Show HN: I recreated Contra in a custom NES game engine (NOT an emulator)

Category: devtools

Tags: game-engine, nes, ai-assisted, cross-platform

Score: 6.0/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 7, Documentation: 3, Utility: 5)

The project is a custom NES-style game engine (neo8) built with AI assistance that allows creating cross-platform games with NES-like features such as sprite rendering, input handling, and sound. It includes tools to extract assets from actual NES ROMs and compiles to native binaries. The Contra recreation serves as a proof-of-concept, demonstrating the engine's capability to replicate classic gameplay.

Target audience: game developers, hobbyists

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