Poll of the Day > How difficult is it to make an old school like game?

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I've been watching Cinemassacre's Mike play Princess Rescue, which is basically what Super Mario Bros. 1 would look like on the Atari 2600. It's very impressive.

It made me want to create my own old school game.

I don't have any knowledge on programming and I'm glancing at tutorials right now. But it is something I would like to do as a fun little project.

Any tips on getting started? For fun I'm thinking about making a short game for an old console. I want to see what can possibly be squeezed out of old systems.

And any examples of games like this?

Link to the Cinemassacre Princess Rescue lets play:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke4FGRaYEgg
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