I'm
generally not as interested in aftermarket/homebrew NES games when there are still many official games not yet mapped. And this particular topic is about
my personal requests, of which zagato blackfist has recently been doing a lot of heavy lifting by considering them and mapping them, which is why it comes up a lot when I thank him for each one. There are not many NES games remaining on my list as of now. This could change, as I'm sure it wouldn't take much for me to skim through all the NES games and pick out some things of interest I may have forgotten about and then add them to my list, but I'd like to see this batch done before I even consider doing that. Some of the NES games I had requested I felt were already a bit of a stretch for me to think anyone was even interested.
That's not to say I'm entirely immune to the charms of
some new NES games. I did recently add "Rugrats: Adventures In Gameland" to my list; this is a game that was released this September (just last month). It can be played with a modern look and an NES look. But it's not just aesthetics, it really is a NES ROM under the hood! On PC, on the Epic Games store, they actually gave away the game for free the first week that it was out, which is crazy! But, at least at the time, no NES ROM is included in the Epic Games version. But if you get the Steam version, the NES ROM file is in the game's folder, which can be played on any NES emulator or flash cart. I've got it on my recent-ish purchase of an Anbernic RG35XX SP:
And literally just a couple nights ago I got the last of four endings in the PC game "Beyond Shadowgate", which is now also on my request list. It's a true sequel to the NES classic, not to be confused with "Beyond Shadowgate" on the Turbo Grafx CD, which was meant to be a sequel but whoever got the rights changed it from its original version. This newer one is the version intended by the original creators. While not technically a NES game, the interface is pretty much the same. The window where the action takes place is still 112 x 112 pixels. While the original game's resolution is 256 x 224 (as are all NES games), this one is 400 x 225. The extra pixel of height making it 225 pixels means that it's a multiple of 9 pixels, hence, it has a 16:9 ratio for modern displays. The extra width is for some background specific to the area (sort of like a Super Game Boy border), or the hotkeys on the left and the mini-map on the right, but otherwise certainly feels like a NES game.
But you see, I'm interested in Rugrats: Adventures In Gameland because the coexisting modern/NES styles is neat (I'm not even a Rugrats fan at all), and I'm interested in Beyond Shadowgate because it's a modern sequel to a NES game and retains its aesthetics and gameplay (though mouse control is nice). I'm not throwing shade at any other NES games being made these days, it's just that if they don't have an interesting hook to make it worth my time, when I have an 8-bit craving, I'd rather be playing classic NES games that I still haven't gotten around to. Yes, even I haven't played every NES game... (I'll get around to Battle Of Olympus, Magic Of Scheherazade, and Rygar one day, really!) There's been discussion before about how realistic it would be to see every official NES game mapped, which shows mappers are generally more interested in prioritizing that over newer games.
(You mentioned the homebrew NES game "Böbl", which has been mapped
here.)
And has been suggested many times before,
specifically to you, Cyartog959, if you love these new NES games so much, or other games on other platforms you've mentioned, and really want to see maps of them, you could map them
yourself... As I've said, it would be nice to see you at least try, but (disappointingly) you never actually seem to consider it. If you have the desire for them, put some drive into it. As in actually making them, instead of just expecting others to do so.
Cyartog959, I appreciate that you are passionate about maps, and discussion is a good thing, but consider making a different thread for your own requests or if you feel you have lots to say about a particular topic (like NES homebrew/aftermarket games). This one is about my personal requests, which is admittedly self-serving, but that's what this one is. My requests I think are generally reasonable and skew towards popular games, if you're wondering why these are steadily getting done.
We can continue this discussion in another thread, and good luck with your own mapping endeavours, if you do get into it. I'm sure there are many people that can help you here on these forums if you need assistance.
