182: Micro Mages
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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 – @raygank Nate 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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- 0:00 Intro
- 1:45 Micro Mages
- 7:35 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
- 1:00:15 Raygan - The Friends Of Ringo Ishikawa
- 1:08:12 Outro
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