/vr/ - Retro Games

>>11117501
That's kind of unfair. Homebrew games take a long time and are often made with no budget at all. But whatever >>11116967

>>11117501
GG Aleste 3

>>11117501
The Mega Drive gets a good game every other year.
Notable mentions: Xeno Crisis, Astebros, Demons of Asteborg, Tanglewood, ZPF, Tanzer.

>>11117501
There's this shameless Mario knockoff called Alice Sisters thats on Genesis and GBA

but i cant find the ROM of any version anywhere and its doesn't look like its worth $12

>>11117501
GBG is a lot of fun, but it makes me feel like a retard.

>>11117602
What is that? dont you mean GB Studio?

>>11117623
Good Boy Galaxy, the game in the OP

>>11117501
>Are there ANY good aftermarket games that don't suck ass?
No, and Goodboy Galaxy is no exception. Homebrew is the biggest waste of time on the planet. Who's playing this shit?

>>11117501
Check out New Super Mario Land OP. It's an SNES remake of Super Mario Land built from the ground up to resemble the NSMB games.

>>11117818
>low quality bait

>>11117501
There's a very cool demo of a Symphony of the Night on Genesis that's fun to play. I've also seen footage of Metal Slug and Street Fighter Alpha 2 ports on Genesis

One of my favorites on NES is Kira Kira Star Night DX, there's also a fun homebrew minigame called Amazon's Running Diet

>>11117517
that's because SGDK seems to be the only half way decent devkit available with lots of documentation and it uses C languages.

>>11117842
>Street Fighter Alpha 2 ports on Genesis

really? is it the one being made using the Hamboo engine? looks clunky with those bigass sprites, if i would be i would stuck with the SNES ports sprites and stick to 256xwp.

>>11117501
Mega Drvie Peggle popcap ports and Sonic Spinball 2..

>>11117523
The Dreamcast version is easily found, at least.

>>11117501
I think GBG uses the same style of gameplay as that steam metroidvania where its a HUGE box level and it kinda loops called Transiruby.

>>11117517
What game is this? It looks dope as fuck

>>11118239
Xeno Crisis.
The original was first on Mega Drive and has been ported to like every system since then. Mega Drive version is amazing, have not tried any other.

>>11118254
Looks awesome, but I'd probably pick it up for the Switch instead

I liked Full Quiet, was genuinely impressive for the NES. Good world design to give an easier but longer path for new players but let you break out in replays, doing most of the game in any order.

Bosses weren't easy though, I spent a lot of time at endgame redoing them over and over.

>>11118275
I jave no idea how to navigate this game or what to do, its really that esotheric and cryptic to me.

Glory Hunters looks really cool.
Gameboy game in the same vein as Zelda where the objective is to collect achievements basically.
There’s a demo out to try on the guys site. Full game released not to long ago but sadly can’t find a download for it.

>>11117501
Demons of Asteborg for the genesis is a great classicvania-like

>>11118337
Here anon (though it says it's a GBA rom, not a GB rom like the demo. I haven't tested it yet, but I'm planning on changing the file extension to ".gb" and see if it works on a plain GB/GBC emulator, if you also want to give that a whirl): https://files.catbox.moe/kcu6sk.zip

There's a Real Bout Fatal Fury for Sega Gen rom released recently (check /hbg/ thread for details, though sadly the final version doesn't work in all Genesis emulators (the previous versions do, though, which are also available in /hbg/, if you look carefully through a certain thread).

>>11117517
>>11118423
>Demons of Asteborg
Sadly, it also only works in few emulators because of its file size and probably programming tricks/loopholes.

>>11117842
>a very cool demo of a Symphony of the Night on Genesis
>a
You know of one that's fairly complete? All I've found of that guy's work is demos where Alucard runs around in individual hallways and stuff.

>>11118478
Ah nice one. Cheers, bro.

>>11118478
Works on a Gameboy Advance emulator. I tried changing the extension to .gb and .gbc but couldn't get it working on a Gameboy/color emulator.
Still haven't tried putting it on a Gameboy flashcart yet though.
Thanks again by the way.

>>11118837
Anyone got an idea how to convert a GBA back to a GB one?

>>11118837
Won't run on a GBA using a flash cart to have it read as an emulator compatible .gb file.
DOES boot when run as a .gba file. So I have no idea why.

>>11118337
>GBStudio
>shadman meme

>>11119054
I'm sorry? I must not be in the loop. What's shadman meme?

Putting a modern indie game onto retro consoles says something about the developers, and I can't put my finger on what it is, but I don't like it.

>>11119132
It shows that they're based, correct.

>>11119091
They are describing an image of the character named Winslow T. Oddfellow from the 1998 animated series CatDog leaving the room upon seeing something undesirable.

The NES version of Pac-Man Championship Edition is really slick.

>>11119156
Sick Namco N163 soundtrack as well.

>>11119143
Lol ah ok. Thanks anon.
But yeah i completely understand that reaction. Normally I'd feel the same way. But just the premise of this game seemed interesting to me.

Neo Heiankyo Alien on NES is great. Still prefer the Gameboy version but Neo is a nice alternative

>>11117501
Bump

>>11118515
>>11118837
Yw anon, and thanks for testing it for us and in general reminding me that this game existed (since I searched for it a few months ago with no avail). Hopefully we can get our hands on a .gb version of it, aoon.

No one has mentioned the Rugrats NES game? (This is just a demo btw)

>>11121364
there is also a Rainbow Brite game but its NESMaker tier trash, yet something like could have been from 1987

Nothing beats Kira Kira Star Night and Astro Ninja Man

>>11117848
nah there are semi decent ones for snes and pc engine in active development.

the difference is that sgdk is more or less the unreal engine or unity for retro systems. it's got asset processing tools, music drivers, a high performance sprite engine, and it uses gcc. you don't even need to know how the hardware works in detail to make a finished game.

>>11122537
>there are semi decent ones for snes
SNES homebrew has been nothing but a shit show, what are you talking about? It's either fake Game Maker games being passed off as "SNES", or the worst garbage you've ever seen in you're life. The "best" one was the failed attempt to port Xeno Crisis to the SNES, but there were so many compromises made that there's no reason to ever play that version instead of the many other better versions, and that's despite it using a cheater chip several times more powerful than the entire SNES. SGDK turned the Mega Drive into the preferred homebrew console for a reason, it's because the hardware itself is very friendly for programmers. I do wish there were more homebrews for the PC Engine though.

>>11122637
Here's one that allegedly is a real SNES homebrew and not a Game Maker Nimaginendo type of Deviantart autismo

https://twitter.com/SokZaJelo/status/1818297535393591670

>>11122637
I'm talking about pvsneslib and HuC (which I've used quite a bit myself). They're not as good as they could be, but they're semi decent and both have been used for finished games.
There's a sort of fundamental limitation to how well those processors can handle compiled C code though. Both SDKs compilers generate slow, bloated code and until a lot of work is put into that, assembly is the best way to go unless your game is pretty conservative.

Check out rex nobilis if you're inclined. It's probably the most interesting snes homebew in development right now. 100% 65816 asm, of course.

>>11119132
If you are going to make pixelshit, you might as well put it on pixelshit platforms.

Did Orange Island ever come out?

>>11123047
hasnt yet, and it even admits its pozzed shit.

besides, it just looks like a prettier and fancier UNIROM game that uses 16x16 sprites anyways

btw, i am organizing my library of NES aftermarkets, might share it individually cause i dont wanna snitch the sites i got em

>>11119132
>PC version= 300Mb
>Mega Drive version= 4Mb

>>11123351
Its mostly because PC games have uncompressed graphics, that and bloated placebo data

>>11117501
Ok here it is, my NES library of Aftermarket Homebrews.

NES (Aftermarket) (Full games)
>https://files.catbox.moe/68ldzf.rar

Keep in mind 95% of these are NESMaker tier garbage, but there are unique stuff like All versions of Kira Kira Star i could find, saved from my older backups, as well as Alwa's Awekening 8-bit edition (the full game), i combined archives from 3 different websites and my own backups, this will do.

NES (Aftermarket) (Demos/Samples)
>https://files.catbox.moe/f1ay57.rar
I also made another one just for Demos

>>11123448
maybe tomorrow i will release an archive of the stuff that doesnt suck or its actually damn good, samples included.

I like Toy Shop Trouble for the VCS.

>>11117517
Yuzo Koshiro is also making a Genesis shmup called Earthion right now and doing the entire soundtrack. He has videos on his twitter, I'm very excited for it

Anyone have Neo Geo roms of the NG:Dev games? I want to play the Neo Geo versions, not the ports.

>>11117501
I thought "The Machine" on Gameboy was really unique

There's also a resident evil Gameboy homebrew that's really good. not based on the original shitty gbc version at all.

>>11119132
fuck off faggot

>>11124324
>There's also a resident evil Gameboy homebrew that's really good
More info, please

>>11117501
The only games I can think of are Xeno Crisis and Micro Mages.

>>11122914
>twatter link
>zero context, not even an image or the title of the game in question
why even bother posting

>>11124914
>Waaa waaaaah dont wanna click the twitter waaaah

>>11124883
free
https://grammy-games.itch.io/resident-evil-grim-beginnings

>>11123448
>>11123452
Grabbed and thanks anon.

>>11123448
I see No-Intro still hasn't added the older versions of Touhou Rououmu despite still being on his server.
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://kyoske.sakura.ne.jp/nes*
Here are the betas of Bobl v1.3 from the Discord.
https://files.catbox.moe/6jiszp.7z

>>11125434
Oh thank you.

>>11123448
Thank you, anon

>>11125434
based homebrew archiver

>>11125043
Had no idea. This is cool. Thanks much

>>11128278
That lools stupid

Bump

>>11117523
This upload has the Genesis version of Alice Sisters, along with a lot of other commercial aftermarket games.

https://archive.org/details/no-intro-priv

>>11117826
>NSMB
God....why!

Life On Mars was fun, if not a little busted in some areas. Played the Genesis version.

>>11131630
Didnt worked on Genesi Plus GX (sound breaks) and Picrodrive doesnt even run it.

Anyone knows theres's a rom for World cup 1985? It's a modern game for the megadrive, but I can't find it

>>11133080
Hadn't heard of this one before you mentioning it. Looks cool. I also couldn't find it, but I'll keep my eyes peeled now. The publisher Nape Games says it's out of stock, so hopefully perhaps it will be released for free by the developer, 1985 Alternativo (because they released in the PD at least one other game they made, namely, Oh Mummy! Genesis).

>>11132162
Probably just to see if it could be done. Seeing DS graphics on an SNES is cool, regardless of the genericness of the NSMB series.

>>11118478
>>11118837
>>11118930
The rom is packed inside a GBC emulator for GBA called Goomba Color. You can use the emulator VBA to view the rom information to see for yourself. Naturally a GBC won't be able to play a GBA game with a GBC emulator inside. You simply need to extract the rom data from the emulator package file, which you can do using something like Goomba Save Manager https://github.com/libertyernie/goombasav
https://files.catbox.moe/kx5ifq.rar

>>11132597
>Didnt worked
Oh, it didn't worked for you? It didn't worked? I'm SO sorry to hear that! The "sound breaking" definitely cannot in any way be blamed on the hardware being run by someone who writes "Didnt worked" but instead must surely be the problem with the source material. Fucking turd wurldr piece of shit. Fuck you. Didnt worked. Fuck off.

>>11134713
Huh? Are you ok?

>>11119197
Sort of related (even though it's not homebrew):
I recently found out there's a Super Famicom port of Heiyankyo Alien on Nichibutsu Arcade Classics 2.

>>11134746
Yeah.

>>11132597
That game may have a problem similar to the one caused by that recent Real Bout Fatal Fury Genesis port's bank-switching, then.

>>11134928
funny enough the late one works with the latets Picodrive core on RA 1.7.6, but the Alice game doesnt.

>>11122637
>>11122914
That guy made the excellent Mega Man: The Sequel Wars on Sega, you samefagging console war troon.

>>11117501
I first discovered this on a retrobit plug n play with wonky emulation, so I am not 100% sure if its snes or gba. This is one of the few games that really scratches that Tetris "one more try" itch for me. The objective is to match tiles on a 4 way sliding playfield. The same numbers connecting makes a combined total(2+2=4) with the goal being to reach 2048. It combines both that addictive line clearing autism of Puzzle de Pon or Bejewled and needing to pre plan multiple steps ahead since every move adds a new block and you lose if all spots are filled with no more possible combinations. I am assuming this is a homebrew port of something that has been around for a while on computers.

Also props to this little crappy device to introducing me to Zooming Secretaries (nes) and Broken Circle(gba).

>>11123448
Thanks anon, was looking for that weird version of Kira Kira that they gave out for paying taxes or something

>>11123448
Anon delivers!

Life in Mars doesnt work on Emulators and neither is Life in Earth

>>11136987
He should stick with Sega like all the other competent homebrew developers. Making SNES slop that's guaranteed to play like shit due to console bottlenecks that cannot be avoided isn't a good look and is a tremendous waste of time.

>>11137414
Not sure if you're talking about the MSX versions or the Mega Drive versions but either way both games are absolute garbage that aren't even worth pirating with horribly clashing ai-slop assets that make your eyes bleed

>>11137414
I've played them both on Wii via the Genesis Plus GX emulator, so you're doing something wrong. Do you want me to upload my copies of those two here?

>>11138296
yes please.

>>11138296
>ib4 werks4mii

https://files.catbox.moe/9yfslu.mp4

>>11125434
>I see No-Intro still hasn't added the older versions of Touhou Rououmu despite still being on his server.
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://kyoske.sakura.ne.jp/nes*
Thanks! Here's all those listed files zipped up for anonymous' convenience (and for a backup archive): https://files.catbox.moe/6mf6fn.zip

>>11131630
Thanks! Here are almost every one of those links for each system backed up, in case that ever gets taken down. The only ones excluded from this pack are the extremely large Dreamcast and DS zips, but one of you psychos here better find a way to back up and upload those two here, as well.
>No-Intro Aftermarket private collection (up to July 22, 2024) - Sega 16-bit console games
https://files.catbox.moe/eoxlo4.zip
>No-Intro Aftermarket private collection (up to July 22, 2024) - N64 games
https://files.catbox.moe/b3t221.zip
>No-Intro Aftermarket private collection (up to July 22, 2024) - Headered NES games
https://files.catbox.moe/dmqebb.zip
>No-Intro Aftermarket private collection (up to July 22, 2024) - All other available game consoles
https://files.catbox.moe/0mt6s3.zip

Here's one more thing that looks cool (yes, like the aforementioned private aftermarket DC & DS collections, I have backed this up (both Win & Mac versions), and you're a complete moron if you don't back this up as well, for obvious reasons) https://bunnynaut.itch.io/modern-modern-chef

>>11134396
Thanks for the tips and tools, anon. I'll give that a try sometime (though hoefully another anon here will do so before me, since I don't see myself working on this in the near future).

>>11138303
Well, I half lied and now see what you mean. Life on Earth: Reimagined (from that collection) indeed doesn't work on emulators. I forgot that I only had the demo of it before this. Hopefully someone can get a patched version of that in here for us. But I still have a working Life on Mars: Genesis, so here's that, anon: http://files.catbox.moe/ttb0in.md

>>11138579
thanks for delivering all that, anon

>>11138579
>Well, I half lied and now see what you mean. Life on Earth: Reimagined (from that collection) indeed doesn't work on emulators. I forgot that I only had the demo of it before this. Hopefully someone can get a patched version of that in here for us. But I still have a working Life on Mars: Genesis, so here's that, anon: http://files.catbox.moe/ttb0in.md

Oh thanks pal, i tought you were just trying to shitpost, but seems you just made a mistake, no biggies.

>>11138579I heard that Iwara out all places has a host for files too

>>11138579
>though hopefully another anon here will do so before me
check the catbox link

>>11123448
This list doesn't have..
>Legacy Of The Wizard.nes
>The Sword Of Ianna.NES
>Kylandria.NES
>Garbage Pail Kids: Mad Mike And The Quest for Stale Gum.NES
>Orange Island.NES
>Second Adventure.NES
>Blockage.NES
>Secret of Necro Nancy.NES
https://youtu.be/p8F6FLhonIs?t=630

>>11139236
Can't speak for all of those games nor for the anon you replied to, but Orange Island, for one, has yet to be released. The creator promised his Kickstarter backers to release it in 2020 or 2021, and he's now mocking them on his blog there for complaining about it, with great hubris and feigned victimhood. He's also a proud literal faggot, probably unsurprisingly

>>11139236
two thirds of these are NESMaker garbage.

>>11122637
What is failed about the SNES XenoCrisis port, aside from the cut down resolution and sampled music? Doesnt it have slightly better control, where you can roll and shoot at the same time? Also some SNES transparency effects and a voiced intro.

>>11139642
It goes against his thirdworld manchild nostalgia, so it's automatically bad. He posts this same shit in every homebrew thread, unprompted, just like you expect from fanboy troons like himself.

>>11139389
Wasnt orange island being made by japs?

>>11140004
Ha ha ha ha, NO.

https://orangeisland.notion.site/Orange-Island-e888fea005ec41fe9a5d1685a8f08be7

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vontheodore/orange-island

https://x.com/orangeislandok?lang=en

Believe me, not gonna be worth the wait.

Are there any good GBA homebrew titles outside of Goodboy Galaxy?

>>11139650
>>11139642
the snes port just puts a chip in the cart that is more powerful than the snes itself, and emulates the sega. it's lame as hell. goes against the spirit of homebrew. you can put a miyoo mini in a nes cart and emulate ps1 on it, kind of fucking stupid though.

>>11140220
Is this true or just the same another schizopasta posted regularly? SNES Xeno doesn't look like it takes more horsepower then say, DKC or even Super Metroid, since its basically Smash TV with Aliens.

>>11140247
They were just being lazy.
porting the game to snes the honest way would be a ground up rebuild since they're too different. That's the reason for "Aladdin syndrome" or whatever they call it

Has anyone checked if the ROMs in the rereleases of the Shockman series can be extracted?
All of them have been translated, and the second game (the one that is a MegaMan clone) got a retranslation too.
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/concept/10010410

>>11138641
Yw, fren

>>11138652
How about a QRD on this Iwara?

>>11138669
Cool! Thank you for doing this and sharing it, too, anon. Works perfectly as a .gb file, now.

>>11138317
>>11138650
Sorry for the mislead, anon. I did sound kind of hostile before, and I appreciate your understanding and forgiveness.

>>11140004
He got a couple of classic Japanese VG composers to make some songs for it, but the rest of the game is made by him, I think.

>>11140562
First I've even heard of this collection. Thanks for letting us know about it. Anons of /vr/ have done things like this before and surely will do it again, as long as they're aware of packages like this.

>>11140119
See >>11134549 and >>11134740

>>11137028
Thanks for the rec, anon. I was aware of the NES and Sega versions of 2048 (the Sega has an especially good tune in it), but I wasn't aware of more versions. Looks like the one you played is the SNES version, which was hard to find, so here's a new upload for it so no one else has to go through that search: https://files.catbox.moe/cj4zo8.zip

>>11137028
There's a sequel to Zooming Secretaries on Genesis, now, if you want to check it out.

>>11142181
>Iwara
Anime porn site. /e/ loves it.

>>11142181
>Thanks for letting us know about it
Your welcome, m8.
The games were released as separate titles on both Switch, Xbox and PS4/PS5 if you need to know what version to rip from

>>11142712
This is seriously awesome news, anon. I've known about the only localized TurboGrafx one since it launched on Wii VC and also finally got around to playing the Columbus Circle localized SNES one. Pretty good time. I reposted your request for this in /hbg/, since someone there probably can handle this project (unlike me).

>>11121364
This and the Grimace one are interesting to say the least. Licensed retro games for consoles that have been discontinued for over 20 years are fascinating. Like, how did these even get pitched?

>>11138579
*and you're a complete moron if you like this fangame and don't also back it up

>>11132597
>Didn't work on Genesis Plus GX (soind breaks)
Apparently, that's just a bug with the game itself, because if you skip a cutscene before it finishes, the music plays as normal. But besides this error, the controls should be customizable: it's Alex Kidd in Miracle World button configuration by default. Also, there's no pause function, which is stupid (Start just sends you back to the title screen, where you can thankfully select any level you've played so far).

Also, here's the GBA version (or rather, ONE GBA version I found) of Alice Sisters: https://files.catbox.moe/jlpap1.ZIP
This version has it's own problems, however. Despite fixing the control issues of the Genesis version (including now including a pause function), it doesn't let you even start the game unless you press (NOT hold) L at the language select screen before selecting a language. But its fun besides all that!

>>11137414
>>11138579
>>11138650
Good news update! I found a working version of the other one, broski (CONFIRMED, this time): https://files.catbox.moe/bge839.zip
(Life on Earth - Reimagined.md)

>>11121364
>>11143492
Here's the rom of that (Rugrats - Adventures in Gameland (Demo)), speaking of which: https://files.catbox.moe/6us324.nes

>>11144097
>11138650 #
>Good news update! I found a working version of the other one, broski (CONFIRMED, this time): https://files.catbox.moe/bge839.zip
(Life on Earth - Reimagined.md)

link didn't work

>>11123559
same

>>11119132
Maybe that they have more talent than you?

>>11144097
>>11144792
Link worked when i tried, no, not it that WERKS4MII thing, i mean, it really worked for me, thanks fella, sadly i got confused with GBA alice sisters and glitched out on mGBA.

>>11144097
>Here's the rom of that (Rugrats - Adventures in Gameland (Demo)), speaking of which: https://files.catbox.moe/6us324.nes

Thanks, but i believe this fella's link already had it. >>11123448

>>11144792
I tried that link on a different device, and it unironically did work for me. That said, I just tried it on this on, after using a different VPN location than I normally do, and Catbox wouldn't even load, so maybe that has something to do with it.

Regardless, try this new link, anon (it has the only relevant file from that last zip in it, now): https://files.catbox.moe/5th6t8.md

>>11145665
>thanks fella
Np, anon!
>sadly i got confused with GBA alice sisters and glitched out on mGBA
I haven't tried it on mGBA yet, and only tested it through like the third level, but give me more details if you can.

>>11145673
Oh nice. I have that anon's pack downloaded, but have yet to look through it (and also forgot to).

>>11118483
>Sadly, it also only works in few emulators because of its file size and probably programming tricks/loopholes.
what?
no it doesn't, I played it on my Mega Everdrive with no issues

>>11146428
No kidding, cause you are still playin on a Genny.

>>11146468
Are you sure you don't just have a bugged or older version of it?

>>11146502
Upload your non-bugged version, and I'll test it.

>>11147637
Demons of Asteborg only works on Picodrive and recent Genesis Plus GX (the actual latest nightly build)

>>11140019
At this point (4 years late), he's probably going to end up canceling it due to "bigotry" and "death threats" or something.

Bump