A downloadable NES Game for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android


"When the clocks of time have been corrupted, its up to the ChronoKnight to save all of time. Slide-n-Slash your way through giant boss monsters."

Official Entry for the Byte-Off! 2020 NES game jam!

ChronoKnight is a Byte-Off 2020 Submission

This is a new game for the NES console. It is designed to be played, and won in a single sitting. The main feature of this 8-bit game is the giant monsters. The original 1985 console does not allow monsters to be very big. So, we made the monsters background images and moved them instead! This was a popular trick in classic NES games... and I always wanted to figure out how to do it. By flickering the background, we could make hitting the enemy look and feel good. It took a lot of trial and error.




Credits

  • Pixels: Clarion
  • Chiptunes: Jongaar
  • Code: The Ultimate Gilby (Gilbert Vera)
  • Design/Code: Artix

Completing this concept in the short window of the Game Jam was really challenging... and super satisfying. Hope you enjoy it! Please let us know what you think. (Especially Jongaar's wicked Chiptunes!)

Battle on!
Artix

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StatusPrototype
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux, Android
Rating
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
AuthorArtix
GenreAction
Tags8-Bit, artix, byteoff, NES (Nintendo Entertainment System), Pixel Art, Retro

Download

Download
ChronoKnight.zip 14 MB

Install instructions

Download and play the ROM file (ChronoKnight.nes) using any compatible NES emulator! I recommend the latest version of Messen.

You can also play using an EverDrive or other hardware that lets you play NES games as long as it supports mapper 30.

Comments

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Hi if you would like to make physical carts , let me know, i do this for a living.

thanks

Awesome !

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Whatta graphics and music !! The monochrome color really doesn´t care. Great job ! By the way, when this game will be finished ?




I submitted this as an entry to the 2020 ByteOff challenge. My focus has been on my 8-Bit Zeldavania game, Dungeons and DoomKnights. You can grab the demo ROM for it at www.DungeonAndDoomKnights.com

Added the Heavy Metal remix of the Boss Fight song to ChronoKnight's download .ZIP file. Please enjoy!

Love it this looks like a fun good game. And playing it I know it is first place :)

I love the aesthetic you've built here! 

Thank you Pigeonaut! Clarion really leveled up his pixel art on this project. Really proud of how he made the game look.

Awesome! Looks great!

WHAAAAAT??? Artix is on Itch Io??? Wow.

Hiya Terrorose! Crazy, right? The official submission guidelines for ByteOff 2020 required Itch.Io so I made an account.

Crazy epic!