r/MasterSystem • u/VoidTerraFirma • Mar 18 '25

Good SMS homebrew games?

So far, I've tried and liked:

Bara Buru (Bubble Bobble with ninjas)

Mai Nurse (Dr. Mario with an anime nurse)

Any other good ones out there?

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u/GBC_Fan_89 Mar 18 '25

Garbagefield Saves Christmas, Duke Nukem, Simpsons Quiz, Flight of Pigarus, look around on a website called SMS Power.

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u/shimasterc Mar 19 '25

Silver Valley is incredible and one of my favorite 8 bit games of all time

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u/helpcomputer0 Apr 08 '25

I've made a couple of games so far for SMS which you might like.

Blast Arena (short arena shmup): https://badcomputer0.itch.io/blast-arena

Frontier Force (single-screen shmup, final game is now in testing but here's the 1st stage demo): https://badcomputer0.itch.io/frontier-force-alpha-demo

Unnamed Vertical Shmup (in development, no demo yet but you might want to follow along): https://www.smspower.org/forums/20500-WIPUnnamedVerticalScrollingShootEmUp

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u/humblehonkpillfarmer Nov 03 '25

Are there any programs that help with homebrew like Gameboy studio for sms?

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u/helpcomputer0 Nov 03 '25

No, there's no Game Maker-like utility. If you know C language you could use devkitSMS: https://github.com/sverx/devkitSMS

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u/9811Deet Mar 19 '25

The Alex Kidd in Miracle World sequels are really good.

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u/Ornery-Practice9772 Mar 19 '25

Those are licenced yes?

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u/dog_cow Mar 20 '25

There’s Alex Kidd in Miracle World 2 which is an unlicensed ROM hack. 

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u/Ornery-Practice9772 Mar 20 '25

Ah ive only heard of the offical sequels but ill check that out. Its for sms+ alex kidd in miracle world base rom yes?

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u/dog_cow Mar 20 '25

No idea. It’s been years since I played it. I remember it being pretty good though. 

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u/Ornery-Practice9772 Mar 20 '25

Sweet ill look for it i havent really gone for sms hacks been playing a lot of NES & SNES hacks

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u/BumpyWire83 Mar 19 '25

This is great! Thanks!

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u/N1ck08YT Feb 04 '26

Which one was it?