The State of the Homebrew Games Scene In 2009

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."

Comments

Hardware Needed

[nurb432]

One FPGA.

I don't understand TFA

[American Terrorist]

It's just a list of platforms and their homebrewability. How about a list of games that are fun to play? Is there a Rockband clone that lets me play with my entire mp3 library?

Re:Why I still use PC for games

[BenoitRen]

$300 TV is cheaper than a game console? I beg to differ. The Nintendo Wii is $250, the XBox 360 Arcade is less than $200, the Nintendo DS is $130, and the PSP is somewhere below $200.

Re:Why I still use PC for games

[syousef]

I think I covered most things. Honestly I've watched the PC gaming market spelled out for freaking years now. It's gotten to the point that I wonder if people understand the difference between change and death.

I tell you what I do understand. I understand going to my local games shop and seeing one shelf of PC games instead of 8. I understand almost all the games advertised on TV being for consoles. I understand newer operating systems being less developer friendly and a lot more work to code for, not to mention not running older titles. PC gaming isn't just changing. A significant portion of the industry has shifted away from the PC. It'll only get worse as the DRM gets more draconian and it's less and less likely that the game you buy for PC will run without big headaches. I also understand newer titles costing double what old titles use to cost when they were new. Inflation over the last 7-10 years isn't 50%.