Woah Dave!, a 3DS eShop title that we reviewed late last year, may just be arriving on the console that inspired the game's alien-exterminating mechanics, as well as gaming as a whole - the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Tiny Cartridge has spoken with Choice Provisions Director Jason Cirillo and learned that the company has tentative plans to turn Woah Dave! into a real cartridge game.
Yes, we are very keen on doing a cart-based version of Woah Dave!, with a custom box. Our preferred platform would be NES because the NES is rad. I think we can all agree on that.
Cirillo then went on to describe how the game would have to be degraded in order for Nintendo's first home console "to keep from exploding", despite its graphical style being simplistic in order to project an 8-bit vibe. He even had an answer to the problem of porting a modern game such as this onto a retro console.
In fact, our own Adam Rippon who has so expertly ported Woah Dave! to various consoles, has an extensive knowledge on coding for legacy hardware such as Game Boy and the like.
It's great that companies such as Choice Provisions aren't forgetting the past from a developmental aspect, and are actually doing more to add depth and momentum to an already fantastic and revolutionary piece of hardware from gaming's illustrious history. If this plan comes into fruition, would you be tempted to grab a cartridge version of the game?
[source tinycartridge.com]
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"...because the NES is rad..."
What is the meaning of this word "rad" (English is not my native language)?
It's short for "radical", which in 1980s parlance, meant "cool".
Putting anything on an NES cart in 2015 has my interest!
@Ambermoon basically a relic of an older time in America, where words like "Tubular" and "Excelleeeennnnnt" were used as alternatives to the word "Awesome", which is what American culture has adopted as the new definitive word that everyone just HAS TO USE to explain something cool.
@Ambermoon "Radical" or cool.
Huh, Woah Dave is a lot of fun! I don't have a NES but id love to see how this port turns out!!
I miss Gaijin games. Their games were more fun...
@Radbot42 Yeah, the entire Bit.Trip series was freaking rad. Lilt line was pretty sweet too, seems to me that Lilt Line could have even been an entry in the Bit.Trip series if you ask me.
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@Sforzando
Thx for the explanations.
Seeing new NES carts is such a radical thing to think about.
Why not a sequel instead?
Woah!
TOTALLY AWESOME, DUDES!!!! Sorry, a little more 80's pun there. So, put a game on a system that many newer games don't have, and many older gamers (like myself) don't touch due to the wear and tear...hmmm...may be nice to pick up (depending on price), but how many are they actually preparing themselves to sell?
@WaveyChristmas Cool icon!!!! I'm going to take it you're around my age when the California Raisins were cool, with Max Headroom, Spuds Mackenzie and Mr. Moon!!!! Anyways, I could see the Atari...many people probably got one from the dump where the systems were buried. Anyways, it was a great system though!!!
i would pick it up probably i got some other hacks and homebrews so why not
Has anybody played Rom City Rampage on a real NES ? Does it work.
I really enjoyed Woah! Dave. It was a fun little game, if you looking for something in the vain of Mario Bros. WD is easily the best by a mile. I'd get the NES copy...so long as the controls don't suck like NES Mario Bros. (shutters) Thank you NES Remix for saving me!
This game is brilliant fun. Probably the only time I waited for a sale, and ended up wishing I'd spent full price. Insanely difficult and crazily addictive.
(Gotta love that dark, dark game over screen, too...)
@Phillip_J_Reed
Same here. I bought it when it went on sale, then i almost felt bad i didn't support them further by spending full price.
Amazingly addictive fun. I'd buy an NES cart version just on principle. But i'd really rather see it on the 2600 ... some of the Atari Age wizards could probably pull it off (though i imagine the music would have to take a hit); there is some remarkable programming-fu that can be pulled off on the 2600 by people with the know-how.
This might be cool but I'd rather see it on the Game Boy.
I also bought Woah Dave on sale. I sent my friends who still own NES and Famico systems this link. Having owned an Atari 2600, I agree the music would suffer greatly and graphics would push the system's limits.
Can you imagine going into Game Stop to buy an NES that just came out?
I'd buy a GB cart of this.
@Radbot42 isn't Choice Provisions the same as that company? I think they changed names then published this game I guess...?
@Uberchu They are, I'm just getting at that their new games under their new (and worse) name have not been as good.
A terrible idea this is, in my opinion.
I bought the game on sale, and I'm glad I only spent less than a US$1. As far as retro-styled games are, this one is not as good as others such as bit.Trip or Meat Boy. I was hoping to get a game as frantic as those published by AtariAge for the 2600 but I was disappointed. It's not bad, I was expecting more. If it would have been released for the 2600 in its time, It would have had decent sales, but if it would on the NES lifetime, despite good reviews, it would have bombed. Gamers would have rather spend their money on Dark Void Zero or Retro City Rampage (if they actually were from that time). The NES was "rad" but this game is "far-out", the 2600 was "far-out".
@WaveyChristmas I wish.
I'm happy to hear this! I don't have an NES, but I love when developers support older consoles. Coincidentally, I was just playing this today! I just wonder if the NES can handle it. It already lags on my 2DS...
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