RQ: RetroNomicon Quarterly
@readrq.bsky.social
Retro and Homebrew Video Game Magazine
| print & digital |
| print & digital |
February 12, 2026 at 4:32 AM
🕯️ RELiC — Psychological Horror
Built by a small team that almost didn’t make it and chose horror as a way to finish, heal, and prove they could.
Inspired by P.T., Layers of Fear, Outlast
🔖 Wishlist NOW on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4275470/...
@WEM3_IndieGame #IndieDev #HorrorGames
Built by a small team that almost didn’t make it and chose horror as a way to finish, heal, and prove they could.
Inspired by P.T., Layers of Fear, Outlast
🔖 Wishlist NOW on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4275470/...
@WEM3_IndieGame #IndieDev #HorrorGames
REliC on Steam
WEM3 presents their debut horror adventure! Wield your camera to materialize invisible entities and reveal the hidden truth.
store.steampowered.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:52 PM
🕯️ RELiC — Psychological Horror
Built by a small team that almost didn’t make it and chose horror as a way to finish, heal, and prove they could.
Inspired by P.T., Layers of Fear, Outlast
🔖 Wishlist NOW on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4275470/...
@WEM3_IndieGame #IndieDev #HorrorGames
Built by a small team that almost didn’t make it and chose horror as a way to finish, heal, and prove they could.
Inspired by P.T., Layers of Fear, Outlast
🔖 Wishlist NOW on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4275470/...
@WEM3_IndieGame #IndieDev #HorrorGames
@dalecoop.bsky.social So appreciate the kind words and encouragement. Hoping to get more people to know about the pure joy of playing homebrews (and seeing them beautifully displayed on the shelves of their homes)
#NESdev #homebrew
#NESdev #homebrew
Issue #2 of the excellent Retronomicon Quarterly magazine is out now!
Love it, packed with news and articles about recently released homebrew games, and it even features an interview with our friend 8-bitSlasher!😍
An it’s free!😱
👉 hoskinson-industries.myshopify.com/collections/...
#NES #homebrew
Love it, packed with news and articles about recently released homebrew games, and it even features an interview with our friend 8-bitSlasher!😍
An it’s free!😱
👉 hoskinson-industries.myshopify.com/collections/...
#NES #homebrew
January 26, 2026 at 4:39 AM
@dalecoop.bsky.social So appreciate the kind words and encouragement. Hoping to get more people to know about the pure joy of playing homebrews (and seeing them beautifully displayed on the shelves of their homes)
#NESdev #homebrew
#NESdev #homebrew
Reposted by RQ: RetroNomicon Quarterly
RetroNomicon Quarterly Issue 2 is here! Free copy available! Dive into the latest homebrew game news, dev interviews, and more! 😍
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#NES #homebrew #nesdev #NESmaker #indiegames #gamedev #ファミコン #同人ゲーム
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#NES #homebrew #nesdev #NESmaker #indiegames #gamedev #ファミコン #同人ゲーム
January 10, 2026 at 2:04 PM
RetroNomicon Quarterly Issue 2 is here! Free copy available! Dive into the latest homebrew game news, dev interviews, and more! 😍
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Make sure to follow @readrq.bsky.social!
#NES #homebrew #nesdev #NESmaker #indiegames #gamedev #ファミコン #同人ゲーム
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Make sure to follow @readrq.bsky.social!
#NES #homebrew #nesdev #NESmaker #indiegames #gamedev #ファミコン #同人ゲーム
Made a goofy little rap to celebrate RetroNomicon Quarterly Issue 2... our spooky autumn edition full of retro horror & homebrew weirdness 👻📼
Monster parties, haunted pixels, electric ghosts… RQ’s got that sick, sick flow
Links after.
Stay spooky AF 4-evah!
#retrogaming #homebrew #indiegames
Monster parties, haunted pixels, electric ghosts… RQ’s got that sick, sick flow
Links after.
Stay spooky AF 4-evah!
#retrogaming #homebrew #indiegames
January 16, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Made a goofy little rap to celebrate RetroNomicon Quarterly Issue 2... our spooky autumn edition full of retro horror & homebrew weirdness 👻📼
Monster parties, haunted pixels, electric ghosts… RQ’s got that sick, sick flow
Links after.
Stay spooky AF 4-evah!
#retrogaming #homebrew #indiegames
Monster parties, haunted pixels, electric ghosts… RQ’s got that sick, sick flow
Links after.
Stay spooky AF 4-evah!
#retrogaming #homebrew #indiegames
In 1999 the internet was microscopic... and 81,000 downloads was unreal.
Steve McCall’s early horror fangame blew up on Download .com and became a cult classic.
Clip from our interview with 8-Bit Slashers: youtu.be/4PrxK-FLKTo
#RetroGaming #IndieDev #GameHistory #OldInternet #HorrorGames
Steve McCall’s early horror fangame blew up on Download .com and became a cult classic.
Clip from our interview with 8-Bit Slashers: youtu.be/4PrxK-FLKTo
#RetroGaming #IndieDev #GameHistory #OldInternet #HorrorGames
January 15, 2026 at 2:22 AM
In 1999 the internet was microscopic... and 81,000 downloads was unreal.
Steve McCall’s early horror fangame blew up on Download .com and became a cult classic.
Clip from our interview with 8-Bit Slashers: youtu.be/4PrxK-FLKTo
#RetroGaming #IndieDev #GameHistory #OldInternet #HorrorGames
Steve McCall’s early horror fangame blew up on Download .com and became a cult classic.
Clip from our interview with 8-Bit Slashers: youtu.be/4PrxK-FLKTo
#RetroGaming #IndieDev #GameHistory #OldInternet #HorrorGames
Issue 2 is live! 🍂
Horror homebrews, FAITH Trilogy, 8-Bit Slasher, con coverage.
Free digital + print copies.
Stay spooky.
Digital edition (free):
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Print copy (just shipping):
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#retrogaming #retrogamer #homebrew
Horror homebrews, FAITH Trilogy, 8-Bit Slasher, con coverage.
Free digital + print copies.
Stay spooky.
Digital edition (free):
📘 flipsnack.com/779CC87A9F7/...
Print copy (just shipping):
📦 hoskinson-industries.myshopify.com/collections/...
#retrogaming #retrogamer #homebrew
RetroNomicon Quarterly Issue #2
This Quarter: Issue #2 (Autumn 2025) As the veil thins and the harvest moon rises, RetroNomicon Quarterly returns with an issue devoted to the darker currents running through retro gaming’s past and p...
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January 14, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Issue 2 is live! 🍂
Horror homebrews, FAITH Trilogy, 8-Bit Slasher, con coverage.
Free digital + print copies.
Stay spooky.
Digital edition (free):
📘 flipsnack.com/779CC87A9F7/...
Print copy (just shipping):
📦 hoskinson-industries.myshopify.com/collections/...
#retrogaming #retrogamer #homebrew
Horror homebrews, FAITH Trilogy, 8-Bit Slasher, con coverage.
Free digital + print copies.
Stay spooky.
Digital edition (free):
📘 flipsnack.com/779CC87A9F7/...
Print copy (just shipping):
📦 hoskinson-industries.myshopify.com/collections/...
#retrogaming #retrogamer #homebrew
The full interview with 8-bit Slasher is live now.
The Shorts only scratched the surface... this is the full conversation about demaking games, nostalgia, and those full-circle moments with horror icons.
Watch here if that kind of story is your thing:
youtu.be/4PrxK-FLKTo
The Shorts only scratched the surface... this is the full conversation about demaking games, nostalgia, and those full-circle moments with horror icons.
Watch here if that kind of story is your thing:
youtu.be/4PrxK-FLKTo
From Demakes to Horror Icons | 8-bit Slasher Interview
YouTube video by RQ: Retronomicon Quarterly 🐙
youtu.be
January 3, 2026 at 12:29 AM
The full interview with 8-bit Slasher is live now.
The Shorts only scratched the surface... this is the full conversation about demaking games, nostalgia, and those full-circle moments with horror icons.
Watch here if that kind of story is your thing:
youtu.be/4PrxK-FLKTo
The Shorts only scratched the surface... this is the full conversation about demaking games, nostalgia, and those full-circle moments with horror icons.
Watch here if that kind of story is your thing:
youtu.be/4PrxK-FLKTo
8-bit Slasher talks about the wild journey from demaking his childhood games to getting responses from horror icons:
Tony Todd (Candyman)
Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger)
Nick Castle (Michael Myers)
Kane Hodder (Jason Voorhees)
Retro gaming & horror fandom collide:
#HorrorCommunity #RetroGaming
Tony Todd (Candyman)
Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger)
Nick Castle (Michael Myers)
Kane Hodder (Jason Voorhees)
Retro gaming & horror fandom collide:
#HorrorCommunity #RetroGaming
January 2, 2026 at 12:29 AM
8-bit Slasher talks about the wild journey from demaking his childhood games to getting responses from horror icons:
Tony Todd (Candyman)
Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger)
Nick Castle (Michael Myers)
Kane Hodder (Jason Voorhees)
Retro gaming & horror fandom collide:
#HorrorCommunity #RetroGaming
Tony Todd (Candyman)
Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger)
Nick Castle (Michael Myers)
Kane Hodder (Jason Voorhees)
Retro gaming & horror fandom collide:
#HorrorCommunity #RetroGaming
I didn’t expect to feel GUILTY playing an NES game…
But Friday the 13th: Return to Camp Blood feels *wrong* in a way I can’t shake.
Beautifully wrong. Boys watchin Cinemax late Friday nights in the 80s wrong.
Talkin w/ 8-bit Slasher
#NESDEV #8BitHorror #RetroGaming #HomebrewHorror #FridayThe13th
But Friday the 13th: Return to Camp Blood feels *wrong* in a way I can’t shake.
Beautifully wrong. Boys watchin Cinemax late Friday nights in the 80s wrong.
Talkin w/ 8-bit Slasher
#NESDEV #8BitHorror #RetroGaming #HomebrewHorror #FridayThe13th
December 29, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I didn’t expect to feel GUILTY playing an NES game…
But Friday the 13th: Return to Camp Blood feels *wrong* in a way I can’t shake.
Beautifully wrong. Boys watchin Cinemax late Friday nights in the 80s wrong.
Talkin w/ 8-bit Slasher
#NESDEV #8BitHorror #RetroGaming #HomebrewHorror #FridayThe13th
But Friday the 13th: Return to Camp Blood feels *wrong* in a way I can’t shake.
Beautifully wrong. Boys watchin Cinemax late Friday nights in the 80s wrong.
Talkin w/ 8-bit Slasher
#NESDEV #8BitHorror #RetroGaming #HomebrewHorror #FridayThe13th
A drunk night in a carpet store…
a shark on the wall…
and suddenly: CARPET SHARK, an NES homebrew horror game. 🦈💀
Just posted a short with 8-Bit Slasher about its chaotic origin story.
Full interview coming soon.
#neshomebrew #retrogaming #indiedev #8bitslasher #pixelhorror #gamedevinterview
a shark on the wall…
and suddenly: CARPET SHARK, an NES homebrew horror game. 🦈💀
Just posted a short with 8-Bit Slasher about its chaotic origin story.
Full interview coming soon.
#neshomebrew #retrogaming #indiedev #8bitslasher #pixelhorror #gamedevinterview
December 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
A drunk night in a carpet store…
a shark on the wall…
and suddenly: CARPET SHARK, an NES homebrew horror game. 🦈💀
Just posted a short with 8-Bit Slasher about its chaotic origin story.
Full interview coming soon.
#neshomebrew #retrogaming #indiedev #8bitslasher #pixelhorror #gamedevinterview
a shark on the wall…
and suddenly: CARPET SHARK, an NES homebrew horror game. 🦈💀
Just posted a short with 8-Bit Slasher about its chaotic origin story.
Full interview coming soon.
#neshomebrew #retrogaming #indiedev #8bitslasher #pixelhorror #gamedevinterview
A quiet moment with a piece of hardware.
Slow, deliberate, and a little strange.
EverDrive N8 Pro unboxing... full video on YouTube.
#NES #RetroGaming #Unboxing
Slow, deliberate, and a little strange.
EverDrive N8 Pro unboxing... full video on YouTube.
#NES #RetroGaming #Unboxing
December 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
A quiet moment with a piece of hardware.
Slow, deliberate, and a little strange.
EverDrive N8 Pro unboxing... full video on YouTube.
#NES #RetroGaming #Unboxing
Slow, deliberate, and a little strange.
EverDrive N8 Pro unboxing... full video on YouTube.
#NES #RetroGaming #Unboxing
Do NES developers still play NES games?
Pubby talks about PC strategy games, creative sims, and why NES is more of a social experience for him.
#retrogaming #nesdev #homebrew #gamedev
Pubby talks about PC strategy games, creative sims, and why NES is more of a social experience for him.
#retrogaming #nesdev #homebrew #gamedev
December 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Do NES developers still play NES games?
Pubby talks about PC strategy games, creative sims, and why NES is more of a social experience for him.
#retrogaming #nesdev #homebrew #gamedev
Pubby talks about PC strategy games, creative sims, and why NES is more of a social experience for him.
#retrogaming #nesdev #homebrew #gamedev
Slingin' bolts like Green Arrow
Robinhood from Sherwood
Takin’ gold, no Pharaoh
Check out this new C64 drop:
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#SherwoodC64 #Commodore64 #RetroGaming #CollectorEdition
Robinhood from Sherwood
Takin’ gold, no Pharaoh
Check out this new C64 drop:
psytronik.bigcartel.com/product/sher...
#SherwoodC64 #Commodore64 #RetroGaming #CollectorEdition
December 17, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Slingin' bolts like Green Arrow
Robinhood from Sherwood
Takin’ gold, no Pharaoh
Check out this new C64 drop:
psytronik.bigcartel.com/product/sher...
#SherwoodC64 #Commodore64 #RetroGaming #CollectorEdition
Robinhood from Sherwood
Takin’ gold, no Pharaoh
Check out this new C64 drop:
psytronik.bigcartel.com/product/sher...
#SherwoodC64 #Commodore64 #RetroGaming #CollectorEdition
Why would a Japanese indie dev choose to make a game brutally hard?
884Games talks about growing up on unforgiving platformers and how that obsession became Giri Jump Extreme.
Failure isn’t punishment. It’s the path.
#IndieGames #JapaneseIndie #Platformer #HardGames #GiriJumpExtreme
884Games talks about growing up on unforgiving platformers and how that obsession became Giri Jump Extreme.
Failure isn’t punishment. It’s the path.
#IndieGames #JapaneseIndie #Platformer #HardGames #GiriJumpExtreme
December 16, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Why would a Japanese indie dev choose to make a game brutally hard?
884Games talks about growing up on unforgiving platformers and how that obsession became Giri Jump Extreme.
Failure isn’t punishment. It’s the path.
#IndieGames #JapaneseIndie #Platformer #HardGames #GiriJumpExtreme
884Games talks about growing up on unforgiving platformers and how that obsession became Giri Jump Extreme.
Failure isn’t punishment. It’s the path.
#IndieGames #JapaneseIndie #Platformer #HardGames #GiriJumpExtreme
A Japanese indie developer explains why he animated his game one frame at a time.
Every movement in Gili Jump Extreme was hand-drawn... not to be perfect, but to feel good to play. There’s something quietly beautiful about that.
#IndieGameDev #GameDesign #PixelArt #Nintendo
Every movement in Gili Jump Extreme was hand-drawn... not to be perfect, but to feel good to play. There’s something quietly beautiful about that.
#IndieGameDev #GameDesign #PixelArt #Nintendo
December 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
A Japanese indie developer explains why he animated his game one frame at a time.
Every movement in Gili Jump Extreme was hand-drawn... not to be perfect, but to feel good to play. There’s something quietly beautiful about that.
#IndieGameDev #GameDesign #PixelArt #Nintendo
Every movement in Gili Jump Extreme was hand-drawn... not to be perfect, but to feel good to play. There’s something quietly beautiful about that.
#IndieGameDev #GameDesign #PixelArt #Nintendo
⌛ Ending soon
The window to get RQ Issue One (print) for free is closing in the next few days.
Shipping only while it lasts.
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#RetroGaming #HomebrewGames
The window to get RQ Issue One (print) for free is closing in the next few days.
Shipping only while it lasts.
hoskinson-industries.myshopify.com/collections/...
#RetroGaming #HomebrewGames
December 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
⌛ Ending soon
The window to get RQ Issue One (print) for free is closing in the next few days.
Shipping only while it lasts.
hoskinson-industries.myshopify.com/collections/...
#RetroGaming #HomebrewGames
The window to get RQ Issue One (print) for free is closing in the next few days.
Shipping only while it lasts.
hoskinson-industries.myshopify.com/collections/...
#RetroGaming #HomebrewGames
A Japanese term for the perfect edge jump in platform games AND the indie NES game built around it.
Tokyo dev insight in 60 seconds.
#GameDesign #IndieGames #TokyoIndie
Tokyo dev insight in 60 seconds.
#GameDesign #IndieGames #TokyoIndie
December 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
A Japanese term for the perfect edge jump in platform games AND the indie NES game built around it.
Tokyo dev insight in 60 seconds.
#GameDesign #IndieGames #TokyoIndie
Tokyo dev insight in 60 seconds.
#GameDesign #IndieGames #TokyoIndie
🩸 Necro Nancy just hit Kickstarter.
An NES arcade horror game where you blast the undead into submission.
Funded almost instantly because NES + horror + physical cartridges is irresistible.
Charming. Cursed. Chaotic.
#NecroNancy #NES #Homebrew #RetroGaming #Kickstarter #HorrorGames #8bit
An NES arcade horror game where you blast the undead into submission.
Funded almost instantly because NES + horror + physical cartridges is irresistible.
Charming. Cursed. Chaotic.
#NecroNancy #NES #Homebrew #RetroGaming #Kickstarter #HorrorGames #8bit
December 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
🩸 Necro Nancy just hit Kickstarter.
An NES arcade horror game where you blast the undead into submission.
Funded almost instantly because NES + horror + physical cartridges is irresistible.
Charming. Cursed. Chaotic.
#NecroNancy #NES #Homebrew #RetroGaming #Kickstarter #HorrorGames #8bit
An NES arcade horror game where you blast the undead into submission.
Funded almost instantly because NES + horror + physical cartridges is irresistible.
Charming. Cursed. Chaotic.
#NecroNancy #NES #Homebrew #RetroGaming #Kickstarter #HorrorGames #8bit
A new 8-bit console just dropped: GameTank.
No emu. No FPGA. Real hardware + physical carts.
W65C02S CPU + open-source files, start coding now.
It's definitely something worth sinking your fangs into.
#GameTank #HomebrewHeadlines #RetroGaming #Homebrew #IndieDev #8bit
No emu. No FPGA. Real hardware + physical carts.
W65C02S CPU + open-source files, start coding now.
It's definitely something worth sinking your fangs into.
#GameTank #HomebrewHeadlines #RetroGaming #Homebrew #IndieDev #8bit
December 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
A new 8-bit console just dropped: GameTank.
No emu. No FPGA. Real hardware + physical carts.
W65C02S CPU + open-source files, start coding now.
It's definitely something worth sinking your fangs into.
#GameTank #HomebrewHeadlines #RetroGaming #Homebrew #IndieDev #8bit
No emu. No FPGA. Real hardware + physical carts.
W65C02S CPU + open-source files, start coding now.
It's definitely something worth sinking your fangs into.
#GameTank #HomebrewHeadlines #RetroGaming #Homebrew #IndieDev #8bit
✨ You’ve arrived just in time. The ritual is beginning.
Today’s Homebrew Headline: Changeable Guardian Estique.
Born on real 8-bit Famicom hardware, soon on Steam, Switch, PS5, & Xbox.
A cartridge discovering it has a 2nd life... adorable.
#Homebrew #FamicomDev #IndieDev #RetroGaming #Estique
Today’s Homebrew Headline: Changeable Guardian Estique.
Born on real 8-bit Famicom hardware, soon on Steam, Switch, PS5, & Xbox.
A cartridge discovering it has a 2nd life... adorable.
#Homebrew #FamicomDev #IndieDev #RetroGaming #Estique
November 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
✨ You’ve arrived just in time. The ritual is beginning.
Today’s Homebrew Headline: Changeable Guardian Estique.
Born on real 8-bit Famicom hardware, soon on Steam, Switch, PS5, & Xbox.
A cartridge discovering it has a 2nd life... adorable.
#Homebrew #FamicomDev #IndieDev #RetroGaming #Estique
Today’s Homebrew Headline: Changeable Guardian Estique.
Born on real 8-bit Famicom hardware, soon on Steam, Switch, PS5, & Xbox.
A cartridge discovering it has a 2nd life... adorable.
#Homebrew #FamicomDev #IndieDev #RetroGaming #Estique
The NES wasn’t built for drama, so Ninja Gaiden invented its own.
32 black sprites.
The 8-sprite limit reached.
And Ryu slips quietly into the void.
A technical constraint transformed into art.
@mhughson.bsky.social
#RetroGaming #Famicom #GameDev #NESdev
32 black sprites.
The 8-sprite limit reached.
And Ryu slips quietly into the void.
A technical constraint transformed into art.
@mhughson.bsky.social
#RetroGaming #Famicom #GameDev #NESdev
November 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The NES wasn’t built for drama, so Ninja Gaiden invented its own.
32 black sprites.
The 8-sprite limit reached.
And Ryu slips quietly into the void.
A technical constraint transformed into art.
@mhughson.bsky.social
#RetroGaming #Famicom #GameDev #NESdev
32 black sprites.
The 8-sprite limit reached.
And Ryu slips quietly into the void.
A technical constraint transformed into art.
@mhughson.bsky.social
#RetroGaming #Famicom #GameDev #NESdev
Working on a special package for new initiates!
We’ll include RQ and a killer homebrew cart, but what else would YOU want as part of your welcome into the order?
🕯️📦🗝️
#Homebrew #NESHomebrew #RetroGaming #IndieDev #8bitCulture #NESdev
We’ll include RQ and a killer homebrew cart, but what else would YOU want as part of your welcome into the order?
🕯️📦🗝️
#Homebrew #NESHomebrew #RetroGaming #IndieDev #8bitCulture #NESdev
November 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Working on a special package for new initiates!
We’ll include RQ and a killer homebrew cart, but what else would YOU want as part of your welcome into the order?
🕯️📦🗝️
#Homebrew #NESHomebrew #RetroGaming #IndieDev #8bitCulture #NESdev
We’ll include RQ and a killer homebrew cart, but what else would YOU want as part of your welcome into the order?
🕯️📦🗝️
#Homebrew #NESHomebrew #RetroGaming #IndieDev #8bitCulture #NESdev
When portals open and shadows fuse with pixels, there is no pause for hope.
In Necro Nancy, Grimware invites you to the witch’s playground on the NES and your only option is purge magic.
#NES #Horrorgame #Homebrewvideogames
In Necro Nancy, Grimware invites you to the witch’s playground on the NES and your only option is purge magic.
#NES #Horrorgame #Homebrewvideogames
November 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
When portals open and shadows fuse with pixels, there is no pause for hope.
In Necro Nancy, Grimware invites you to the witch’s playground on the NES and your only option is purge magic.
#NES #Horrorgame #Homebrewvideogames
In Necro Nancy, Grimware invites you to the witch’s playground on the NES and your only option is purge magic.
#NES #Horrorgame #Homebrewvideogames