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Family Computer VT52 Terminal

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November 3, 2026 at 1:43 AM
skyboygames.com
The manual for our upcoming NES game Even Goblins Fall In Love will finally explain what all those icons in the status screen mean.

Ah, the joys of physical media in 2026!

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Page 11 titled "Character Stats". It features a screenshot of the game's status screen showing Lin's portrait, level, stats, and equipped items, alongside explanatory text: "Pressing Start in the field or a dungeon/town will open up the Status Screen...". Below are definitions for the first two stats: "HP – The amount of damage a character can take in combat before they are defeated" (next to a heart icon) and "Attack – The amount of damage that a character can inflict with their attacks" (next to a sword icon). The page number 11 appears at the bottom right. Page 12 detailing remaining character stats with corresponding icons: "Defense – The amount incoming attack power is reduced when calculating damage" (shield icon), "Critical Hit Chance – The percentage chance that an attack will be a critical hit which inflict double damage" (sparkle/starburst icon), "Evasion Chance – The percentage chance that an incoming attack will miss the defender" (wavy lines icon), and "Star Power – The number of times Lin can use the Stardust Pendant's power before needing to rest at an inn" (star-person icon). Below this is a section titled "Experience Points and Levels" explaining how gaining XP increases Lin's level. The page number 12 is in the bottom right corner.
November 2, 2026 at 11:28 PM
cuttercross.bsky.social
I'm kind of upset at myself for not having the skill to add enough detail + texture to the extent that I want. But at least this all compresses down to 3 KiB! Maybe I'll revisit this later.

Sea turtles are pretty cool.
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A sample image included in CrossPaint. There is a green sea turtle underwater, floating near an open treasure chest partially buried in sand. Kelp and coral are growing near the treasure chest with a partially obscured shipwreck behind them.
November 2, 2026 at 9:17 PM
fpgawarrior.bsky.social
BOOTLEG GAMES REVIEW (PARTE-CCXXXI) - CONTRA (魂斗羅): Homing Bullets Edition (Unl) (NES) darkryoga.wordpress.com/2026/11/02/b... @Youtube #gamedev #indiedev #GBADEV #Nintendo #MortalKombat1 #famicom #PandaClass #bootleg #NES #nesdev #China #StreetFighter #StreetFighter6 #MK #CONTRA #SuperCONTRA
BOOTLEG GAMES REVIEW (PARTE-CCXXXI) – CONTRA (魂斗羅): Homing Bullets Edition (CONTRA HACK) (Unl) (NES)
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November 2, 2026 at 8:41 AM
jessica.moe
Ordinarily, rts is used at the end of a subroutine. JSR puts the return address on the stack, and RTS pulls the address off, adds 1 to it, and jumps there.

But there's nothing stopping you from pushing a different address instead. Nesdev wiki calls this the rts trick: www.nesdev.org/wiki/RTS_Trick
RTS Trick
The RTS Trick is one implementation of jump tables, which are a neat way to avoid long, complicated branching code to subroutine calls. It is easier to implement than a pile of branches, reads well, ...
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November 1, 2026 at 8:55 PM
smymy-128.bsky.social
they can see you

i saw a post from someone who did something similar to this on the nesdev server, and i decided to try doing it too, but in this case, my code is completely different, because it uses a lookup table instead of math calculations

i'm going to use this a lot
November 1, 2026 at 6:36 PM
skyboygames.com
Okay, got an Excel sheet populated with bugs and tweaks from the latest Even Goblins Fall In Love playtest. Time to make the game better and better one tweak at a time!

#gamedev #nesdev #indienes #indieretro
November 1, 2026 at 2:44 PM
dalecoop.bsky.social
🍂 November is here, and so is a new entry in the NES Homebrew Calendar!

This month, we’re featuring Light From Within, an upcoming action RPG for the NES by @atarath.bsky.social! 😍

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November 1, 2026 at 2:01 PM
skyboygames.com
Lin is a little goblin in a big world. Best to take some overworld travel music, composed by @fortexp.itch.io, with you on your journey in Even Goblins Fall In Love, our indie NES JRPG.

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October 31, 2026 at 9:53 PM
breathing-retro.bsky.social
The Legend of Zelda for #Commodore64 (40th Anniversary Port)

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October 31, 2026 at 12:40 PM
orartgames.bsky.social
Now collectible gems and breakable crystals do flash !! ✨✨
Now you will know they are items. 🟦⬜

Still dealing with palette colors. 🎨

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October 31, 2026 at 6:42 AM
kungfufurby.bsky.social
For mode 7, I used Kulor's mode 7 notes from the NESDev forums, because my intention was to code in controls for scrolling, rotation and zooming so that the player could look around the entire map (depending on how big it was: that part was not fully defined, so I just used the full mode 7 map).
October 31, 2026 at 2:17 AM
kierannolan.bsky.social
BITBAS sprite editor and synth engine development screenshots - kierannolan.com/bitbas #nesdev
October 30, 2026 at 7:03 PM
dalecoop.bsky.social
C'est les derniers jours ! Et même les dernières heures ! 😱

TORGMAN Adventures 2, un tout nouveau jeu de plateformes sur NES !

Commandez vite votre exemplaire, car ce sera votre seule chance de mettre la main dessus. Il n'y aura pas de deuxième tirage !

#NES #homebrew #nesdev
October 30, 2026 at 10:59 AM
dalecoop.bsky.social
Looking for a Discord server dedicated to homebrew projects made without AI?

I've got just the place for you! 😉👇

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eliasdaler.bsky.social Elias Daler @eliasdaler.bsky.social · 5d
I come with you with great news today. Me and my friends have launched Humanbrew.

It's a small Discord server dedicated to homebrew made without AI. By humans, for humans. 🫶

Let's learn from each other, let's make cool things and let's have fun. :)
October 30, 2026 at 9:35 AM
rhoq.bsky.social
While I'm tinkering away at engine tech for my game, HypderDrive Soul, I'm also mocking up some ideas for status bar display. Compact display for exploration and detailed status when paused. Also- alert display at bottom for game events!

#nesdev #retrodev #gamedev #coding #mockup #ui
Compact status bar display for exploration the world map, including player name, level, health, charge, currency, and status effects. Detailed player status on Pause screen showing Name, Level, Experience, progress to next Level, Health and Max Health, Charge and Max Charge, Battery Type, Agility, Strength and Tech stats, Currency, Status Effects, Gear, and Gauntlet Upgrades.
October 29, 2026 at 3:46 AM
calgames.us
It’s almost Halloween! Mister Scary is available everywhere, for a spooky good time! 🎃🍁👻💀 Steam took a minute, but it’s now live as well. •••• #misterscary #nesdev #indiegame #halloween #calgames
October 29, 2026 at 1:28 AM
dalecoop.bsky.social
La saison 3 de PlayTiles démarre bientôt et je suis ravi de rejoindre l’aventure ! 😍

Des jeux indé 8-bit sur smartphone avec une adorable petite manette ? Embarquez avec nous et profitez de mon code de réduction ! 😉👇

#PlayTiles #NES #Homebrew #nesdev
playtiles.bsky.social Playtiles @playtiles.bsky.social · 6d
✨ NEW PLAYTILES SEASON, NEW INDIE DEVS!

@dalecoop.bsky.social joins the lineup and will showcase a game in Season 3!

Use code "DALE" for a discount on any Season 3 pre-order & directly support the dev!

👉 Get Playtiles: get.playtil.es
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October 28, 2026 at 7:42 AM
fpgawarrior.bsky.social
@Youtube #gamedev #indiedev #GBADEV #Nintendo #MortalKombat1 #famicom #PandaClass #bootleg #nesdev #China #StreetFighter📷📷 #HalloweenCountdown #StreetFighter6 #ResidentEvil - Check out the full thing here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcKx...
Resident Evil 0 - N64 E3 2000 Demo Recreation | A N64 Style remake of Resident Evil 0 (PC REMAKE)
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October 27, 2026 at 8:16 AM
kungfufurby.bsky.social
Notably, I confirmed that this particular bug did not exist on SNES9X 1.62.3. Anyways, this was fixed by @novasquirrel.com in this pull request (and confirmed by me):
SNES: Fix mode 6 horizontal offset-per-tile by NovaSquirrel · Pull Request #300 · nesdev-org/MesenCE
KungFuFurby reported that horizontal offset-per-tile on mode 6 was not working correctly. I noticed some suspicious code to shift the horizontal scroll positions that get read from the table during...
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October 27, 2026 at 2:55 AM
skyboygames.com
NES cartridges have limited space, so the manual becomes a great place to add a touch of lore and flavor to enemies. Not a lot mind you, just a bit of that Localization Intern Making Stuff Up For The Boss energy.

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Page 27 titled "Monsters". The text states that during their journey, Lin will encounter a variety of monsters, and shows a sampling of creatures with pixel-art illustrations and descriptions: "Lilhani – A living mud creature" (next to a golden, muddy creature with wavy arms), "Eyefly – A creepy flying eyeball" (next to a pink eyeball with white wings), and "Haniwa – A fully developed form of a Lilhani" (next to a sturdier, golden humanoid figure with one arm raised). Page 28 continuing the list of monsters with pixel art illustrations and descriptions: "Mimic – A predator that disguises itself as a treasure chest", "Lippy – A giant set of lips on powerful muscled legs", "Ishikoro – A stoic rock monster", "Eyeful – A horrid cluster of eyes and tentacles", and "Bastet – An elegant and powerful cat monster". The page number 28 appears in the bottom right corner.
October 26, 2026 at 10:28 PM
calgames.us
It’s Halloween week! Mister Scary is available everywhere, for a spooky good time 🎃🍁👻💀•••• #misterscary #nesdev #indiegame #halloween #calgames
October 26, 2026 at 7:49 PM
miralocria.bsky.social
Huh, I guess it shorts the stock nes using that particular bit. Interesting.
From NESDev Wiki Master/slave mode and the EXT pins Bit 6 of PPUCTRL should never be set on stock consoles because it may damage the PPU. When this bit is clear (the usual case), the PPU gets the palette index for the backdrop color from the EXT pins. The stock NES grounds these pins, making palette index 0 the backdrop color as expected. A secondary picture generator connected to the EXT pins would be able to replace the backdrop with a different image using colors from the background palette, which could be used for features such as parallax scrolling. Setting bit 6 causes the PPU to output the lower four bits of the palette memory index on the EXT pins for each pixel. Since only four bits are output, background and sprite pixels can't normally be distinguished this way. Setting this bit does not affect the image in the PPU's composite video output. As the EXT pins are grounded on an unmodified NES, setting bit 6 is discouraged as it could potentially damage the chip whenever it outputs a non-zero pixel value (due to it effectively shorting Vcc and GND together). Note that EXT output for transparent pixels is not a backdrop color as normal, but rather entry 0 of that background sliver's palette. When rendering is disabled, EXT output is always index 0 regardless of backdrop override. Pop team epic: "Aah, So it's like that, huh. I understand everything now. (Doesn't get it at all)"
October 26, 2026 at 7:06 PM
dalecoop.bsky.social
A little progress, bit by bit… 🌲

#NES #Homebrew #nesdev #GameDev
October 26, 2026 at 12:52 PM
fpgawarrior.bsky.social
HOMEBREW GAMES REVIEW (PARTE-XIX) – Resident Evil 0 - N64 E3 2000 Demo Recreation darkryoga.wordpress.com/2026/10/26/h... @Youtube #gamedev #indiedev #GBADEV #Nintendo #MortalKombat1 #famicom #PandaClass #bootleg #nesdev #China #StreetFighter📷 #HalloweenCountdown #StreetFighter6 #ResidentEvil
HOMEBREW GAMES REVIEW (PARTE-XIX) – Resident Evil 0 – N64 E3 2000 Demo Recreation (PC Master Race)
{twitter}: @FpgaWarrior / {YouTube} Resident Evil 0 – N64 E3 2000 Demo Recreation (PC Master Race) «Resident Evil 0 – N64 Demo Recreation» es una recreación en Unity de la versión i…
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October 26, 2026 at 8:31 AM