Please Introduce yourself
My name is Joe T. and have been a nes enthusiast pretty much all my life, except for a few years when my parents bought us a C64 when i was a kid.
When and why did you start your prestigious site, www.thenesdump.com?
back in 2003 i finished up my nes cart collecting (all but stadium events, panesians and caltron/myriad) and came upon the the nesreproductions.com. i had never heard of unreleased nes games and was very intrigued by these games. I wanted to buy them all but that would be costly. so I decided to try and make my own.
after visiting some forums, i was directed to http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/, a forum for all nes hackers and hardware geeks. after a few months of research, and a few hundred bucks worth of equipment, i decided to make my own reproduction.
What was your first game on the site?
The first game i made was Yie Ar Kung Fu. I always loved this game from the arcades and never knew it was released in Japan on the Famicom. and it was one of the easiest to make for a beginner.
How much money do you make from it?
it depends. sometimes i have 2-4 games per week to make, sometimes 10-15. winter is usually busier. i have a full time job so this is just a hobby for me. most of the money goes back into collecting or getting more supplies for making more reproductions.
What is your favorite game?
favorite reproduction is the Famicom only released dream penguin adventure. its about a fat penguin who must lose weight to get his penguin girlfriend back. if you beat the level and are too fat, your girlfriend makes you do it again. pretty wacky game
What is your best-selling game?
probably earthbound or california raisins
What website's have mentioned you? (i.e: what kind of media coverage do you get)
i am always on nintendoage. as for other sites, not really sure, I do sometimes google my games to see where they end up and seems all over the world and many sites that I have never heard of.
What was your proudest moment?
probably my first real cib, spy vs spy 2. i designed the box and manual and was alot of work. it was worth the work though, I love putting out games that were slated to be released in the US but never made it.
I was checking out your fantastic Photo gallery (http://www.nintendoage.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Users.Photos&User=coinheaven) When I saw this.
Have you found a simcity NES prototype and if so, where did you find it and when are you putting it up?
nope, that is a fake. a hacker i know made a rick roll demo and i was selling these to people so they could fake out others into thinking it was a real sim city proto, but it would be the rick roll demo
Any Closing comments?
Thanks to all who have ordered and anyone who orders in the future. the more support i get, the more games i will put on the site. all of my games are guaranteed for life and I will always try and get you them as fast as possible.
