32 New Sega Genesis & Mega Drive Games in Development in 2024

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

An early happy new year to everyone! If you're interested in any of these then be sure to check the links in the video description for more info. If you have the financial means to do so, then I would highly recommend supporting Stef's SGDK Patreon (even if for just the price of a coffee per month), as pretty much all these games are being created using his superb development kit and he's generous enough not to demand any royalties, even for commercial games! You'll find the link to that in the video description too. I wish everyone happiness and health for 2024!

[@rustymixer2886]

Great video

[@laurentcrouzet4588]

Some youtube links were screwed in the description ! Superb video ! Happy New Year !

[@mikaelandersson1288]

Will there be a physical version?

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

All should be fixed now :)@@laurentcrouzet4588

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

Thanks!@@rustymixer2886

[@GreyMatterShades]

Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:23 - Earthion by Ancient (Yuzo Koshiro) 2:53 - Tech Demo by Shannon Birt 3:33 - Lufthonheit by Shannon Birt, Carsten Glaser, Crouzet Laurent, and Cyan 4:21 - Chords by Matteusbeus 5:12 - Daemon Claw by Bit Beam Cannon and Neofid Studios 6:14 - Kirito the Game by Cyber808, Thulf Ham, Rek1Visqueux, Fre Dial, and FredoLeponge 6:58 - Gears of Rage by Laserbit Games 7:28 - Space Hunter by Daniel Moura, Daniel Cisneros, and David Nnay 8:35 - Starfox Port by Gasega68k 9:49 - Heavy Recoil by Mikael Tillander 10:25 - Shadow Dancer Arcade Port by Daniel Moura 11:19 - Life on Earth by Kai Magazine Software and Savaged Regime 11:46 - The Secret of the 4 Winds by Kai Magazine Software 12:54 - Space Pants Games projects (Gunslugs, Go! Go! PogoGirl, Cube Droid, Unnamed SHMUP) 13:29 - Dragon’s Lair and Wacky Racers by Mr Space Pants 13:51 - ColocoDX by Tuxedo Game Development Studios 14:23 - Juggernaut Sprite Size Tech Demo by Pyron and RheoGamer 14:42 - Real Bout Fatal Fury Special by RheoGamer 15:15 - Street Fighter Alpha by Davilia Games 16:20 - Go For It! by I Heart Pizza 16:59 - Kenseiden 2 by Master Linkuei and Edmo Caldas 17:57 - Planet B by Overrated Future 18:21 - Manifold by Erik, Railslave, and TennoKoe 19:33 - Megacraft by Jesse and Jed Shakarji, Shane Geiger, and C418 20:07 - The Kessler Incident (tech demo) by Resistance 20:28 - PSCD Games projects (Hunter Girls, Yeah Yeah Beebiss 2, and BioEvil) 21:24 - Phantom Gear by Bit Rules Games 22:10 - Super Power Kick by Kakoeimon 22:34 - Sacred Line 2 by Sasha Darko 23:03 - City Connection port by HabitSoft 23:38 - Mega R-Type by TheRoboz 24:03 - ZPF by Wide Pixel Games/Mikael Tillander, Gryzor Rozyrg, and JGVex 24:54 - Irena Genesis Metal Fury by White Ninja Studios 25:19 - Outro/SGDK Info

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

Thanks! I meant to do them, but am already exhausted doing both this video and the Chinese version!

[@GreyMatterShades]

@@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials No worries! You've put out a lot of content in the past week, so you've clearly been busy. Hope you enjoy your break in January and happy new year!

[@sucaNaitoraven951]

I prefer having download link of games

[@jamiewalton666]

I would give anything for a new ThunderForce game, for me TF3 was the best it was perfection. A remake on new hardware in HD with more colours and even better parallax plus remastered music would be insane.

[@joezar33]

Real question: 5:12 As anyone gotten the cart for *Daemon Claw* ? On their site says summer and only the MD Cartridge for sell , but zero YTers have review it 🤔

[@RetroSegaDev]

Thank you so much for featuring us! 😊 I think 2024 is going to be a really big year for the MD!

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

You're welcome! Looking forward to seeing more of the game

[@c.glazercrush3994]

That daemon claw,the background design seems a bit like blasphemous.

[@kenzonPower]

@@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials WHY ARE THEY NOT FOR SEGA 32X, I'M NOT HAPPY THERE ARE FOR MEGA DRIVE

[@youuuuuuuuuuutube]

The Genesis is a beast, the limiting factor was mostly cartridge size and developement time. Sega actually didn't lie when it said "Blast Processing" :)

[@claudiosacchi3720]

Totally true! And I cannot imagine what 32x and Sega CD could have done if pushed to the limit

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

No lies detected, haha

[@tabsntoot]

Same with the n64, .portal has been made recently and it looks amazing. A techno music album called remute Also lots of clever goleneye custom maps with added sound samples and textures etc makes it very interesting if you have everdrives

[@diehlr]

I always wonder... what if the N64 had a larger texture cache? Would be interesting if that could be hacked into the Mister N64 core to see what could be done with a larger cache.@@tabsntoot

[@ostiariusalpha]

​@@diehlrThe N64's internal texture cache is twice the size of what the PlayStation had. The cache size wasn't the problem, it was simply starved by the use of cartridges which couldn't hold anything close to the amount of texture maps that a CD could.

[@dacueba-games]

You realize SGDK is special when 90s legends are using it.

[@shannonbirt9267]

Sgdk is very special - even if you don't use all of it it's a fantastic base to start with. For our game Lufthoheiit we use sgdks - xgm sound driver, sgdk scolling/maps and general initialization. We use assembly language for the rest of the routines like sprite movement etc. Rescomp sgdks resource compiler would save any project a huge amount of time alone, hats off to the creator of sgdk Stephane.

[@MurderMostFowl]

The parallax clouds @2:50 … holy crap that is a work of pure art. The whole scene is visually amazing.

[@Sithedd]

That Starfox port is mind-blowing.

[@LaCaverneDesCodeurs]

68000 power.

[@thiagotecnico]

that's a lot of fps for a superlow config

[@udance4ever]

gotta love what that YM2612 adds to the game!

[@MaxAbramson3]

I'd love to work on one if these games if anyone needs someone tondo performance C or 68k Assembly.

[@OtomoTenzi]

Yep, just MORE unfounded hate for Sega coming from all the Nintendo fanboys... 🙄 Just simply because the Genny is the 'PREFERRED' tried-and-true 16-bit platform to develop homebrews and ports on, and also because it's getting a few more extra new games added to its ever-growing library!

[@zabustifu]

Thanks for your continued support for other indie game developers, Pigsy! Personally, working on my game already drains all of my time and energy, but somehow you manage to work on your own game project(s), create tutorials, and also give visibility to other game projects. 👍

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

Yeah, it can leave you feeling drained if you're not careful. I try to keep things as fun as possible and that helps

[@OtomoTenzi]

Yep, just MORE unfounded hate for Sega coming from all the Nintendo fanboys... 🙄 Just simply because the Genny is the 'PREFERRED' tried-and-true 16-bit platform to develop homebrews and ports on, and also because it's getting a few more extra new games added to its ever-growing library!

[@ZeroWalker26]

As some ones who´s first console was a master system and then a mega drive I always seen my self as a sega connoisseur and it makes me happy to see the Mega drive keep getting loved even to this day. Seeing these games just warms my heart. But I will admit what I would love to see is some one getting like a licens to make a old school run and gun game set in Warhammer 40k would be epic to see 40k themed game on a master system.

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

Sounds like a good idea!

[@OtomoTenzi]

Yep, just MORE unfounded hate for Sega coming from all the Nintendo fanboys... 🙄 Just simply because the Genny is the 'PREFERRED' tried-and-true 16-bit platform to develop homebrews and ports on, and also because it's getting a few more extra new games added to its ever-growing library!

[@hopetagulos]

Pigsy is a great narrator, developer and editor. What would the retro gaming community be without him, his presence?

[@denraimei32]

This still thriving scene makes me wish SEGA would greenlight a MD Mini Console full of nothing but indie games.

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

I think an emulation console with a cartridge slot, cd slot and internet connection would be a good idea. They could then sell online and physical editions, not only of their console games, but of arcade games too! Even very cheap computers are capable of emulating up to Dreamcast/Model 3 now, so we should be getting close to the ideal $99 price point. Unlike the mini consoles, they could then continue to make money from game sales too!

[@denraimei32]

@@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials Seeing that Atari entered the aftermarket with their 2600+, perhaps SEGA and M2 should jump on that bandwagon while they can. Maybe they could go above and beyond with new custom console shells (Green Hill checker pattern and Columns jewels), updated box/cart labels, manuals (Ex: Streets of Rage 2 or Phantasy Star 2 with the Japanese cover art and colored manuals) with an option for legacy versions ("American-ized" art with grayscale manuals), and the return of Mega Games multicarts.

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

I would buy a re-released Shinobi 1-3 special edition cartidge/box in a flash. I'm sure similar special editions (SoR, sonic etc) would sell too@@denraimei32

[@samaeldrakul4191]

that would be truly delicious! just ordered a pi5 to put in a dead megadrive shell got something to route 2 megadrive pads through usb. 🎉​@@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials

[@tabsntoot]

Can’t beat real hardware tho

[@cyberdeous]

Really glad this is the first place we can see our new game in the cooking. Lufthoheit ! Shannon and Carsten are beast of work ! Working on the game and creating the soundtrack for this game is phenomenal. Thank you for the indie support !

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

You're welcome! I've been in touch with Shannon quite a bit and know you have all been working very hard on the project. Good luck with it!

[@cyberdeous]

@@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials What's fun is that we are 2 times represented in your video. Working on Mega R-type is also incredible !

[@GreyMatterShades]

@cyberdeous Your game looks fantastic! Can't wait to see more 👍

[@MaxAbramson3]

Do you need a programmer who knows C and 68k?

[@Momoka7]

1:45 I think the one MAJOR factor that hold them back is indeed Cartridge Size. Many 3D effects could be "faked" using sprite animation among other tricks, one game that shows this off really nicely is Contra Hard Corps. Imagine the guys behind that title had 32MB to work with.

[@GimblyGFR]

As usual with your new Genesis & Mega Drive game videos, I've discovered a lot of games that I had no idea were being developed. Thanks for releasing these every year. Happy New Year, Pigsy. Have a great 2024.

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

Glad to hear it! I know everyone here is really interested in MD dev, so it can be hard to find stuff that they don't already know about. Happy 2024 to you too!

[@ryansteele2111]

Didn't think the Mega Drive could reproduce the Starfox soundtrack so accurately...

[@udance4ever]

while i only listened through an SNES walkthrough, the MD version sounds so much better imo!!

[@ryansteele2111]

It would seem nobody got what I meant. To me, the section with Starfox doesn't sound at all like what the Mega Drive hardware is possible of. Last I knew, the Mega Drive didn't use samples/soundfonts... something dubious is afoot.

[@crimson-foxtwitch2581]

@@ryansteele2111possibly sample streaming & PCM software mixing?

[@petrk2603]

Why shouldn't use them? MD/Genesis doesn't just have a chip for FM synthesis, it also has an old Texas Instruments SN for compatibility with Master System, through which it can produce digital samples very well with a old and well-known trick, plus it has its own processor for sound control, albeit only a Z80.

[@protocetid]

How do people continue to unlock power from this console?? It's the shonen protagonist of the video game world lol, at this rate I expect the people tinkering with it to say "this isn't even its final form" and turn it into a Saturn lol.

[@slightlytwistedagain]

As a shmup fan I feel like I'm going to be spoiled for choice in 2024. While Earthion is going have amazing polish to its presentation, it appears Lufthoheit is going to be setting a new standard on how much insanity can be thrown on the screen at once on the ye olde Mega.

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

Definitely a lot of great shooters coming! Lufthoheit really may end up being something special!

[@deltakid0]

Starfox without the SuperFX chip is unbelievable, I know it's on early development but pulling this off so far is very impressive, I'm wondering if it's possible to implement the bosses without a slowdown

[@deltakid0]

@brainblastpro how about converting Killer Instinct soundtrack to Genesis? In my opinion is one of the nicest in the entire SNES library.

[@deltakid0]

@brainblastpro I had it in cassette tape XD, a friend of mine did a copy for me back in 1995 because my stereo system didn't have CD

[@OtomoTenzi]

Yep, just MORE unfounded hate for Sega coming from all the Nintendo fanboys... 🙄 Just simply because the Genny is the 'PREFERRED' tried-and-true 16-bit platform to develop homebrews and ports on, and also because it's getting a few more extra new games added to its ever-growing library!

[@breakpack]

Time and technology are really unlocking these retro systems to their full potential!! Amazing to see these new games running on classic game machines!! Can you imagine when we get fully optimized development kits on all the retro systems? Think of the amazing games that could be made even on the most obscure game system! Great video!!

[@protocetid]

You really have to admire the outstanding accomplishments that are these projects. Demakes and impressive original games wouldn't be possible without bold and skilled developers who sometimes manage to push a retro system further than the best looking official game did. And the people who tinker with the console and create the tools that make homebrewing possible, they are often unsung heroes. I've always said mod and fan game creators are one of the best things about gaming. I've been keeping an eye at the evolving Sega Saturn scene. Once again developers are showing how amazing fandoms can be by actually working on that system too, they've tried to make the Saturn Sonic game Sega itself couldn't. Sadly most of attempts don't get off the ground, as to be expected. If anyone manages to create a good 3D Sonic it will be among the most impressive Sonic related homebrew projects. I'd like to know if it would be possible to demake Sonic Adventure on the Saturn.

[@breakpack]

@@protocetid It is incredible the hard work everyone puts in and seeing these amazing results! I love seeing what these retro systems do that I thought were impossible! Hats off to everyone's involved!!! You are amazing!

[@OtomoTenzi]

Yep, just MORE unfounded hate for Sega coming from all the Nintendo fanboys... 🙄 Just simply because the Genny is the 'PREFERRED' tried-and-true 16-bit platform to develop homebrews and ports on, and also because it's getting a few more extra new games added to its ever-growing library!

[@OtomoTenzi]

@@protocetid Yep, just MORE unfounded hate for Sega coming from all the Nintendo fanboys... 🙄 Just simply because the Genny is the 'PREFERRED' tried-and-true 16-bit platform to develop homebrews and ports on, and also because it's getting a few more extra new games added to its ever-growing library!

[@OtomoTenzi]

@@breakpack Yep, just MORE unfounded hate for Sega coming from all the Nintendo fanboys... 🙄 Just simply because the Genny is the 'PREFERRED' tried-and-true 16-bit platform to develop homebrews and ports on, and also because it's getting a few more extra new games added to its ever-growing library!

[@MrLandale]

The aftermarket for Mega Drive / Genesis has soon a bigger library of games than were offically released back in the days, it's amazing!

[@GreyMatterShades]

Awesome job with the video, Pigsy! I made timestamps in another comment in case you wanted to integrate them so people can find a specific game easier. There's a lot of amazing games in the works right now! I'm personally most looking forward to Earthion, Lufthonheit, Daemon Claw, Heavy Recoil, Go! Go! PogoGirl, Kenseiden 2, BioEvil, Phantom Gear, and ZPF. So much impressive looking stuff! I'm hoping 2024 is the year where I actually start working on making prototypes of some of the ideas I've been kicking around since I first found your tutorials. All the best in 2024! 🍻

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

Just think small at first (try to put a single sprite on the screen, then 2, then the background etc). If you take things step by step then you'll get there eventually. Good luck!

[@entertainmentwizard2703]

The Genesis is definitely alive and going strong! Irena Genesis Metal Fury continues to get better and better, ZPF is looking amazing, really liking how Earthion by Ancient is looking, didn't know about Luftoheit (King of the Sky) but it's looking impressive, Heavy Recoil looks fun and of course your port of Castlevania Symphony Of The Night is incredible!

[@OtomoTenzi]

Yep, just MORE unfounded hate for Sega coming from all the Nintendo fanboys... 🙄 Just simply because the Genny is the 'PREFERRED' tried-and-true 16-bit platform to develop homebrews and ports on, and also because it's getting a few more extra new games added to its ever-growing library!

[@roberto1519]

I'm not a developer, but I wonder if there's a reason specifically why the post market releases became commonplace for the Mega Drive, is it its hardware design, video resolution, CPU and overall specs more appealing to development somehow, or is is just the most beloved classic console of the bunch?

[@tabsntoot]

Yea it’s the way the snes operates with external chips and weird coding I love the snes such I guess it’s just more attainable on megadrive to get the desired idea results

[@iwanttocomplain]

SGDK

[@iwanttocomplain]

But really Xeno Crisis. A game made by (previously) retired professionals. It made money. Bitmap Bureau made it look easy. But they used to make SMD games.

[@fabioriato]

The 68k processor helps in that matter. A lot of systems used it back in the day, so it's been studied/programmed for by many people over the years, and for all I know it's also friendly for C programming. That leads to the SGDK development kit that most devs are using nowadays. Having a modern, dedicated devkit is HUGE. And people aren't wrong when they say the MD was the superior machine compared to its peers (NeoGeo notwithstanding, as it was essentially an arcade board turned console) in what it could do by itself. The PC Engine was roughly an 8-bit system with 16-bit graphics, and the SNES' architecture was made to be reliant on external hardware (the many games with chips) after they had successfully applied that for the latter NES games. I believe we're finally starting to scratch the surface of the Mega Drive's true potential now, and I wonder what the console would be able to do had it not been "held back" by retrocompatibility with the SMS in its inception.

[@iwanttocomplain]

​@deansatan9573this video has 5 SNES homebrews in it, 48 NES games (almost all Mega Man clones), 21 Genesis games, 51 Game Boy and GBC games. So NES and GB games dominate the video which use the 6502 system archetecture. It's the 6502 architecture, not the cpu clock speed is the bottleneck. I forgot specifically the issue with bottlenecks but it's actually related to how 6502 systems handle memory transfers (awkwardly). The NES dev scene seems quite strong despite this issue with 6502. But people have been homebrewing on 6502 machines for a long time, they are just more likely to be C64 and NES games. So if you are experienced with the 6502, you should be able to get good results. I feel the majority of NES games are hacks of Zelda and Super Mario Bros, so that's low hanging fruit and not really trying very hard at programming. I feel the Nintendo homebrew scene is more about adding levels and difficulty to already beloved franchises. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3KqfniQq7pkasksi=ehmRpjC8EuALXJOa

[@MasterLinkuei]

Thanks for mentioning my and @edmocaldas project Hayato's Journey (aka Kenseiden 2) Happy new year my friend and keep it up with your amazing Symphony of the Night adaptation!!!

[@flaviatatiana1953]

Thanks Master, happy new year.

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

Looking forward to playing it. BTW, where does the background from that final scene come from (with the moon and clouds)?

[@MasterLinkuei]

@@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials Actraiser 🤣

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

Ah yes, that's where it's from, thanks!@@MasterLinkuei

[@atomicskull6405]

Weird how everyone knows of Yuzo Koshiro but his sister Ayano who was a graphics designer on Streets of Rage 2 and a bunch of other well known games is almost unknown in the west.

[@meganchoi9097]

13:52 Coloco DX actually looks a lot like Sub-Terrania on Genesis.

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

It does a little!

[@iwanttocomplain]

It's actually very close to the unreleased game ResQ.

[@chumorgan443]

I'm a Megadrive child and love what you guys are doing. But I wish the SNES was able to be programmed for too. It would be amazing to see the old friendly rivalry like on Spurring the other team to do better.

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

Yeah, it would be great if there were lots of SNES games coming out too

[@ischmidt]

The available tools are much better for the Genesis/MD from what I've seen, which is a major thing. There's no equivalent to SGDK or the music tools or anything else as far as I'm aware. Plenty of us out here know how to properly program the 65816 to go fast, but we're sticking with the Apple IIgs and Foenix F256/F256 Jr for now.

[@paul1979uk2000]

@deansatan9573 Yeah, it does seem the SNES doesn't get much love compared to the Amiga, Mega Drive and C64. The problem for the SNES is its architecture, which isn't the easiest to program for, whereas the Amiga and Mega Drive share many similarities that can make many cross-platform tools work well for the two and also why many games are being ported to the two machines. As for the C64, it's an 8-biy platform so the amount of work needed is much smaller and games tend to be smaller in scope for that and probably why we don't see that many for 32-bit platforms, the workload would go up a lot unless it's a simply game.

[@deepflake5851]

Very hyped by Kirito looks like a fun BTU

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

It does :)

[@Snake1984fly]

You never said that in mp poto !

[@deepflake5851]

@@Snake1984fly happy to see you finally got out of jail brah

[@matthieum6455]

In this game, Kirito takes his revenge over all the KZbinrs who stabbed him in the back

[@Snake1984fly]

@@matthieum6455 you talked about Boursorama my reuf?

[@tabsntoot]

The fps manifold looks good look foward to any development

[@108Stars]

Small correction: Insane Pain was not made by Davilia Games, but by Blast Process Games. I wouldn't expect any more games from them though. Cool video and great to have such an overview. I hope most of these projects make it to the finish line!

[@egpthree2634]

To think I’d live to see my old gaming rig port StarFox almost perfectly is something I’d never think of in a million years. Mind Melting. Also, your SOTN is coming along incredibly well, and I might just purchase an old MD just to play it. And BioEvil looks incredibly fun. The fact that games are still being made for this system is incredible.

[@Nobunaga1983]

I think this shows how powerful the genesis was. Despite having a weak color palette it has much more raw power than the snes

[@jiankhan]

Fatal Fury looks like the Neo Geo one, great job!

[@toughboy19xx]

The Megadrive still the best 16bit console ever GG and please give max support to KIRITO THE GAME one of the most exciting BTA GG

[@pet7829]

...so many cool Games in development ! but my favourite is "Lufthoheit"👍🔥 ...best wishes to the dev-team - stay strong and keep it going💪

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

I know that team are working really hard on the project!

[@takalakjones3248]

So happy I’m a Sega kid! And a Shooter fan to boot!!! Stoked! Thanks for the update.

[@joel230182]

The music in King of the Sky is banging hard

[@cyberdeous]

Thank you ;)

[@garydobis6395]

2:14 what's a social meteor account?

[@ogsegasteve9430]

"The MegaGen is dead! Long live the MegaGen!" Thank you for putting together this video in addition to the work you are doing on SotN. While I enjoy seeing fan translations of games from other systems, Its even more exciting (for me) to see more and more new IPs developed that will be released as a FULL PHYSICAL game or at least have the potential to be. While 2024 is shaping up to be a great year for the MegaGen, it makes me wonder what kind of amazing things could be done if the MDdev community had understanding and fluency with the 32x.

[@nicktronson2977]

Kenseiden 2 looking like an official sequel.

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

I like it a lot!

[@bruhaha69]

Loving the Zillion music in that Space Hunter demo.

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

We need a fan-made Zillion 3 on the MD!

[@gpl992]

Wait so that's not the actual games music?I loved the music in this

[@ihaveallthecoins2785]

So many cool MD games in the works! Thanks for this video. Arcade Shadow Dancer looks amazing!

[@jvince001]

Groovy tune in Space Hunter section 8:22

[@Red_Nokia_edits]

King of the sky is exactly the type of game I've been looking for for decades 😮

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

I'm sure the devs will be glad to hear that :)

[@thewanderer4336]

17:31 the horse riding section, that music, thats from Musya on SNES but done in genesis style, sounds nice

[@piccolo1976]

I love these videos, so much goodness in development for my favorite console! Long live the Megadrive!! (ps given the quality of your work on SOTN you cannot be regarded as an amateur!)

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

Thanks, I really enjoy doing them!

[@oraculonerd]

Muita coisa boa vindo aí.. Bio Evil, Mega R-Type, Space hunter, Real Bout, etc.. Só jogo filé.

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

Agreed, lots of nice games on the way!

[@oraculonerd]

@@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials And it's all thanks to you all

[@igodreamer7096]

Many exciting and creative new games over the horizon for the Mega Drive. Thanks for the update, Pigsy man! And Happy New Year! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

Happy new year!

[@DmSayr]

Had a friend who always said the Genesis was better than SNES. Makes you think sometimes.

[@hammersampson]

I hope these developers share their programming secrets with each other.

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

I found that the people in the community are always happy to help each other, so I think there is lots of stuff being shared

[@iPlaySEGA]

SOTN looks amazing!

[@johnjay6370]

With the cost of memory today, they can make some really good looking games that can rival neo-geo in graphics... Yes the color will not be as good, but effects and sprites can be much better with more memory. Things that used hardware to do graphical tricks can now be done and saved in memory and streamed to the screen, so a hardware trick can be nothing but a preprocessed sprite.

[@deathadder9568]

I would also add Affinity Sorrow, The Cursed Legacy and maybe Golden Axe 32X Edition (which now runs on real hardware)

[@Stefanswiss]

i wonder if the man working on an adaptation for ghouls n ghost that was close to be arcade perfect is still working on ths hack, I think I saw this project through your videos. Even with unfinished project, it is great to see people doing even 1 or 2 level of a modded game or their own game, seeing everyone's passion is heartwarming thanks

[@Snake1984fly]

Kirito ta gueule look Amazing bro! Well done

[@paulunetourtel9601]

Kirito The Game is the game to follow poto

[@flink1231]

I love the space hunter music (that would be the zillion theme! No wonder this comes from Brazil, where history books say zillion toys sold better than in japan.

[@MurderMostFowl]

Kenseiden is the most underrated Master System game of all time. I loved that game and its ( at the time ) unique game mechanics of learning new moves as you progress. A Genesis/MD sequel would be absolutely awesome!

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

Which of the games featured are you most looking forward too?

[@Akalvirp]

Earthion, Kirito the Game and SOTN

[@DancesRainyStreets]

A lot of 'em. Shoot 'em ups are going to be well represented on the Mega Drive in the coming years it seems, with Earthion, Lufthoheit, ZPF and Irena Genesis Metal Fury already looking and sounding very promising. Others i'm looking forward to are Castlevania: SoTN, Daemon Claw, , Planet B and BioEvil. Then there's Chords, which seems like a Snatcher kinda game for cartridge and could be interesting. Kai Magazine seems to be coming up strong with Life on Earth and The Secret of the Four Winds. Then there's ColocoDX, which reminds me of an old Mega Drive home brew demo called ResQ and was a fun little demo. Real Bout Fatal Fury Special would be very nice, but it does sound rough around the edges. Manifold looks impressive, even windowed like that, but some of the color choices are a bit weird in some places. All the others could become interesting as well. Overall, the new year could be one of the best for MD home brews yet! Oh and, what happened to the Crypt of Dracula game that was in development some years ago? Have a great new year Pigsy!

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

Good choices, especially that last one, haha@@Akalvirp

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

I'm glad I'm not doing a shoot'em up, too much fierce competition there! HNY2024!@@DancesRainyStreets

[@pepegrillo9722]

Would love to have a complete StarFox MegaDrive version, but I guess its not going to happen. Also, a Doom game using Erick's manifold engine would be awesome!

[@NotaPizzaGRL]

All of these games look amazing, but I'm very interested in Earthion, Daemon Claw, Chords, Sacred Line II, Super Power Kick, Phantom Gear, and Real Bout Fatal Fury Special. If the last one is even 95% accurate to the Neo-Geo version by the time it's finished it will show that a lot of the ports of the past were limited by time, budget, tooling, and knowledge. Even the PSX port had missing animations and stuff like that so if the Genesis version is more accurate that would be awesome.

[@NotaPizzaGRL]

@@rafaelantonio6765 Wait someone is trying to port MvC to the Genesis? Nah I don't buy it.

[@ezequyel1711]

Kirito The Game 🔥💪 Cyber et la fine équipe 🤘

[@albertfroz]

Nintendo and Sega, should never stopping producing new games for Mega Drive and SNES with new technologies ,as these consoles were sold milhoes around the world, and many millions are still being used,

[@abcmaya]

4:00 that's on the genesis? that's crazy!!!

[@shannonbirt9267]

Sure is! Lufthoheiit is using sprite multiplexing to show far greater than the normal system limit of sprites onscreen at once. This was a very rarely used technique so it's great to show what can be done in our game.

[@rafaelsilva-zk1xn]

Muito massa Master, vem muitas novidades boas pro ano que vem feliz 2024 a todos

[@mugedredd]

I m so exited about KTG !!! i can't wait i need a MD quick ....

[@deano72]

I hope most of these great games come on a cartridge.the sega megadrive was the true winner in the 16bit power king. SEGAAAA.

[@Koettnylle]

14:23 Those huge sprites were a thing of true beauty. Can I see the tech demo first hand somewhere?

[@MrAIProgrammer]

440 sprites? how did they got rid of sprite flicker?

[@smds]

There won't be any sprite flicker as long as you don't put more than 20 sprites or 320 pixels worth of sprites on a single scanline.

[@clover831]

Speaking of sound drivers.. Mega Turrican, by dev. Factor 5, had the most amazing music/FX Ive ever heard on the Genesis. -Audios Wave Slave MD driver (by Chris Huelsbeck)

[@falksi3182]

The Megadrive RULES!!! Still the BEST!

[@evilash570]

Excited for Kenseiden 2!

[@miltiadiskoutsokeras9189]

The modern tools make the real difference for Mega Drive. I hope more systems mature as well in terms of modern SDKs.

[@Nesguy92]

Been a Genesis fan since the early 90's. It blows my mind that there is still games coming out for the system. Every year we get more replayability with a system most of us bought 30-35 years ago.

[@its_just_matt]

2024 is going to be an amazing year for us retro indie enjoyers. Thank you for this!

[@kakoeimon2932]

Very good video and outstanding work on SOTN. Too many games on the MD for 2024 this legendary console just refuses to get dusty. Also thank you for mentioning Super Power Kick.

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

You're welcome. Looking forward to seeing more of Super Power Kick!

[@RicardoRandom691]

Amazing. 2024 may be the year I spend the most money on Mega Drive games in my entire life, and I've had mine since the early 90s lol

[@kaijusushi]

Kirito music sounds like something from Chuck Rock 2

[@TheRealSparkster]

dont forget one which is the kyatto ninden tyandee remake which will be announced in febuary

[@amerikaOnFire]

It's not just the Mega Drive/Genesis scene, but really all of them. It's awesome if you're into such things. For example, my team is making a new Neo-Geo game. And there are at least three other Neo-Geo titles that are in the works that I am aware of coming out possibly this year. Considering there was almost nothing for many years and now all of a sudden we are amid a resurgence of new games for old consoles is an amazing time to be alive IMO.

[@mikaelsza]

3:33 they brought TOUHOU to Mega Drive 😂

[@moverofobjects]

Great video! I'd be very interested in composing music for modern 16bit games!

[@retroarcadefan]

Are any of these projects open source so that future developers might learn from them and make their own games?

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

Most aren't, but there are SGDK projects out there on Github with the source code supplied

[@GreyMatterShades]

That would be fantastic. I'd also love to see more developers offering tutorials or just talking publicly about the technical tricks they use.

[@Genesis814]

Thank you for sharing these with us.

[@dwightdixon8508]

While physical games for this generation of consoles are becoming a thing of the past NEW physical games on Sega’s Genesis/MegaDrive sure is refreshing and exciting

[@RetroPiero]

Im aware that developing for the Genesis is easier than on the snes & more beginner friendly than ever before with all the tool assists available now for it online but it's still crazy to me that there's 32 freaking titles/ports in the works for the Genesis & I cant even think of 1 title thats being ported/made to the snes. What exactly is holding the snes back this hard?

[@protocetid]

Don't listen to the other guy, he apparently never grew out of the having the kind of arguments you saw in schoolyards during the 16-bit era. He's been spamming a single "SNES bad post" throughout the comments, changing it a little each time. This one is particularly blatant with its bias. The SNES was able to pull off Sonic 1 with its supposedly impossible on Nintendo speed, admittedly it did it with at a lower resolution. Surely the SNES would benefit from an advanced SDK and higher cartridge space the same way Sega's console has. And even the SNES is weaker that doesn't mean it deserves zero love, people are making games for 8-bit systems so power isn't everything. I say we should see what the SNES is capable of. If you like old consoles getting revived consider donating money to people who research and make tools for these old beasts, without SGDK (at least some of) these games wouldn't be possible. The people who want to make the same for SNES are likely short on volunteers, funds and other resources.

[@zabustifu]

The SNES may have a CPU that is weaker or harder to program for than the Genesis one, but that cannot be the only reason, because there are many NES games being developed, and I don't think anyone would like to argue that the NES CPU is better than the one of the SNES. It's mostly just a tooling issue. There would not be so many Genesis games in development without the SGDK, and a single person made that happen. The SNES needs its own Stef and its own SGDK.

[@zabustifu]

@@Troll_On_KZbin I'm a developer too, so what I said above was also said by a developer. Also, JavaScript is completely irrelevant here, and it's a language, not a tool.

[@zabustifu]

@@Troll_On_KZbin Saying that hardware / a console does not hold up to a language makes no sense. You're comparing apples with oranges. That's like saying the color red does not hold up to the triangle shape. It shows you have no idea what you're talking about. If you're going to insist using JavaScript as some kind of benchmark or reference, then be aware that JavaScript or other modern languages cannot be used to develop for the Mega Drive / Genesis either.

[@zabustifu]

@@Troll_On_KZbin Right. I guess the NES holds up to modern programming languages such as JavaScript then, as many games are being developed for it. 👍

[@Ragesauce]

Planet B has some really nice sound, i'm not big on rogue like adventures, but I can see this one has potential.

[@Matrix803]

Hey there, just wanted to say that your videos actually were a huge help for me developing and releasing my first Sega Genesis game. I never actually thought I'd be doing that honestly, and before a month ago I actually had never worked with C programming before. What a roller-coaster it was, but it was well worth it! I'm still very much an amateur, LOL. But it was still very gratifying to be able to make a game for my favorite 16-bit console.

[@Shinmsl]

There's "Affinity Sorrow" , a JRPG developed by Second Dimension. They're using their own custom development engine . It's not 100% certain, but there's the possibility it will be completed by the end of 2024

[@tunkunrunk]

we are no longer limited by storage capacity as it was the case for cartridge based video consoles back in the 90s . we can now make video games on snes , sega genesis that require the use of a large amount of data and store them on sd card (there are adapters)

[@delayedagain]

Fantastic work, Pigsy! There is so much cool stuff on the way, it's overwhelming! If you're interested, this account is for a game featured in last year's video, The Viking & The Ninja. We have a few videos up, it would be great if you could take a look and share your thoughts! Thanks!

[@RetroSegaDev]

Yes definitely worth a look!

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

Sorry, I remember your game from last year, but didn't see any updates and so didn't include it this time. If you remember, then please drop me an email around early December 2024 with a progress report and I will include it next time for sure!

[@delayedagain]

@@RetroSegaDev Thanks, Matt!

[@delayedagain]

@@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials No problem! :) Yes, I'll contact you about it next December and will try to have a demo to try out until then. Happy New Year!

[@Sonsuzdayolculuk]

3:00 What is the image on the screen?

[@format_c5993]

It's a technical demo of the multiplexing capabilities of the Megadrive.

[@Ostnizdasht206]

Genesis/Mega Drive lives on!

[@Crystallums]

Purely cool games! For Sega's powerful 16-bit, I hope they will be released in 2024.

[@yousefslimani99]

And you thought SEGA Genesis couldn’t handle mode 7 effects, think again

[@man_made_marsupial]

I remember in 2020 home brew barely got popular. Now we have over hundreds of games coming out

[@Shannon-ul5re]

I’m in shock of how many games are coming to the MD. They all amazing and I was blown away of how clear the voices sounded on street fighter Alpha!

[@Fils2Roi]

hi everyone support our favorite French for the future KTG release

[@gufighter6017]

Sou muito grato pelo excelente trabalho de todos vocês!

[@jacktheripper4517]

Wow I want that Megadrive version of SOTN.....one of my favourite ever games!

[@format_c5993]

Thanks a lot for all the work you've done this year ! 2024 is going to be the a new Genesis era ! Lufthonheit is clearly the most technically impressive game of the list (considering Starfox will not go much further probably). I'm very happy to see CITY CONNECTION coming to the MD, one of my fav arcade games :)

[@jc_dogen]

luftonheit is awesome but I'm not sure a sprite multiplexer and some scaling is necessarily more impressive than an optimized 3d engine. a lot needs to go into those since the genesis is a tilemap system with a slow cpu and limited dma bandwidth. manifold supports sprite scaling as well as texture transparency and variable height sectors making it more like doom than wolfenstein. and star fox is completely nuts. gasega's been working on that on and off for probably close to 10 years.

[@format_c5993]

That being said luftonheit is not only about multiplexing. The big technical challenge i see there is how to handle the collisions of so many sprites, even by using

[@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials]

Hope you have a great 2024!