Colin!!!! Oh my gosh!!!! Thank you SOOOO much for this beautiful and brilliant review. I can't explain how much I appreciate your support and effort towards making this fantastic video!! And an incredibly MASSIVE thank you to everyone supporting my new games, it really truly means the world when people enjoy what you put out, especially as a solo independent developer. Wishing everyone great health and a very happy retro gaming 2022!! :)
You might as well have the packaging changed though. Using Nintendo trademarks as is on a non-licenced work is simply asking for trouble knowing how insanely litigious Nintendo is.
@@TheOnatu Honestly the GBA SDK is the best method I've found. There is quite a bit of a learning curve if you don't know why C, but I'm sure you can figure it out.
The production quality on those looks incredible. Can't help but feel like Nintendo would send a C&D for the use of their logos on the box covers. I have hopes of making my own gameboy games in the near future. Getting boxes and packaging anywhere near this quality would be wonderful.
That was the first thing I thought. Another Dave's Adventures in Copyright Infringement. As far as top quality releases, maybe the Gameboy, but nothing else newer. It just cannot be done, at least not in any scale.
There's something really transformative seeing older hardware getting new content. There is clearly an appetite for this kind of resurgence in "neo-retro" and I think, given the success of the analogue pocket, and the growing scene in retro modding that releasing new content for these platforms is showing us that there is a market, one that'll hopefully grow.
the Pico-8 fantasy console is probably the best effort of bringing back what is mostly 80s style gaming but opened up in a way to where anyone can try their hand at writing a game
What caught my eye is that some of these boxes seem to have that "Nintendo Seal of Quality" on them. Only from the video I can't tell if they're legit or if they're parody ones. Also not sure if they actually sent these to Nintendo to approve or if they just added it there for the sake of looking more legit, but it'd be interesting if Nintendo were still providing services to add that seal to Game Boy games (or possibly other older consoles).
Unlikely. Games that were published with the seal usually undergo a series of checks at Nintendo. Nintendo probably doesn't even have any people around anymore that could do these checks. Also as far as I know you'd usually send in the final ROM to Nintendo together with game footage showing a complete playthrough. Nintendo would produce the cartridge, from what I've heard. So it's unlikely that they went with a new way to provide the seal of quality for these games. It's most likely a parody seal.
Many of gaming's most phenomenal soundtracks are found in the Game Boy dynasty, and I'm blown away by musicians remixing and composing with retro game sound code! Remember kids, "outdated" does not equal "obsolete"!
So a group of friends started making their own games during the pandemic. Carpet Shark and Plummet Challenge Game. Both are really fun games played on the NES. I have a hacked PSP with the NES emulator and it worked! So much fun learning about all this.
TIP: Do not open the cardboard boxes by sticking your thumb in to wedge it open like he did at 1:19 . Instead use a flathead screw driver or something to wedge at the sides of the flaps for a clean open. Only do this is you want to preserve the boxes, otherwise do as you want to do.
I remember the era when these consoles were popular and when the N64 was king. I miss those days of video games. I always like those days when you could play demos of new games in Walmart while your parents shopped. Good times those days.
The biggest problem you have with the old school gameboys (GBA or earlier) is that you only have very limited button options. A, B, Start, Select and with GBA L and R. It's really hard to design meaningful games around that which are not puzzles, RPGs or platformers. There are only few contemporary titles that work really well with such few buttons. Some indie games manage to do that. But then again, why would you target a Gameboy instead of a Steam Deck or Nintendo Switch? That would only make sense if you decided to cross-publish it with a Gameboy emulator included.
That packaging is really incredible, high quality and super polished. But it's a little sad not to see any mention of GBstudio, the tool that's opened up gameboy development like this. Still some very neat stuff.
I love seeing classic consoles still getting new releases. It lets people live out the dreams they had of developing games as a child. Hope I can one day create a game.
I really love the fact that the gameboy is still alive with new development.
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I really like it when new games are made specifically for old consoles. Micro Mages is an perfect example of a modern NES game. Despite it running on original hardware, it shows extremely well how much better new games with the same hardware limitations can be, simply because of our larger knowledge about the technology.
RoxOS isn’t the first gameboy title to have an ‘operating system’ like experience, I remember back in the day the Austin powers game for the gameboy Color that did something very similar
I do not get the music video carts. The video quality was already abysmal back in the day and the tracks, as far as I can hear, are low bitrate audio files and not direct chiptunes. The production quality of the carts is great but in general this does not look like a great promotional vehicle for the artist.
Cool video! The PDA/OS idea reminded me of a personal organizer cartridge for the Game Boy... had a phone book, calendar, and some other stuff... made by InfoGenius.
That’s cool they’re reproducing Game Boy games, but I don’t think Nintendo really published those games, especially putting the Nintendo seal of quality is probably illegal without their permission. And GBA video was actually cool if you’re just watching cartoons on the go, but they should just not use the Nintendo trademark with these games!
I wasn't even aware people were still making Gameboy games from the ground up, and I like the look of these, even ROXOS.. I've enjoyed tinkering with far too many OS' (everything since the C64, including MS-DOS on an Atari ST using PC Ditto). Thanks for another informative and clear video
I want to see people push the hardware with demos then games. demos showing what can be done them games building from that. Maybe in the form of a contest/con meet up.
I am glad new games are being developed for these old consoles. It breathes new life into them. I look forward to seeing what the future has in store for the Gameboy and other Vintage Game consoles.
These types of videos always make me want to learn how to program gameboy and NES games but man is it ever a rabbit whole, especially with my limited C knowledge
I have Dimeos Jukebox which is pretty cool. I suggest taking a look at Deadeus which is a horror RPG. I'm looking forward to getting Gelatinous which a friend made. Gameboy indie games are a lot of fun.
If I had to hedge a bet, Rob probably only applied the "any resemblance" notice on "Space Ex" as a form of legal butt cover, since the game doesn't look like an officially licensed title.
Stuff like this, new commercial release MiniDiscs, new games for GB or SNES. I think they're really amazing. If it wasn't for Lunar Magic games I probably wouldn't use my SNES anymore.
As it is interesting when people make their own games for old systems. But so many people aren't willing to play something that wasn't made my a major gaming company. And just rather play their old games or the ones they couldn't get when the system was popular.
The RoxOS cart is an interest pique-er for sure. Putting an entire MMU and FPU with memory into a Game Boy cartridge sized package isn't the problem. Its how do you make the entire thing power up correctly and make the OS entirely usable for people who own Game Boys/Colors/Advance/Advance SP.
I always thought it would be amazing to see a large, modern developer make a new game for old hardware. I think retro gaming has a large enough community that if a well respected developer released a game for say, the SNES or GB, there's be enough market to make a profit. Not a HUGE profit....but limited edition physical carts and digital downloads for Retroarch, etc. This issue of course being legal trouble and copyright issues. Nintendo would absolutely sue any company releasing new software on even their long dead consoles.
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I wish nintendo wasn't so uptight about their older titles. There's plenty of reason to let us keep "support" for a beloved title. It just seems like spite, knowing they aren't going to do anything with them, any time soon.
New games for old harder is not that rare But usually, it creates on a digital form and if you want to play on original hardware you have to use some form of homebrew cartridge like for example R4 cartridge for ds I don't what cartridge game boy has but I'm the are very similar cartridge for a almost every console the have cartridge, in fact there is I game engine the call gb studio that is I software in the order to make game boy and game boy color games
I have a bunch of one-off Virtual Boy games and a few other custom cartridges that are retail quality. This is really nothing new. The problem that I have with this, as most of these things are made in such a small quantity, that if you're not lucky enough to be in the group that orders from the first batch, you usually will never get one. Look at all the people still trying to get Street Fighter for the Virtual Boy.
There are dozens of new Atari 2600 games coming out every year and have been for the last 10 years. The same as a lot of older game systems and computers, primarily the 8-bits and Amiga and ST. But the problem is with these newer game systems (not including the GB) is that they are not one man shows. A good game for the SNES, PSX or anything newer is just not a one man creation. One man can write a 2600 game and at least make a few bucks if not getting rich. But the economics just cannot justify a team of professional illustrators, programmers, musicians, game designers, producers and the like for a newer and more powerful system. I don't expect there will be much of anything on the scale of the original releases ever. At best, hacks of existing games.
Colin!!!! Oh my gosh!!!! Thank you SOOOO much for this beautiful and brilliant review. I can't explain how much I appreciate your support and effort towards making this fantastic video!! And an incredibly MASSIVE thank you to everyone supporting my new games, it really truly means the world when people enjoy what you put out, especially as a solo independent developer. Wishing everyone great health and a very happy retro gaming 2022!! :)
Your doing a great job keep them coming mate…
fan girl some more why dont ya
@@RSCJOHN You only read the first line didnt you?
Hey Rob, where do you get your packaging produced? It looks stellar
You might as well have the packaging changed though. Using Nintendo trademarks as is on a non-licenced work is simply asking for trouble knowing how insanely litigious Nintendo is.
I'm actually working on a Gameboy Advance RPG right now myself. I'm glad to know I'm not alone!
It's probably a bug or something
@@TheWeirdSonicFan Or early access member?
Any tips on where to start? I've been curious about tinkering around
Make dungeons more puzzle-based instead of boring mazes or random generated nonsense.
@@TheOnatu Honestly the GBA SDK is the best method I've found. There is quite a bit of a learning curve if you don't know why C, but I'm sure you can figure it out.
New software for old hardware is always great to see.
I know; I've seen and heard of new games for Sega Genesis (like Tangleweb) and new programs for the Commodore 64 (Super Mario Brothers 64).
The production quality on those looks incredible. Can't help but feel like Nintendo would send a C&D for the use of their logos on the box covers. I have hopes of making my own gameboy games in the near future. Getting boxes and packaging anywhere near this quality would be wonderful.
That was the first thing I thought. Another Dave's Adventures in Copyright Infringement.
As far as top quality releases, maybe the Gameboy, but nothing else newer. It just cannot be done, at least not in any scale.
There's something really transformative seeing older hardware getting new content.
There is clearly an appetite for this kind of resurgence in "neo-retro" and I think, given the success of the analogue pocket, and the growing scene in retro modding that releasing new content for these platforms is showing us that there is a market, one that'll hopefully grow.
Regarding RoxOS; There was a gameboy keyboard that was announced back in the day that would have come with PDA software.
I’m making a brand new Gameboy color game. Hope you’ll cover it! I’m really proud of how it looks
Have you finished it?
the Pico-8 fantasy console is probably the best effort of bringing back what is mostly 80s style gaming but opened up in a way to where anyone can try their hand at writing a game
What caught my eye is that some of these boxes seem to have that "Nintendo Seal of Quality" on them. Only from the video I can't tell if they're legit or if they're parody ones. Also not sure if they actually sent these to Nintendo to approve or if they just added it there for the sake of looking more legit, but it'd be interesting if Nintendo were still providing services to add that seal to Game Boy games (or possibly other older consoles).
Unlikely.
Games that were published with the seal usually undergo a series of checks at Nintendo.
Nintendo probably doesn't even have any people around anymore that could do these checks.
Also as far as I know you'd usually send in the final ROM to Nintendo together with game footage showing a complete playthrough.
Nintendo would produce the cartridge, from what I've heard. So it's unlikely that they went with a new way to provide the seal of quality for these games.
It's most likely a parody seal.
There's so many cool franchises around now it would be really cool to see re imagined in old technology
Look up the word "demake"
Surprised they have the gameboy color logo and nintendo's logo on the box, huge risk to take unless they have had some form of consent?
Many of gaming's most phenomenal soundtracks are found in the Game Boy dynasty, and I'm blown away by musicians remixing and composing with retro game sound code! Remember kids, "outdated" does not equal "obsolete"!
So a group of friends started making their own games during the pandemic. Carpet Shark and Plummet Challenge Game. Both are really fun games played on the NES. I have a hacked PSP with the NES emulator and it worked! So much fun learning about all this.
TIP: Do not open the cardboard boxes by sticking your thumb in to wedge it open like he did at 1:19 . Instead use a flathead screw driver or something to wedge at the sides of the flaps for a clean open. Only do this is you want to preserve the boxes, otherwise do as you want to do.
THIS IS SO FUCKING AWESOME. I always loved these concept and I’m happy someone came around to make fully working and aesthetically pleasing ones
I remember the era when these consoles were popular and when the N64 was king. I miss those days of video games. I always like those days when you could play demos of new games in Walmart while your parents shopped. Good times those days.
The biggest problem you have with the old school gameboys (GBA or earlier) is that you only have very limited button options.
A, B, Start, Select and with GBA L and R.
It's really hard to design meaningful games around that which are not puzzles, RPGs or platformers.
There are only few contemporary titles that work really well with such few buttons.
Some indie games manage to do that. But then again, why would you target a Gameboy instead of a Steam Deck or Nintendo Switch?
That would only make sense if you decided to cross-publish it with a Gameboy emulator included.
Aww, I was hoping Elon was the bad guy.
Just pimped out two gameboy colors, very excited to see the gameboy community is so dedicated!
It’s great that new games are being released for old platforms. I’ve just bought a brand new game for the Philips CD-i called Nobelia.
absolute love that closing comment about software , without software you just have a fancy paper weight
Space Ex should have been a dating simulator where you can date billionaires or space aliens, or space alien billionaires.
Legit getting into Dreamcast development hoping to contribute to this trend; newer games for older systems are legit fascinating
This is tickling a particular kind of nostalgia. I can't quite describe it. But I can almost smell fresh unopened plastic.
That packaging is really incredible, high quality and super polished. But it's a little sad not to see any mention of GBstudio, the tool that's opened up gameboy development like this. Still some very neat stuff.
Very cool! I'd be happy with just a Tetris DX for the color with OG Tetris music, or even options on different takes of the same tune
Very happy with the Zelda Link’s Awakening DX. Will gladly purchase new repro carts for games I really dig.
Last two months all I’ve played is gameboy and I’m certainly not done there is so much. Its such an awesome platform and still so prevalent.
I've seen these around before but not with actual Gameboy markings. Pretty bold of him considering nintendo in recent years.
I love seeing classic consoles still getting new releases. It lets people live out the dreams they had of developing games as a child. Hope I can one day create a game.
I really love the fact that the gameboy is still alive with new development.
I really like it when new games are made specifically for old consoles. Micro Mages is an perfect example of a modern NES game. Despite it running on original hardware, it shows extremely well how much better new games with the same hardware limitations can be, simply because of our larger knowledge about the technology.
I always like seeing the modern gameboy games unboxed and reviewd.
RoxOS isn’t the first gameboy title to have an ‘operating system’ like experience, I remember back in the day the Austin powers game for the gameboy Color that did something very similar
you can always get powkiddy for $30 if you want a linux game console that can also play gameboy and dos
If this means 2D pixelated games being great again, EXCELLENT.
I do not get the music video carts. The video quality was already abysmal back in the day and the tracks, as far as I can hear, are low bitrate audio files and not direct chiptunes. The production quality of the carts is great but in general this does not look like a great promotional vehicle for the artist.
I’ve seen some of his stuff before and he puts together an amazing package. I’m going to order Space Ex ASAP. Thanks for showcasing these.
Cool video! The PDA/OS idea reminded me of a personal organizer cartridge for the Game Boy... had a phone book, calendar, and some other stuff... made by InfoGenius.
I hope to see more videos like this. I plan on making my own gba games as well.
These are really cool! I hope maybe we some of those games on the Evercade. I am going to buy some of them when I can. Great video!
Oh, I saw Jukebox over on Hard4Games, cool to see this other stuff.
Watching in class rn. Cant miss this video
That’s cool they’re reproducing Game Boy games, but I don’t think Nintendo really published those games, especially putting the Nintendo seal of quality is probably illegal without their permission. And GBA video was actually cool if you’re just watching cartoons on the go, but they should just not use the Nintendo trademark with these games!
I'm definitely curious as a developer for Java I'd love to learn the logic for Gameboy!
You can write in C, so it shouldn't be too hard, if you know Java.
@@Littlefighter1911 oh this is definitely interesting! I'm going to look into it after work today.
I wasn't even aware people were still making Gameboy games from the ground up, and I like the look of these, even ROXOS.. I've enjoyed tinkering with far too many OS' (everything since the C64, including MS-DOS on an Atari ST using PC Ditto).
Thanks for another informative and clear video
Ooh, GB Studio games! Nice.
I want to see people push the hardware with demos then games. demos showing what can be done them games building from that. Maybe in the form of a contest/con meet up.
I am glad new games are being developed for these old consoles. It breathes new life into them. I look forward to seeing what the future has in store for the Gameboy and other Vintage Game consoles.
These types of videos always make me want to learn how to program gameboy and NES games but man is it ever a rabbit whole, especially with my limited C knowledge
Love the pokemon builds for the gameboy color that i've seen on ebay. This is such an awesome movement
Also i genuinely would believe these are original era releases. Excellent attention to detail.
I'd love to see if RoxOS had Gameboy camera, printer, etc compatibility
I really hope that with the wave of 90's colour schemes and styles, transparent an translucent casings will make a short comeback too :)
awesome video!
BroForce on the Gameboy would be amazing! As well as many other pixel art games.
it's nice to see a bunch of GBStudio games have physical releases
Goodboy Galaxy is a *very* good looking GBA game being made. The demo at least shows a ton of promise.
Is there any rom links for this? These need to be archived.
I have Dimeos Jukebox which is pretty cool. I suggest taking a look at Deadeus which is a horror RPG. I'm looking forward to getting Gelatinous which a friend made. Gameboy indie games are a lot of fun.
If I had to hedge a bet, Rob probably only applied the "any resemblance" notice on "Space Ex" as a form of legal butt cover, since the game doesn't look like an officially licensed title.
Stuff like this, new commercial release MiniDiscs, new games for GB or SNES. I think they're really amazing. If it wasn't for Lunar Magic games I probably wouldn't use my SNES anymore.
There was a Gameboy PDA prototype that never came out :( RoxOS I feel was almost a recreation.
I would like to see a Space Ex longplay...
This is a great topic
I wonder if those first three games were built with GB Studio?
As it is interesting when people make their own games for old systems. But so many people aren't willing to play something that wasn't made my a major gaming company. And just rather play their old games or the ones they couldn't get when the system was popular.
The RoxOS cart is an interest pique-er for sure. Putting an entire MMU and FPU with memory into a Game Boy cartridge sized package isn't the problem. Its how do you make the entire thing power up correctly and make the OS entirely usable for people who own Game Boys/Colors/Advance/Advance SP.
Fun stuff!!!
A halo gb game would be sick
Where do I buy the "This Does Not Compute" Boy?
Have you seen the Thumby from tinycircuits?
I always thought it would be amazing to see a large, modern developer make a new game for old hardware. I think retro gaming has a large enough community that if a well respected developer released a game for say, the SNES or GB, there's be enough market to make a profit. Not a HUGE profit....but limited edition physical carts and digital downloads for Retroarch, etc.
This issue of course being legal trouble and copyright issues. Nintendo would absolutely sue any company releasing new software on even their long dead consoles.
i kinda wanna know how to make my own gameboy game now
Sir please notice me,why does my nintendo cube does not work?when i open it,the orang light turns on and turns off again but the fan is on,hope you help me....thanks
I suspect Rob is about to start receiving cease & desist notices from Nintendo for the use of their seal of quality and trademarks.
I would love to find out if these will work with the Analogue Pocket.
Hey man! I got a ds replacement shell and i put it together but when I turned it on it didn't turn on! What shall I do?
You should show us all the soundtracks
Pokemon were the king of rpgs for those handhelds.
They could also make new games for Nintendo and wii
I wish nintendo wasn't so uptight about their older titles. There's plenty of reason to let us keep "support" for a beloved title. It just seems like spite, knowing they aren't going to do anything with them, any time soon.
Those gameboy video's can barely be called a video.
That sonic cover song... ugh. Was he going for the 'broken genesis remix' or something? :/
Man. Am I getting Deja Vu or was this already uploaded
It's cool alright.
If it weren't for the pesky WEEE/ElektroG/StiftungEAR i would most certainly check out gamedev and then releasing stuff for the Gameboy. -.-
The fanboy thing of the modern day Cecil Rhodes ruined it
Ninja theory video games are cool
Man, I love it. really needed to get back portable gaming and to watch on a compressed GBA Video.
I wrote "gameboyDOS" about a year ago, not as good as RoxOS though
New games for old harder is not that rare
But usually, it creates on a digital form and if you want to play on original hardware you have to use some form of homebrew cartridge like for example R4 cartridge for ds I don't what cartridge game boy has but I'm the are very similar cartridge for a almost every console the have
cartridge,
in fact there is I game engine the call gb studio that is I software in the order to make game boy and game boy color games
Cool
Did Rob sponsor this video? Lol.
Even if he did, the work done is pretty praiseworthy.
I have a bunch of one-off Virtual Boy games and a few other custom cartridges that are retail quality. This is really nothing new. The problem that I have with this, as most of these things are made in such a small quantity, that if you're not lucky enough to be in the group that orders from the first batch, you usually will never get one. Look at all the people still trying to get Street Fighter for the Virtual Boy.
Good boy Galaxy anyone?
If NDS simply could play GB and GBC games...
Ninja theory video games are cool (ninja)
God, if your hands are shaking, it's not my business, but I wish you to health.
"pushing retro gaming forward" sounds so contradictory...
There are dozens of new Atari 2600 games coming out every year and have been for the last 10 years. The same as a lot of older game systems and computers, primarily the 8-bits and Amiga and ST. But the problem is with these newer game systems (not including the GB) is that they are not one man shows. A good game for the SNES, PSX or anything newer is just not a one man creation. One man can write a 2600 game and at least make a few bucks if not getting rich.
But the economics just cannot justify a team of professional illustrators, programmers, musicians, game designers, producers and the like for a newer and more powerful system. I don't expect there will be much of anything on the scale of the original releases ever. At best, hacks of existing games.
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
Stop talking through all of the gameplay footage. Can't hear the music or the sound.