Nintendo Entertainment System (Famicom) News

Tall Pixel demonstrates a way to stretch still images vertically by a factor of 3/2, using mixed $2006/$2005 writes and timed code, so that the CHR data for your cut scenes takes 33% less space. Read more about Tall Pixel (09-12-2009) (NES Techdemo)

Do you want to control you NES with Arduino? Read more about Control a NES with Arduino (NES misc)

Tokumaru has released a ROM of his raycaster engine for NES/Famicom. Read more about Tokumaru Raycaster (17-11-2009) (NES Techdemo)

Damian Yerrick, aka tepples, has released an update to his game LJ65, formerly known as Tetramino. Read more about LJ65 v0.41 (NES Game)

Super Snake is a NES game by Chinese developer hd380000. Read more about Super Snake (30-10-2009) (R2) (NES Game)

Super Snake is a NES game by Chinese developer hd380000. Read more about Super Snake (24-10-2009) (R2) (NES Game)

Super Snake is a NES game by Chinese developer hd380000. Read more about Super Snake (15-10-2009) (NES Game)

Pulsewave is a monthly NYC chiptune party held at The Tank. This is the Pulsewave Invitro for October 2009. Read more about Pulsewave – October 2009 (NES misc)

Chris Covell felt like going back to NES coding for a little while to cook up a little replacement ROM for anyone who has the WideBoy peripheral. The WideBoy is also known as "Super Game Boy". This device was available for both, the Super NES and the classic NES (Famicom). Read more about WideBoy v2 (NES misc)

Lickshot is an open source sampler for your NES! You can play back 4 unique DMC samples and raise and lower their pitch. It comes with laser, air horn, and vocal samples - but you can add your own, too. Of course it is inspired by dub sirens and and sample boxes in dub and dancehall! Read more about Lickshot v0.1 (NES Application)