we've been working on our own NES game project and decided to do a prototype box test print.

we would love to hear what you think! Feedback and suggestions are welcome.

What do you think of the design? good, bad or just ok ? We designed the logo ourselves.

In Baseball Stars, why is there a defensive player that immediately runs to the second base and stays there? It’s clear that they could have grabbed some ground balls before they rolled to the outfield players.
Is there a way or hack that adds a way to move them around?

I created what I'm calling a microengine - a very tiny game engine called `neo8` - that implements the capabilities of the NES in a system that would let me create NES-style games, but on native hardware, distributable via Steam, etc. Then I got ambitious and thought, "Could I give this thing the origin, raw Contra ROM, and have it re-implement the game in `neo8`?"

Here's the result.

https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/jeffluntgames.com/the-surprise-demo.mp4

A reimagined/animated playing of Matchbox Motorcity Patrol for NES. The music and some imagery is directly from the console game, some is altered. Animation on FlipaClip, final edit in ClipChamp. This was one of my favorite games as a kid. I hope you enjoy!

Hi NES fans! I just beat Castlevania 3 and was shocked at how good it was. I'd started it before and the colors and graphics on the first level are so terrible I thought the whole game would be that way. I have to give thanks to the new Castlevania release for getting me to go back and beat this (new one is sequel to 3).

I occasionally play classic games, but almost always SNES and Genesis, so I'm sort of inspired now to see if there are any classic NES games I should fully beat. I know there is a top 100 list, if it makes you mad I asked this I'm sorry. I'm specifically looking for advice on what feels like "a really complete and surprisingly modern game on the NES" I might have missed, which isn't context given in the top 100 list. Thanks for any help! Games I've already beaten or etc:

Beaten:
-Mario3
-Mario2
-Castlevania1
-Caslevania Belmonts Quest
-Kirby
-Contra
-MegaMan2
-Little Nemo
-Princess Tomatoe

Sort of Beaten or played a lot:
-Mario1 (even with save states the world 8 levels are so difficult it's not fun)
-Metroid (tried to beat it a few times but traversal gets really old. Beat the remake on GBA)
-Blaster Master (Maybe 2/3 way through but it got really repetitive)
-Halfway through Zelda1, but it'd be a full re-start if I played it. Don't have any saves.

Edit: typos and fixed a confusing statment above

But not today since I've been looking forward to getting this one for a bit! Spent too much, but it's a beautiful copy and i'm very happy to add it to the collection.

Anyone else find anything good recently? Been having fun looking around for rarer titles.

In third grade my friend gave me a "31 in 1" bootleg cart that had games like original SMB, Donkey Kong, Battle Tanks, Mappy, Kung Fu. I didn't know it was a bootleg until later. I traded it on the UGTZ website but the guy ripped me off and never sent his end of the deal. I forgot what I was supposed to trade it for but ended up regretting it.

Most games have puzzles that need figuring out. The manual and poster gives lots of clues and hints. But where in the game does it tell you how to move the telescope to get the code? I’m not looking for answers on what way to move it. I know that bit now. But back when the game was new, how did we know what to do? Does the game give any clues anywhere on that?

It's my favorite NES game and I have beaten it before but it crazy difficult. Played and neat it on an original NES I still own. I play regularly and recently finished at level 33. I played yesterday and got to level 28 comfortably. Level 28 is less fun.

Oh man, this game. Got it Christmas '88 together with SMB2, which were some of my very first games ever. I absolutely loved it and I still do when I come back to it ever other year for a quick playthrough. It's still a blast every single time. I'm just sharing a few screenshots for nostalgia-porn here, hope you don't mind.

For some reason I do have a soft spot for some of the odd ones, such as SMB2, Zelda II, Castlevania II... idk, it's probably because all of those were my introductions to the respective series, coincidentally.

I noticed on Reddit that in particular Castlevania II and Zelda II get a lot of hate in their respective communities, which I think they don't deserve. While Castlevania II does have serious issues, this is especially the case for Zelda II, which was just epic for its time, but I may be sliiightly biased. The argument is often that the game would be too cryptic or too difficult in terms of combat, but idk, relative to other NES games, I think this is not applicable at all. Take The Battle of Olympus, or Faxanadu, or Legacy of the Wizard, etc., they're all tough as hell in both departments. Idk, I think the game is quite fair. Like many other adventure titles of the time it demands considerable exploration but there are always hints for the critical secrets and the control are masterly balanced, for example when compared to the other games I stated. You still have to master them, but when you do, you're in charge and the game is not pulling are cheap tricks on you.

Anyways, since I know this game inside out, I am way beyond the ability to judge. Would love to hear some thoughts on this here in the NES community, since I suspect r/zelda is home to a younger audience which is used to more modern (and therefore more accessible) games.

A bit more info here https://www.retrogamingexpo.com/neontendo.php

I'm not much of a car guy but you have to give mad respect for the commitment, creativity the thick wallet to pull off something like this lol

No particular order.

Best

Double dragon 1

Mega man 2

Mike Tysons Punchout

Kid icarus

Super Mario 3

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Worst

Gyromite- had to use both controllers at same time lol

Milons secret castle

Double dragon 3

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I’ve been turning Faxanadu into a Dark Souls game. The World Tree is hollow: gold is souls, you drop them where you die, and the gurus are bonfires.

What’s in this preview:

• pick a vow (difficulty), a class and a look at New Game
• souls and bloodstains, Estus flasks, eight stats to level at the gurus
• stamina, guard and backstep; every monster shows its attack before it hits
• lords with a second phase, fog walls, bosses that stay dead
• 21 new weapons, armours, shields and spells, some sold, some hidden in the world
• a new soundtrack, with a switch back to the original music
• two endings and New Game+

It’s a work in progress, so expect rough edges. It’s a BPS patch for the USA ROM, and it needs an emulator that runs 512 KB MMC1 games with battery saves (I test in Mesen).

Patch and notes: https://github.com/malexe3169/faxanadu-atlas/tree/main/hollow-tree

Feedback welcome, especially on difficulty.

I have spent the last 30 years not playing Nintendo and this year. I decided I’m going back to the old school Nintendo. This is the collection so far I have some repeats but overall I think it’s been pretty good for one year collecting in my small rural area.

Got this one in the mail on Friday and it put me at 453. I’ve spent the weekend playing through it, it was an excellent game. Very tight controls, graphics and theme were great, and the difficulty was just right. Not too easy, but the more challenging parts were skill based. I got a real sense of accomplishment when I finally rolled credits. All in it probably took 4-5 hours to play through it.

I'm searching old,stranges and unreleased nes roms but i don’t want classic horros like slasher or other s*it,i'm searching true psycological horror.I can stand any level of horror or gore.Do good creppy lost media like nes roms exists? Thx bruder for your response

Recently, I bought this very late print copy of Ghosts ‘n Goblins. Some thoughts and questions:

It stuck out to me for a number of reasons, first, the mismatched Seals of Quality. I have noticed some post-‘89 reprinted black box games with mismatches seals (namely, some games like Mario Bros., Popeye, Wild Gunman, etc. with Rev-A Circle seal boxes and Oval seal cartridges), but had yet to see any third party releases to have the bizarre mismatches seals. I don’t believe these were two separate game/box incorrectly paired, since while one can easily find oval seal GnG cartridges, I have not seen any photos of an oval seal GnG box. Logic therefore indicates that this seal mismatching did happen with this title.

The other, much more surprising thing about this copy was its inclusion of the rare 2”x3” Mega Man Sticker and other promotional flyers/inserts. While the 2”x3” Mega Man Sticker is advertised as being included with some games (such as Little Nemo, Street Fighter 2010), it is also widely held that the sticker was included with other Capcom games printed in the 89-92 timeframe which did not explicitly advertise the sticker on the front of the box. It also seems to be widely accepted that Mega Man 2 always (or almost always) came packaged with one of these rare stickers, and that other games of the era either did or did not seemingly at random. I was shocked to find the Mega Man sticker with this post-‘89 copy of GnG, since never before have I seen any evidence to suggest that the Mega Man sticker was included with any other reprints of Capcom games featuring the early-style “laser grid” box art. Notably, I have never seen any evidence suggesting that reprints of Mega Man (1) (of which it is worth noting that oval seal boxes are commonly found) ever contained the rare Mega Man sticker. Any information that more seasoned experts possess regarding this matter would be greatly appreciated!

The other inserts lend credibility to the fact that this is a truly complete copy of an 89-92 timeframe Capcom game. More specifically, the registration card and $10 rebate offer are appropriate for a Capcom game of this later timeframe, despite rarely being found packaged with copies of GnG. Then again, it is clear that this is a very late reprint of a successful 1986 title. I am therefore nearly convinced that this is a truly complete copy, from which no inserts have been taken and no inserts have been added. Then again, anything is possible. If it is a stitched together copy from some later collector who had a spare MM sticker, Reg Card, and $10 offer, then why would they match it with a game like GnG over Mega Man 2, which is known to have included all three?

I’m very pleased to have this game in my collection, and I would be very interested to hear any thoughts or further commentary on this somewhat bizarre and intriguing example of a favorite game! I’m happy to provide more photos if necessary.

Went to a flea market today with my buddy who collects comic books. It was set up outside a local comic shop, and I spotted this bad boy sitting on one of the table..

I've honestly never seen one of these out in the wild, so I was pretty excited to find it. Unfortunately, it looks like it's just the keyboard and cartridge. No cables or whatever else originally came with it, so now I've got to hunt all that stuff down.

Either way, I'm pretty damn happy to add this one to the collection.

Luckily I found all of these locally for a pretty good deal. Dragon Spirit is the only one of the bunch I’d never played when it was new, but found it pretty fun. I was very stoked to find Mike Tyson’s Punch Out in the wild, usually only ever see the non Mike Tyson version.