{"author_link":"\/users\/potatolain","author_name":"potatolain","author_uid":"potatolain","comments":[],"epoch":1536777166,"event":"LD42","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":119410,"likes":12,"metadata":{"p_key":"122028","p_author":"potatolain","p_authorkey":"1010334","p_urlkey":"338063","p_title":"An NES game in the top 50? It can happen!","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD42","p_time":"1536777166","p_likes":"12","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1010334","us_name":"cppchriscpp","us_username":"cppchriscpp","event_start":"1533859200","event_key":"73","event_name":"LD 42"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD42","removed_author":false},"_superparent":97793,"_trust":7,"author":10334,"body":"I'm extremely humbled and pleased to see that [Closing In: Barney's Daring Escape](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/closing-in-barneys-daring-escape) managed to place 42nd overall in this past Ludum Dare. (Top 5% of compo entries!)\n\nI have had my doubts that an old console could get this much love, so this is really exciting to see. I was also really happy to see some other retro entries, including [Running out of RAM for the Commodore 64](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/running-out-of-ram-an-80s-basic-programming-simulator-for-c64), and [Rad Rhino for the Genesis\/Mega Drive](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/rad-rhino). For bonus points, there's also a [game that runs entirely in the browser's address bar](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/outrunning-space-1\/)!\n\nThis gives me a lot of motivation to keep going with these quirky games; it seems like people really enjoy them. Plus, as a first real test of [nes-starter-kit](https:\/\/cppchriscpp.github.io\/nes-starter-kit\/) I see this as an overwhelming success.\n\nThanks to everyone who played or made games; this was a great Ludum Dare!\n\n![NES](\/\/\/raw\/e58\/2\/z\/1aba6.jpg)","comments":0,"created":"2018-09-05T17:05:47Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":119410,"love":12,"love-timestamp":"2018-09-20T13:14:54Z","meta":[],"modified":"2018-09-20T13:14:54Z","name":"An NES game in the top 50? It can happen!","node-timestamp":"2018-09-12T18:43:54Z","parent":105640,"parents":[1,5,9,97793,105640],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/closing-in-barneys-daring-escape\/an-nes-game-in-the-top-50-it-can-happen","published":"2018-09-12T18:32:46Z","scope":"public","slug":"an-nes-game-in-the-top-50-it-can-happen","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":358329},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"119410","n_urlkey":"338063","n_parent":"105640","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/closing-in-barneys-daring-escape\/an-nes-game-in-the-top-50-it-can-happen","n_slug":"an-nes-game-in-the-top-50-it-can","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"10334","n_created":"1536167147","n_modified":"1537449294","n_version":"358329","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/closing-in-barneys-daring-escape\/an-nes-game-in-the-top-50-it-can-happen","text":"I'm extremely humbled and pleased to see that [Closing In: Barney's Daring Escape](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/closing-in-barneys-daring-escape) managed to place 42nd overall in this past Ludum Dare. (Top 5% of compo entries!)\n\nI have had my doubts that an old console could get this much love, so this is really exciting to see. I was also really happy to see some other retro entries, including [Running out of RAM for the Commodore 64](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/running-out-of-ram-an-80s-basic-programming-simulator-for-c64), and [Rad Rhino for the Genesis\/Mega Drive](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/rad-rhino). For bonus points, there's also a [game that runs entirely in the browser's address bar](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/outrunning-space-1\/)!\n\nThis gives me a lot of motivation to keep going with these quirky games; it seems like people really enjoy them. Plus, as a first real test of [nes-starter-kit](https:\/\/cppchriscpp.github.io\/nes-starter-kit\/) I see this as an overwhelming success.\n\nThanks to everyone who played or made games; this was a great Ludum Dare!\n\n![NES](\/\/\/raw\/e58\/2\/z\/1aba6.jpg)","title":"An NES game in the top 50? It can happen!","wayback_source":[]}