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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: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....