Tag: Homebrew

Sydney Hunter & The Sacred Tribe, New Platformer Coming to MSX, Intellivision, Master System and Colecovision!

Sydney Hunter is a new retro-style adventure/puzzle platformer. Armed only with his trusty boomerang, Sydney must navigate dark caverns while avoiding bats, ghosts, hot lava and other obstacles. The Sacred Tribe is the second game in the Sydney Hunter series. Already announced two years ago, Sydney Hunter & The Caverns of Death is still in development. Sydney Hunter, the great…

Castle Defender, A New Tower Defence Game for the BBC Micro

ChrisB over at stardot forums has announced a new game for the BBC Micro. Castle Defender currently is the BBC Micro’s only tower defence game. Use your skill and judgement to place three types of defensive towers to protect your castles from attack. Featuring 75K of original high resolution mode 1 graphics over four levels of machine code action! Can…

Wolfcastle McBain, A New Homebrew ZX Spectrum Game inspired by The Simpsons

Wolfcastle McBain is a new ZX Spectrum homebrew game inspired by The Simpsons character Rainier Luftwaffe Wolfcastle, an Austrian, musclebound action movie star and a parody of Arnold Schwarzenegger. The game is made with the La Churrera Engine (Mojon Twins), and puts you in control of McBain, blasting away enemies in a top down view, similar to Into the Eagles…

Astro Force, Sega Master System Homebrew Shoot ’em Up, SMS Coding Competition 2017

We all love a good shooter, don’t we? :) Astro Force is a nod to classic Shoot ’em ups from back in the day. Heavily inspired by Thunder force, RSG, Aleste, Gaiares, MSX Nemesis and R-Type, Astro Force features 6 stages, 30+ enemy types, 11 bosses and some lovely music (courtesy of the Mod2PSG tool). If you like shmups, this…

Mecha-8, Sega Master System Game Demo, SMS Coding Competition 2017

Merciless aliens have overrun a small planet, taking the army by surprise! Now the last remaining defence is the Mecha Research’s Lab and its unique two mechas, but these are the most powerful! Guide Tricia Thunder on board Mecha-8 to gain freedom! The demo will end after level 3, the full game contains 6 levels and is available for a…

Breath of the NES, Nintendo Switch “Breath of the Wild” inspired 2D Prototype for Windows

Breath of the NES is a “Breath of the Wild” inspired fanmade demo game for Windows, offering a new adventure in the classic Zelda style, but with smooth animations and a more interactive world! Currently you can play around in a mini overworld, testing out the gameplay, while discovering lot’s of fun items! We wonder though how long it will be before…

Betelgeuse, New NES Homebrew Shooter in Development

retrogamedev over at NintendoAge forums has shared some News about his new NES Homebrew game in development called betelgeuse. Retro describes the game as a “Zelda 1 Like Shooter”. From what we can see, the graphics resemble similarities to NES Zelda and the game has “Shoot’ em up” aspects thrown in. He also mentions that game engine is almost complete (sprite engine, collisions, animations and sprite…

Sonic Time Twisted, Sonic Fan Made Game Finally Released After 12 Year Development!

Metal Sonic returns from the Little Planet with a plan to resurrect his creator using ancient alien technology. Can Sonic, Tails and Knuckles collect the Chaos Emerald and Time Stones to stop Metal Sonic before its too late? Sonic Time Twisted is an unofficial fan made Sonic the Hedgehog game that has been in development for 12 years. Featuring 28…

Genblast! New Homebrew Space Shoot ’em Up for ZX Spectrum

Good afternoon Retro Gamers, today we have a special Homebrew treat for you all, Dave Hughes has released a new Shoot ’em up for your Speccy! Dave decided to set himself a goal and see what could be achieved using an old game engine, his choice was Games Designer from Quicksilva Ltd released in 1983! This program is well known…

The Big Javi’s Adventure, New AGD Speccy Homebrew Release by Raul Carrillo

We have been spoilt with many awesome new AGD (Arcade Game Designer) games these past few months. Andy Johns awesome releases, Monty’s Honey Run, Temple of Lost Souls and not so long ago the great Ooze, as well as Foggys Quest by John Blythe and many more. All fantastic games with much time and thought put into them. And so the trend continues with…