Homebrew Games Summer Showcase 2024 (Runtime 34 mins)

120 Homebrew Games!
15 Consoles!
35 Minutes of non-stop gameplay footage!
The Homebrew Games Summer Showcase is LIVE!
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Games in order of appearance (with links):
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
There are so many games, I can't actually fit them in the description box! So please visit this spreadsheet to find links to every single game shown in this video, sorted by the order the appear in the video.
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The Homebrew Games Summer Showcase is a celebration of all the games in development for old consoles. For the purpose of this showcase, we define a homebrew game as a videogame being developed for a retro home console that came out before the year 2000, or for a handheld console that came out before 2004. Teams of any any size or budget were welcome.
If you are new to the homebrew scene: "welcome"! You are in for a treat! Use the link above to follow some of the devs making stuff that interests you, and follow along with the development of the next wave of homebrew highlights.
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Special thanks to Larson Kilstrom from Atavist Games who created the Summer Showcase overlays you see in this video! Their amazing looking Game Boy Color game, "The Fallen Crown" is featured in the video and coming out soon soon. Please check out more about them at www.atavistgames.com!
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Music in order of appearance:
(coming soon)

[@MattHughson]

Thank you so much for checking out the amazing work being done by the homebrew community! Make sure the check the description after the show to find a full list of links to every single game shown! If you spot any errors in the video or accompanying spread sheet of games, please leave a reply with the correction, and I will add a note about it here.

[@RGH-MD]

Sevilha / Retro Games Hunters: 04:32 Davila Games / Lunatic Figthers: 05:42 Davila Games / True Galatic Mission: 11:31

[@MattHughson]

0:08 Former Dawn twitter.com/somethinnerdy 0:38 Tales of Monsterland DX www.joeljgames.co.uk 0:51 Chouyoku Senki ESTIQUE www.cathuitrading.com/?page_id=2563 1:15 Wicked Plague locus-motion.itch.io/wicked-plague 1:54 The Eldritch Monarch twitter.com/diegzumillo 2:29 Super Sunny World fxtwitter.com/matthughson 3:09 SuperDan twitter.com/Kannagichan2 3:18 Hunt The Gwumbus eric-c-wilder.itch.io/hunt-the-gwumbus 3:34 Fuse Dash (early alpha) 2ndlawgames.itch.io/fuse-dash 3:45 Tryptic 3:56 Self Simulated 2ndlawgames.itch.io/selfsimulated 4:07 Lunar Lancer twitter.com/j0nas 4:17 Crater Song johnvanderhoef.itch.io/crater-song 4:32 Retro Games Hunters youtube.com/@sevilhasgdk 4:43 Pizza Delivery: Re-Heated! coffeevalenbat.itch.io/pizza-delivery-re-heated 5:13 Chibi Monster Br4wl dale-coop.itch.io/chibi-monster-br4wl-nes 5:25 Mai Nurse lunoka.itch.io/mai-nurse 5:42 Lunatic Fighters kzbin.info - twitter.com/LunaticFigthters - facebook.com/LunaticFighters 5:55 Pandora's Blocks github.com/villadelfia/dmgtris or git.villadelfia.org/villadelfia/dmgtris 6:06 Anna: The Magic of Words www.eastpixel.de 6:15 Meadow GB twitter.com/sal_t_gb 6:32 CrossPaint cuttercross.itch.io/crosspaint 6:51 Hidden Gems www.etsy.com/de/listing/1596530362/hidden-gems-game-boy-game-cassette-box 7:03 Herakles 32 - Cosmic Labours of Eternity bsky.app/profile/captn-tabasco.bsky.social 7:20 Jester twitter.com/alekmaul 7:37 DiveBlob twitter.com/maithonis 7:41 Special Ninja Squad twitter.com/FG_Software 7:48 Microvaders songbird-productions.com 7:57 Circus twitter.com/alekmaul 8:06 Mini Bomber Mayhem 8:14 Parallaxis alphaknightt.itch.io/parallaxis twitter.com/alpha_knight 8:24 Snackventure smile-hero.itch.io 8:28 Dangerous Demolition drludos.itch.io 8:36 The New Adventures Of The Black Cat www.platypuscomifxtwitter.com 8:43 Swifty Beams 8:47 Eternal Memory twitter.com/Developer_n0 8:58 Bit Bang studioguma.itch.io 9:02 Lufthoheit twitter.com/birt_shannon 9:11 AZRAEL bsky.app/profile/seerofthenight.bsky.social 9:20 CeL Story xcelfr.itch.io/cel-story 9:26 Seasaw Space Security Squad safetystoatstudios.itch.io/ssss 9:32 CeL Story 2 twitter.com/xCeLfr 9:45 Find the Wordy Gems www.smspower.org/Homebrew/FindTheWordyGems-SMS 9:51 Beat 'Em High twitter.com/b_knox 10:02 Fall from Space www.joeljgames.co.uk 10:32 The Sword of Stone www.2minds.fr/en 11:07 Chantey twitter.com/GortynCode 11:30 True Galactic Mission kzbin.info 11:50 Discrete Orange x.com/RobertGlucose 12:18 Tristan's Adventure kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZbSfWNsobhmi5I&ab_channel=Nub1604 12:47 L'abbaye des morts twitter.com/alekmaul 13:14 Glory Hunters 2think.itch.io/glory-hunters 13:43 Entomophobia DX twitter.com/EntomophobiaGB 14:12 R.A.D. vs Dragons discord.gg/hcsXE4JZvh 14:40 PowerBall: Monster's Quest www.bitmapsoft.co.uk/product/powerball 15:10 Candy Quest twitter.com/MaxBeforeTheOne 15:34 Frontier Force twitter.com/badcomputer0 16:01 Jim & Dill 3 instagram.com/calgames.nes 16:31 Unearthed benjelter.itch.io/unearthed 16:50 Pokettohiro! www.pokettohiro.com 17:28 Malasombra www.4mhz.es 17:58 The Storied Sword bitethechili.com 18:24 Cyber Mission twitter.com/greengh0st1, pscdgames.com, instagram.com/pscdgames, www.patreon.com/PSCDgames 18:50 Metamorphosis Collection benjelter.itch.io incube8games.com 19:13 Kero Kero Cowboy metagamemike.itch.io 19:41 Elevated Speed www.elevatedspeed.com 20:00 Dragonyhm www.spacebot-interactive.com 20:17 First Contact (Working Title) benjelter.itch.io 20:41 Data Man datamangame.com 21:01 Last Crown Warriors twitter.com/lightgamesgb 21:25 Children of Tydes twitter.com/RepugnantBounty 21:45 Banana Bash! twitter.com/work3studio 22:01 Light From Within atarath.itch.io/light-from-within 22:22 Chords www.youtube.com/@RetroSegaDev 22:31 Cyber Rogue facebook.com/RasterWizards 22:52 Slow Mole 2: Mega Slow Mole slowmolestudio.itch.io/mega-slow-mole 23:11 Slow Mole+ slowmolestudio.itch.io/slow-mole 23:27 Famidash github.com/famidash/famidash 23:53 Summer Island Battle Tactics twitter.com/ninjadynamics 24:05 Yeah Yeah Beebiss II + pscdgames.com 24:16 Shera's Music Party & Linda's Music Party rubenretro.itch.io/sherasmpdemo 24:29 Delta 9 24:41 piuGBA github.com/afska/piugba 24:51 MegaReso twitter.com/games_pants 25:02 Stygian Quest www.smspower.org/forums/20051-CodingCompetition2024StygianQuestByNaarshakta 25:16 Coloco DX tuxedogamedevs.com 25:27 Pachimon 25:40 Orange Island www.orangeislandgame.com 23:57 In The Dark 2 twitter.com/InTheDark2GB 26:14 Stack 'n Attract kzbin.info 26:25 The Dungeon Puzzler agbrs.dev/tapir/dpl 26:37 Bad day for Mr. Whosit twitter.com/Antonovtum 26:47 Spaghetti Numbers www.smspower.org/Homebrew/SpaghettiNumbers-SMS 26:56 Mythdragon: A Dream of Hunting safetystoatstudios.itch.io/mythdragon 27:05 Land Ahoy! impgames.ca 27:17 Apotris apotris.com 27:39 The Trial of Kharzoid twitter.com/pascal_belisle 27:54 Patchy Matchy - Puzzle Surfing www.malamute.io 28:05 Chip's Challenge fxtwitter.com/alekmaul 28:14 Dummy Duck 7 Remastered Demo DummyDuck.com 28:27 La Patifferie wendelscardua.itch.io/patifferie 28:33 Tank tai Tank 28:39 Miroh Jr. wendelscardua.itch.io/miroh-jr 28:45 Lost Days 0 neuromage.itch.io/lost-days-0 29:00 8Bit Brix Design Studio twitter.com/8BitBrix 29:17 Demon Cat Snatchers laconic.software 29:27 Wizchick twitter.com/libra_bits 29:35 Fruit Factory www.unreprise.com 29:46 The Five Clans of Tresibra: Bloodshed guardiangamesstudio.com 29:54 Rex Nobilis twitter.com/CommodoreKulor 30:06 Sunset Land rivetgungames.com/sunsetland 30:21 Super Hard Bouncer libra-bits.itch.io 30:29 Super Mouse Tower khazwolf.itch.io/super-mouse-tower 30:39 Source Hack rikoclon.itch.io/source-hack 30:55 Sam's Journey www.knightsofbytes.games/samsjourney/nes 31:19 Cronela´s Mansion www.kickstarter.com/projects/cronelasmansion/straynus 31:58 Unlinked Mask twitter.com/Klonoz 32:28 The Fallen Crown www.atavistgames.com 32:49 Phantom Gear twitter.com/BitsRuleGames

[@BitsRuleGames]

Thank you so much for the opportunity and for supporting the retro indie games community!

[@handheldgameplayer]

lovely work! Thanks for supporting the indie community with this

[@MattHughson]

Happy to do it!

[@PCgameandgamer]

Thank you so much Matt for the reel, it's an honor to be showcased alongside so many talented creators

[@MattHughson]

@@PCgameandgamer thanks for being a part of it!

[@bassicallyandre]

These are amazing! So grateful of the hard work these talented developers put into releasing games for retro consoles.

[@einokeskitalo3217]

That was sweet! Thanks for putting this reel together! The Virtual Boy game looked amazing. I was also happy to see many nice-looking Master System games!

[@MattHughson]

Yah, totally! SMS is due for a renaissance!

[@DGR_Dave]

What an awesome time to be a retro game lover...all of these looked fantastic, great job to all the hard work these devs put in!

[@RetroSegaDev]

Thank you for showcasing my work 🙂 There are so many talented people in this scene!

[@Literature_for_Aliens]

You guys are to be admired. Retrogamers thanks you for keeping these consoles alive. Try to push limits as far as possible from hardware!!!

[@seerofthenight]

So proud to have been a part of this year's showcase! Now for the hard part, actually finishing the game!

[@danaragames]

Thank you @MattHughson for adding Stygian Quest in the showcase ! Weird to see it in the middle of all thoses magnificent entries :o

[@2thinkds]

Such an honor to be among such amazing games! Thank you for all the work @MattHughson . You really make our games shine with these showcases! Can't wait to play them all!

[@st1ka]

This video deserves so many more views

[@pokettohiro]

Incredible work! Thank you for supporting the retro indie community for another year. 😊

[@RGH-MD]

Looking forward to seeing my game!

[@PhilSzomszor]

A labour of love pulling this together Matt, awesome job and great to see the product of so many talented developers 👏👏👏

[@orebodyinc]

Thanks for putting this together, Matt.

[@MattHughson]

You're very welcome! Thanks for being part of it!

[@nielsderijk]

Didn’t know about Banana Bash!, it really looks cute and unique! Definitely gonna play that when it comes out.

[@nelsonquinney2316]

Thank You Matt For These Games Are Revival

[@LeonardoCirius]

That number of beautiful projects! I'm really stunned with the art level of some NES projects 👁👁really amazing! Congrats to everyone, and thanks Matt for supporting the retro indie games scene 💜

[@JohnRiggs]

Loove to see it. Sorry I missed the live premiere.

[@MattHughson]

Thanks for being part of the show!

[@lunoka]

Thank you for the exposure!

[@Laconic_software]

Mai Nurse looks really good dude!

[@lunoka]

@@Laconic_software thank you!

[@inceptional]

Is there a count for how many games on each system? Edit: Just did a very quick filtered scan of the spreadsheet you linked, and it looks like the Game Boy in all its incarnations has the most new projects by some distance, with NES second and a big amount there too, then the Genesis with a very solid third place showing, Master System forth, SNES fifth, and the rest maybe one or two titles each. A great selection all in all. Although, I definitely hope to see many more new indie/homebrew SNES titles in the future to more accurately reflect its relative popularity compared to all the other systems on that list, at least going by sales of the consoles both originally and even today with the Mini versions and such. Great stuff overall, and a lot of very compelling and exciting titles there to look forward to.

[@SNESTestberichte]

Looks great, can't wait to play some of them :)

[@Klonoz]

Thank you very much for doing the showcase again

[@slimehunter84]

Wonderful. Thanks for the doc list of all the games, and thanks so much for putting this together!

[@MattHughson]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@romeonoirtv]

So much cool stuff coming! Thanks for taking the time to make this video. Sam's Journey for the NES was alredy released some months ago, by the way.

[@CowboyBumbiss]

Thanks again for this!

[@hahahaspam]

Love to see all the homebrew from people who truly love these old consoles!

[@MattHughson]

Thanks for being part of the show!

[@KhazWolf]

Everything in here looks so cool, thank you so much for all your work editing it! Honored to be featured next to so many amazing developers and I'm going to go through the whole list properly!

[@MattHughson]

Thanks for taking the time to submit your game.

[@inceptional]

My personal top picks: Former Dawn: 0:09 (seriously, there's times you could convince me this is a Genesis game) CrossPaint: 6:32 (just looks like a really cool idea) Herakles 32: 7:07 (Jeff Minter would be proud) Chantey: 11:04 (some really lovely pixel art there on Game Boy) Frontier Force: 15:36 (very nicely polished on Master System) Malasombra: 17:28 (seriously, there's times you could convince me this is a Genesis game) Elevated Speed: 19:41 (very cool on Virtual Boy, and really wanna see the stereoscopic 3D) Chords: 22:23 (a very nice looking story adventure type game) 8Bit Brix Design Studio: 29:01 (just looks like a really cool idea) Phantom Gear: 32:50 (proper commercial release quality, and it shows) So, yeah, loads of great games in the showcase, but those are my favs.

[@MattHughson]

Solid choices!

[@xcelfr]

Great work, there are a lot of gems that I didn't know about, the homebrew scene is very creative.

[@Straynus]

Thank you very much for giving visibility to homebrew games Matt! It has been a fantastic video that has a lot of work!

[@diegofloor]

I'm gonna have to watch this a couple of times. I got distracted for a few seconds and missed a bunch of games. Lots of really cool games! thanks for putting this up!

[@Controllerhead]

Amazing editing and a wonderful showcase of talent. Thanks for putting this together!

[@nerdzone]

So many amazing games!

[@GillesDesmoulins]

So many joy watching these amazing creations, Bravo EveryOne, and Many Thanks @MattHughson !!:

[@irishnerd4775]

Thanks for doing another video. So many good looking Nes games to look forward to!

[@Robert_Shmigelsky]

I saw some awesome games and others that have potential. Was surprised to see a few SNES games. Wasn't anyone was developing any games for the system.

[@gortyncode1022]

Such an amazing showcase! Thank you Matt for putting this together and spreading the word!

[@CountChrisdo]

I'm super excited for Azrael! @9:10

[@seanmcbay]

Lots of cool looking games. It makes me happy that so many games are still being made for all of these platforms.

[@eclektric]

Dope, interested in many

[@ChronoMoogle]

Great showcase as always, thanks for putting this together! And kudos to all the amazing devs~

[@BrandonGiesing]

Some suggestions for a future showcase: 1. A non-stop 34 minute Montage is kinda hard to follow and doesn’t really tell you much about each game. Some games are fairly self-explanatory (like for example, Pandora’s Blocks being Tetris) but others could really benefit from just a tiny bit of voice over or even a text box on screen describing a snippet of said game. 2. Maybe divide it up into sections next time, preferably by genre? Honestly I wouldn’t mind it being double the length (60 minutes) but giving each game more time to breath and giving more info instead of just such an information overload that you can’t even remember half of what was shown by the end.

[@MattHughson]

Thanks for the ideas

[@GameBoyHomebrewsDE]

What a great Video! Thank u so much for your work and your Passion 👍😊

[@eastpixel]

Take this random other game showcases. THIS is the winning presentation of this summer!

[@bundjohn]

A great list! Pity The Secret of the Four Winds by Kai Magazine Software wasn’t included.

[@pixelgamesSARLS]

What a wonderful selection of games!

[@psquaredish]

Great video, would be awesome if you could include the Amiga next time, it's been getting some great games the last few years. If it needs to be console only you could label them as A500 mini or CD32.

[@peteschmitz]

Wow - so many promising hombrew games! Thanks for the video!

[@schikfento]

😍👍

[@MetalchipCovers]

Why is the guy from pizza delivery reheated look like the petscop guy?

[@JohnSmith-cq7lk]

Superdan Microvaders Lufthoheit Seasaw space security squad Discrete orange Powerball: monsters quest Candy quest Malasombra Kero Kero cowboy Data man Coloco dx Pachimon

[@Kannagichan]

Thanks for mentioning SuperDan, since I'm the creator :)

[@SamusGunship]

Several games here that I have been waiting for. Not least of which is Super Sunny World, which is literally the video game that I am most looking forward to of any video game coming out either triple A, indie, NES homebrew, or otherwise. I'm scared that you, Matt, will announce pre-orders for Super Sunny World, and that I will somehow miss it. Wish I knew when to expect such an announcement, but, I don't want you to feel rushed. Take your time, and do it right. And most importantly, have fun while creating it.

[@MattHughson]

Don't worry, I'll shout shouting it from the mountain tops!

[@SamusGunship]

@@MattHughson please do, ill do my best to be listening when you do

[@hablamosdeevercade]

Hello Matt, could I stream this showcase on my channel? My idea is to talk and stop the stream when some games call my attention for being attractive to be published on Evercade. Thanks!!!

[@MattHughson]

Fine with me!

[@cIymax]

Amazing showcase! Thank you. p.s. Maybe I need to pivot from hacks to homebrews 🤣

[@AlastairLow]

Loads of great lookign games. Aw flea 2 didn't make it in? i though i applied :(

[@MattHughson]

Oh no! I'm not sure what happened. It wasn't in the submissions on my end!

[@AlastairLow]

@@MattHughson think mabie my google form messed up again. happened a few times to me and ppl I know recently :(

[@AlastairLow]

just check and the form was all populated with my info. dono if I didn't press submit or it glitched :/

[@MattHughson]

@AlastairLow ah man that sucks. I'll try to come up with something to make up for it.

[@fja17]

Sega Genesis forever 💪

[@RGH-MD]

Olha ai os games brazucas! Sevilha / Retro Games Hunters: 04:32 Davila Games / Lunatic Fighters: 05:42 Davila Games / True Galatic Mission: 11:31

[@okimpala]

Awesome games from awesome developers! Thanks for sharing these passion works @matthughson !

[@fja17]

Sega Genesis forever 💪