EPISODE · May 27, 2019 · 1H 10M
182: Micro Mages
from The Short Game · host The Short Game
Micro Mages is a NES homebrew with remarkably modern game design. Morphcat Games managed to fit an entire 4-player Towerfall-inspired co-op platfomer into just 40kb. It’s an incredible feat of 6502 assembly programming, and an incredibly fun game to boot! You can download Micro Mages on itch.io or Steam for $10.99. Either option includes the PC version of the game as well as an NES rom that can play on nearly anything, including actual NES hardware via a flash cart like the EverDrive-N8. Expect it to take about 3-5 hours to complete depending on your NES jump-and-shoot chops. Links for this episode: Micro Mages OpenEmu – Multiple Video Game System EverDrive-N8 – Stone Age Gamer Analogue Nt mini – The Ultimate Nintendo FPGA console?:: RGB307 / MY LIFE IN GAMING – YouTube I Am Error: The Nintendo Family Computer / Entertainment System Platform (Platform Studies) – Amazon:Books How we fit an NES game into 40 Kilobytes – YouTube Playdate. A New Handheld Gaming System A Teen Dirtbag Beat-Em-Up With Phenomenal Writing – Kotaku You can follow our show on Twitter at @_shortgame Like the show? Support us by writing a review on Apple Podcasts! Your hosts this week were: Raygan Kelly – @raygankNate Heininger – @natestl (00:00) - Intro (01:45) - Micro Mages (07:35) - Playing An NES Homebrew Game - How and Why (14:42) - A Game In 40kb (23:17) - Classic Console, Modern Design (39:37) - Power-ups (41:54) - Multiplayer (50:02) - Wrap Up (52:52) - What’s Making You Happy This Week? (53:01) - Nate - Playdate (01:00:15) - Raygan - The Friends Of Ringo Ishikawa (01:08:12) - Outro
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Micro Mages is a NES homebrew with remarkably modern game design. Morphcat Games managed to fit an entire 4-player Towerfall-inspired co-op platfomer into just 40kb. It’s an incredible feat of 6502 assembly programming, and an incredibly fun game to boot! You can download Micro Mages on itch.io or Steam for $10.99. Either option includes the PC version of the game as well as an NES rom that can play on nearly anything, including actual NES hardware via a flash cart like the EverDrive-N8. Expect it to take about 3-5 hours to complete depending on your NES jump-and-shoot chops. Links for this episode: Micro Mages OpenEmu – Multiple Video Game System EverDrive-N8 – Stone Age Gamer Analogue Nt mini – The Ultimate Nintendo FPGA console?:: RGB307 / MY LIFE IN GAMING – YouTube I Am Error: The Nintendo Family Computer / Entertainment System Platform (Platform Studies) – Amazon:Books How we fit an NES game into 40 Kilobytes – YouTube Playdate. A New Handheld Gaming System A Teen Dirtbag Beat-Em-Up With Phenomenal Writing – Kotaku You can follow our show on Twitter at @_shortgame Like the show? Support us by writing a review on Apple Podcasts! Your hosts this week were: Raygan Kelly – @raygankNate Heininger – @natestl (00:00) - Intro (01:45) - Micro Mages (07:35) - Playing An NES Homebrew Game - How and Why (14:42) - A Game In 40kb (23:17) - Classic Console, Modern Design (39:37) - Power-ups (41:54) - Multiplayer (50:02) - Wrap Up (52:52) - What’s Making You Happy This Week? (53:01) - Nate - Playdate (01:00:15) - Raygan - The Friends Of Ringo Ishikawa (01:08:12) - Outro
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