   Classic Nes style games
  How would a game like classic mario and excite bike be created? And with not a very high skill level, how long? 
  Nes style games were constructed using tiles.  Making tiles for a world kind of easy while writing the dynamics for the game is the hard part.  Your skill level does make it easier to make a game, but even beginners can make one fairly quickly with some help from game programming libraries that are online.  Try CDX, SDL, or Allegro to start out. ;  are these compiling programs? CDX, SDL, or Allegro  ;  No, they are graphics libraries.You will need a language such as C or C++.  If you don''t know any programming languages, Python is fairly easy I think, and you can use a graphics library called PyGame.   ;  i have c++ program but i am still learning the language. So what sort of things are CDX, SDL, or Allegro for? And what is the Pygame one like? ;  If I were you, I would get Visual Basic 6. (Not .NET) Not only is it easy to learn, but you can create games and app's quickly. I think it would best suit your needs. Unlike C++, you don't have to worry about pointers and all that other fun stuff.   EDIT:To answer your question:CDX, SDL, and Allegro are for 2D/3D graphics. Like DirectX and OpenGL. I have never used CDX, SDL, or Allegro but I hear a lot about them. Python is a scripting language.-UltimaX-"You wished for a white christmas... Now go shovel your wishes!"   [edited by - UltimaX on August 1, 2003 4:44:49 PM];  SDL and Allegro are libraries with functions which help you create games, for example drawing stuff to the screen, playing sound, etc.   "For crying out loud, she has fishes coming out of her head on either side. How can you find this hot?!""If anyone sees a suspicious, camouflaged factory being carried across the desert, they should report it immediately." ;quote:Original post by UltimaX  If I were you, I would get Visual Basic 6. (Not .NET) [edited by - UltimaX on August 1, 2003 4:44:49 PM]where would i be able to get a free download of it from?;  Don''t worry bout that last question i am downloading it from kazaa. But what i would like to know is what is the diff between visual studio and visual basics?   «—Ļĩŧŧłę–Ŗęđ–ЩдґґÎðr—» ;  Visual Basic is a programming language. Visual Studio is a set of programs, like Visual C++, a program which compiles your C++ code for you, and also has an area for writing your scripts. 