This NES cartridge brings an eight-bit Smash Bros. demake online
by Jess Weatherbed from The Verge - All Posts on (#6B550)
Image: Broke Studios
Despite the final officially licensed cartridge for the NES being released back in 1995 (the PAL-exclusive The Lion King, for those curious), indie developers have continued to breathe some modern innovation into the retro gaming platform through homebrew titles. One particularly recent and notable example - Broke Studio's Super Tilt Bro., previewed by Gizmodo - introduces Wi-Fi-enabled online multiplayer to the NES almost 30 years after the console was discontinued.
Super Tilt Bro. is an open-source eight-bit fighting game with platform mechanics. It's essentially just a demake of Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. series, albeit without any of its recognizable characters - probably best not to poke the Nintendo copyright lawsuit dragon after...