I have seen things around the 'net about homebrew games.  From what I can gather home brew games pretty much fans' pet projects.  Are there any good ones out there?  If there are, where would a guy go about finding them?

There aren't that many NES homebrews right now, I think it will be a growing thing in the years to come though.  The Atari has a huge market for homebrews.  Right now Memblers is the main person who makes HB and actually sales them via cart form.  You can find his ROMs over at nesdev.com somewhere.
~~NGD

here is some:

http://disgruntleddesigner.com/chrisc/solarwars.html

http://bobrost.com/nes/games.php

Thanks for that 2nd link.  I hadn't seen all those ROMs before.  I am going to try them all now in fact. :P
~~NGD

So if you got a EEPROM programmer and the rom , you just burn the rom to the EEPROM and you wire it to the circuit board ? And do you need the sockets ? If you got a working (tested) EEPROM  you can solder them directly to the circuit board ? (or how does this works for repro's?) And the last question: what happens with the original roms ?

I wish I was part of that Bob Rost class on how to make NES homebrew games.  I've attempted before in the past but machine language is too much for me.  

Sack of Flour, Heart of Gold  <---- i want this

magoo8301 wrote on 12. Feb 2007 at 23:54:

Sack of Flour, Heart of Gold  <---- i want this

ba boom:

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e371/coinheaven/sackofflour.jpg

That's a great image coin!

You probably have more reproductions at this point than anyone else in the world.  :)

$20 & this is yours:

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5804/3724/1600/Photo002.jpg
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5804/3724/1600/Photo002.jpg

It isn't exactly a homebrew though. :whistle

I would give you 20 for it Jedi :P
~~NGD

Deal.

I'd have paid $20 for that, Jedi.  Wanna make another one for me?

leonki wrote on 13. Feb 2007 at 02:16:

That's a great image coin! You probably have more reproductions at this point than anyone else in the world.  :)

thanks.  yea, i have been making them all winter, got about 60 now.  its fun making them, its just the cost of eproms is too high.  

I have never seen or heard of Bob Rost's stuff, anyone here know this guy? Gonna try those roms tonight.

wrote on 13. Feb 2007 at 13:25:

I'd have paid $20 for that, Jedi.  Wanna make another one for me?

I actually have "better" ones coming, but I'm charging $25 for those since I really didn't make them & had to pay for them myself.

Let me know when you get them in, I'll buy it from ya for $25.  You should make some sort of a manual to go with it.  Even if it's just a piece of paper folded with basic information on it.

NESaholic wrote on 13. Feb 2007 at 15:41:

I have never seen or heard of Bob Rost's stuff, anyone here know this guy? Gonna try those roms tonight.

Hm.. wasnt it you who showed me the Penguin TKO game? I thought it was hehe, or else im mixing stuff up here lol.

No, i never sent that to you. :-?

NESaholic wrote on 13. Feb 2007 at 20:55:

No, i never sent that to you. :-?

lol ok, i wonder who did it then.. We discussed how hard it was to play it, but if it wasnt u i have no idea who it could be hehe :\

coinheaven wrote on 13. Feb 2007 at 14:36:

leonki wrote on 13. Feb 2007 at 02:16: That's a great image coin! You probably have more reproductions at this point than anyone else in the world.  :) thanks.  yea, i have been making them all winter, got about 60 now.  its fun making them, its just the cost of eproms is too high.

60!??

Either you're reproducing every single translation out there, or you're also doing rare games.   :-X

Being a collector myself, I've always stayed away from rare games.  It's not the same, since then you're only cheating yourself.  But reproducing games that never came out, now that's neat!  (and a heck of a lot more fun to play on a 42" TV rather than 17" monitor and a keyboard!)

wrote on 13. Feb 2007 at 16:38:

wrote on 13. Feb 2007 at 13:25: I'd have paid $20 for that, Jedi.  Wanna make another one for me? I actually have "better" ones coming, but I'm charging $25 for those since I really didn't make them & had to pay for them myself.

Am I missing something??? Hasn't "Journey to Silius" come out for the NES?  

leonki wrote on 13. Feb 2007 at 22:06:

coinheaven wrote on 13. Feb 2007 at 14:36: leonki wrote on 13. Feb 2007 at 02:16: That's a great image coin! You probably have more reproductions at this point than anyone else in the world.  :) thanks.  yea, i have been making them all winter, got about 60 now.  its fun making them, its just the cost of eproms is too high.   60!?? Either you're reproducing every single translation out there, or you're also doing rare games.   :-X Being a collector myself, I've always stayed away from rare games.  It's not the same, since then you're only cheating yourself.  But reproducing games that never came out, now that's neat!  (and a heck of a lot more fun to play on a 42" TV rather than 17" monitor and a keyboard!)

heres some i didnt see on your website:

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e371/coinheaven/reproductions.jpg

i dont reproduce any nstc games, just pirates, protos and japanese translations.  i have a ton that i still need to make labels.  

leonki wrote on 13. Feb 2007 at 22:10:

wrote on 13. Feb 2007 at 16:38: wrote on 13. Feb 2007 at 13:25: I'd have paid $20 for that, Jedi.  Wanna make another one for me? I actually have "better" ones coming, but I'm charging $25 for those since I really didn't make them & had to pay for them myself. Am I missing something??? Hasn't "Journey to Silius" come out for the NES?

It's a Hack that Jedi Questmaster made for the game with different levels.

wrote on 14. Feb 2007 at 03:39:

leonki wrote on 13. Feb 2007 at 22:10: wrote on 13. Feb 2007 at 16:38: wrote on 13. Feb 2007 at 13:25: I'd have paid $20 for that, Jedi.  Wanna make another one for me? I actually have "better" ones coming, but I'm charging $25 for those since I really didn't make them & had to pay for them myself. Am I missing something??? Hasn't "Journey to Silius" come out for the NES?   It's a Hack that Jedi Questmaster made for the game with different levels.

Shouldn't he have titled it differently then?  Like Zelda Outlands?  Journey to Silius Outlands!  Okay he could do better I'm sure.

The levels aren't that different. They're basically the same, but the gameplay is better.

The title actually reads: Journey To Silius: Anarchy Edition

Oh okay.  I commend you then!