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The State of the Homebrew Games Scene In 2009

Posted by Soulskill on from the more-the-merrier dept.

Craig writes "DCEmu has released an article detailing the current state of the homebrew scene on all game consoles, from the Sega Dreamcast to the Nintendo DS to the Nintendo Wii. It even covers unreleased consoles such as Pandora and GP2xWiz. The article explains what is needed to run emulators and games, and whether or not it's worth bothering for each console."

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  1. Sega Genesis? by Hatta · · Score: 4, Informative

    There was no mention of the Genesis, which has been getting some impressive indie games. There's a brand new RPG being released this spring, and there was one released last December.

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  2. All??? by SpiceWare · · Score: 4, Informative
    Hardly all consoles when they leave out the Atari VCS/2600...

    From the AtariAge Homebrew forum I see Ballblazer, K.O. Cruiser, KITE!, Jack and the Beanstalk and others in progress.

    The AtariAge Store currently has 61 homebrews available for purchase in cartridge form so you can play them on a real console.

  3. Re:Why I still use PC for games by tepples · · Score: 2, Informative

    There's no home brew better than PC home brew

    PC homebrew can't easily run on a big screen. The PC and TV need to be in the same room, and either the TV needs to be an HDTV or there needs to be a $50 scan converter between the PC's VGA out and the SDTV's composite in. This difficulty is why your 17" laptop doesn't have a lot of party-style games (like Mario Party, Super Smash Bros., Mario Kart Wii, etc.) for it, even though PC operating systems support four gamepads through a USB hub.

    The most accurate true to life simulation - eg. flight simulation - compared to arcade games on most consoles

    But some people want arcade-style games. If I want to develop party games, and my business isn't yet big enough to have a detached office, which platform should I be on?

  4. Article needs proof-reading by BenoitRen · · Score: 2, Informative

    While the article is good information, the article is poorly written. There are a lot of run-on sentences, and multiple typos in every paragraph. The most glaring example is that each time the author means "you're", he writes "your" without fail.

  5. Re:I don't understand TFA by gauauu · · Score: 4, Informative

    I agree, I was hoping for a list of quality games. Here's some of my favorites for GBA and DS:

    GBA:

    DS:

    Now I just need to see if I can find my list of quality homebrew NES and Dreamcast games....