It's a goofy, free little high score game in the same style as Astrosmash, and those early 90s bitwar/PC war games where you're shooting whichever machine you aren't fanboying over.
I remember playing one on Windows in the early 90s that was a Space Invaders clone that had you shooting Macintosh computers with X_X faces on them.
It always made me laugh, so I'm happy we could finally do the same thing here. I hope this reminds everyone of simpler times.
The objective is simple. Shoot everything. If the Amiga Ball or Game and Watches hit the ground, you die immediately. You can press I to move faster.
Also of note, I present to you Aetherbyte's new, long needed/overdue mascot, RomRom.
I had been milling over ideas for a real mascot instead of just having a frigging pillar logo for a long time now. I always wanted something like Rolfee and could never quite pinpoint what I wanted.
The final idea for her and this game basically hit me all together the one day when I was riding a train in Japan. It was strongly fueled and influenced by the record shop I was just at, and all of the candy I inhaled that day.
Her name's a play on Kyonkyon (Kyon2), arguably one of the most famous 80s JPop singers. I brought her up in that one thread awhile back about the CD-ROMROM naming and all of that Japanese word math, and I chuckled to myself and went 'heheheeee', and that's basically how she got her name. It seemed like a comical perfect fit.
RomRom is essentially a combination of all of the kickass things about the 80s with some of my personal tastes sprinkled in.
You can expect to see more of her on the site, maybe on some pins/stickers or something, and probably in some other upcoming stuff we're doing.
It was fun keeping this under wraps, telling people I wasn't doing any PCE stuff. Sometimes, while I was literally working on it. Paul had posted a small snippet of her black and white face on FB, but I don't know that anyone suspected a thing.
Also,
We can't in good conscious release this on a physical card for money for various reasons, including the fact that I covered KyonKyon's Nantettatte Idol for this.... so just play it in an emulator or use a flashcart.
CHRISTMAS IN OCTOBER:
^^^ This is the song, that's Kyonkyon. Hell yeah.
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: turboswimbz on October 28, 2017, 09:50:46 AM
THIS IS . . . .
I AM JUST SO HAPPY....
:clap: :clap: =P~ :) :) :) :) :)
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: Black Tiger on October 28, 2017, 10:58:01 AM
Looks very cool. Can't wait to try it out. :D
Edit: WINNERS DON'T BUY PCEWORKS! :clap:
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: Arkhan on October 28, 2017, 12:17:44 PM
"Nan tête-à-tête" is clearly Arkhan's mispronounced declaration of his secret habit of getting advice on his love life from his Grandmother. :lol:
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: the haze on October 28, 2017, 05:58:57 PM
This is a lovely Sunday morning time waster!
The splash screen is the best part. Or maybe RomRom sitting on the car. :clap: :clap: :clap: :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on October 28, 2017, 06:14:30 PM
Dang it, I want to try it right now, but I know I'll get sucked in & I don't have time for that! Thanks a bunch Ark, you're wasting my time!?! Seriously though, thanks Ark, you & Paul rock!
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: Arkhan on October 28, 2017, 06:47:25 PM
Dang it, I want to try it right now, but I know I'll get sucked in & I don't have time for that! Thanks a bunch Ark, you're wasting my time!?! Seriously though, thanks Ark, you & Paul rock!
I don't know how much time you really need. It's just astrosmash, lol.
Pretty fun for a little time wasting diversion once in awhile, or just leave the title screen on because the music is dope.
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: MNKyDeth on October 29, 2017, 01:52:32 AM
I loved Astrosmash from the Intellivision.
Just grabbed this, can't wait to try it out!
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: Dicer on October 29, 2017, 04:22:43 AM
Astrosmash you say....
Thanks guys I needed a pick me up, and even though I can't play it on real hardware ATM, I'll still enjoy the hell out of it...
Edit: This is the only time I've enjoyed the PCE Shuttle.
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: Arkhan on October 29, 2017, 02:03:35 PM
It is the 21st century, and there is no time for ROM headers on PCE games. 262144 bytes please.
yeah, things you forget at 10am. I made a mental note to do that and forgot.
Does it really matter though? lol. Plays fine in an emulator and on an Everdrive.
EDIT: In any event I reuploaded it. I think it's barfing back an cached version of the page/download, so it should probably wake up eventually with the new one.
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Why would you preserve Mt. Fuji in a bubble? Mountains have the worst terrain, hardest soil, and thus lowest capacity for sustaining human life.
It's to sustain games and hardware, not people. The people are on their own.
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Oh, and I used that "Winners Don't..." idea in my Tongueman's Logic demo ver. :D :D :D
To slam PCEWorks?
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: ccovell on October 29, 2017, 04:09:13 PM
Dang it, I want to try it right now, but I know I'll get sucked in & I don't have time for that! Thanks a bunch Ark, you're wasting my time!?! Seriously though, thanks Ark, you & Paul rock!
I don't know how much time you really need. It's just astrosmash, lol.
Pretty fun for a little time wasting diversion once in awhile, or just leave the title screen on because the music is dope.
True dat, I ended up firing it up for awhile!
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: shubibiman on October 29, 2017, 09:20:43 PM
Thank you for this fun little shooter :)
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: ccovell on October 29, 2017, 10:18:39 PM
Show me? I never played a lot of TML because I am not really big on Picross. Definitely never seent it before.
I thought you would be resourceful enough to find it on your own.
On this page: http://www.chrismcovell.com/TMLogic.html, the demo was released in May 2006 (wow): http://www.chrismcovell.com/data/Tonguemans_Logic_DEMO.zip
I thought you would be resourceful enough to find it on your own.
I grabbed and fired up the ROM, didnt see it by the time I got to the red swirly ball screen, and figured it was one of the puzzles I needed to solve to see.
That or I inadvertently tapped a button and skipped the screen before seeing it?
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: spenoza on October 30, 2017, 09:46:50 AM
OK, seriously, Arkhan. You've managed to release 3 commercial homebrew games (not counting the stuff on the proto-card), one on homemade AbCard, and you've released 3 free games (I'm counting the Aetherbyte Christmas one). You are insane.
Also, I've decided I finally need to bite the bullet and buy Pyramid Plunder. Maybe over next summer at CCAG?
We shall see!
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: spenoza on October 30, 2017, 09:48:22 AM
Also trying to decide if I have any useful skills I could apply in my oh-so-minimal down time that would help you on whatever your next PCE project is...
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: Arkhan on October 30, 2017, 09:50:25 AM
OK, seriously, Arkhan. You've managed to release 3 commercial homebrew games (not counting the stuff on the proto-card), one on homemade AbCard, and you've released 3 free games (I'm counting the Aetherbyte Christmas one). You are insane.
Also, I've decided I finally need to bite the bullet and buy Pyramid Plunder. Maybe over next summer at CCAG?
We shall see!
The credit doesn't all go to myself, though. Don't forget OldMan! Pyramid Plunder wasn't possible without him.
This is that thing I told you I was doing at CCAG that you shouldn't tell anyone else about, lol.
NOW PEOPLE KNOW. THE SECRET IS OUT.
I've found I like doing these smaller, goofier games for fun.
They suck up less freetime, and are easier goals to obtain.
and still provide useful things for future projects.
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: spenoza on October 30, 2017, 09:53:47 AM
Sorry OldMan! I didn't mean to neglect you! You're awesome, too!
That thing you told me about at CCAG is SO secret I only remember that you told me about it, not what it is (I think I convinced myself THIS was it).
I'd blame the kid and lack of sleep, but I was slightly an airhead before that, so...
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: SmokeMonster on October 30, 2017, 09:56:49 AM
Incredible game. Thanks for gifting it to us.
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: Arkhan on October 30, 2017, 09:59:28 AM
I didn't really give any details other than "Yeah, I'm doing something"
I haven't forsaken PCE yet, despite the fact Facebook / Collectards / Profiteering newtards have really screwed this stuff up pretty bad lately.
When I said maybe this will remind people of simpler times, I was sort of alluding to that.
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: spenoza on October 30, 2017, 10:00:55 AM
Are people pirating/repackaging the homebrews, yet? God, I hope not...
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: blueraven on October 30, 2017, 10:02:48 AM
If that happens I would get suing
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: Arkhan on October 30, 2017, 10:38:01 AM
Are people pirating/repackaging the homebrews, yet? God, I hope not...
I honestly wouldn't be shocked if there have been some downlow repros of Atlantean made and divvied out.
I'd like to think people aren't shitty like that, but lately, I'm not too sure.
and yeah, I'd go full phoenix wright on that shit if it happened.
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: Necromancer on October 30, 2017, 11:10:14 AM
It'd not be bad if they paid for the rom, but you're a right twat if you'll pay $50 (or whatever dumbass sum they fetch) for a boot but can't pony up a measly $10 for the game itself.
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: nodtveidt on October 30, 2017, 12:07:47 PM
I haven't seen any of Aetherbyte's stuff repro'd yet but of course, there's the commercial translations that have been done, and I saw Insanity on an iso site some time ago.
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: Black Tiger on October 30, 2017, 12:58:29 PM
I found Mysterious Song on an iso site early on.
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: nodtveidt on October 30, 2017, 01:43:09 PM
I saw MSR on coinops and authorized a legit download for the project so they weren't spreading around the buggy first edition. A game good enough to pirate is good enough to buy, so I just saw it as a compliment.
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: Arkhan on October 30, 2017, 02:33:54 PM
I got Insanity taken down at least. Dude was a tool at first until he realized I made the game...
I don't know that anyone would really waste money / resources on Nantettatte. They shouldn't. I wouldn't.
It's just astrosmash. Slap that bitch on an everdrive and enjoy it.
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: TheOldMan on October 30, 2017, 02:34:26 PM
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The credit doesn't all go to myself, though. Don't forget OldMan!
Oh, you can has the credit. It's just nice to be thought of every now and then :)
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That thing you told me about at CCAG is SO secret ...
'Astrosmash' was the other half. Maybe someday what I wrote will see daylight, after Arkhan has a chance to polish it :)
It's kind of funny, though. I'm more into figuring out how things work, with odd-ball small programs to test things. I very rarely get things finished.... Unless Arkhan pushes me to.
...speaking of that, Arkhan: did you get the artwork? Is paul gonna re-do it? If/when I get a decent death animation, I'll move things along to the next step :)
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I'd blame the kid and lack of sleep, but I was slightly an airhead before that, so....
Me too. Gets worse as I get older, too :)
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: Arkhan on October 30, 2017, 02:58:03 PM
Oh, you can has the credit. It's just nice to be thought of every now and then :)
Lol, lets start calling you obey wan kenobey.
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'Astrosmash' was the other half.
It's funny that only what, 2 PCEFXers end up seeing this stuff in person while we're dicking off with it.
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Maybe someday what I wrote will see daylight, after Arkhan has a chance to polish it :)
Let's German it instead. lol.
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It's kind of funny, though. I'm more into figuring out how things work, with odd-ball small programs to test things. I very rarely get things finished.... Unless Arkhan pushes me to.
Yeah. Those oddball programs have proven to be invaluable, though. J and them were still shocked and confused that we started finishing stuff... lol
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...speaking of that, Arkhan: did you get the artwork? Is paul gonna re-do it? If/when I get a decent death animation, I'll move things along to the next step :)
Yeah, maybe resend it. AIM is special. So special it's going away for everrrrr.
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: spenoza on October 30, 2017, 03:29:42 PM
Oh, I thought what I saw on that TurboExpress was unrelated. I want to see that polished up, though. I love that kind of thing.
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: nodtveidt on October 30, 2017, 03:41:18 PM
I spammed this on Facebook groups, because reasons.
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: Arkhan on October 30, 2017, 03:51:13 PM
Oh, I thought what I saw on that TurboExpress was unrelated. I want to see that polished up, though. I love that kind of thing.
We're germaning it up, f*ck Polish.
ayyy
Yeah, the plan is to do something useful to that one too.
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: Sarumaru on October 31, 2017, 06:35:10 AM
I retweeted it, but I am guilty of not yet playing it because I suck. I really like the artwork for this. I think I recognize the style from someone on pixiv. Needs platformer with new mascot girl ~
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: Arkhan on October 31, 2017, 07:42:38 AM
She could be I guess. I just need to have someone draw up some lewds of her and china warrior fooling around, to make it official.
She's Aetherbyte's mascot, though. While she is play-on-words named after the CD-ROMROM, and is a little PCE themed, she's also got her hand in MSX's panties.
teehee.
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: blueraven on November 05, 2017, 04:05:25 AM
Rad. We need a mascot... and what better a mascot than your favorite J-Pop idol!!
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: Arkhan on November 05, 2017, 08:06:11 AM
Show me? I never played a lot of TML because I am not really big on Picross. Definitely never seent it before.
I thought you would be resourceful enough to find it on your own.
On this page: http://www.chrismcovell.com/TMLogic.html, the demo was released in May 2006 (wow): http://www.chrismcovell.com/data/Tonguemans_Logic_DEMO.zip
I FINISHED the game and never noticed this. I like it a lot. I also like TL a lot in general. I had that French guy make me a copy of it. It has a beautiful lable but of course it quit working.
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: Arkhan on November 07, 2017, 08:01:32 AM
Yeah, it's ONLY in the demo one way at the bottom. If you grab the final release from the top, it doesn't have it anymore.
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: SignOfZeta on November 07, 2017, 10:26:53 AM
Ah, I’m not sure I ever played the demo.
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: Arkhan on November 19, 2017, 11:34:43 AM
I admittedly didn't play alot of TML at all because I don't like those kinds of games.
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: ccovell on November 19, 2017, 01:55:13 PM
Fair enough. Some people don't like puzzlers; some, fighting games; some, match-3-jewel 'em-ups.
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: Arkhan on November 20, 2017, 03:11:00 AM
I love that NE got an update and now has a nice Intro. So cool :D
For those of you wondering what he's talking about, I'll go ahead and leak the secret updated nice Intro version (http://pce.lifeabroad.org/foo/Nantettatte ver2.0.pce).
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: SignOfZeta on January 08, 2018, 02:51:20 AM
Does it have built-in turbo now?
Title: Re: Nantettatte Engine: A PC Engine Birthday present for you and yours.
Post by: esteban on January 08, 2018, 04:24:00 AM