Has anyone tried this guy's games? I love his style, everything is identical to NES, and even pre-NES:
http://www.locomalito.com/

He uses an icon creator for sprites, maybe that's his secret for those (NES)style graphics.

hey thanks those look pretty cool, only windows though, so I wont be able to test them out.
its a pity s/he didnt use javascript or something else as they dont look like they need a beefy machine

That is a good point, he uses Game Maker though, so maybe he's programming illiterate.