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fizzlymike6 days ago

What engine is used to make NES games?

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Retrotainment Games5 days ago(+1)

Our games are built from the ground up, all new code (6502 Assembly), and all new parts for the cartridges. There's no specific engine for NES games but there are tools out there if you're interested.

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fizzlymike5 days ago

Thank you for your answer! Can you tell me what tool for example?

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Retrotainment Games4 days ago(+1)

It depends what you're working on. For instace, for graphics, these are two popular options:  
NEXXT - https://frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt
NES Screen Tool - https://shiru.untergrund.net/software.shtml

Check out this page for a thorough list - https://www.nesdev.org/wiki/Tools

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