12 Top Homebrew Games For Retro Consoles Worth Playing!

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  • Опубликовано: 16 ноя 2024

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  • @ecmyersvids
    @ecmyersvids 8 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks for inviting me to contribute! Lots of great suggestions, and you've just reminded me I still need to go back and finish The Legends of Owlia.

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад +1

      Loved having you and your expertise. Thank you for sharing. Now that you mention it... I need to grab Rollie!

  • @brokestudio1940
    @brokestudio1940 8 месяцев назад +3

    Wow very cool video! And a huge thanks to @CaptainAlgebra for the kind words about Twin Dragons, goes straight to my heart

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад +1

      When I saw Cap tweet about how much he enjoyed this game after he beat it, I knew he would be good for this colab and glad he could do it. Also I really enjoy Twin Dragons as well and 100% agree with the Captain here.

  • @johnhancockretro
    @johnhancockretro 8 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks for having me on to talk about homebrews! Lots of great suggestions here on this video ;)

    • @markofthefonz
      @markofthefonz 8 месяцев назад +1

      Bought the steam Rikki and Vikki and found that the steam rom is compatible after conversion with the 7800 gamedrive

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад

      I nabbed it too thanks to this recommendation. Good to know!

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад

      Thanks so much John! Great pick and added a lot to the video. Appreciate ya!

  • @josephbradshaw6985
    @josephbradshaw6985 8 месяцев назад +6

    Micro Mages, From Below, Space Gulls, Dungeons and Doomknights, Full Quiet, and the games mentioned in the video Twin Dragons and Legend of Owlia.
    I have high hopes for Mystic Searches.

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад +1

      Nice list and yes mystic searches looks fantastic!

    • @josephbradshaw6985
      @josephbradshaw6985 8 месяцев назад

      @@TheGameBeaters I know, right? I love hacks and homebrews, especially of NES.

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад +1

      @@josephbradshaw6985 same here!

  • @SquarePegs
    @SquarePegs 8 месяцев назад +2

    Awesome video! Thank you so much for having me be a part of it, Dan! I'm definitely going to check out Rollie and Fall Down!

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад

      Very grateful to have you, the whole video has been such a fun experience and hopefully provides value like you seem to have got to those who watch. Thanks!

  • @matthew_justice
    @matthew_justice 8 месяцев назад +2

    Great video! Good idea to collaborate with others to get a wide variety of games. Thanks @Madlittlepixel for covering Jane Austen's 8-bit Adventure!

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад +1

      Its a fun game and I am glad he want a little off the path to showcase it. Seems like he had a good time with it in the video.

  • @TigerChainsawVideoGames
    @TigerChainsawVideoGames 8 месяцев назад +1

    Never in my wildest dreams would I think Chumlee would have his own game! I like that the bosses are from the show, that's clever.
    What an awesome act of love to make a game with your wife with the game Jane Austin.
    Love the color palette of Ricki and Vicki.
    Batty Zabella has me sold with the solid underb00b on the cover. Even cooler it's a point and click adventure! RetroRoom is such a great guy too, so I'm glad someone showed off his work.
    The Cursed Knight is my favorite pick so far, it looks like right up my alley for everything I love in a video game.
    ChewChew Mimic is a great choice, I love action puzzlers. Super cool that John Riggs is behind it! I like that it has different paths to beat a level.
    I've never heard of Legends of Owlia but I'm loving the exploration adventure aspect of it. I like that it made you nostalgic for the NES and captured that gaming magic.
    My buddy actually bought Block 'Em Sock 'Em from Hancock at a convention last year. We tested it out and it's a very solid game.
    Video games are all about fun and Fall Down seems like it fits that narrative perfectly.
    Twin Dragons looks like a blast. I love the gameplay of it and Captain is right, there are a lot of terrible licensed games out there, so it's fun to find homebrew titles and support Indie devs.
    Sonic the Hedgehog and Racoon Mario merged together? Rollie sounds awesome!
    Thank you for having me on, it was an honor and I discovered a lot of great games on this list.

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад

      Dude. This is like the best comment I’ve seen on a video. Appreciate you taking the time to check out the whole thing and give your thoughts on each game. Very cool of you. And thanks for your review of Pigasus!

  • @retrobeliever
    @retrobeliever 8 месяцев назад +1

    Dang, crazy to be in this vid with so much talent! Happy and humbled Sir, thank you for allowing me to be a part of this!!! ❤️🎮

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад +1

      Love ya buddy! Thanks for everything!

    • @retrobeliever
      @retrobeliever 8 месяцев назад

      @@TheGameBeatersLove ya too! See you soon at MGC!!!!

  • @RussLyman
    @RussLyman 8 месяцев назад +1

    Heck yeah what a great video and thanks for letting be apart of this Collaboration. I love me some home-brews for sure

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад

      Thank you Russ! Batty Zebella looks right up my alley too!

  • @jasonaragon2766
    @jasonaragon2766 8 месяцев назад +2

    One of my favorite Homebrew is a Nes game called Böbl.

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад +1

      Itys a good one. I really love how they animated the bubble in the water in that game.

  • @CaptainAlgebra
    @CaptainAlgebra 8 месяцев назад

    Thanks for having me on! There are some really interesting games I need to check out now.

  • @GameDadShow
    @GameDadShow 8 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks for having me on. Great vid!

  • @OriginalFei
    @OriginalFei 8 месяцев назад +1

    Good selection 👌

  • @magvs_mæstro216
    @magvs_mæstro216 8 месяцев назад +1

    Legend of Owlia reminds me of Zelda mixed with, 8 EyEs for the nes

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад +1

      I could see where you could think that.

  • @erwinvb70
    @erwinvb70 8 месяцев назад

    I recently played ‘The Bouncing Ball’ on my Gameboy, simple, but very enjoyable homebrew game

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад

      Will have to look for it, thank you for the suggestion!

  • @TheBrick517
    @TheBrick517 6 месяцев назад

    You should totally check out the NES homebrew called Lizard by Brad Smith, it is one of the most fun and impressive homebrews out there.

  • @wiedo
    @wiedo 8 месяцев назад +1

    Goodboy Galaxy on GBA is absolutely one of the best homebrews out there. Maybe the best GBA game to date?
    It was the #1 game for our top 5 on the New Game Old Flame podcast. Absolutely check this game out!

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад

      yes! This one is one I keep hearing about and haven't had the chance yet. Will do asap! Thanks for the suggestion!

  • @AFFL1CTED1
    @AFFL1CTED1 8 месяцев назад

    I love videos like these! Make it a series, if you can.

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад

      Glad you like it! We try to do a crossover video like this once a year.

  • @kranibal
    @kranibal 8 месяцев назад +1

    What a blast to watch! Great job Beaters!

  • @mystacles
    @mystacles 8 месяцев назад

    What a great video! So many great home brews out there very cool seeing everyone's picks

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it! It was so much fun to put together and see the choices everyone went with.

  • @MarquisDeSang
    @MarquisDeSang 8 месяцев назад +1

    Got myself a physical copy of Strife Sisters for the Turbografx16/PC-Engine.

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад

      Oh that’s cool! I haven’t heard of that. I really need to dive into more TG16 homebrew and soon.

  • @marioyungblood
    @marioyungblood 8 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks for this. I'm barley starting with homebrew. So I'm new at this taking my time with of your picks. They all look promising. quick question at 0:22 what is that game? It shorta reminds me of cotton. Thanks #NewSub #ThumbsUP

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад

      That one is called Dottie Flowers for the Super Famicom. A fairly new game and it’s pretty darn great!

    • @marioyungblood
      @marioyungblood 8 месяцев назад

      @@TheGameBeaters Hey Brotha Thanks for the Game details of "Dottie Flowers" I really apperciate it.👊 If you could recommend anything else Retro and other homebrew jus point the way... Thanks

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад +1

      @@marioyungblood Stay tuned! We always have new homebrew featured on this channel!

  • @HIMOTHYBULL
    @HIMOTHYBULL 8 месяцев назад

    Rikki and Vikki look sicky 😂😂😂

  • @DenverGamer
    @DenverGamer 8 месяцев назад

    Very nice!!

  • @JohnRiggs
    @JohnRiggs 8 месяцев назад +2

    I solemly swear I didn't pay GameDadShow to say that. But I'll take it!

  • @orlandoturbo6431
    @orlandoturbo6431 8 месяцев назад

    I like to see more homebrew games for the TurboGrafx16. It be great if someone can make Super CD games for the Analogue Duo with Supergrafx support.

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад

      There are a handful for the TG16 that I know of, not sure about Supergrafx but it would be cool to add a game to that library for sure!

  • @GAMEPRODELTA
    @GAMEPRODELTA 8 месяцев назад

    I've got the Legends of Owlia on a cartridge, one of the few homebrews in my NES collection.

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад

      That’s awesome. Last I saw there was one on eBay for $900!

    • @GAMEPRODELTA
      @GAMEPRODELTA 8 месяцев назад

      @@TheGameBeaters I got really lucky at that shop then, wasn't even 50 bucks.

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад

      @@GAMEPRODELTA Yeah! Where is that shop? I might have to pay them a visit. lol

    • @GAMEPRODELTA
      @GAMEPRODELTA 8 месяцев назад

      @@TheGameBeaters game exchange in Sherman Texas.

  • @veronicac1132
    @veronicac1132 Месяц назад

    John Hancock is Bae ❤

  • @joshalderton2591
    @joshalderton2591 3 месяца назад

    Dragonball kart- Dreamcast, N64
    40 winks- N64
    New bomberman- 64

  • @ultramaximusreviews
    @ultramaximusreviews 8 месяцев назад

    Hey John Riggs!

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад

      He has a really cool shirt on in this one.

  • @Rabbitlord108
    @Rabbitlord108 8 месяцев назад +15

    To the folks running Game Beaters. Here's a bit of criticism. Please stop using ai generated art.

    • @Sinistar1983
      @Sinistar1983 8 месяцев назад +3

      My words exactly

    • @mechapingas3425
      @mechapingas3425 8 месяцев назад +3

      Yeah that thumbnail is kinda ugly

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад +3

      Appreciate the feedback. Curious what it is exactly you don’t like about it?

    • @catsaregovernmentspies
      @catsaregovernmentspies 8 месяцев назад +1

      Is that why the player on the right has a unique looking NES controller? The whole reason I clicked on this video was to learn about that controller.

    • @Rabbitlord108
      @Rabbitlord108 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@TheGameBeaters I just hate it when people use ai generated art in general (As do a lot of people)

  • @studioloadingproductions
    @studioloadingproductions 8 месяцев назад

    😢 I see no Flying Arrows o'mine 😢

  • @paxhumana2015
    @paxhumana2015 8 месяцев назад

    The second game can be remade with a companion game that has Mark Twain and it could end up being like an NES/FDS version of Abyss X Zero, and I think that it would be a good idea because Mark Twain said a lot of things about Jane Austen, and not good things, namely, "Whenever I take up "Pride and Prejudice" or "Sense and Sensibility," I feel like a barkeeper entering the Kingdom of Heaven. I mean, I feel as he would probably feel, would almost certainly feel. I am quite sure I know what his sensations would be -- and his private comments. He would be certain to curl his lip, as those ultra-good Presbyterians went filing self-complacently along...She makes me detest all her people, without reserve. Is that her intention? It is not believable. Then is it her purpose to make the reader detest her people up to the middle of the book and like them in the rest of the chapters? That could be. That would be high art. It would be worth while, too. Some day I will examine the other end of her books and see. - 'Jane Austen'", "Jane Austen? Why I go so far as to say that any library is a good library that does not contain a volume by Jane Austen. Even if it contains no other book", "To me his prose is unreadable -- like Jane Austin's [sic]. No there is a difference. I could read his prose on salary, but not Jane's. Jane is entirely impossible. It seems a great pity that they allowed her to die a natural death", "Jane Austen's books, too, are absent from this library. Just that one omission alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't a book in it", and, "I haven't any right to criticize books, and I don't do it except when I hate them. I often want to criticize Jane Austen, but her books madden me so that I can't conceal my frenzy from the reader; and therefore I have to stop every time I begin. Every time I read 'Pride and Prejudice', I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone". Yeah, now you know why that game needs to be remade, as well as expanded.

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад

      That's a pretty cool idea on a way to expand on that universe!

  • @DETHTWUKTAUR
    @DETHTWUKTAUR Месяц назад

    I'm going to sub to all of these listed game boy home boys. Likes are free (>'.')^

  • @newogame1
    @newogame1 8 месяцев назад

    When does the Wii become "retro"?

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад

      I'd say it is now in my book but that's just me. When do you think it will be?

    • @newogame1
      @newogame1 8 месяцев назад

      @@TheGameBeatersIts tricky to say. its not 8bit nor ps1 graphics, while powerful enough to do both 2d and 3d small large/projects (re: flappy bird, xenoblade). And its still cheap to purchase. This flexibility makes it some kind of boring nomad. but I do enjoy making homebrew for it my game is "newozero".

  • @GAMECLOSET
    @GAMECLOSET 8 месяцев назад

    There’s a lot of great games presented by a lot of fantastic creators! Thanks to Dan again for having me on and ‘Hello’ to my fellow creators! (Now, I have some home brews to grab! Except Blockem Sockem cuz I’ve already got that one. 😁😎)

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks so much for your pick! Glad you could do it and I need to check out downfall for sure.

  • @razumskiy
    @razumskiy 8 месяцев назад +2

    You forgot the Legend of Owlia link

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад +1

      You’re right I did. Thanks for holding me accountable. Here it is: gradualgames.itch.io/the-legends-of-owlia

  • @grantt4532
    @grantt4532 8 месяцев назад

    Kind of wild to kick the video off with a game staring the dude accused of sexual assault and charged with 20 felonies. LUL

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад

      lol is that real? I don’t keep up with that stuff.

    • @grantt4532
      @grantt4532 8 месяцев назад

      @@TheGameBeaters he was under a raid for the SA deal, then he was charged with drugs and illegal guns for 20 counts settled for 3 on probation

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  8 месяцев назад

      @@grantt4532 wow! Sounds like crazy times for the guy! That IS wild! lol

  • @hodeyfu7617
    @hodeyfu7617 5 месяцев назад

    I kinda don’t see the point of system homebrew anymore. With every system emulated, just do “homebrew “ or indie on pc or Mac.

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  5 месяцев назад +1

      Personally I think the point of homebrew is not only to give people who love the console something new to play feeding into nostalgia in a novel way but also to adhere to the limitations of the platform authentically. Sometimes its the limits we place on something that brings out greatness.

    • @hodeyfu7617
      @hodeyfu7617 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@TheGameBeaters I get it. I used to love homebrew. But it seems to have travelled full circle. Most people will play homebrew on an emulator, kind of defeating the initial intent.

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  5 месяцев назад

      @@hodeyfu7617 the beauty of it is that while you can play it on emulators you can still go back and play it on the original console. There is a feeling of putting a new game into your original console that just can't be replicated.

    • @hodeyfu7617
      @hodeyfu7617 5 месяцев назад

      @@TheGameBeaters I get it. I’ve been following it my whole life. It used to take a lot of effort to get homebrew working. I remember softmodding my Xbox and opening it wide up. I have tons of Dreamcast homebrew. I have flash cards and just got a saroo. But it was just a thought that occurred to me. If I knew programming more, I probably would of tried to make something.

    • @TheGameBeaters
      @TheGameBeaters  5 месяцев назад

      @@hodeyfu7617 I remember those days of modding xboxes and burning Dreamcast discs. Kind of fondly to be honest. But as far as the people who make homebrew they have a passion for this stuff and we the players only benefit from it. I can see why some might be confused about the need but I feel it just comes down to there are a good number of people who want new homebrew.