Lizard Press Kit
Description
Lizard is a game for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), developed solely by Brad Smith, and released in 2018. It is a platform game focused on self directed exploration.
Pitch
Put on a lizard and go for an adventure!
Choose your lizard carefully. You can find six different ones scattered across the land, each with its own special ability.
You'll need these abilities as you make your difficult journey through many dangerous places. Carefully hop your way to the top of an active volcano. Surf down a surging river. Swim an underwater lake. Ascend a snowy mountaintop. What kind of strange creatures will you meet? Can you unravel the mysteries of Lizard?
Summary Fact Sheet
Website:
Developer:
- Brad Smith from Ontario, Canada.
Release Platforms:
- NES Cartridge
- NES ROM (Downlodable)
- PC (Windows)
- Macintosh (OSX)
- Linux
- Steam (PC/Mac/Linux)
- DOS
- SNES ROM (Downloadable)
Release Date:
- Itch.io 2018-02-07
- Steam 2018-03-06
- NES Cartridge (NA) 2018-03-08
- NES Cartridge (EU) 2020-11-10
- Source Code 2018-10-18
- DOS 2018-10-27
- SNES 2022-09-19
Approximate price:
- Downloadable: USD $10
- Cartridge: USD $45 ($55 with box)
Primary Language:
- English
Supplementary Translations:
- Français / French
- Português do Brasil / Brazilian Portugese
- Deutsch / German
- Español / Spanish
- 日本語 / Japanese
Rating:
- This game has not been rated.
Play time:
- Full game: 4-12 hours.
- Sessions: 30-90 minutes.
- Speedruns: under 30 minutes.
File size:
- 1-4 MB
Contact:
Social:
History
Lizard began development in 2013. Approximately one year later, a prototype demo was ready, and a small but successful Kickstarter campaign was run.
A development blog has been kept while the game was in progress, which became focused on articles explaining various aspects of NES development. Examples:
- My lizard is the Lizard of NES Sprite Rendering
- My lizard is the Lizard of Music
- My lizard is the Lizard of NES Scrolling
- My lizard is the Lizard of Text
The project was finally released in March 2018, initially through Itch.io, but also including a Steam version with achievements and trading cards, and an NES cartridge release with the help of Infinite NES Lives.
Source code was released in October 2018, as well as a DOS version.
In 2020, Broke Studio began distributing the NES cartridge in Europe.
In 2021, 6502 Collective took over NES cartridge distribution for Infinite NES Lives in North America.
In 2022 a SNES port was released as a digital download.
Images and Media
Images:
- Lizard Promotional Images (ZIP, 14 MB) Screenshots, product renders, sketches, etc.
Videos:
Manual:
- English (PDF)
- Français / French (PDF)
- Português do Brasil / Brazilian Portugese (PDF)
- Deutsch / German (PDF)
- Español / Spanish (PDF)
- 日本語 / Japanese (PDF)
Interviews:
- The Assembly Line - Audio podcast review of Lizard and interview.
- 2 Dudes and a NES - Audio interview with Brad Smith of Lizard.
- Cheerful Ghost - Interview with Brad Smith about new NES game Lizard.
- Profiled: Brad Smith - Lengthy video chat with Obsolete Gamer
- ReadRetro Magazine - Interview with 'Lizard' Creator Brad Smith
- We The Nerdy - Lizard: An Interview with Brad Smith
- Comics Gaming Magazine - New Original NES Game Almost Ready For Release
- Undressing Underground - A podcast interview about chiptunes, Lizard, and other things.
- Robot Puppet Angel: Hey Hey Hey - An interview for The Sound.
Developer
Brad Smith has been a professional game developer since 2007, and holds degrees in Computer Science and Music. He has special interests in graphics, music, and retro computing platforms. Information about him and his past projects is available at his website.