A downloadable NES game


Check out the FREE 1 world DEMO ROM for NES / FAMICOM emulators and flash carts!

BANANA BASH turns the action puzzle genre on its head with amazing visuals, laughs, challenging gameplay, and a funky soundtrack! The player must help Ooki the monkey on his quest through a mysterious island to get his bananas back from the crabs that stole them! Jump, punch, smash, warp, and swim through 9 worlds of action, puzzles, traps, huge bosses and fight your way to victory!

This isn't just a "retro looking" game, it's a REAL 8-bit NES game!

Just drop it into your favorite NES Emulator, such as MESEN, or NESTOPIA or put in on a NES or Famicom flash cartridge!

If you don't have an emulator, you can play on a standalone Windows version also!

We'd love to see your demo high scores! @work3studio on X or Bsky!
If you like what you see, you can register your interest for the forthcoming Kickstarter here.

Features

  • Massive Game Size: One of the biggest NES games ever made, boasting 4 megabits of pure fun.
  • Simultaneous 2 Player Battle Mode: Take on a friend in the battle arena to see who's the master of monkey business!
  • Addictive combo and ranking system: The combo system rewards established and confident players with higher and higher points resulting in a higher rank reward on stage completion!
  • Unique gameplay crossover: A unique blend of action and puzzles with mechanics that challenge and delight, Winner of the  BEST GAMEPLAY award at Magfest Indie Retro .
  • Vibrant Visuals & Sound: Stunning 8-bit art and a toe-tapping modern soundtrack with key and beat-synced sound effects that keep the energy high.
  • Tons of gameplay features: Warp through holes, spin on poles, twirl on discs, smash through walls, launch off punching blocks, and more! and also use these features to attack the enemy!
  • Speed Runner-friendly gameplay: Stages can be practiced and researched for optimum speed and maximum scoring routes!

A PDF manual in English is included, but if you're stuck, don't want to discover everything by yourself, or simply don't know how to play, you can refer to our demo How-to..

Download

Download
Banana Bash! Demo.zip 40 MB

Install instructions

Use the .NES file in the ROM folder in any NES emulator or NES/FC Flash cartridge, or run the .exe from the STANDALONE folder

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