This is a writeup about a video game. The original version of this writeup was deleted as collateral damage in a "getting to know you" node clean-up. The survivors of said clean-up can be found at [KDE vs. GNOME].

[Title]: GNOME vs KDE: Battle of the Desktops
[Developer]: [yerricde|Damian Yerrick]
[Publisher]: [Pin Eight Software]
[Year]: [2000]
[Platform](s): [NES]
[Description]:

G vs K is a partial clone of [Panel Action Bingo]. A [GNOME] mascot and a [KDE] mascot (a [Mega Man]-like character that was apparently KDE's mascot before the [KDE dragon]) are running around on a 5x5 square board chasing a red [square] to claim it and trying to get [Bingo] with claimed squares. There's no CPU opponent; it's two-player only.

Why "GNOME vs KDE"? Easy. Initial prototypes of the game had players leaving colored footprints on claimed squares. However, trying to play the game on a black-and-white display was quite confusing; to fix this, the developers added different footprints for the two players. Player 1's marker remained a footprint; player 2's marker turned into something that looked like a landmine. But then one of the developers remarked "A footprint and a landmine? Why not just go with a footprint and a sprocket with a big K on it?" And so NES Bingo became GNOME vs KDE.

The first public milestone wasn't even meant to be released; a [ROM site] picked up a private release of the game, but because the game is [GNU General Public License|GPL'd], they were able to do a public [release], after which Pin Eight made an official milestone release. You can find the latest version at http://www.pineight.com/nes/ or a recent version at http://nesdev.parodius.com/ or http://nesdev.icequake.net/; it's an [NROM] so it should work on most development hardware.

A final version was never released because the project was put on hold when the lead developer had to return to university.

[My Opinion]:

A developer contributed to this review. To avoid a [conflict of interest], he'll shut up.

[Related nodes]:

[NES programming]

[copyright|©] [1923|1999-2002] [yerricde|Damian Yerrick]. Verbatim copying and redistribution are permitted.
This writeup fits [Computer And Video Games : Noding convention for entries.]