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Tyrian 2000 Engaged version – widescreen, high-refresh rendering, multiplatform [video]

Posted by retro_guy on Saturday October 24, 2026 @10:39PM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XYol6TJdhE

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Amico8 – PICO-8 fantasy console emulator for Amiga [video]

Posted by retro_guy on Saturday October 24, 2026 @08:23PM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jLF-7muyqo

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Re:Amico8 – PICO-8 fantasy console emulator for Amiga [video] on Saturday October 24, 2026 @08:23PM (#50226902)

other examples of PICO-8 implementations for old hardware: https://github.com/Askentus/pico8pocket/issues/1

RetroGameForge project – rebuilt NESMaker with SNES development tools

Posted by retro_guy on Wednesday August 12, 2026 @04:00AM
from the timeextension.com dept.

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/08/this-new-suite-of-tools-aims-to-make-developing-nes-and-snes-games-far-more-intuitive

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Wine-NX – Experimental Wine Runtime for Nintendo Switch

Posted by retro_guy on Monday June 29, 2026 @07:40AM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/dantiicu/wine-nx

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Giulio Zausa's MMO-Chip Makes Reverse Engineering Old Silicon Chips a Multi Game

Posted by retro_guy on Thursday June 11, 2026 @10:37AM
from the hackster.io dept.

https://www.hackster.io/news/giulio-zausa-s-mmo-chip-makes-reverse-engineering-old-silicon-chips-a-multiplayer-game-23a16b68d73b

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Re:SNES-IDE: Your Journey into SNES Game Development on Sunday June 07, 2026 @07:04AM (#48433677)

- SNES dev resources extensive list: https://old.reddit.com/r/retrogamedev/comments/1ktxl8r/snesd...

SNES-IDE: Your Journey into SNES Game Development

Posted by retro_guy on Sunday June 07, 2026 @07:01AM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/BrunoRNS/SNES-IDE

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MpvNova – Android TV focused libmpv player

Posted by retro_guy on Sunday May 10, 2026 @12:14PM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/Laskco/mpvNova

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Reconstructed MS-DOS Commander Keen 1-3 Source Code

Posted by retro_guy on Thursday December 18, 2025 @08:05AM
from the pckf.com dept.

https://pckf.com/viewtopic.php?t=18248

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Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 7 on Linux, D7VK has a 1.0 release

Posted by retro_guy on Sunday December 14, 2025 @09:18AM
from the gamingonlinux.com dept.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/vulkan-based-translation-layer-for-direct3d-7-on-linux-d7vk-has-a-1-0-release-out-now/

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Annotated Disassembly of NES Super Contra ROM

Posted by retro_guy on Saturday November 01, 2025 @12:03PM
from the old.reddit.com dept.

https://old.reddit.com/r/retrogamedev/comments/1olpeeg/annotated_disassembly_of_the_nes_super_c_rom/

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IdTech4A++ – id Tech engine games for Android and other platforms

Posted by retro_guy on Friday September 19, 2025 @10:08PM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/glKarin/com.n0n3m4.diii4a

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Made a PSP Game in 2025 – A True Retro Nostalgia Boomer-Shooter [video]

Posted by retro_guy on Thursday September 18, 2025 @09:28PM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_pymYSK-OY

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R.e.l.i.v.e. – open-source engine for Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus and Oddysee

Posted by retro_guy on Thursday September 18, 2025 @05:40AM
from the aliveteam.github.io dept.

https://aliveteam.github.io/

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Homebrodot – Godot Engine for homebrew console platforms

Posted by retro_guy on Monday September 15, 2025 @08:38AM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/Homebrodot

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Creating Prey 2006 open-source FPS port by integrating codebase with Doom 3

Posted by retro_guy on Sunday September 07, 2025 @07:10AM
from the self-post dept.

See also:Quake 4 - Doom 3 GPL integration project: https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/122056-quake-4-doom-3-gpl-integration/

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Gravity Defied mobile game rewrite from Java to C++ & SDL

Posted by retro_guy on Thursday August 28, 2025 @08:17PM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/rgimad/gravity_defied_cpp

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GTA 2 re-implementation project by CriminalRETeam

Posted by retro_guy on Friday July 25, 2025 @07:38PM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/CriminalRETeam/gta2_re

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Switch 2 latency measurements – part 1: input-to-audio

Posted by retro_guy on Sunday July 06, 2025 @07:33AM
from the old.reddit.com dept.

https://old.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/1l78iwy/switch_2_latency_measurements_part_1_inputtoaudio/

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Re:Switch 2 latency measurements – part 1: input-to-audio on Sunday July 06, 2025 @07:33AM (#44479809)

WIP Silent Hill decompilation project

Posted by retro_guy on Saturday July 05, 2025 @05:30PM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/Vatuu/silent-hill-decomp

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Re:Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Decompilation Project on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @09:08PM (#44439375)

- related channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vxXKgk1DiY

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Decompilation Project

Posted by retro_guy on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @09:07PM
from the sotn.xee.dev dept.

https://sotn.xee.dev/

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OpenTyrian2000 – multi platform SDL3 version of Tyrian 2000 released

Posted by retro_guy on Monday June 30, 2025 @06:52AM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/andyvand/opentyrian2000/releases/tag/3.0.0-SDL3

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Frogatto Pixel Art Platformer Running on Open Source Engine Anura

Posted by retro_guy on Wednesday June 25, 2025 @06:33AM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/frogatto/frogatto

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Tuxracer.js play Tux Racer in the browser

Posted by retro_guy on Friday June 20, 2025 @12:54PM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/ebbejan/tux-racer-js

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The Nyanja new PC-Engine/TurboGrafx 16-bit console game in development

Posted by retro_guy on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @08:02PM
from the sarupro.itch.io dept.

https://sarupro.itch.io/thenyanja

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Basic and Necessary Tooling for Creating FPGA Retro Hardware Game Cores [video]

Posted by retro_guy on Saturday June 14, 2025 @07:00PM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3LyiSw3d58

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Comparing Insect ID Apps for Budding Entomologists

Posted by retro_guy on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @10:24PM
from the commonbynature.com dept.

https://commonbynature.com/2024/11/03/comparing-insect-apps/

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