Nintendo Entertainment System (Famicom) News

Pilo tried to get into NES development and his first output is Drakaina. The game has no sound and there is room for improvement, but it's a beginning. You play as Drakaina, the angry dragon princess which tries to escape the kingdom of the cursed prince. Read more about Drakaina v1.0.0 (NES Game)

Unchained Nostalgia by VEG is a demo based on the pirate multicart with a romantic storyline and the Unchained Melody in the menu. You have to use a NES emulator (e.g. Nestopia) to run this demo. Also this archive includes Unchained Melody in the NSF and NSFe formats. You can play it, for example, using the foobar2000 with the Game Emu Player plugin. NSFe format is preferable because it contains more meta information and track length, which is not possible in the obsolete format NSF. It means, that playing NSFe melody correctly ends in time, unlike NSF. Read more about Unchained Nostalgia v1.3 (NES misc)

russellsprouts works on a demake of Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo Entertainment System called Super Smash Bros. NES. The author claims to have a working game engine with platform collisions and a lot of art. The game seems far from being complete and might also suffer from potential copyright claims, but let's keep track via nesdev.com and see how things will turn out. Read more about Super Smash Bros. NES (WIP) (12-06-2016) (NES Game)

glutock is working on a NES RPG called Tattoo Apprentice. You're a young tattoo artist, trying to become a famous one. Starting in a small country village, being an apprentice in a small tattoo shop. Classic RPG-battles are replaced by timed tattooing challenges, and you have to manage your own promotion, visiting bars, clubs, ... and manage your stock (ink, needles, tattoo guns, ...). Let's see how this project will work out. Good luck! Read more about Tattoo Apprentice (WIP) (13-06-2016) (NES Game)

The Wit.nes by Studio Dustmop is a demake of Thekla Inc's 2016 game "The Witness" has you exploring a mysterious island and solving puzzles. Developed in over 2 months, this NES ROM stands as a reinterpretation and tribute to the original work. Aimed at both players unfamiliar with the full game who want to learn what it's like, as well as veterans that need a fix of new puzzle panels to solve. Read more about The Wit.nes (Demo) (05-06-2016) (NES Game)

Danmaku 100 Bullet Demo is a techdemo by pubby. It displays up to 100 bullets on the screen at once using the backround layer to prevent flicker. Read more about Danmaku 100 Bullet Demo (NES Techdemo)

Ralph 4 is a rather fresh NES game by pubby, with music by MovieMovies1. The game is explained rather easy. Collect diamonds and avoid the fluffy cute bears. Few bears wont move at all, others do. The entertainment factor is great, but the game rather short. Read more about Ralph 4 (18-04-2016) (NES Game)

Color a Deer allows you to color a deer. It's a top notch highly entertaining Nintendo Entertainment System program by pubby. Read more about Color a Deer (20-05-2016) (NES misc)

Crypto by Engin Mercan, Erdem Yeni, Mustafa Korkmaz and Ugurcan Orcun is a co-op NES game that can be played with an emulator or on a console with a flash card or online. The main objective is to take special items spread on map to the middle for completing a ritual. Read more about Crypto (NES Game)

Electronic Sweet-N-Fun Fortune Teller is an original love horoscope game programmed for play on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). The game is 40 KB and was written in 6502 assembly by Rachel Simone Weil, aka Party Time! Hexcellent! Download includes NES ROM, a readme.txt, and a four-page booklet about hacking, programming, and sleepovers entitled "Do Fun Things with Electronic Sweet-N-Fun Fortune Teller." Purchase Electronic Sweet-N-Fun Fortune Teller for $1.99 or more. Read more about Electronic Sweet-N-Fun Fortune Teller (Commercial) (NES misc)