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by hnlmorg 798 days ago
The Gameboy and GBA have seen a surprising number of new games in recent years. And I don’t mean stuff created in GB Studio (which is itself really awesome), but actual games written from scratch in C or assembly. They seem to be quite a popular couple of platforms to develop on even today.

Personally, I tend to look out more the indie Mega Drive releases but I really love the fact that people are still developing for these platforms.
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jsheard 798 days ago
It's not a game but I'll take any opportunity to plug Overdrive 2 for the Mega Drive:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWVmPtr9O0g

That system has no business producing any kind of 3D graphics but they did it anyway.

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hnlmorg 798 days ago
Yeah seen that before. It’s definitely impressive but it’s worth noting that there are a few 3D games for the Mega Drive. Albeit games like Virtua Racing did have additional chips in the cartridge (I have a boxed copy of that cart sat behind me).

The Master System had stereoscopic 3D games too. As did the Famicom. I have both of their respective 3D addons too. Missile Defence in 3D is pretty cool. Hard to believe it’s 30+ year old tech.

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pbj1968 798 days ago
Virtua Racer was the only game with an extra chip for 3D. Everything else on that system is running straight off a ROM.
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hnlmorg 798 days ago
For some reason I thought Sega had released other games with the SVP but you’re right Virtua Racing was the only one.

I think maybe I got my wires crossed with Virtua Fighter 2, which did see a Mega Drive release but as a 2D fighter (the VSP port being cancelled - presumably because of the cost of the VSP).

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pbj1968 797 days ago
I went down some Covid quest of lunacy where I made literally hundreds of genesis cartridges. Yes, I’m aware of and own everdrives and multicarts, too. Got very intimately familiar with those pcbs by the end of it.
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hnlmorg 797 days ago
That sounds interesting. Why did you create so many? What were they used for?
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erickhill 798 days ago
There is a constant drumbeat of excellent new releases for both C64 and Amiga games as well. It's... amazing.
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hnlmorg 798 days ago
Pretty much ever retro system still sees new releases, albeit at varying rates
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