
A game about building emulators! Implement your own NEEES core in JavaScript, get instant feedback with unit/video tests, build the graphics unit in real time, learn 6502 assembly, debug test ROMs, and have fun with the included homebrew games!
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In the year 32767, the world suffered a massive cyber attack which destroyed the entire Internet. Since then, you and an online friend are trying to understand the sparse pieces of documentation about the NEEES, an ancient game console released in 1983. With your programming skills, you'll have to build an emulator that runs those old games, helping preserve video game history.
Full 🕹️ NEEES emulation guide from scratch, in JavaScript
Interactive 🔨 6502 Assembly tutorial
Implement 🧠 CPU, 🖥️ PPU, and 🔊 APU in any order
Play 👾 homebrew games to unlock ROMs
🧪 Unit tests, video tests, and audio tests are provided
💻 Unix-style shell and code editor
🎶 Original retro-synthwave soundtrack
📃 Included documentation and in-game dictionary
🗣️ Fully localized into English and Spanish
🐞 Powerful debugger with Memory Viewer, Disassembly, Name tables, CHR, Sprites, Palettes, APU Channels, Controllers, and Emulator Logging
🔭 Free mode to use the IDE to develop emulators for other systems!
This game requires programming knowledge. If you can't write code yet, turn back while you still can 😅
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Languages: English, Spanish - Latin America
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This is one of the best (if not the best) programming game experiences on Steam. It's not a "puzzle" or "code golf" or "play around with this pet language with arbitrary frustrating restrictions", but instead a gamified walkthrough of building a real, working NES emulator in Javascript, every part of it. It's really, really well-done, with a little IDE and test driven milestones directly in the application. Any aspiring programmer or NES aficionado should absolutely check this out.
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Are you able to program a little, and interested in programming an emulator ? If not, then you probably aren't going to be interested in this game. if you are, then you should enjoy this game. It streamlines the experience considerably, even if the javascript environment added a little friction for a non-javascript person such as myself. Having some chill music, good guidance to follow along, and tests to validate behaviour as more layers of functionality are slowly piled together makes the experience of developing an emulator MUCH smoother than the typical bare-bones experience. A few details will be a little opaque, perhaps but even then, I learned a fair bit. In any case, it's FREE, and it's GOOD. Give it a quick try if you have spare time to program and wonder what NES emulation is about. Oh yeah, and the dev is very quick to fix bugs and issues, too ! Aside : it took me less than 43 hours to complete. I tend to leave the game on while doing other stuff. It'll still take between 15 and 30 hours for most devs though, I expect.
actual gem 💡💾
Really cool concepts, the assembly was fun, the javascript part sucks, being shoehorned into this awful objected oriented paradigm and forced to write really crappy code (or else you don't pass tests) really detracts from how cool the game could be.
Emülatörler oluşturmakla ilgili bir oyun! Kendi NEEES çekirdeğinizi JavaScript ile uygulayın, birim/video testleriyle anında geri bildirim alın, grafik birimini gerçek zamanlı olarak oluşturun, 6502 assembly dilini öğrenin, test ROM'larında hata ayıklama yapın ve dahil edilen ev yapımı oyunlarla eğlenin!
it legitly got me into coding again, game of the year for education
If you don't already know what you're doing, don't even bother. The "tutorial" is convoluted and incredibly frustrating.
Only just started and not quite finished the Assembly section, but I can already tell this game is going to be like Turing Complete and be an incredibly interesting and fun experience.
this game is so awesome! Became my evening hobby. When I finish it, I'd be down to purchase supporter pack and looking forward for upcoming platforms to emulate. Highly recommend!
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