Sam's Journey (NES) · Sneak Peek #1 · 'Here We Go, Sam!'

A new NES game is in the making! It's about a cute little hero called Sam who finds himself on an unexpected journey in a strange world.

He may look cute, but he is fast and swift! And with the proper suit, he can change his appearance completely and be a fierce pirate with a mighty cutlass!

Enjoy our very first teaser and watch Sam take his first steps on Nintendo's legendary 8-bit machine!

Sam will be starring in Sam's Journey, a scrolling platform game with huge levels to be explored, hidden items to be found and secret passages to be discovered.

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[vincenzomottola]

I gotta say, this game is really impressive for the NES! It almost feels like a 16 bit game

[danytoon]

Funny enough, it looks like if it were the Amiga 500 version ! :)

[bastardtubeuser]

Nice to see it on the NES, its looks more like a nes game in design and spirit than 64, great work.

[HuguesFabien]

WOAW incredible, i buy it on C64, i really want to try it on NES !!! <3

[devjock]

This is like pulling a reverse SMB1 on Nintendo, and I love it! Thank god everyone got to grab a copy before the legal department went feral.

Anyway, looks fantastic, sounds fantastic, and even though I already own a c64 cart, I'm definitely game for a PAL region NES cart!

[spieleschreiber]

Typical Kollschen. Just wow in every respect. A bit faster than C64, if I am not mistaken. Like!

[LambdaCalculus]

This looks so insanely awesome!! The game is making the journey to its new home perfectly!

Just curious to know though if the game will be on 72-pin NES carts only, or will you consider a run of 60-pin Famicom sized carts as well? I ask because I don't have an NES anymore; just a Famicom.

[HairFU]

Looks great. Is that original NES music in this video?

[PrekiFromPoland]

How much CHR-ROM did you guys use to fit all these pretty graphics in? What about the mapper?

[ACanOfBakedBeans]

Is Taxim doing the music for this version too?

Oh, nevermind, missed the credits at the end

[Black]

Sin palabras estoy impresionado ahorrare para tener dinero cuando lo saquen les deseo suerte en el desarrollo del juego chicos

[paxhumana]

I remember that the ColecoVision had a Mario clone that was called Squish 'Em Sam. Is this the same Sam that was from that game, out of curiosity?

[panagouleas]

How to biuy this? And where is the Amiga version please?

[danielv]

this is an example that the c64 music is every time better than the rest. the sid chip is amazing

[Frisenette]

NES already has a plethora of great platformers. Why sully the image in people’s minds of the C64 version with this?
It seems to have lost its charm in the conversion.
The game relies so much on the C64s characteristics, that it seems weird to try to shoehorn it on to another platform.
Instead do a version for the 64 with real REU support, to get the scrolling a bit smoother.

I know a lot of time has been sunk into the game design, and it seems a no-brainer to convert to the NES. But I don’t think it will find significant success on that platform.
There are a lot of other unexplored alleys on the Famicom/NES that could result in interesting games.
It’s stiffer hardware than the 64, almost geared towards platformers, so a lot genres and ideas have not been done, or done well there yet.

[smartgamerai]

Please, make a PS4 version, I sold my C64 25 years ago. :(