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8-bit MMORPG NEStalgia launches
See what they did with the name? SEE WHAT THEY DID THERE?! NEStalgia takes the classic 8-bit RPG and makes it a online role-playing experience. This comes from Silk Games. Create parties and go on an adventure in a blocky world full of random encounters and jerky three-frame walking animations. There's little towns, inns, caves, dungeons, bosses and even that wooshy sound effect when you're encountered out of nowhere. Sounds like a retro overload to me. The game is free to download and play and the servers are always up. Give it a try. Let us know what you think of it. Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
Legacy Comments (will be imported soon)Unfortunately it isn't compatible with OSX, so I can't give it a go. It looks pretty interesting though! I'd definitely at least check it out. This is what I've wanted to see for a while. Not exactly as it is, but the concept. An 8-bit RPG allows for a great deal of development time to be spent in gameplay, and as such you could do CRAZY experimental things with this game in order to test the limits of the world. This should stop being all about the nostalgia factor and start taking risks because people will stay for the nostalgia factor anyways. Okay double post, first time posting from IPhone. Anyway this game has been out for 2+ years now, really not new and it's made on Byond - terrrribleeeee community I don't know why so many people say that it's been out for 2 years now. It's been in public beta for less than a year. March 27th, 2010. And while the BYOND anime community is terrible, not many of those 9-year olds would even know what an NES is. Nobody has to worry about them defecting from their newest DBZ or Naruto game with stolen source code and coming over there. Been playing for over three hours now, awesome game and so far very nice and helpful people. No problems at all (Norwood)! so what server is this dtoid guild going to be on? i see that one fellow is playing on Norwood, so i'll go with that for now I'll make a Destructoid guild if you want... In Shrenwold, or someplace else, once Ben introduces save game transferring. 12:30 PM on 05.23.2013 Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn dated August 27August 27! We finally have a date. Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn is now available for pre-order for both PS3 and PC. Check out the newly revealed Collector's Edition, which comes with tons of neat stuff as well as special...
11:00 PM on 05.22.2013 WildStar 'Paths' system detailed in new dev videoThe Path system in WildStar is the focus of the latest developer video, going into detail about how your character will cater to how you like to personally play. The available Paths are Soldier, Explorer, Scientist, and...
7:00 PM on 05.22.2013 WildStar's Paths accomodate specific MMO play stylesThe new MMO on the block, WildStar, is gearing up for its release this year, and the developers at Carbine Studios are cranking out new details as we near that. As if making choices in MMO games weren’t tough enough, C...
9:00 PM on 05.21.2013 Guild Wars 2 sheds a little off its priceDespite not playing as much Guild Wars 2 as I'd like to, that's okay -- it's not costing me anything. I can continue not playing free of guilt, which is the only way I can do MMO gaming any more, I've realized. ArenaNet has k...
7:30 PM on 05.16.2013 Star Trek Online adds a new preorder ship, goofy clothesStar Trek Online is less than a week out from its latest big free content update, Legacy of Romulus, which, as may be expected, will introduce the playable Romulan Republic faction and a new line of Romulan Warbirds...
6:00 PM on 05.15.2013 Star Wars: The Old Republic customization update now liveBioWare has rolled out "Game Update 2.1: Customization" for Star Wars: The Old Republic. As previously demonstrated, this update introduces the Cathar as a playable race up for purchase at the Cartel Market as well as an Appe...
10:00 PM on 05.14.2013 Survarium alpha offers an early look at gameplayVostok Games' Survarium has resurfaced thanks to the massively multiplayer online first-person shooter's ongoing alpha test. This is the game that always gets mentioned alongside the fun-to-bring-up S.T.A.L.K.E.R., given its ...
6:30 PM on 05.14.2013 The WWII dogfights of War Thunder are headed to PS4Gaijin Entertainment is bringing its free-to-play massively-multiplayer online game War Thunder to PlayStation 4 this holiday season. There's nothing in the way of screenshots for the expanded release, though we do have a te...
12:15 PM on 05.14.2013 Slowly but surely: Rift will become free-to-play in JuneHaving previously put out a lite version of RIFT, Trion Worlds is now committed to introducing a full-fledged free-to-play model for the MMORPG. They're doing it, and doing it well, it sounds like -- "experience the entire g...
6:30 PM on 05.13.2013 ArenaNet is working on a Guild Wars 2 expansion (Update)[Update: Clarifying the comments made during the NCSoft earnings call, a representative reached out to confirm that ArenaNet is still "taking a wait-and-see stance" with regards to a possible Guild Wars 2 expansion. It is, as...
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