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Sam At Gamescom 2025

The world's biggest video games exhibition opened its doors - and Sam is attending!

Sam's Journey At Retrospiel
Our friends at Retrospiel are presenting the NES version of Sam's Journey at their stand

Sam's Journey At Protovision
Sam's Journey and many other C64 games can be played at the stand of Protovision

The gamescom 2025 takes place from 20-24 August in Cologne, Germany. The retro area with more than 100 exhibitors can be found in hall 10.2.


New Hardware Arrived

An exciting new toy for the Commodore 64 just arrived from the hardware manufacturer.

Mysterious New C64 Hardware Item

We can't wait to play to play around with it!


Sam's Journey NES: First Batch Running Out!

Are you planning to put a fancy box on your shelf?

Sam's Journey NES

Sam's Journey NES Standard Edition

The first batch of Sam's Journey on the NES is running out! So don't hesitate and get the cool Standard Edition or the even cooler Ultimate Edition!

Browse Editions At Poly.Play


Sam Reviewed In The New BrewOtaku Magazine

BrewOtaku is a new "Homebrew Gaming Magazine" covering explicitly new games for old consoles, handhelds and computers.

Issue #2 had a review of Sam's Journey in it that we were kindly given permission to share:

Sam's Journey Review In BrewOtaku Issue #2

BrewOtaku is available both digitally or in print. Please find more information and a free sample issue on their website.


Sam At Gamescom 2024

The gamescom 2024 exhibition in Cologne, Germany will soon open its doors - and Sam is looking forward to meeting you!

Sam at the booth of RetroSpiel at Gamescom 2024

Our friends at retrospiel will showcase Sam's Journey on the NES as well as many other new games for old consoles at their booth in hall 10.2. If you are in the hood, consider paying them a visit!


Sam's Journey On The NES Hits 500 Sales!

Our very first NES game just sold its 500th unit!

Sam's Journey on the NES hits 500 Sales

A big thanks to all our supporters and fans of modern homebrew. You make Sam's epic Journey even more amazing!


Sam's Journey: Famicom Edition Complete!

News from our distribution partner poly.play: The Sam's Journey Famicom Edition is now complete!

Sam's Journey Famicom Edition

It took us some time to find a matching combination of PCBs and cartridge shells as there had never been a standard for those on the Famicom.

The game manuals, the cartridge blisters and the additional goodies are already in stock. The final piece of the puzzle were the game boxes which finally arrived last week.

If all goes well, the pre-orders are expected to ship next week.

Do you have a Famicom as well and wish to play Sam's Journey without an adaptor? Get Your Famicom Edition At Poly.Play!


Sam's Journey Available At Itch.io

Do you have an account at the indie game platform itch.io?

Sam's Journey Download Edition At Itch.io

As of today, Sam's Journey for the NES is available on itch.io as well!

Visit Sam's Journey Game Page At Itch.io


Sam's Journey NES Ultimate Edition Prepared For Shipping

Good news for all those who pre-ordered a copy of the precious limited Ultimate Edition of Sam's Journey on the NES: Sebastian Bach of poly.play has just prepared them for shipping!

Sam's Journey NES Ultimate Edition at Poly.Play

The Ultimate Edition comes in a fancy big-box which magnetic closure. It contains:

The Ultimate Edition is limited to 100 units of which 50 have already been sold.


Rave Review In RetroMagazine World

RetroMagazine World IT #45
Cover Of RetroMagazine World, Issue #45

Sam's Journey on the NES received a rave review in issue #45 of the Italian RetroMagazine World.

Sam's Journey NES Review

From the review:

Beautiful and dynamic gameplay. Well-structured levels and many in-game goodies. One of the most beautiful platformers on the Nintendo NES of the last generation. – Carlo Nithaiah Del Mar Pirazzini, RetroMagazine World

Playability: 98 %
Longevity: 95 %

The full review can be found on page 50 in issue #45 of the free online magazine.


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