With the new NES game Battle Kid being released...

[MachineGex]

Anyone have a convenient link to more information on this title? This is the first I've heard of it.

A few posts above you I mentioned it is available from retrousb. Also, someone mentioned the guy who made the game posts on NA all the time. Everything you need is on those two sites. If you like NES games, this looks like a keeper. I should have my copy tomorrow.

[tomaitheous]

Given the scope of the hardware on the NES, and that of the SNES. I'd say that's one reason why you don't see much homebrew dev on the SNES. The NES is alive and kicking with lots of projects for it in the works as well as tools. While this doesn't necessarily translation into 1:1 project to final game release, it doesn't mean there isn't more serious activity. And compared to the NES, well.. the SNES isn't receiving much attention (though it gets the MOST for translations of any system). Anyway, the scope of both systems capabilities - it's easier for a one or two person team to bang out a respectable 8bit NES game, than to that of what would be acceptable on the SNES - I would imagine.

Maybe some one could make a list, but here's a short one from memory:
Genesis: Pier Solar is the only "homebrew" game for the Genesis to be released on cart and sold (or to be). The two by SFT are localizations of already existing games.
NES: The title from this discussion (there are a few more simple games I've seen for sale though).
SNES: don't remember any off hand, other than the German made game recently. But what that available to buy in box/cart form?
PCE: Insanity, meteor blaster, (another one by mindrec), and soon to be released MSR
GB/C: I though there was a few, but I can't remember any details. GB/GBC was really huge in the dev scene back in 1998/99/00. I was there. It was my first console to code on
Atari 8bit: I think a few recently, no? Not sure if they were free or purchasable.
c64: No need to even mention anything

I know Charles Doty released Frogger on a lot of system (as part of his goal) and where purchasable, but I'm thinking more in line with something a bit more complex. But I guess you could still count those?

[Arkhan]

c64: No need to even mention anything

as much as I dislike the C64 as of late, Knight n' Grail does not disappoint.

http://www.psytronik.com/main/index....e-64&Itemid=57

(sorry for the slight derail with that link!)

I will be getting battle kid as soon as there are some more available.

I wonder how much it costs to rifle out those cartridges!

[udisi]

btw, apparently second run of Battle Kid sold out already too lol. out of stock atm again.

[Arctic Feather]

I forgot to order this last night, when it was in stock. Hope it's back in stock again soon

[Arkhan]

I forgot to order this last night, when it was in stock. Hope it's back in stock again soon

it wasn't in stock when I looked last night either.

[MachineGex]

Apparently they ran out of the manual and are in the process of printing more, should be about a week. The new manual will have a few corrections as well. I was lucky and got one of the carts that have the proto rom on it. A few of the carts went out with the proto rom on it by mistake. the proto is a complete build withjust a few really minor changes.

Check out my game and box below: