...Konami of America senior vice presidents discomfort with the religious connotations of the title Akumajō Dracula, which he believed translated as "Dracula Satanic Castle". 🧛
🕹️ Trivia about the game consoles of our childhood
Nintendo szykuje gratkę dla fanów klasyki z ery 8-bitowego NES-a. "Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition", które ukaże się 18 lipca na Switchu, to nic innego jak zestaw ponad 150 wyzwań z 13 klasycznych nintendowych tytułów takich jak "Super Mario Bros.", "Metroid", "Excitebike" czy "Baloon Fight".
Gra dostępna będzie w wersji cyfrowej, jednak chętni będą mogli kupić też wersję pudełkową w edycji deluxe z dodatkami. I czy tylko mi się wydaje, że Japończycy dostaną lepsze dodatki?
Po szczegóły odsyłam do mojego najnowszego tekstu 👇
Forgot to post this yesterday. Currently working through the Pikuma NES dev course, progress is coming along well. I know enough to create individual backgrounds now, which is neat 👍
It's Star Wars Day once again, so with that in mind, here's a bit of minor Star Wars gaming history for the three people who might be still interested, haha - an interview I did with Jack Yarwood for Time Extension last year, about developing NES Star Wars for Lucasfilm/JVC back in the day.
Less than 24 hours left to back The Storied Sword on Kickstarter! Don't miss this great Ninja Gaiden / Batman-style platformer for #NES. Only $2500 until it hits its top stretch goal and we get a Worlds of Power book! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bitethechili/the-storied-sword
A few weeks ago, my parents went to some sort of convention (they didn't go too much into detail) and found a reseller with several retro games on display. Being a fan of the #legendofzelda series, I worked with them to obtain three games I didn't have physically.
The good news is that A Link To The Past works. The bad news is that I need to acquire a NES to play the NES titles.
I'm playing with updating my old NES Dr.Mario clone after finally getting to play it with someone else showed that there's a lot of stuff that really needed fixed, or that could be better.
It felt cool to get to play a Dr.Mario that was fast though.
And now Squirrel Domino has 8 backgrounds you can pick from and suddenly the game feels way more polished. I also made the backgrounds display during multiplayer battles too.
ares v138 released (ares-emu.net)
ares is a cross-platform, open source, multi-system emulator, focusing on accuracy and preservation....