Beyond The Pins: The 2nd Frame Strikes On Kickstarter

What is Beyond The Pins: The 2nd Frame, the new homebrew coming to NES and PC? Is it a bowling game? Is it a point and click mystery game? Is it an adventure game? The truth is it’s all these things…and its Kickstarter is running now.

The gimmick of the original Beyond The Pins was that it was primarily a bowling game, but you were able to walk away from the lanes as your character and explore the alley. Beyond The Pins: The 2nd Frame is the souped-up version of this formula, with a larger area to explore, a bigger and deeper story to uncover, a refined menu system and more.

Developing team KAHN Games consists of programmer Kevin Hanley, artist Jon Piornack and music composer Thomas Cipollone. “What we set out to do was nothing short of create what we feel is the best point-and-click adventure game to ever be released on the NES,” says Kevin. “We believe we have done just that. It was a grueling two-year span of work, but we think we actually pulled it off.” The game will not just be available for the NES, PC and Mac, but there will also be an MS-DOS version that runs on a 3.5 floppy disc and works on 90s computers if you’ve got one. It’ll come in a big box with feelies like a branded scoring pencil.

While the NES version uses the console’s chiptunes (what else can it do really), the PC and Mac versions will use the soundfont common to MS-DOS games around that time period, the Roland MT-32. “It’s incredible how the Roland MT-32 sounds can instantly transport you back to the era of gaming that a lot of us grew up in. There’s really nothing like it, and we are so thankful that we’re able to offer it,” says Kevin.

The cheapest tier for Beyond The Pins: The 2nd Frame grants all digital versions of the game and a manual PDF for $20. Add on the NES cartridge for $40, the full NES game package for $65, and a bunch of limited edition cool stuff for $100. The MS-DOS Big Box physical can only be obtained at the highest tier, $150.

Beyond The Pins: The 2nd Frame will remain open for business until September 10. Support the game through this link.