Nintendo Entertainment System (Famicom) News

Release notes from Rorth: I've always been really fond of 3D mazes, like those found in the Golgo games, Ultima, etc. Well, I finally figured out a decent way to do them, and so far, it's pretty efficient, I think. I've been messing with this for the past... 6 or 7 days, so about a week. Read more about 3D Maze Engine (18-03-2009) (NES Techdemo)

Compton released his first completed project "Hangamn". There are 24 words available, and you get the credit screen after level 6, so there is replayability. Read more about Hangman (15-03-2009) (NES Game)

Yet another clone of the popular Russian block game. This one allows two players and has tighter play control than most Tetris brand games. Version 0.36 fixes some attract-mode bugs and makes a few behind-the-scenes improvements. Read more about Tetramino v0.36 (NES Game)

Roth, author of Pegs for NES got featured in a printed retrogaming magazine. Read more about Pegs Article (NES misc)

"Winter Chip IV ROM Flyer" by Battle of the Bits! Read more about Winter Chip IV (NES Intro)

Galaxy NES us a Geometry Wars style game for Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom coded by Kasumi. Read more about Galaxy NES (07-02-2009) (NES Game)

Here comes a NES Pong game by Jeroen. Read more about Pong (04-02-2009) (NES Game)

Here is a first release of rNES, a library for NES apps and games development, written in C for cc65. Read more about rNES v0.1 (NES misc)

"D-Pad Hero" is a brand new game for the Nintendo Entertainment System! It's a music rythm game similar to Dance Dance Revolution and others. Read more about D-Pad Hero (RC) (NES Game)

CartCollector updated his "Generic Text Scroller" for NES. Read more about Generic Text Scroller v0.2 (NES Techdemo)