NES Homebrews?

[noclass_nick]

Anyone ever had a go at making homebrew games. I thought of this because while browsing reproduction games and came across nes game carts and chips eg

http://www.retrousb.com/index.php?cPath=24&osCsid=a5056adb03f22365516a479d7f4d2461

so anyone done anything like this or brought any of these?

I reckon it would be pretty sweet to be designing you own cover art/cartridge labels

[satoshi_matrix]

Well, I've bought some NES repros from retrozone and www.nesreproductions.com, but I haven't made any myself yet. I have the materials, but I just haven't gotten around to it yet. When I do, I am going to need custom labels. so this thread excites me.

[noclass_nick]

I wish there was a easy way to make your own nes games, i remember years ago there was an 8 bit rpg maker i made some games with, if there was something like that you could just save and load onto a brand new nes cart + chip it would be awesome! Make you own custom nes games, maybe even new games remade into 8 bit, when i think of that i think of this :

http://www.geekosystem.com/8-bit-game-demakes/

the dead space one would be sweet, finally playing through ds2 atm

[noclass_nick]

Anyone actually tried making a NES reproduction cart from a rom? or tried making any nes reproduction cart? if so was there a online guide you used?

i found:

http://callanbrown.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62:advanced-mmc3-nes-reproduction-tutorial&catid=36:home-console-projects&Itemid=61

this guide, just wondering if anything better is out there,

[marioxb]

Technically, isn't a homebrew game, a game you make yourself? Like actually program, design? Like, not an official game or not even a hack/ translation of an official game or prototype/ unreleased game?

I always thought homebrew meant something you made yourself, unofficially, from scratch. Like noclass_nick's Adventures or something?

[noclass_nick]

yep thats what i was talking about but then i was asking seperately if anyone hs tried putting repros on cartridges, hard enough to make them game, let alone putting ur game onto cart

[marioxb]

Yeah that would be cool to do. Search for Secret of Mana 2 and you will find at least one guy that put together his own reproduction.