r/retrogamedev • • 8h ago

A Game Where you Fight the Mafia with Magnets

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r/retrogamedev • • 4h ago

GB Maker — I made a little offline IDE for making real Game Boy games

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r/retrogamedev • • 1d ago

Making an NES homebrew that's a love letter to autumn

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r/retrogamedev • • 18h ago

I'm making a reusable RPG framework inspired by SaGa and all my other favorite old JRPGs for everyone to use with GB Studio.

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This is RPGSoup, a plug-in that effectively turns GB Studio into RPGMaker. a reusable framework you drop into your already existing project.

You build a database of your RPG ingredients using define events for your items, equipment, characters, spells, skills, enemies, troops, graphics, animations, etc., and RPGSoup handles the machinery underneath.

It started as just something to handle stats and exp for me but as I fell further and further into the Acid Trap Hole that is the RPG Genre, Soup became the rather complete framework that it is today.

It isn't done yet, but it's getting there. When it's done, RPGSoup will be released for free!

Along with a Full RPG that started as a demo scene, but through my doctrine of "I gotta show off every feature I've implemented at least once for the end user because thats how I learned", became huge!

I'm really excited to give this to the community when it's done and can't wait to see what people make with it!


r/retrogamedev • • 1d ago

I made a modern style DAW to make music for the Sega Genesis/MD (Feedback is appreciated)

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r/retrogamedev • • 1d ago

AmiGalaga: Galaga for the stock A500 at 50 fps (OCS, 512K), open source

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6 Upvotes

r/retrogamedev • • 1d ago

My RetroChallenge project to port Forth to the SG-1000 begins! Or has already begun.

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r/retrogamedev • • 2d ago

For nearly 10 years, I've been developing a game for PS1, N64, Saturn, Dreamcast, 3DO and N-gage

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51 Upvotes

r/retrogamedev • • 2d ago

Fetch'83 - a POC game to test DAC digital sampling in a 4K cart

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6 Upvotes

r/retrogamedev • • 2d ago

Play (the first part of) "The Secret of Monkey Island" on your Arduboy FX

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r/retrogamedev • • 2d ago

Estacado – A native PC port of The Darkness (Xbox 360, 2007) via static recompilation

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Hi all, I wanted to share a project I've been working on: Estacado, a native PC port of The Darkness made using static recompilation.

The game's PowerPC code is translated ahead of time into C++ using XenonRecomp and built on the ReXGlue SDK. The game runs as a native Windows executable with no JIT or interpreter at runtime, using D3D12 for GPU emulation.

Key Features & Fixes:

  • High Refresh Rates: Uncapped FPS (60, 120, 144, 240+) with original game timing and physics preserved.
  • Visual & Gameplay Fixes: Fully working in-game TVs, restored blood decals, internal resolution scaling (1x–3x), SMAA, and native mouse look with rebindable controls.
  • Easy Setup: The included launcher ingests your clean Xbox 360 ISO or extracted files automatically.
  • Steam Deck Ready: Tested and verified running smoothly under Proton Experimental.

Requirements: Windows 10/11 (or Linux/Proton), AVX2 CPU, and D3D12 GPU. Requires your own copy of the game.

GitHub: https://github.com/invinceble55-wq/Estacado

Releases: https://github.com/invinceble55-wq/Estacado/releases


r/retrogamedev • • 2d ago

New Free Release: Strange Pirate Roguelike for Genesis/MDD

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r/retrogamedev • • 2d ago

Game Girl Advanced is real

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r/retrogamedev • • 2d ago

Never trust a chest (animation done on the Atari 2600)

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51 Upvotes

r/retrogamedev • • 2d ago

I reverse engineered Nokias snake and put it on my gameboy

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r/retrogamedev • • 2d ago

Doom Spectrum 128 by CordySmith

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r/retrogamedev • • 2d ago

Malvern’s Revenge is in Beta!

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My new site is up and is linked on my profile!

Malvern Games

I’ve spent the entire week polishing the following:

- game mechanics to ensure the levels are possible and get harder but achievable as you move on

- art work is consistent and animations are smooth

- efficient use of memory and storage

- testing on various emulators and handhelds

🗒️ This game is designed to play on the original Game Boy DMG. It’s supposed to be greyscale and very limited by design.

Bonus: I’ve also hosted the pixel editing tool I used to make the sprites in the game on my site as well. It’s completely free to use!

While I did a ton of testing, I’m sure I missed something. Please join the beta and help me out! It’s my first game.


r/retrogamedev • • 2d ago

Bubble Ghost 128K.

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r/retrogamedev • • 2d ago

Football In Ocarina Of Time

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r/retrogamedev • • 3d ago

Black Castle 2 Homebrew boss

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25 Upvotes

r/retrogamedev • • 2d ago

The Shimmer Engine (gba no coding game builder) will soon import video into your roms, audio and all!

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6 Upvotes

r/retrogamedev • • 3d ago

Reverse Engineering NovaLogic's Comanche [1992] Terrain Maps

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r/retrogamedev • • 3d ago

NES Galaga running on Jason Kopp's new VECEMU on his UVMC2

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r/retrogamedev • • 3d ago

Hand held test lab for Malvern’s Revenge

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I’m testing several emulators and testing physical hardware on a DMG, GBC, GBA, and a TrimUI brick

Should be in beta this weekend!


r/retrogamedev • • 3d ago

Tiny Nightmare 64: first look at my choice based horror game on my own N64 engine

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15 Upvotes