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November 19, 2020

Byte-Off 2020 Releases 50 New Demos For The NES

Peter Paltridge indie games, NES, nesmaker, retro games, Retro Gaming, video games 0

We’ve told you before about NESMaker, the game creation software that lets you put together NES games in a fraction of the time it took the dev teams of old, using menus and modules to snap together a platformer, a Metroidvania or an adventure in the vein of Zelda. Every year, the creators host a competition called Byte-Off where everyone is given one month to create a complete demo for the NES using NESMaker. Fifty entries made it in this year, and the judging process is now underway. This includes you! All the demos are now playable through this page, and once you try them, you can vote for your favorite in the Audience Choice category! I should mention that I have three entries in this competition, and you don’t HAVE to vote for those, but….you do. Look for “Mess Maker,” “Allison of Astra” and “Platformer Text Adventure” and see what you think. (Due to how the in-browser emulator works, we can’t link directly to any of these.) Other standout

May 21, 2019

Soko Banana Getting Physical NES Release

Peter Paltridge crowdfunding, kockstarter, nesmaker, retro games, soko banana, video games 1

A couple months ago Popgeeks reported on the NESMaker Byte-Off Contest, in which retro programmers were given one month to put together a demo for the concept of a new Nintendo Entertainment System game, using the NESMaker software ($35 and worth every penny in our opinion). One of the standout demos from the Byte-Off was Soko Banana, a puzzle game starring a monkey who has to push four blocks out of a building, one screen at a time. Soko Banana was one of the more polished submissions of the contest, with smooth physics, animations, catchy music AND the fact that block pushing mechanics are NOT built into the NESMaker software (meaning they had to be coded with raw ASM). Soko Banana has grown since the demo was submitted, and developers Flip For Fate are now crowdfunding a physical release. Head to Kickstarter quickly because you won’t want to miss this one….and if you don’t believe the hype, there’s a new addicting demo to download there. Pledge $5 and you’ll get