I'm making new games for the E-Reader

[city41]

Hey everyone, I'm pretty new around here. I've taken on a project of creating new E-Reader cards, so I thought I'd start a thread as a few people have shown some interest.

It all started with making Solitaire (thread in user submitted news on that here)



And from there I've been plugging away making even more games.



and a really challenging one that I'm having a blast making



The first series of card is detailed here: https://www.retrodotcards.com/series-one

If you want a Solitaire card to try on your GBA, you can get one here for free: https://www.retrodotcards.com/series-one/solitaire/order

 

[SylverReZ]

I think this thread deserves a positive comment, as nobody has spoken on here yet.

Love the progress that you're aiming for so far.

 

[Sicklyboy]

This is so cool! I feel like this is more love than the e-reader got when it was still being sold can't wait to see what else you have in store for this thing!

 

[LoggerMan]

Y'all have the most interesting hobbies on here.

 

[city41]

This is so cool! I feel like this is more love than the e-reader got when it was still being sold

Thanks! That's a nice compliment. I always felt Nintendo could have done more with it. I never imagined 20 years later I'd try to fill that gap myself, but here we are

 

[4d1xlaan]

Thanks! That's a nice compliment. I always felt Nintendo could have done more with it. I never imagined 20 years later I'd try to fill that gap myself, but here we are

for sure, fill that gap on the ereader with a bunch of brand new cards

 

[city41]

E-Reader games can be made in three ways

Native GBA games. After the data is read from the card, the GBA runs them just like a cartridge. You get full access to the hardware and the best performance. The disadvantage is they tend to be larger and so end up needing more cards/swipes.

NES games. The E-Reader has a simple NES emulator for simple NES games.

z80 games. The E-Reader also has a z80 emulator. The z80 is an old 8-bit processor. The original Game Boy's processor was similar to a z80. The main advantage is these tend to be small, requiring fewer cards/swipes. But z80 games can really suffer in the performance department.

I am making Exo Attack as a z80 game. It's proving really challenging to keep the performance in check. But I think I can do it, and I think it will be pretty cool when it's done.

A little intro before playing



And the power up system is coming along nicely (more work to be done here)