homebrew

PigsyRetro, the lead developer behind an unofficial effort to bring Castlevania: Symphony of the Night to the Genesis / Mega Drive, has shown off a small demo which sees Sega's 16-bit console tackle the 2003 GBA entry Aria of Sorrow. However, before you get too excited about this news, it's...

Scene homebrew creator @GaryOderNichts is no stranger to getting custom software to run on platforms. particularly the Wii U. This time around, though, enthusiasts have gotten custom code to run on something even more unusual: the Nintendo Alarmo. Less than a month after the clock's release...

DK Bros. has been released by the developer 10yard. It has been a long time in the making! DK Bros. is a two player co-op hack of the original Donkey Kong arcade game. It maintains all the original gameplay mechanics. Two players working together simultaneously smashing barrels, collecting...

In the world of retro gaming, where nostalgia meets innovation, a bittersweet story has emerged surrounding the NES homebrew game "Graveyard Dude." This tale not only showcases the passion of indie developers but also highlights the gaming community's ability to come together to honor one of...

Triple Impact is a new beat 'em up game developed for the SNES, which has caught the attention of retro gaming enthusiasts. Here are some key points about the game: Gameplay: As a beat 'em up, it features side-scrolling action where players fight through waves of enemies using various combat...

The Neo Geo classic game Magician Lord is getting a tentative fan port to the NEC SuperGrafx console. This is an impressive feat, as the SuperGrafx was a commercial failure and Magician Lord was previously a Neo Geo exclusive title. The fan port, created by homebrew coder @Ryusennin, is able...

Background Final Fight, originally an arcade beat 'em up game released by Capcom in 1989, has seen various ports to home consoles over the years. The Super Nintendo (SNES) version, while popular, was notorious for having content removed due to hardware limitations. The Missing Level One of the...

You've seen Geometry Dash on Mobile. You've seen Geometry Dash on Steam. Now, experience Geometry Dash for your NES! A team of dedicated fans have faithfully recreated the Geometry Dash engine in beautiful 6502 to give you the greatest homebrew that has ever hit the NES! 12 original RobTop...

This is an exact clone of this repository over on archive.org, for the sole purpose of file preservation. The zip file uploaded has not been tampered with, and I suggest running a hasher on them for comparison. The original text from archive.org: "This is a utility that converts a series of...

We haven't seen a homebrew game for the NUON system for ten years, but now the wait is over – the failed DVD / games console hybrid is getting another bedroom-coded release (thanks, V-SNES). Noel Rojas Oliveras' PS1 Net Yaroze title Insta Death has been ported to NUON with the help of ScarPixel...

I'm sure y'all have been waiting for a proper file browser for the DSi. Well wait no longer, because it's out! ;) Introducing GodMode9i! (aka GodMode9 for Nintendo DS(i)) This contains some features of GodMode9, where you can browse files, including deleting, copying, and moving files. In...

Update [Mon 16th Sep, 2024 15:00 BST]: The crowdfunding campaign for The Cursed Legacy is now live on Kickstarter. If you want to back the project, there are a bunch of available rewards currently being offered as part of the campaign, such as a digital copy (Steam & Mega Drive / Genesis) of...

The recent Sonic Amateur Games Expo (SAGE) has given us some cool fan-made Sonic titles, but one in particular has caught our attention. Sonic UltraSaturn by Un Sonic Ryu is a great-looking PC-based 2D Sonic tribute with some cool scaling effects for its 3D stages. Zones include the likes of...

The Game Boy Color game Zephyr's Pass went on sale digitally and physically last week on Incube8 Game's website and it seems that an "unfortunate" last-minute bug has somehow managed to make it past final QA to those who purchased it. The bug apparently causes a strange "ending" in the...

Nape Games, a small Spanish studio, has just launched the Kickstarter campaign for Restless Anima: Engine Room — a brand-new psychological horror game coming to the Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Dreamcast (as spotted by SegaGuru!) The game features a setting that is loosely inspired by...

Pigsy, the developer behind the Genesis / Mega Drive port of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, has teased another Castlevania-related project – but before you get too excited, it won't be a full remake of the game. Instead, Pigsy has shared a mocked-up screen of Castlevania III: Dracula's...

Poke Transporter GB is a homebrew app for the GBA that serves to bridge the gap between the old and new games, providing a way to pull Pokemon from the Game Boy and Game Boy Color titles into the third generation. This is done using a custom Multiboot GBA ROM that genuinely could be mistaken for...

The homebrew community is no stranger to amazing achievements, be it hacks of already existing games with entirely new characters, stories and levels, to even outstanding and technically impressive ports of certain titles to other consoles or systems, and this time it's Sonic's time to shine...

TLDR I have two PRs that will enable the WiiUGamepadSlot feature for injected / autoboot games with Nintendont . I'm sending out a flare to find whomever might be able to review those PRs so we can get this feature enabled for those who want to use it. Nintendont PR is here...

Sierra's King's Quest series is one of the more famous point-and-click adventure franchises from the '80s and '90s and rightly has many fans to this very day. One such fan, Brandon Kouri, has spent the past 18 years 'demaking' one of his favourite entries, 1992's King's Quest VI: Heir Today...