Tower Defense 1990 - A New NES Game

A project in Minneapolis, MN by Ryan Lloyd
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A new tower defense game for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).
Backers: 117
Average Pledge Per Backer: $65

Funded: $7,608 of $5,000
Dates: Nov 19th -> Dec 21st (32 days)
Project By: Ryan Lloyd
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Latest News

New Music

December 16th - via: kickstarter.com
The game has some new music from Zi.  The tunes are still in development and may change before the final release. ********************************************************** Intro ********************************************************** Level A... (Read More)

Concept in-game screen for gold level supporters

December 12th - via: kickstarter.com
I coded up the special screen that will appear in the gold level versions of the game.  The supporter's message will appear, along with the serial number.  I may add some more decoration. Concept for gold level screen with example message The... (Read More)

Infinite NES Lives to supply hardware

December 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Infinite NES Lives will supply the hardware for the new cartridges, including the PCB's and shells.  INL has supplied parts for a number of other homebrewed games that went to cartridge, including Kickstarters.  Please visit InfiniteNesLives.com... (Read More)

New Music and Sound Effects

December 11th - via: kickstarter.com
You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound 00:00 00:00 I added some new music from Zi.  I also added about a dozen sound effects. I made some optimizations to the instructions.  The code for... (Read More)

New Stretch Goals

December 7th - via: kickstarter.com
I revised the stretch goals a bit.  I hope they're more attainable. I added a strategy guide as a reward.  I'm unsure how large the guide would be, but it would detail every level and probably be several dozen pages.  It would also contain extra... (Read More)

100% Funded!

December 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to everyone who supported this project!  In particular, I would like to thank the community of retro homebrewers and enthusiasts who have given great support and critical feedback. The project is still on track.  I expect to ship the game... (Read More)

Graphics Editors

December 6th - via: kickstarter.com
I wanted to share screenshots of some of the software I'm using to create the graphics for this game.  I created these tools in early 2013, and I've been maintaining them since.  I use them for my NES game development. I wrote the software in C++... (Read More)

New Levels, Coding Update

December 5th - via: kickstarter.com
I've been adding background graphics and designing levels.  Shown below are a few levels (they'll probably change slightly for the final version). Concept for level 7   Concept for level 8 I've also been adding to the engine slightly.  The... (Read More)

All backers receiving a cartridge will also receive downloads to the ROM and manual

November 20th - via: kickstarter.com
For all donors who are receiving a physical, hard copy of the game on cartridge, I will also give access to downloads of the binary ROM file and the manual.  This applies to "The Bare Cartridge," "The Cartridge Complete in Box," and "The Collector's... (Read More)

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