm modifications, it is still just a modification or hack of someone else's code. I'm interested in the process as much, or even more than, the end result, and homebrew games are a multi-layered journey. NESMaker games, while still games of course, are something else entirely. Plus they will be endless and comparatively easy to churn out, and that flood puts me off of them as a whole. I have nothing against them, they're just not something that interests me at a programming, collecting, or even gaming level. That last category may change in time, but I've never played a hack before so it is not likely (other than translations). To each their own of course.

Most romhacks are not for me, but there are plenty that are worth checking out. The ones that are a complete hack. New levels, new graphics, etc. I don't believe you are a fan of platformers, but Super Mario Mix is worth checking out. Takes power ups from all Mario games including game boy and with all original levels. Even has Yoshi.

Yeah, Hanley swears by that Legend of Link one, but man, there's only so much time, you know? My game playing has taken a harsh dive this past year or so, writing and programming are a little too all consuming sometimes  . Getting my library out of storage has not helped either. I have great respect for hackers, particularly since every time I try to hack something myself I realize how arcane of an art it is. Writing from scratch seems way easier!

it took me months to get my Blu Ray from them. Joe told me personally that he shipped it several times and it never showed. I nagged him about once or twice a month until they shipped another run and it ahowed up. If you just keep bumping him, he will eventually come through. Seems like a great guy, but he's spread way too thin.

Legend of Link is phenomenal

Legend of Link is so good. Man, I'm gonna have to play it again soon!

No demo, not interested.

I didn't know what to make of NESmaker, but I thoroughly enjoyed Office Hero. I believe that a good idea is a good idea and fun is fun. As long as people push it, I think some interesting will come because of it.

May have to add a section to the Aftermarket panel...

Got an email for a GB kickstarter this morning. Looks like it's from Germany with some Japanese text?

https://www.kickstarter.com/proje...

Yeah, a fun game is a fun game, but my interest is in homebrews so that is what this list covers. Homebrews, hacks, repros, translations, products of other people's game creation tools (NESMaker games in this case)... they all have their place but they are all different in process and content.

Thanks for the link for that GB game! List update coming soon.

I finally got my Blu-ray after months of nagging him. Who knows when the game will be released though  
 

I'll keep posting anything I find here or if you want to move lowly aftermarket iam8bit ($100 mega mans!), Piko Interactive (boo hiss!), and NESMaker stuff (are they really even games?) to your thread that's cool too. Beau doesn't have to put it in the first post, but he's not my dad! I like any new things I can play on my NES.

Brand new homebrew is the holy grail, because it has the chance to be interesting from a development, design, and gameplay perspective, while hacks/NESMaker can never be as impressive as creating something from nothing but pure willpower.

I agree. It is incredibly satisfying seeing something work that you've created in ASM, knowing full well that every instruction the CPU is following is 100% what you've told it to do, and not some pre-coded stuff another coder has designed. Saying "I made this" to someone means that much more when you have actually coded every line. 

That being said I am glad those tools are out there for those that wish to create without the technical ability to do that kind of heavy lifting in assembly. 

 

Basse Def Adventures is up for preorder Thursday. Where, I don't know but I will use my high school French skills to figure it out on Thursday.

https://twitter.com/omakebooks/st...

Here’s the page for the game: https://omakebooks.com/en/omake-games/355-omake-games-n01.html

Oddly enough the purchase link was active earlier and supposedly allowed you to buy the game.
 

Is this actually playable on real hardware?  Won't work on the PowerPak (not even with Loopy's mapper) or the Everdrive.

 

Yes, the dev has tested it on hw, but being MMC5 it requires you to destroy a rare existing game.

So for all practical purposes it isn't really playable on real hardware then.  A pity.

 

I believe I saw InfinteNESlives post that they are going to release a MMC5 programmable board.  

If so, I hope that someone will put out a cartridge version for sale.  I don't want to play it on my laptop.  I only emulate on my PSP, but I haven't tried this hack on NesterJ yet.  I'm guessing it won't work...?

 

There are carts of it for sale at a couple places, just made from harvested MMC5s. INL's repro chip doesn't have an ETA AFAIK.

If you buy a cartridge of it, it absolutely is.  I played mine on my toaster.  Fantastic game and worth the scratch for sure.

 

For those who have a nt mini, just tested Legend of Link, it will work off the SD card.

Doesn't record the save file though, that's a bummer.

Some game called Netscape:
https://www.kickstarter.com/proje...

Soko Banana:
https://www.kickstarter.com/proje...

Edit: Soko Banana is NES maker