Nintendo Entertainment System (Famicom) News
K.Y.F.F. by Roth/Sly Dog Studios is a 4-player game that allows all four people to compete against each other in a battle royale in the style of classic beat ‘em up games. There are a total of eight different attacks at the disposal of each player.
Note that it is only a multi-player game, and no AI is in it.
http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=99723
NES homebrewer never-obsolete is working on a Zelda style RPG for NES called Knil. According to the developer the core engine is done, which means he now tries to add up the content. As the game is still a work in progress, there is no download yet.
http://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=9852
Family Picross by freem is a Picross game for NES/Famicom. The game is playable but still considered a demo. Improvements should be seen the next couple of weeks.
http://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=9475
In Magic Floor by Martin Korth you are a boulder, who discovered a hidden underground hall in your magic cellar! At the first glance it appeared to be just empty, but at closer look it turned out to be having a
very funny bewitched floor…
http://nocash.emubase.de/magicflr.htm
Martin Korth, himself also known as no$cash, has come up with another nice custom built hardware, which will get all NES homebrewers glowing eyes; a NES single chip cartridge! It can address max 32Kbytes PRG-ROM, and uses the internal 2Kbyte Name-Table RAM as CHR-RAM.
Head over to NESdev for the full details and join the discussion! Will the NES homebrew scene will another unexpected boost?
http://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9342
I Wanna Flip The Sky by Tom is a platformer along the lines of I Wanna Be The Guy or Battle Kid. In each level you’re trying to reach the exit door while avoiding traps like spikes and conveyor belts. The trick is you can flip gravity a limited number of times each level.
http://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=9218
Starfall – a journey in space; a test of survival. Catch stars to increase the jackpot, but don’t forget to claim it! Avoid the meteors; they’re deadly unless you Color Shift. Same color ship and meteor = OK! Mismatched colors = GAME OVER! Go for the high score!
http://www.neoflash.com/forum/index.php/topic,7457.0.html
John White / Nessylum Games promised a while ago to replace the Demo of his game Assimilate with a full version. As he is a man of his word, he placed the full download to the public on 5th August! (Thanks for letting us know btw 🙂
In Assimilate you control an alien space ship and your main task is to kidnap humans, while the forces of the earth try to stop you from that.
http://nessylum.wordpress.com/downloadplay-demo/
Boom by 3gengames and Tokumaru is a Kaboom! style game for NES. The goal is to catch all bombs in a ton, before they blast.
http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=7242&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15
Color Squares by KHS shows 16*14 squares of 12 different colors (plus black). On each frame, two adjacent squares are swapped. Assembler source code is available.
http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=8492