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In the first-ever live HBGC show, the gang interviews NES developers John Vanderhoef and Greg Caldwell. John is the Byte Off Award-winning creator of the Orebody series, including Hunt the Wampus, Orebody: Binder's Tale, and Oratorio. Greg Caldwell is a member of Retrotainment Games, developers of classic homebrew titles Full Quiet, Haunted Halloween '85 and '86, and Garbage Pail Kids: Mad Mike and the Quest for Stale Gum.

Find more about the Orebody series at its Twitter / X page.

For Retrotainment Games, check out their website.

As always, find links to our social media and more at: ⁠⁠http://homebrewgameclub.com

Special guest host Chris (aka Deadeye) joins Conor and Nick for a deep dive into Retrotainment Games’ brilliant but baffling Full Quiet for NES. Conor reveals his new game design concept (the F.A.R.T.W.A.L.K.), Nick dusts off his memories of Russian literature, and Chris… probably isn’t used to this amount of profanity in a homebrew podcast.

Still need to play Full Quiet? Find it on Steam, Nintendo e-Shop, or Xbox, or ⁠get the cartridge here.

Our next Game Club picks will be Flea! and Tapeworm Disco Puzzle for NES and Dreamcast. Find links to both at Lowtek Games’ website.

Check out Chris' Homebrews in Focus on YouTube.

You can find the Full Quiet wiki here (expect spoilers).

Join the Full Quiet speedrunning Discord server here.

Ron Gilbert on “The Monkey Island rubber chicken problem” and designing obscure puzzles in games.

Legacy of the Wizard (NES) game map.

As always, find links to our social media and more at: ⁠http://homebrewgameclub.com

In this extra special bonus episode, Conor, Bart, and Nick scour the "Ask the Podcast" channel from the HBGC Discord server to catch up on unanswered questions over the last year. Questions like: How long should a homebrew game be? What's your favorite video game movie? Is Atari still Atari? And what's your desert island laundry detergent? The gang even employs artificial intelligence to answer the most pressing question of our day: What is the Frogger frog's job?

Nick also offers his extended take on Breath of the Wild. (It's long.)

Frogger Club music: "Dark Atmospheres 01" by dave_wheatley via Pixabay

Got your own questions for the podcast? Join our Discord server, find us on social media, or buy some merch at homebrewgameclub.com.

The Game Club whets their appetites for cyberpunk cool with the demo for Courier, a hackeriffic new adventure for NES from Khan Games.

Courier is available on Kickstarter until January 31, 2024. Grab your copy here.

The gang takes on three very short but action-packed shoot 'em ups: Omega Blast for the Mega Drive, Dangan GB2 for the Game Boy Color, and Flight of Pigarus for the Master System. We also reveal the winners of our 2023 shoot 'em ups high score competition!



Still need to play the games? All are available as free downloads here:



Omega Blast

Dangan GB2

Flight of Pigarus



Our next game will be Full Quiet for the NES. Find it on Steam, Nintendo e-Shop, or Xbox, or get the cartridge here.



We got interviewed about our Discord channel for Full Quiet! Read about it here.



Reddit AMA by toggleswitch about First Press Games



***Please note: the deadline to submit games for the MAGfest Indie Retro Homebrew Showcase was December 15, 2023. You can find out more here.



8-Bit Xmas 2023



Gunhawk by Skyboy Games



Bleeper! Get one before they sell out.



Ben Jelter's game Talbut.



As always, find links to our social media and more at: http://homebrewgameclub.com

The Game Club takes on Doodle World and Kubo 3, two NESmaker games created with contributions from children. But are we the right audience for this type of game? We invite some guest experts on the show to discuss.

Still need to play the games? Find Doodle World here.

And here’s the link to Kubo 3.

Our next Game Club picks will be shoot ‘em ups Flight of Pigarus, Omega Blast, and Dangan GB2. Join the high score tournament on our Disc ord server to win one of two very cool prizes. Entries accepted through December 18, 2023. Discord link and more available at http://www.homebrewgameclub.com.

Get free ROMs for all three games at these links:

Omega Blast (Mega Drive)

Flight of Pigarus (Master System)

Dangan GB2 (GB Color)

R.I.P. Rani Baker, NES developer. Her itch.io page is here.