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[FortNinety]

http://forevergeek.com/games/grand_theftendo_port_of_gta_iii_to_8bit_nes.php

Grand Theftendo is a port of Grand Theft Auto III for the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It is Grand Theft Auto III running on an 8 bit, 256×240 resolution, 2 bit colour x 2 bit palette, 1.79 Mhz system, written entirely in 6502 Assembly Language! It includes the entire Portland city!

 

[Date of Lies]

The rumors were true! Finally!

 

[shuri]

Coutdown until cease and desist letter..

 

[Kon Tiki]

e drew the entire map on paper before finally drawing the entire thing pixel by pixel on the computer.

Wow. That is dedication.

 

[bishoptl]

Pure insanity. God bless him.

I hope Rockstar doesn't fox his project - the NES is a dead system, after all.

If RockStar is smart, though, they'll let this go because it's free publicity. Or better yet, hire him on to develop an NES-like minigame version of GTA III to go into the next GTA.

That would be the prudent thing to do.

 

[Wario64]

Awesome!

 

[Kon Tiki]

Or release it as an NES classic for GBA. :lol

 

[Alex Anderson]

Grand Theftendo is a port of Grand Theft Auto III for the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).

Pet peeve: When the word "port" is used instead of "conversion." I seriously doubt he ported any code to the NES

 

[belgurdo]

Call me when this guy gets San Andreas running on a 2600

 

[neptunes]

or on c64 :lol

but how the hell do you play it on the NES? use an empty cartridge?

 

[bishoptl]

Probably using an NES emulator.

 

[XMonkey]

Or this: http://www.bripro.com/low/hardware/devtendo/index.php

 

[neptunes]

That's pretty neat.

 

[Kon Tiki]

Anyone check out the bripro site?

They have conversions of Police/Space/Kings Quest and LSL.

 

[DIrtyWeasel]

Wasn't there a 2D Metroid Prime posted a while ago too?

I don't see the point of downgrading these games. I want improvements!
Anyone know what happened to Chrono Trigger for PC? It looked pretty nice.

 

[Sho Nuff]

Please don't send cease and desist
Please don't send cease and desist
Please don't send cease and desist
Please don't send cease and desist
Please don't send cease and desist

Though Rockstar has every right to do so.

 

[cvxfreak]

GOTY

 

[JackFrost2012]

This looks really awesome and like an actual real game made by someone who knows what he's doing, unlike that Chrono Trigger pipe dream. It's too bad Rockstar is gonna send a cease and desist. Given their penchant for retro tidbits in their game, though, it's posssssssible they could have him finish it as a bonus for some future project. More possible than with a Japanese company, at least.

 

[Ecrofirt]

This looks really awesome and like an actual real game made by someone who knows what he's doing, unlike that Chrono Trigger pipe dream. It's too bad Rockstar is gonna send a cease and desist. Given their penchant for retro tidbits in their game, though, it's posssssssible they could have him finish it as a bonus for some future project. More possible than with a Japanese company, at least.

Chrono Trigger was being made by guys who worked at game companies...

 

[JackFrost2012]

Chrono Trigger was being made by guys who worked at game companies...

Chrono Trigger hadn't had any actual gameplay implemented yet. It was graphical wowie-zowie first, "what do we do with it?" second. The fact that this project is being coded from the graph-papered tilesets up means it's far more likely to see the playable light of day.

EDIT: Zeenbor corrects me below. However, since he mentions that the battle assets weren't done yet, I think my point more-or-less stands ... even if the battle engine had been coded, the project wasn't yet in a playable state. In any case - less whining about Chrono Trigger, more gushing about GTA NES!

 

[drohne]

that looks terrific. i love the pixel art, particularly on the little cars. it looks authentically nes. well, i guess it is authentically nes, but...oh you know what i mean.

 

[Zeenbor]

Chrono Trigger hadn't had any actual gameplay implemented yet. It was graphical wowie-zowie first, "what do we do with it?" second. The fact that this project is being coded from the graph-papered tilesets up means it's far more likely to see the playable light of day.

I can guess your reasoning to come up with this smart-ass remark because you haven't seen any gameplay screenshots. How nice of you to assume the rest, though.

One of the reasons why you did not see any battle screenshots is because we didn't have all of the assets ready. The gameplay engine and battle interface was already programmed beforehand using placeholder graphics. If the project wasn't cancelled, that would of been our next batch of screenshots.

Edit: BTW, this project looks very cool.

 

[jenov4]

OMG that looks fricking awesome (for NES) can't wait to check it.

 

[sonatinas]

the developer tools he made are cooler than the game

seems to be an easier way to make nes games

 

[fallout]

If you go to his site, you can see how he designed the city and all the steps he went through to code the bugger. It's really impressive.

On top of that, he's also apparently behind this.

 

[Sp3eD]

I never understand why people anounce they are doing these kinds of things. Why don't they just get them done to the level they want and just release it on the net. Can't stop that.

 

[lexi]

I never understand why people anounce they are doing these kinds of things. Why don't they just get them done to the level they want and just release it on the net. Can't stop that.

Any programmer would already know the answer to this question.

 

[DDayton]

Wasn't there a 2D Metroid Prime posted a while ago too?

I don't see the point of downgrading these games. I want improvements!

Shifting to a 2D design with a limited color palette doesn't necessarily mean it's been downgraded. If the gameplay is intact, and a new (and fun) experience is offered from the change of perspective, that would seem to be a good thing.

Sorry if I misunderstood, but you seemed to be implying that a shift to 2D NES was automatically "downgrading", and I like 2D games enough to get annoyed at that notion! Heh.

 

[Guns N' Poops]

Wasn't there a 2D Metroid Prime posted a while ago too?

I don't see the point of downgrading these games. I want improvements!

These people just want to satisfy the classic whores in them.

 

[RevenantKioku]

Any programmer would already know the answer to this question.

I disagree.
People who need to brag know the answer to this question.

 

[Dice]

I think it would be interesting if someone did this with a game like Final Fantasy X, where it would actually lose no gameplay at all.

 

[thorns]

he should have used his energy (and talent) on making something more useful.

 

[Screenboy]

That looks quality!


I love the transition of 3D -> 2D classic.




Well played that man!




-SB

 

[DarienA]

he should have used his energy (and talent) on making something more useful.

Useful to who? Obviously this is something he's interested in so why make a dumb statement like the above?

 

[Screenboy]

^Sorry bout double post, edit button don't work at work.




That Chrono Trigger remake had an official cease and desist from Square-Enix about 2-3 months ago.


The team that created it said this makes them more thirsty for developing and their next project will be something completely original.


They created a Trailer and its up on the website for you to download of what the game would of been like...






-SB