Bitwise Reprise has introduced that their 2023 NES title, Jane Austen’s 8-bit Journey is obtainable now for buy on a bodily NES cartridge.

Not likely the subject material I count on on an NES sport, however it could look nice subsequent to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Jane Austen’s 8-bit Journey is a platformer that stars the Nineteenth-century novelist and creator of Pleasure and Prejudice, Jane Austen. In accordance with the abstract, she finds herself in an 8-bit online game and should “Restore Miss Austen’s books to the 8-bit library!”

Whereas the artwork doesn’t look nice within the trailer, the sport itself exhibits shades of Castlevania. Jane Austen battles stuffy British-types utilizing a quill and battles characters from her novels.

If you happen to’re not satisfied, Jane Austen’s 8-bit Journey is already obtainable on PC and is, understandably, fairly a bit cheaper than shelling out for the cartridge.

I’ve mentioned this earlier than, however homebrew has come a great distance prior to now few years. I discovered a variety of bodily releases a decade in the past to be of relatively questionable high quality, however that’s largely as a result of they had been simply hobbyist tasks, and studying to program for a 6502 processor is extra of a devoted fanatic’s endeavor. Even if you happen to did handle to create one thing value publishing, it wasn’t straightforward discovering somebody keen to provide NES cartridges. NESmaker has made growing for the traditional platform much more accessible, however from the seems to be of issues, Jane Austen’s 8-bit Journey was created the old style method.

Jane Austen’s 8-bit Journey is obtainable for PC and NES.