Chris Cacciatore is still working on his NES platform game Nebs & Debs.

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Working on level maps like I used to see in Nintendo Power. Of course, I have it way easy. Lua scripts automate emulator screenshots and then stitch em together! #nesdev #gamedev

Owen still works on Newo Fox for Nintendo’s Wii.

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Gonna try to put in minecraft clouds over the weekend. Just need to figure out the simplest way to copy the code over without adding a new system into the game engine. You know how it is when you just add one extra thing and it turns into 5k lines of code. Dont want that at all.

Star J2 is a new work in progress game for Sega Genesis / Mega Drive.

Thanks for @GameCreating for the hint!

The Retro Hour is your weekly dose of retro gaming and technology news, views and interviews from the UK.

Content:

How to build the ultimate ‘man cave’, system restoration and maintenance tips with Neil from Retro Man Cave.

Star Ark is a science fiction game being developed for the Sega Genesis. The game is set on an interstellar colony ship. The player is a member of the crew who must put down a mutiny and set the ship back on course.

Thanks to Fei for the hint!

Save Your Damsel Self is a PICO-8 game by samurailink3. It’s a small platforming game released under CC-BY for assets and MIT for code. Made by 72 Pin Connector for Pixel Weekend Jam #3.

Amazeball Dudes by Pigmeat is a 1-2 player beat em up based on the NES version of Bad Dudes with a bit of Mighty Final Fight mixed in.

Changes:

* Fixed another 2 player bug when 1st player dies.
* Fixed tag-in bug after dying.

st1ka interviewed the developers of Tanglewood. The game was funded successfully through Kickstarter and is a cinematic platformer in the vein of games like Flashback, Another World / Out of This world and Limbo.

This is a quick review of Ed Mandy’s Freeplay CM3 by Mike Hoang. It’s a lot faster than its Freeplay Zero counterpart and a lot easier to assemble, you can check out more information from https://www.freeplaytech.com/product/freeplay-cm3-diy-kit/.

Froggie is a PICO-8 game by Sophie Houlden. If you are familiar with the concept of Frogger, there is nothing much to explain. Guide your frog and keep him safe!