Factsheet

Developer:
Lowtek Games
Based in Dundee, Scotland

Release date:
6/11/2020

Platforms:
NESTEK itch
NES to Dreamcast itch

Website:
http://www.lowtek.games

Regular Price:

Digital ToolFree

Description

Amidst all this talk of next gen systems, some developers are going back to a simpler time.
lowtek s founder Alastair Low was frustrated that releasing a NES homebrew on steam seemed incredibly difficult. So he reached out to his friend at “Killgarif Technologies” to modify an open source emulator to auto boot a nes rom and make it easy to change a few basic settings.

History

Lowtek Games recently released Flea on steam using this method and wanted to share the tools that made this possible with the community.
Lowtek Games also did a similar thing with the SEGA Dreamcast, where they commissioned some edits to an open source NES emulator for the Dreamcast and made it free and easy to do.
There are still a few bugs in the system but it offers an easy if basic way to publish on steam. Hopefully we can iron out any lingering bugs in the near future.
Other Homebrew developers have shown an interest and are excited about the prospect of launching their games on steam.

Features

  • Free/Open source
  • Supports most nes mappers including 30
  • Controller remapping
  • Fullscreen/windowed
  • Automatically loads the last saved file.

Videos

Tutorial YouTube

Images

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Awards & Recognition

  • "NA" NA

Selected Articles

  • ""This part of game development shouldnt be the hard part in 2020.""
    - Ally Low, LowtekGames
  • "“I want to help the community focus on making great new retro games”"
    - Ally Low, LowtekGames

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About Lowtek Games

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Currently a two man studio that outsources stuff when needed. The studio is focused on making fun, challenging, puzzling games that are dyslexia friendly.

More information
More information on Lowtek Games, our logo & relevant media are available here.

NESTEK, NES to Dreamcast Credits

Alastair Low
Business & Development, LowtekGames

Ross kilgariff
Coder, Freelancer

Contact

Inquiries
info@lowtek.games

Twitter
https://twitter.com/Wallmasterr

Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/lowtekgames

Web
http://lowtek.games

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