NEStalgia

I was wondering if anyone heard of this game NEStalgia. It's suppose to be a parody of the old classical Dragon Warrior / Quest series of the NES. It also has a couple 90's movie references like Ghostbusters and whatnot. I played it a for awhile and I have to say I enjoyed it.

Overall the game resembles Dragon Warrior / Quest from the old NES 8-bit era. It is a parody, but still strives as its own game. It is basically a free MMORPG with few perks from subscriber access. You start as a "time traveler" (parody of Back to the Future) and make your way to Balzackia where your adventure begins. You are to prevent the future world from becoming destroyed by an evil ruler named Mardeck.

The game features classic RPG classes like Soldiers, Wizards, Clerics, and Ranger. There are 2 subscription classes currently, Conjurer and Merchant who have their own unique set of skills. It also features up to 3 players in a "party" system to help adventure with you. It also features a PvP system for those who enjoy that sort of thing. You can do quests to progress through the story line or simply to get experience / gold / items instead of grinding for them.

From time to time there are PvP tournaments in which players can participate in. There are also guilds to help this atmosphere of the RP nature and whatnot.

The author, SilkWizard, describes it as:

"NEStalgia is an original MORPG inspired by the glory days of traditional console RPGs. Essentialy "Dragon Warrior 3 meets World of Warcraft", NEStalgia is an amalgam of the best generations of RPG gaming."

Credits:

SilkWizard and Tenkuu - programmers
SilkWizard - Script writer, overall designer, graphic designer
Music was donated from various authors (unknown to my knowledge) and taken from free resources consented by authors
CableMonkey - Host
Byond - Game engine (Dream Maker programming language and network tools)

It is still under development as of yet. In a week or so an Arctic expansion pack will be coming out. Also, close to this, will be 2 new classes, Ninja and Warlock.

Youtube preview





Well since there is a bit of confusion to the newcomer to Byond, perhaps I should give a basic how to, to play games:

1) Register your free byond key from the Byond site
2) Install Byond Software (this is required to play the game)
3) Open up Byond, you should see something like:

Account: Guest
Password:

Do not use Guest. Most Byond games filter out the Guest key for security reasons. It can work on some games (very few), but not this one. Instead type in:

Account: [Your Byond key insert here]
Password: [Byond key's password]

And you should be logged into Byond and can now log into any game on Byond.

4) Find the "Join" link under a "live" game's HUB page (like the NEStalgia link) WHILE still logged into Byond with your key (on the software and the site).

link is 404

Haha, this is obviously the person that made this game. I hate when people try to spread the word on things and pretend they're just a fan.

lol, i didn't even read all this. I just saw a link for the think hoping to find if it's a stand alone video game or a game from an RM. It's apparently from an RM. I was hoping to find out if it needed to move, which it doesn't for now.

Haha, this is obviously the person that made this game. I hate when people try to spread the word on things and pretend they're just a fan.

I honestly wish I could say that I am, else I would have had my game done by now, since I'm a pixel artist, and not a programmer. I actually am posting this as a fan (I even spent countless of hours at the casino) betting for tokens to receive armor like Dragon Warrior 3 / 4. SilkWizard (the game creator) planned on outsourcing his game outside of Byond, but I don't think he had this in mind, honestly. I did get his permission though.

Thanks for the response for the 404 error, I fixed the link. Besides the broken link, and a bit of skepticism, do you have any comments on the game itself? Byond engine isn't quite a well known engine, so getting the word out about its games isn't really an easy feat...It's also nice to know what newcomers think about Byond since you have to jump through hoops for the login key system for net games...(though I hear this may change in the near future sometime to make it easier)

Also, if you are referring RM to RPGMaker, or in a more general statement, a game engine, yes, it is. However, for this game, unlike RPGmaker, you have to program in Byond's game engine.