Homebrew Shovel Knight for NES by Kasumi

Homebrew Shovel Knight for NES by Kasumi
This is a technical demo running on a real NES.
More info: / 1204608235275030528
This is NOT created by RetroNES Software.

[@IkesDaddelbox]

The toughest challenge for the developer would be to make it look as close to the original as possible without intense amounts of sprite flickering. This looks and sounds very good so far, but this game does some stuff that's impossible on the NES.

[@Mjnerua]

they actually designed levels with sprite flickering in mind

[@mr_indie_fan]

Shovel knight added 4 colors to the overall color palette of the nes, outside of that and a few minor things i think that could all be worked around.

[@feenix219]

Hope they finish this someday. I need this ROM....

[@JaredJosephHoag]

This video deserves to have a million views.

[@MusculosoDigital]

i absolutely love that 8 bit music, it's literally my drug!

[@jamespilcher5287]

Excellent colour palette - it looks very rich for a NES

[@SONICBOOM1889]

This looks amazing!! When will the full version of this homebrew get released?

[@retrones_software]

Nothing is known about that

[@lagartoconruedas1169]

@@retrones_software do it for tomorrow pls

[@retrones_software]

@@lagartoconruedas1169 Please read the description of the video. This homebrew is not mine, but Kasumi's. More information: twitter.com/KasumiDirect

[@SanicConnoisseur_91]

Man. This has been in development for a while and there’s still no rom. A playable first level is all I want. It’s dumb this hasn’t been released it runs fine as long as level one is good don’t worry about the rest of the game. But then again, who am I? What do I know?

[@NICKLS]

man now I want a full version of that Strike the Earth

[@BalancedSpirit79]

The PCM channel could be used for the sawtooth instrument. Hope this gets completed one day, even if it's just the first level. *Wow.*

[@SwedishWarGoat.]

If that existed back in the late 80s when I was a kid I would have played the shit out of that game.

[@yveskinney3948]

Reseting the game with controller in hand... priceless nostalgia 🤤

[@evilskunk1]

Nice demo. The flicker on the enemy sprites is a bit hard to overcome being that the NES hardware can only 8 sprites per scan line. I wonder if there is a way to solve that? My guess would be if someone would make use of the expansion port, maybe that can be achieved. The color Pallet of the demo reminds me of Mega Man 6 in Plantman's stage. You may be able to fake the background parallax if you can learn how to master IRQ's like in Batman the return of Joker. The sound is very close but of course you are at the mercy of the 5 channel sound, impressive though.

[@retrones_software]

The limit of sprites per line of NES can not be exceeded beyond 8 sprites. There is no expansion option to solve this. The only way to give a solution, would be changing your PPU for another that improves these characteristics, and then ... it would not be NES anymore.

[@evilskunk1]

@@retrones_software It's too bad that no one has made that option as of yet. One way an expansion could be made to work would be to take note from Sega's add-on the 32 X. How that expands the power of the Genesis is that the graphics is partly handled by both the Genesis and the add on. If someone made an add-on you could have one or more additional PPUs that could add some extra layers and sprites to take the load off the internal PPU, thus ridding of flickering. Another thing that could be added would be additional sound channels. If done right it would be just a plug and play unit that would not change the base hardware in any way.

[@retrones_software]

@@evilskunk1 I invite you to follow this NES homebrew development team: twitter.com/SomethinNerdy. Apart from a new title, they are developing a new mapper called MXM-0 that complements the NES very well.

[@alanwortman4439]

If you don't mind running emulators, more than one retroarch NES core has an option to remove the sprite per scan line limit.

[@Ustaleone]

@@alanwortman4439 if you emulate it you could almost just play the original shovel knight. Just not the same.

[@ItsLazMax]

WOAH!

[@JacklapottTv]

Like the optimised color palette

[@killhacker5776]

I want it.

[@thermometerman1824]

this is crazy

[@Ben-oe4hx]

Now I can't help but wonder if vanilla Shovel Knight could be played in a SNES

[@retrones_software]

On a NES with limitations. On a SNES without problem.

[@AngryCalvin]

DuckSmells Woo-Woo!

[@phorchybug3286]

Cute♥️

[@skRapKlan]

Sweet stuff! Any progress on this??

[@retrones_software]

Its author has not returned to make updates about it

[@SanicConnoisseur_91]

@@retrones_software wow

[@RJRM]

download link?

[@user-zw2ht7qu9c]

If this is true, then I really want to try playing on an emulator

[@caseyjones8949]

IT REAL?

[@raycastello2532]

amazing. rom download?

[@blogerlancuster]

It's still under development?

[@retrones_software]

According to the creator, this was just a demo

[@hachegommes3065]

la mecanica del salto parece un poco a la de duck tales para nes

[@slsmckozknkiwnm1822]

En realidad lo es

[@AlonsoRedToxic]

Shovel Knight es una especie de recopilación de mecánicas de muchos juegos plataformeros de NES

[@tomi_slayerpussydestroyer]

Es como una mezcla entre ducktales y megaman

[@TheGameforestguy]

Cool! Why is your NES on its side

[@user-dg2ec5vt8v]

Where did bro get an NES

[@Cyril29a]

Shovel Knight is another version of Ducktales just like The Crow is another version of Robocop.

[@marckpineda2989]

Well there's a romhack of Batman that is The Crow

[@jeremyp3116]

You can play the Wii U shovel knight with the nes mini controller. It’s the only way to play

[@retrones_software]

Please read the description of the video.

[@supernicktubebr]

Pls send me a download link if you don't find forget about i say

[@JuanFranco-mq7js]

this is smoke, shovel knight is impossible to port to a NES, just an interactable object would causeflickering problems with the Player, add to that the large number of enemies and projectiles that you should handle, there is no way. Remember, just 8 sprites per scanline...

[@retrones_software]

What you see in the video is a reproduction of Shovel Knight programmed and adapted to the NES. It's just a small demo, and obviously porting the full game to this console would be complicated by those scanline technical details when we have a lot of enemies on screen, but not impossible if we cut corners. As seen in the video and program that Kasumi has made, it is possible.

[@SanicConnoisseur_91]

This footage literally proves you wrong lmao

[@mr_poyo5620]

Duck tales?

[@Deciheximal]

A great game. Needed more levels, though.

[@Pablo1911ify]

make this game to nintendo ds

[@ademildob.r4063]

fake

[@retrones_software]

No, no es un fake.

[@ademildob.r4063]

@@retrones_software isso foi transformador em uma rom?,porque não mostra o chip.

[@retrones_software]

@@ademildob.r4063 Esto es una demo muy básica creada por Kasumi, programador de otras roms jugables como por ejemplo "Indivisible". Asumo que es algo factible dado que no está haciendo nada fuera de lo normal en una NES, y su creador tiene una experiencia demostrada en la creación de contenido para esta consola. Tienes un enlace sobre el desarrollo de esta rom en la descripción del vídeo, pero te lo vuelvo a poner igualmente para que veas sus progresos: twitter.com/KasumiDirect/status/1204608235275030528

[@ademildob.r4063]

@@retrones_software obrigado amigo agora eu entendi o projeto,acredito que possa ser possível transforma na plataforma para nes com uma rom,eu vou acompanha o progresso da rom nes,nos deixe informados sobre o projeto e bem interessante.

[@SandroFrancisMiranda123]

@@retrones_software That's portuguese, no spainish. He is brazilian

[@domtoretto8293]

This is fake, NES obviously cannot handle those kinds of graphics and colors.

[@retrones_software]

It's not fake, and the NES can display that kind of graphics and colors. The original Shovel Knight was designed restricting its colors only to those in the NES palette. Anyway, we must not forget that this is only a technical demo developed by Kasumi, who already has great experience in programming things for the NES. In the video information, leave a link to his twitter, where you can follow his progress. I put the link to you again: twitter.com/KasumiDirect

[@domtoretto8293]

RetroNES Software No it wasn’t, Shovel Knight uses 16-Bit graphics and an extensive color palette, while the NES features 8-Bit graphics with a very restrictive color palette. Plus, the NES is nowhere NEAR powerful enough to run this kind of game.

[@retrones_software]

@Your Dad As I've explained before, it's just a TECHNICAL DEMO, not the full game. A demonstration of what this game could look like on the NES, taking the trouble to have programmed it to work on the same console. And sorry, but Shovel Knight is styled based on 8-bit video games, also using the NES color palette to make this clearer. And I'm not saying it alone, it's also made clear by its original creators: yachtclubgames.com/shovel-knight/

[@daniellez417]

@@domtoretto8293 “16 bit graphics”??? Wdym? Also, it didn’t use an extensive color palette, it used the authentic nes palette with a couple extra colors that are rarely even used.

[@robertbektas1810]

@@domtoretto8293 you don’t know what the fuck you’re are talking about. Maybe do some research before making a statement like that

[@SLICK8116]

Fake💩

[@elamriti]

fake

[@adraxas13]

no.

[@daniellez417]

It’s fake? Mind telling me what proof you have to back up that claim?

[@sonyalee5081]

It's not. Today ITS POSSIBLE to make a demake of this. Go to study math , scroto-type selfie

[@doctorwrily22]

Even if it was, this video would still be more worth the effort than your comment.