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So I was browsing thru my PD Nes ROM folder last night and realized that some of you regulars here on this forum have been a part of the Nesdev scene for over 15 years or more (!)
That is... amazing. You all should be really proud of what you all have created, investing countless hours of reverse engineering, documenting, testing stuff and helping people, just like me (:P) getting started with some project.

Just wanted to share my gratitude for everything made in this, very much alive and growing, scene.

So, thank you all! And please do keep (what could have been) a long gone console going strong by doing stuff no one could possibly imagine 30 years ago.

(and no I am not drunk or anything.. just inspired!)

That is something that really amazes me about the 8-bit homebrew scene. Both the people on this forum and on SMS Power have been here for many years and have no plans on leaving...what a devotion.

Yeah, it dawned on me as well earlier this year: I have been programming on the NES longer than I have NOT been programming on it.

nicklausw wrote:That is something that really amazes me about the 8-bit homebrew scene.

The fact that far less people are apart of it it really amazes me about the 16-bit homebrew scene.

Espozo wrote:

nicklausw wrote:That is something that really amazes me about the 8-bit homebrew scene.

The fact that far less people are apart of it it really amazes me about the 16-bit homebrew scene.

Sorry, forgot to say that the 16-bit homebrew scene seems the same way. People come and don't want to leave. Heheh.

It's been since 1997 or so for me. I found the Maze demo and Mouser game by Tony Young which got me started at it (a very slow start), then finding stuff by Chris Covell, Snowbro, Bananmos, loopy, and others is what kept me going in those early days.