development on the game was started in 2002 by i-mockery founder roger barr, who intended it to be his first full-length flash-based game and to feature his favorite nes character, abobo. working with a programmer nicknamed "bane", they put together several early levels. however the game was delayed by various side projects, including a game with a similar concept named ""domo-kun's angry smashfest"". he later returned to the game with the help of developers nick pasto of pestoforce and "pox" of the pox box, and after mapping out the storyline decided to start the project over from scratch in 2006 due to dissatisfaction with the early work, and the feel that the original programming strayed too far from the feel of an actual nes.