Someone mentioned a fabled R-Type TurboGrafx-16-to-SuperGrafx conversion in my Discord yesterday, so I asked Chris Covell if such a thing exists. It turns out, Chris was the person behind it. He started converting TurboGrafx-16’s R-Type to SuperGrafx in 2012, and made it to stage 4. The SuperGrafx’s extra hardware is used to reduce sprite flicker […]
Thunderstruck, a long-time Virtual Boy coder from PlanetVB forums, has released an open-source Vectrex emulator that runs on the Nintendo Virtual Boy. It currently runs Minestorm only, and very slowly. The author is hoping that another coder will come in and do the “boring” work of optimizing and improving it. Details on how it was […]
sverx at the SMS Power Forums is developing a tool suite for the Sega Master System that is inspired by Artemio’s 240p Test Suite. So far it includes some basic but very useful video tools and a graphical controller test. Sverx will post the source on Github when it reaches v1.0, and is open to […]
Not long ago, MegaCat Studios announced an interesting sounding “top down rpg shooter” called Lethal Wedding. At the time, there was little to go on other than a quirky story about a bride and her mother-in-law seeking revenge when a groom is kidnapped. Footage is now available which shows off some of the gameplay and […]
NEScape is the latest title in a resurgence of new games for classic consoles to make its rounds on Kickstarter. Like many of its peers, NEScape met its goal relatively quickly, so it appears that it’s a safe bet that the Kickstarter campaign will be a success when it reaches its funding deadline. https://ksr-video.imgix.net/projects/3652672/video-960005-h264_high.mp4 Created […]
A new homebrew NES game just made its goal on kickstarter with 17 days left as of the time that I an writing this article. The game, named Soko Bananas is an overhead puzzler that reminds me of classics such as The Adventures of Lolo, and Kickle Cubicle. https://ksr-video.imgix.net/assets/025/060/588/f129389f3c5aa5e6a981a05df1c37399_h264_high.mp4 Per Flip for Fate, the […]
In mid-2018, the Turbografx and PC Engine CD received a new action-platforming game titled FX-Unit Yuki: The Henshin Engine. Following a successful kickstarter campaign, backers were able to participate in a survey to choose a console port for development after the original version was completed where the Sega Genesis won the popular vote. Now, nearly […]
Genesis and Mega Drive users have yet another game to look forward to with the announcement of Project Genesis, a new game designed to run on real hardware. This time, the developer is Bits Rule Games, an Argentinian development studio currently composed of four members. The game reminds me of Monster World IV visually with a […]
Irena is a 16-bit shmup created by White Ninja Studio. It’s main dev, Kentosama named the game after his daughter which is how another indie game, Battle Princess Madelyn started its development. The Story line is as follows: In a distant world, an intergalactic ship carrying settlers to the planet Laderia II is suddenly trapped […]
To celebrate the Nintendo Game Boy’s 30th anniversary, snorpung has released a free new homebrew game for the system! Dangan GB is a short simplistic boss-rush/bullet-hell shmup. Some features: 6 unique bosses with multiple phases no bullet flicker no slowdown no tearing plenty of bullets Credits: Code, Graphics and Design: snorpung Music and Sound FX: […]
