Please check out the video description for the link to the SGDK Patreon. Hopefully we'll get Mega CD development tools one day! Also please check out the links to all the projects featured in the video. 2022 looks like it is going to be another great year for Megadrive/Genesis fans!
I took a try at changing the music files on a few CD shooters... But it's tricky business because it's got to be the be exactly the same length.... I only successfully made one working hacked Sega CD game.... And was only able to change the music ...
@@SegaDream131 which one? Can you put any same length music in a shmup like Metallica 💿 onto sega cd game like sol feace , can you google drive upload me your 💿 rom which game was it and what music?
@@SegaDream131 but which game did you do it for "I only successively made 1 hacked sega cd 💿 game with new music" can you upload it, which game/Shmup was it?
Me too. I think there is a decent market for it, adn the games are still fun to play. I would love to see an official all-in-one Sega retro console (including Master System to the Dreamcast), but that's just a dream :)
@@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials The only company focused on low-level hardware-accurate FPGA replicas is probably Analogue, and they're EXPENSIVE and not multi-system. If Sega or someone else released an all-in-one, it would likely just be a mix of emulators strapped together with duct-tape (or worse, just an external front-end). Not terrible, but not as good as original hardware, and nothing special. Might as well get an Xbox Series S and install RetroArch! Maybe get a Sega console themed skin for the outside, lol. I could accept that IF they included special functionality not easily found in an mITX PC mod for an old console. For example, install a functional toploader drive capable of reading CD- and GD-ROMs directly, plus a Genesis/MD slot and some custom code to allow the included emulators to directly access the carts rather than requiring ROMs. Give users the choice of different shells and UIs with the same internals, for example you could have one that looks and boots like a Saturn, another that is modeled after a Dreamcast, maybe a CDX. Support for the native controllers in addition to USB and BT would be a massive boon. THAT would be something I could really get behind. But uh, yeah. That's REALLY just a Dream.
Unfortunately the REASON for the internet outage will be because of energy loss across the board..... So not to burst your bubble but the tv won't work then either .....😐
I would love that SEGA make FPGA device like: 1.) CD-32x as ADD ON with HDMI output for users who already have old Gen/MegaDrive. With faster cd drive inside. 2.) For new users: MegaDrive CD32X hdmi console (with cartridge input and CD drive). Nothing more😁. That would be great. 🥰 And let the indie devs do games for that system. I think lots of potential can be found in that combo Gen/CD/32X
I wish someone would make like a fruit loopy sequencer that used all 3, nor sure on 32x but I know extra pcm channels on mega cd, I'd say tracker but never got my head round them
I'm leading the development of an SRPG for the genesis. No preview footage to share yet, were still largely focusing on engine and story development. I have to say some of these games look incredibly polished and promising. It's great to see so many indie devs out there putting out games that look to be on par with AAA titles from the original Genesis/Mega Drive lifecycle.
As much as I appreciate retro style games on current generation consoles there’s really nothing like a new game on original Genesis/Mega Drive hardware. Excellent vid showing these new in development games, Genesis/MD still does!
Nice shout out to Stef! Literally, he's the reason why homebrew has exploded on the MD. I'm an assembly programmer and very comfortable with it, but I realize most people just don't have the time (or even energy) to ramp up in Assembly and direct hardware. SGDK has given some impressive capabilities with a low entry to barrier on the MD.
I probably would never have gotten into Megadrive dev if it weren't for SGDK. Modern C compilers seem to be very efficient and coding in assembly is something of an acquired taste nowadays (although stillI like to watch some ChibiAkumas assembly videos from time to time). Even the Saturn is getting some good C-based dev kits now.
These projects are amazing; pushing older hardware impresses me more than most indie games I see coming out for Steam, Switch or PS4. How about the port of Shinobi arcade for the Mega Drive? That’s looking, sounding and playing great so far and I was hoping it to get finalized in 2022.
That was both looking and playing great, and a large part was finished already. Unfortunately, to the best of my knowledge the programmer is busy with other things right now, but I hope it gets finished one day.
Wow, I didn't realize there were so many of these projects in the works. This is awesome! It's amazing what people keep pushing the hardware to do. It's also great to learn about this dev tool. Awesome video!
A MegaCD Dev Kit feels like the next big thing in homebrew. The device had so much untapped potential that I feel we are going to see some really cool stuff
Thank you so much for covering these games. It's incredible, which amazing titles are still being remade and created from scratch for the Genesis. I'll check out Kickstarter, to support these!
Great compilation of information, the Mega Man 4,5, and 6 game looks really good. Metal Slug looks crazy, just wow. And that Sunset Riders definitely looks better than the SNES version, I own the original Genesis version. You know what game would be an amazing 2D platformer de-make that I'm surprised Insomniac hasn't done yet? Ratchet and Clank, so many ideas could be reworked and translated to a 2D plane, not to mention all the amazing weapons and gadgets. I think it would benefit best from being pixel based on modern consoles, but a 32-bit version, or even someone talented at 16-bit hardware pushing could pull it off.
Second Dimension also has several genesis titles in the works around 2021-2022. They make an actively developed BASIC compiler called SecondBASIC. The previous BASIC compiler on the scene BasiegaXorz has SegaCD and 32x support though it's been unmaintaned for many years.
That's interesting. The C compiler used by SGDK is very efficient, but BASIC compilers have a reputation for being slow (although the code is easier for most people to write). I remember a MVG video about a BASIC development kit for the Saturn a while back.
@@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials Some assume since interpreted BASIC is slow that compiled BASIC is as well. There's even a compiler for the Atari 2600 that has performance enough to produce side scrolling Super Mario clones called batari BASIC. To add to your in development list Second Dimension has an early demo of Eyra the Crow Maiden available. Plus, a long delayed RPG called Affinity Sorrow getting back into active dev in 2021-2022.
@Greengh0st I have two theories at this point. It's either what Sonic 3D Blast did for intro. Or it's using Virtua Racer Genesis expansion chip, since I heard something about it maybe being reverse engineered. (Sorry for not replying in Russian, but i cant type in it at reasonable speed at all)
Im soo looking forward to your 2 project I think they will be something damn neat and a technical marvel for the megadrive. Keep up the awesome work man.
Haha, it does a bit. If Pyron and the rest of the crew ever decide to create a new IP similar to Sunset Riders, then Sunset Heroes might be a good choice of name :)
@@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials Maybe a "Sunset Riders x Gunstar Heroes" crossover. The crossover we never knew we needed. "Bury me with my Seven Forces" 😂
It's astonishing, that it's possible at all, to have those graphics on the console, as seen in some of the demonstrated games like Resident Evil or KoF. Hats off to the developers!
Very impressed by these fan games, but the most that made me sold its Street fighter Alpha and KoF 98 I was wowed by it! Hopefully these indies get on 32XSDk and SCDk. Genesis is still a beast!!
Yep, just MORE unfounded hate for Sega coming from the Nintendo fanboys just because the Genny is the 'PREFERRED' tried-and-true 16-bit console platform to develop homebrews and ports on; and also simply because it's getting a few more extra new games added to its library... 🙄
Yeah, I think we are starting to get some very talented artists involved in MD dev now (rather than having the programmers trying to create their own, with sometimes mixed results!)
@@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials Yes. Xeno Crisis was incredible on that regard (and overall, it is a fantastic game with stellar soundtrack and visuals).
Thanks for the shout out! The art direction on Chords really needs some work! 😁 Character designs are spot on but I don't think the backgrounds are not doing my vision justice.
I think the project is already looking good and has lots of potential (plus the Dracula game too). I will be doing a similar video in a week or two, so let me know if you have any current projects you would like me to include
So many games So much support Being a Sega Genesis fan has never felt more rewarding. Hell, whose to stay some of us may start our own genesis games if the SGDK kicks in.
I love this. All these games & ports look awesome. My hope is that someone will someday port the arcade versions of Bad Dudes, Robocop, and Moonwalker to the ol' Genesis/Mega Drive.
Great to hear it! I'm going to start work on it next week. I want to film all 30 or so episodes of the "basics series" before I upload the first one, that way I can guarantee a regular upload schedule without too many gaps. It should be fun :)
Boy, would've been nice to have this "SGDK" back in the day, instead of pouring blood sweat and tears into the machine. As much as I love accessibility and modern tools, I feel in some ways it helps further the lack of respect for what we had to go through back in the days. I don't think modern homebrew enthusiasts can even come to grips with the fact that we didn't have Google and the internet, let alone how completely archaic and crippled our tools were. Cool looking homebrews in this video though... Subbed.
It was a nice surprise to see you pop up in the comments section! I loved your work on Desert Strike (among other games). I will be starting an SGDK tutorial series within the next few weeks, and it would be nice to get the occasional perspective from someone like yourself about how much the modern way of doing things differs from the old (I imagine that what takes just a few lines of C in SGDK to achieve would have taken a few dozen of lines of assembly back in the 90s). What I like most about the new tools we have at our disposal today is the ability to quickly change something and then be able to test the result within seconds, something which I guess wasn't possible back then. Some people are still doing it largely the old way though, for example Matt Phillips (Tanglewood) and Sik (Arkagis Escape).
SGDK is awesome. It's ridiculously easy to get stuff up and running with it. If I had time to look at MegaCD I'd try to figure out how use it for scaling. edit: thx for the mention.
That's definitely possible. They probably just assume the devs will give up long before then. Hopefully the creators will eventually pivot the project to its own unique IP.
Great video, I wasn't aware SF Alpha was being ported. I always thought that would be cool. Some of the sprites of the 32-bit Capcom fighting games have already been used 20 years ago in Taiwanese pirate games, so I knew they could work. Problem was that those games were rubbish. Top Fighter 2000 MKVII had Ryu from SF Alpha I believe, and Cyclops from the X-Men: Children of the Atom. Was cool to see those detailed sprites on MD, will be even better to have it play well. There was even a pirate King of Fighters 98. I had a cart once. It was basically an SNK vs Street Fighter game, using ripped and badly converted sprites. Looking forward to see a version with more effort put into it. As for the Mega-CD. SGDK is one factor, but I think the audience is another. There were just fewer MCD systems sold in the first place, and today with the old disc drives having become unreliable I would always get a cart if I had the choice. This will be improved somewhat with the flashcarts offering MCD support, but I don't think those have been widely adopted yet since they aren't cheap. But over time more people will have MCD compatibility that way.
Some of those Taiwanese pirate games weren't too bad. Regarding the Mega CD, I like the approach that Sik took with Arkagis Escape - a game that works on the regular Megadrive, but offers extra power for those with a Mega CD attached. It would be interesting to see an accurate survey of how many of the originally sold Megardives, Mega CDs, SNESs ect are still in active use.
This is the time the genesis/megadrive gets the respect it deserved. I love to see how these maschine get to their limits because we have no chip prices like in 80/90s.
Really hope that SGDK gets expanded to sega CD. SOOO much untapped potential there with the hardware sprite scaling and rotation. It's criminal sega CD doesn't have a Golden Axe : Revenge of Death adder port and things of that nature. People got way too distracted with the FMV nonsense.
Haha, I've actually been sleeping a lot over the Christmas and New Year period. It's going to be a busy January, so I'm going to need to get the extra shut-eye now :)
Awesome video. 😎🤘🏻🎸🕹 I’m really intrigued by many of these games. My personal favorites on this list are castlevania: sotn, resident evil demake, mega man: the sequel war, metal slug, and sunset riders. If these games are ever released, I would totally play them.
Awesome!! I hope to see Shinobi Arcade finished soon too. Shadow Dancer Arcade would be another great port for Sega Genesis. What impressed me more is the fact that most of these game looks and plays like a AAA game from big companies that were released between 1993 and 1996. Sometimes even better!! I hope that one day the Homebrew Dev Kits for the Master System/Sega CD/32X/Saturn and Dreamcast can achieve this same level of performance: new or original Homebrew, ports or hacked games that looks and plays as good as those made in the golden days of these consoles. I Know that KOS for the Dreamcast is really improving but still there's a great gap of performance between games using it and the old games that used the official Sega Katana kits. KOS seems perfect for 2D or Indie 3D games for now, but still a long way for making some thing like Sonic Adventures, RE Code Veronica or Shenmues. Maybe one day... And Thanks for the greats Castlevania and GG Shinobi Projects. Love both games!
Looking at all these SEGA Genesis/MegaDrive games being ported from other titles, I for one would LOVE to see 16-bit versions of 8-bit CAPCOM, Konami, DATA EAST & TECMO games we never got on SEGA consoles. Imagine a 16 bit remake of games like Commando, Ninja Gaiden, Castlevania, Metal Gear, Bionic Commando, Bad Dudes, Batman, Gremlins 2, & more! Just w/16-bit visuals, fx & sounds! 😉👍
From 8 bit NES it would be possible to port an improved version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III Remastering with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles very big problems on Sega Mega Drive
These projects look amazing, I think it would be awesome if Sonic 1 & 2 Game Gear were remade along with Sonic Chaos & Triple Trouble for the Genesis,plus there quite a few Genesis that could be remakes etc. I hope you & everyone one else keeps up the great work! 👍
Thad be awesome. Ive always wanted gen remakes of atleast chaos and triple trouble. Someone made a chaos remake for sage 2020 and at the time its only the first level
I did see a modern/PC Sonic Mania style remake for one of the Game Gear Sonic games which looked great (can't remember which one). Trying to code Sonic's complex physics on the Megadrive sounds really difficult, it takes a genius like Naka to pull it off.
I don't know about the 3DO, but the Saturn is starting to get some great dev support (there are already two kits, Jo Engine and Yaul, although neither are as mature as SGDK)
Thanks for making this awesome video! These games have me really excited, and I love your narration: reminds me that the supportive, chill community around dev is alive and well! I'm a hardware developer, but maybe one day I'll learn to program games. Keep me in mind if you need some MD/Genesis hardware help tho!
Back in 1996, I remember wanting SFA so much on the Mega Drive and one of the kids at school trolled me, saying he had it at home and all that, I believed him, at the time, many things existed and we didn't know, but one thing I was certain is that there was no reason the Mega Drive couldn't run SFA, they only had to make it happen, a bit later I also knew that a KOF game was possible on the SNES, now, seeing these fan efforts bringing such legendary games to the console proves that could have happened, while most of the issue was the cartridge storage limitation and how much that would cost, technically, it was possible and I'm eager to sit one day and finally play these games as I envisioned them as a kid.
So many great games! Also glad to hear your Symphony of the Night game will be more of a ClassicVania, I'm more curious now Programming games to the Genesis is something I would like, it's my favorite console, the one I grew up with But l'd like to sell my games once I can make more professional stuff so I'll study the engine Godot instead, which has a scripting language very similar to Python I never touched programming other than understanding Rpgmaker 2003 to a professional level, but I hope I can learn such programming if trying hard enough
The Shinobi game for GG... The one where you had different colored (outfits?) Ninjas that each had their own special abilities. I credit that game for my idea of a Sonic game where different Chaos Emeralds would transform Sonic and give him different abilities. Like being able to swim (Mer-Sonic, lol), a fiery Sonic, an armored/knight Sonic, and a super bouncy Sonic. This one was inspired a bit by Sonic Spinball in how he'd ricochet inside some of the bosses/machines, but a lot faster. There were probably more ability types I had thought of, but that was well over 20 years ago.
Thanks for sharing all this. Always wonder why people put things on the Sega Genesis where the Sega CD or mega CDs you call it it's so underutilized all this stuff will be so awesome on the mega Sega CD
Thanks for this. These look great. I hope all goes well with your projects too. If anything, atleast do a very basic SOTN if you can. It seems great so far, and it would be awesome!
Pigsy, have you ever tried alternating between two perfectly-offset shadow meshes at high speed? 30x one, 30x the other per second, for example? Edit: I know in many cases Shadow mode would be better, but those modes have limitations too.
this is the greatest thing ever. i didn't know games were still being developed for sega genesis!!! are there other retro consoles where games are still being made?
I love seeing new games on old hardware. For some reason, I've encountered many new retro-inspired games developed for powerful hardware have a sort of uncanny valley thing going on. I'll often find a sprite that looks a little too high res compared to the other sprites. Or you'll see a graphical effect being used that would have been impossible on 16-bit hardware. It can take me out of the experience a little bit. In my opinion, having limitations can spur creativity.
Cornett's cut downs sure benefited not being able to curse.... Made it so that his curse free promo was better than a foul mouthed one ever could be.... You are correct 😁....
@@SegaDream131 Good ol' Corny. Another example I like is if you compare Ren and Stimpy when it was on Nickelodeon vs when it was on Spike TV. It was way over the top vulgar on Spike TV and lost a lot of its original charm. In my opinion, of course.
I think it's cool that there are still Sega Genesis games being released, even if it's not licensed or in development. If I had the capability of making 16 bit games, here are some games I would put on Genesis. Street Fighter Alpha (Zero) 2 Raptor: Call of the Shadows And probably some fan games based on Anime shows like the Digimon and Precure series. But this is what I have down for now, let me know what you think.
I would say that it is probably the main reason. The SNES doesn't seem to have any kind if user-friendly developers kit right now. The Game Boy and GBA both have good fan development support, so maybe there's something about the SNES hardware that makes it particularly difficult to create a dev kit for? Even the Sega Saturn is getting good development tool these days, so it's a shame the SNES is being left behind.
@@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials Nintendo is known for quickly shooting down any attempt of making fan games and such, so people don't even try. They are the ones that send the C&D stuff everywhere.
Please check out the video description for the link to the SGDK Patreon. Hopefully we'll get Mega CD development tools one day! Also please check out the links to all the projects featured in the video. 2022 looks like it is going to be another great year for Megadrive/Genesis fans!
Thank you for this video, check my channel videos I sent music to 4 of these projects !
I took a try at changing the music files on a few CD shooters...
But it's tricky business because it's got to be the be exactly the same length....
I only successfully made one working hacked Sega CD game....
And was only able to change the music ...
@@SegaDream131 which one? Can you put any same length music in a shmup like Metallica 💿 onto sega cd game like sol feace , can you google drive upload me your 💿 rom which game was it and what music?
*mp3 to wave☝️😉
@@SegaDream131 but which game did you do it for "I only successively made 1 hacked sega cd 💿 game with new music" can you upload it, which game/Shmup was it?
Wish big companies kept making these kind of retro games. It's so cool to see these pushing the console to it's limit.
Me too. I think there is a decent market for it, adn the games are still fun to play. I would love to see an official all-in-one Sega retro console (including Master System to the Dreamcast), but that's just a dream :)
Problem is that they wouldn't make it due to low sales and the console itself not being sold anymore
@@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials The only company focused on low-level hardware-accurate FPGA replicas is probably Analogue, and they're EXPENSIVE and not multi-system. If Sega or someone else released an all-in-one, it would likely just be a mix of emulators strapped together with duct-tape (or worse, just an external front-end). Not terrible, but not as good as original hardware, and nothing special. Might as well get an Xbox Series S and install RetroArch! Maybe get a Sega console themed skin for the outside, lol.
I could accept that IF they included special functionality not easily found in an mITX PC mod for an old console. For example, install a functional toploader drive capable of reading CD- and GD-ROMs directly, plus a Genesis/MD slot and some custom code to allow the included emulators to directly access the carts rather than requiring ROMs. Give users the choice of different shells and UIs with the same internals, for example you could have one that looks and boots like a Saturn, another that is modeled after a Dreamcast, maybe a CDX. Support for the native controllers in addition to USB and BT would be a massive boon. THAT would be something I could really get behind.
But uh, yeah. That's REALLY just a Dream.
Unfortunately the REASON for the internet outage will be because of energy loss across the board.....
So not to burst your bubble but the tv won't work then either .....😐
@@BIastProcX there're clone consoles though
Looking forward to that Castlevania one for sure. Great list!
I'm going to try and make some decent progress on it this year :)
Yep, just MORE unfounded hate for Sega coming from the Nintendo fanboys just because the Genny is getting a few new games added to its library... 🙄
I would really love to see what could MegaDrive + 32X + MegaCD deliver at its full potential.
Me too!
That would b very interesting
I would love that SEGA make FPGA device like:
1.) CD-32x as ADD ON with HDMI output for users who already have old Gen/MegaDrive. With faster cd drive inside.
2.) For new users: MegaDrive CD32X hdmi console (with cartridge input and CD drive).
Nothing more😁. That would be great. 🥰
And let the indie devs do games for that system. I think lots of potential can be found in that combo Gen/CD/32X
You're speaking my language.
I wish someone would make like a fruit loopy sequencer that used all 3, nor sure on 32x but I know extra pcm channels on mega cd, I'd say tracker but never got my head round them
I really appreciate the updates and showing off some highly anticipated projects. It is amazing how many Sega games are being developed in 2022.
I'm leading the development of an SRPG for the genesis. No preview footage to share yet, were still largely focusing on engine and story development.
I have to say some of these games look incredibly polished and promising. It's great to see so many indie devs out there putting out games that look to be on par with AAA titles from the original Genesis/Mega Drive lifecycle.
As much as I appreciate retro style games on current generation consoles there’s really nothing like a new game on original Genesis/Mega Drive hardware. Excellent vid showing these new in development games, Genesis/MD still does!
You all sound like biased console whores instead of appreciating good games.
So happy to see that SEGA Genesis is being revived once again. Happy New Year Everyone
Yep, just MORE unfounded hate for Sega coming from the Nintendo fanboys just because the Genny is getting a few new games added to its library... 🙄
Nice shout out to Stef! Literally, he's the reason why homebrew has exploded on the MD. I'm an assembly programmer and very comfortable with it, but I realize most people just don't have the time (or even energy) to ramp up in Assembly and direct hardware. SGDK has given some impressive capabilities with a low entry to barrier on the MD.
I probably would never have gotten into Megadrive dev if it weren't for SGDK. Modern C compilers seem to be very efficient and coding in assembly is something of an acquired taste nowadays (although stillI like to watch some ChibiAkumas assembly videos from time to time). Even the Saturn is getting some good C-based dev kits now.
I literally became a Patron because I came across this video and saw the shoutout for him. I want to see Sega CD SDK in our future!
These projects are amazing; pushing older hardware impresses me more than most indie games I see coming out for Steam, Switch or PS4. How about the port of Shinobi arcade for the Mega Drive? That’s looking, sounding and playing great so far and I was hoping it to get finalized in 2022.
That was both looking and playing great, and a large part was finished already. Unfortunately, to the best of my knowledge the programmer is busy with other things right now, but I hope it gets finished one day.
Yep, just MORE unfounded hate for Sega coming from the Nintendo fanboys just because the Genny is getting a few new games added to its library... 🙄
One of these days I'll have more "homebrew" than official games for the Sega
Dang, Mega CD support would be sick.
Access to the extra ram and processor would help any project
It really would! I would love to try and do some scaling tricks with SotN and Shinobi.
I dream of a development kit that harnesses the potential of 32x sega as well....especially the palette and simultaneous colors.
Wow, I didn't realize there were so many of these projects in the works. This is awesome! It's amazing what people keep pushing the hardware to do. It's also great to learn about this dev tool. Awesome video!
A MegaCD Dev Kit feels like the next big thing in homebrew. The device had so much untapped potential that I feel we are going to see some really cool stuff
Looking forward to the SGDK series! Happy 2022!
Happy 2022 to you too! Hopefully the tutorial series will begin in February. Hope to see you there :)
Thank you so much for covering these games. It's incredible, which amazing titles are still being remade and created from scratch for the Genesis. I'll check out Kickstarter, to support these!
I missed The Cursed Knight and Phantom Gear on your review!
Let’s make mega CD / Sega CD support real on patreon!!!!
Ah, sorry, I knew I would miss some (I just noticed that Sega Lord X did a video about that first game, so I'm surprised I forgot to include it).
Alpha 1 on genesis?!? YESSSSS
Amen Akuma on Genesis . My dream
Great compilation of information, the Mega Man 4,5, and 6 game looks really good. Metal Slug looks crazy, just wow. And that Sunset Riders definitely looks better than the SNES version, I own the original Genesis version.
You know what game would be an amazing 2D platformer de-make that I'm surprised Insomniac hasn't done yet? Ratchet and Clank, so many ideas could be reworked and translated to a 2D plane, not to mention all the amazing weapons and gadgets. I think it would benefit best from being pixel based on modern consoles, but a 32-bit version, or even someone talented at 16-bit hardware pushing could pull it off.
Second Dimension also has several genesis titles in the works around 2021-2022. They make an actively developed BASIC compiler called SecondBASIC. The previous BASIC compiler on the scene BasiegaXorz has SegaCD and 32x support though it's been unmaintaned for many years.
That's interesting. The C compiler used by SGDK is very efficient, but BASIC compilers have a reputation for being slow (although the code is easier for most people to write). I remember a MVG video about a BASIC development kit for the Saturn a while back.
@@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials Some assume since interpreted BASIC is slow that compiled BASIC is as well. There's even a compiler for the Atari 2600 that has performance enough to produce side scrolling Super Mario clones called batari BASIC. To add to your in development list Second Dimension has an early demo of Eyra the Crow Maiden available. Plus, a long delayed RPG called Affinity Sorrow getting back into active dev in 2021-2022.
@@GconduitYTubeAccount Thanks, I'll check them out
Dude that Castlevania SOTN is just gorgeous. I can't wait to see more of your progress on it & play it
Asuka 120% Ri-bon seems to be in the works for the Megadrive over in Japan. There's only one video on TH-cam that talked about it, that I'm aware of.
Thank you. Great video. I'm looking forward to your SGDK videos!
How the hell do you even begin making a pseudo 3d cutscene like the one for Resident Evil Genesis? That was insane.
I have no idea! I just still to the easy, regular 2D stuff, haha.
@Greengh0st I have two theories at this point. It's either what Sonic 3D Blast did for intro. Or it's using Virtua Racer Genesis expansion chip, since I heard something about it maybe being reverse engineered.
(Sorry for not replying in Russian, but i cant type in it at reasonable speed at all)
@Greengh0st Sorry for late reply ,but if you look up GameHut Sonic 3D Blast Intro you will find a video talking about it.
We have a lot of upcoming Retro Sega Games for 2022. Waiting for your SGDK tutorials. Nice video it's good to see all this project happening.
Thanks for reviewing this expected mega drive games!
Thanks for watching. There's lots of great stuff in development.
@@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials
Thank you for this video, check my channel videos I sent music to 4 of these projects !
Im soo looking forward to your 2 project I think they will be something damn neat and a technical marvel for the megadrive. Keep up the awesome work man.
Thanks for your support. Hopefully I'll be able to make some decent progress in 2022 :)
1:41 Merry Chrissaegristmas to you all. Also, "Sunset Heroes" sounds like it's a game from Treasure.
Haha, it does a bit. If Pyron and the rest of the crew ever decide to create a new IP similar to Sunset Riders, then Sunset Heroes might be a good choice of name :)
@@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials Maybe a "Sunset Riders x Gunstar Heroes" crossover. The crossover we never knew we needed. "Bury me with my Seven Forces" 😂
Who would imagine Genesis/SMD could receive a game from same caliber than Killer Instinct like Insane Pain???
It's astonishing, that it's possible at all, to have those graphics on the console, as seen in some of the demonstrated games like Resident Evil or KoF. Hats off to the developers!
He need to take time with that one,
Because the animations are not smooth and the game doesn’t play smooth.
Vectorman 1 and 2, the lost world and X-Perts allready did it back in the time...
Very impressed by these fan games, but the most that made me sold its Street fighter Alpha and KoF 98 I was wowed by it!
Hopefully these indies get on 32XSDk and SCDk.
Genesis is still a beast!!
That's an impressive number. Thank you for the video and happy New Year. Just received my Demons of Asteborg and am off to play it.
Fantastic video. It's so inspiring to see not only your own work, but the work of others.
Great time to be a Sega fan.
Yep, just MORE unfounded hate for Sega coming from the Nintendo fanboys just because the Genny is the 'PREFERRED' tried-and-true 16-bit console platform to develop homebrews and ports on; and also simply because it's getting a few more extra new games added to its library... 🙄
Tbh has *ANY* other Retro Console as much Games still in development these days!?
This is AMAZING! 👀
Yep, just MORE unfounded hate for Sega coming from the Nintendo fanboys just because the Genny is getting a few new games added to its library... 🙄
RE Demake looks like a Delphine Software game mixed with The Immortal, love the style
Thanks, this was a great video. Really impressed by some of the pixel-art talent on display here.
Yeah, I think we are starting to get some very talented artists involved in MD dev now (rather than having the programmers trying to create their own, with sometimes mixed results!)
@@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials Yes. Xeno Crisis was incredible on that regard (and overall, it is a fantastic game with stellar soundtrack and visuals).
Thanks for the shout out! The art direction on Chords really needs some work! 😁 Character designs are spot on but I don't think the backgrounds are not doing my vision justice.
I think the project is already looking good and has lots of potential (plus the Dracula game too). I will be doing a similar video in a week or two, so let me know if you have any current projects you would like me to include
So many games
So much support
Being a Sega Genesis fan has never felt more rewarding. Hell, whose to stay some of us may start our own genesis games if the SGDK kicks in.
Nice to see the Mega Drive is still getting new games, nice video so liked and subscribed!🙂
Wow, some really interesting games in development. Let's hope they all come to fruition this year.
I love this. All these games & ports look awesome. My hope is that someone will someday port the arcade versions of Bad Dudes, Robocop, and Moonwalker to the ol' Genesis/Mega Drive.
I would also like that aside from Saint dragon, R-type leo, Art of fighting 2, World heroes 2, plus a competent version of The Punisher.
O man, I'm really looking forward to the tutorial series.
Great to hear it! I'm going to start work on it next week. I want to film all 30 or so episodes of the "basics series" before I upload the first one, that way I can guarantee a regular upload schedule without too many gaps. It should be fun :)
ZPF looks amazing, I want that game now 😍 hopefully a physical release 🙏
Shinobi arcade is also in the works, hopefully see more or that this year
Boy, would've been nice to have this "SGDK" back in the day, instead of pouring blood sweat and tears into the machine. As much as I love accessibility and modern tools, I feel in some ways it helps further the lack of respect for what we had to go through back in the days. I don't think modern homebrew enthusiasts can even come to grips with the fact that we didn't have Google and the internet, let alone how completely archaic and crippled our tools were. Cool looking homebrews in this video though... Subbed.
It was a nice surprise to see you pop up in the comments section! I loved your work on Desert Strike (among other games). I will be starting an SGDK tutorial series within the next few weeks, and it would be nice to get the occasional perspective from someone like yourself about how much the modern way of doing things differs from the old (I imagine that what takes just a few lines of C in SGDK to achieve would have taken a few dozen of lines of assembly back in the 90s).
What I like most about the new tools we have at our disposal today is the ability to quickly change something and then be able to test the result within seconds, something which I guess wasn't possible back then. Some people are still doing it largely the old way though, for example Matt Phillips (Tanglewood) and Sik (Arkagis Escape).
After Symphony of the Night, someone should make a 16-bit version of the the Game Gear classic “Master of Darkness”
SGDK is awesome. It's ridiculously easy to get stuff up and running with it.
If I had time to look at MegaCD I'd try to figure out how use it for scaling.
edit: thx for the mention.
Capcom won't release a C&D until right at the end when it's completed, they want to see what the fans can come up with, then crush their spirit.
That's definitely possible. They probably just assume the devs will give up long before then. Hopefully the creators will eventually pivot the project to its own unique IP.
Great video, I wasn't aware SF Alpha was being ported. I always thought that would be cool. Some of the sprites of the 32-bit Capcom fighting games have already been used 20 years ago in Taiwanese pirate games, so I knew they could work. Problem was that those games were rubbish. Top Fighter 2000 MKVII had Ryu from SF Alpha I believe, and Cyclops from the X-Men: Children of the Atom. Was cool to see those detailed sprites on MD, will be even better to have it play well.
There was even a pirate King of Fighters 98. I had a cart once. It was basically an SNK vs Street Fighter game, using ripped and badly converted sprites. Looking forward to see a version with more effort put into it.
As for the Mega-CD. SGDK is one factor, but I think the audience is another. There were just fewer MCD systems sold in the first place, and today with the old disc drives having become unreliable I would always get a cart if I had the choice. This will be improved somewhat with the flashcarts offering MCD support, but I don't think those have been widely adopted yet since they aren't cheap. But over time more people will have MCD compatibility that way.
Some of those Taiwanese pirate games weren't too bad.
Regarding the Mega CD, I like the approach that Sik took with Arkagis Escape - a game that works on the regular Megadrive, but offers extra power for those with a Mega CD attached. It would be interesting to see an accurate survey of how many of the originally sold Megardives, Mega CDs, SNESs ect are still in active use.
This is the time the genesis/megadrive gets the respect it deserved. I love to see how these maschine get to their limits because we have no chip prices like in 80/90s.
Love to see Successor to Bimini Run on the Genesis.
This is awesome. Hopefully we’ll see more developments soon.
Really looking forward to your upcoming tutorials
It's an honour to meet you, GL with SOTN
Really hope that SGDK gets expanded to sega CD. SOOO much untapped potential there with the hardware sprite scaling and rotation. It's criminal sega CD doesn't have a Golden Axe : Revenge of Death adder port and things of that nature. People got way too distracted with the FMV nonsense.
Agree 100%
Check out Streets of Rage 2 for rain effects too. I believe it is in one of the acts in the first stage
How many of these run without helper chips emulated or otherwise?
17:32 Reminds me more of Famicom Detective Club Part 2 on Super Famicom than it does Snatcher.
This guy doesn't sleep.
Haha, I've actually been sleeping a lot over the Christmas and New Year period. It's going to be a busy January, so I'm going to need to get the extra shut-eye now :)
Love to see Haunting getting some use in 2022.
Phantom Gear deserve mention too. Happy 2022 Pigsy!
Sorry, I didn't know about that game until after I uploaded the video. Maybe I'll feature it next year. Happy new year!
I played the Castlevania demo and WTF !???? I’m mind blown it’s amazing !!!!!! I still can’t believe it
Awesome video. 😎🤘🏻🎸🕹 I’m really intrigued by many of these games. My personal favorites on this list are castlevania: sotn, resident evil demake, mega man: the sequel war, metal slug, and sunset riders. If these games are ever released, I would totally play them.
Great vid mate :)
Awesome!! I hope to see Shinobi Arcade finished soon too. Shadow Dancer Arcade would be another great port for Sega Genesis. What impressed me more is the fact that most of these game looks and plays like a AAA game from big companies that were released between 1993 and 1996. Sometimes even better!! I hope that one day the Homebrew Dev Kits for the Master System/Sega CD/32X/Saturn and Dreamcast can achieve this same level of performance: new or original Homebrew, ports or hacked games that looks and plays as good as those made in the golden days of these consoles.
I Know that KOS for the Dreamcast is really improving but still there's a great gap of performance between games using it and the old games that used the official Sega Katana kits. KOS seems perfect for 2D or Indie 3D games for now, but still a long way for making some thing like Sonic Adventures, RE Code Veronica or Shenmues. Maybe one day...
And Thanks for the greats Castlevania and GG Shinobi Projects. Love both games!
Anyone has a link where I can try the latest shinobi genesis port? I was so amped to see it worked on. Thanks
Really looking forward to GG Shinobi. That will be cool.
i am so glad I backed Insane Pain.
Happy new year ! Can we get a demo of Castlevania ?
Check out my previous video (the Christmas special). There is a download link in the video description of that video :)
Yup its incredible...Thank you for this video, check my channel videos I sent music to 4 of these projects !
Wow megadrive is alive and still kicking ass. Thank you for game updates.😎
Great Lists, great Video. Thank you! I look forward to Resident Evit, Metal Slug an definitely Castlevania. I love the MegaDrive..
Looking at all these SEGA Genesis/MegaDrive games being ported from other titles, I for one would LOVE to see 16-bit versions of 8-bit CAPCOM, Konami, DATA EAST & TECMO games we never got on SEGA consoles.
Imagine a 16 bit remake of games like Commando, Ninja Gaiden, Castlevania, Metal Gear, Bionic Commando, Bad Dudes, Batman, Gremlins 2, & more! Just w/16-bit visuals, fx & sounds! 😉👍
Willow, I want Willow.
@@lazarushernandez5827 - Arcade or NES version?
@@Guernicaman Arcade.
From 8 bit NES it would be possible to port an improved version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III Remastering with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles very big problems on Sega Mega Drive
These projects look amazing, I think it would be awesome if Sonic 1 & 2 Game Gear were remade along with Sonic Chaos & Triple Trouble for the Genesis,plus there quite a few Genesis that could be remakes etc. I hope you & everyone one else keeps up the great work! 👍
Thad be awesome. Ive always wanted gen remakes of atleast chaos and triple trouble. Someone made a chaos remake for sage 2020 and at the time its only the first level
I did see a modern/PC Sonic Mania style remake for one of the Game Gear Sonic games which looked great (can't remember which one). Trying to code Sonic's complex physics on the Megadrive sounds really difficult, it takes a genius like Naka to pull it off.
@@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials thats the one im talking about. It is super cool
And Tails adventures and skypatrol
Holy good lord, these are so incredibly impressive!!!
Very good news about SGDK for Mega CD. Hopes someone start to work on development kits for another systems like Saturn and 3DO.
I don't know about the 3DO, but the Saturn is starting to get some great dev support (there are already two kits, Jo Engine and Yaul, although neither are as mature as SGDK)
@@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials I didn't know these developments kits for Saturn existed, thanks!! 🙂
Thanks for making this awesome video! These games have me really excited, and I love your narration: reminds me that the supportive, chill community around dev is alive and well! I'm a hardware developer, but maybe one day I'll learn to program games. Keep me in mind if you need some MD/Genesis hardware help tho!
Some really cool stuff here. I have my copy ordered of Demons of Asteborg and I’m keeping my eyes open for ZPF and Metal Dragon.
Back in 1996, I remember wanting SFA so much on the Mega Drive and one of the kids at school trolled me, saying he had it at home and all that, I believed him, at the time, many things existed and we didn't know, but one thing I was certain is that there was no reason the Mega Drive couldn't run SFA, they only had to make it happen, a bit later I also knew that a KOF game was possible on the SNES, now, seeing these fan efforts bringing such legendary games to the console proves that could have happened, while most of the issue was the cartridge storage limitation and how much that would cost, technically, it was possible and I'm eager to sit one day and finally play these games as I envisioned them as a kid.
So many great games! Also glad to hear your Symphony of the Night game will be more of a ClassicVania, I'm more curious now
Programming games to the Genesis is something I would like, it's my favorite console, the one I grew up with
But l'd like to sell my games once I can make more professional stuff so I'll study the engine Godot instead, which has a scripting language very similar to Python
I never touched programming other than understanding Rpgmaker 2003 to a professional level, but I hope I can learn such programming if trying hard enough
Has anyone considered porting the TMNT Arcade Game to Genesis? That would be one hell of a game.
Ever since I saw the first arcade version of Baxter in Hyperstone Heist I've wondered what such a port would be like on the Genesis.
Mega Drive é vida!
The Mega Drive is immortal!
The Shinobi game for GG... The one where you had different colored (outfits?) Ninjas that each had their own special abilities. I credit that game for my idea of a Sonic game where different Chaos Emeralds would transform Sonic and give him different abilities. Like being able to swim (Mer-Sonic, lol), a fiery Sonic, an armored/knight Sonic, and a super bouncy Sonic. This one was inspired a bit by Sonic Spinball in how he'd ricochet inside some of the bosses/machines, but a lot faster. There were probably more ability types I had thought of, but that was well over 20 years ago.
Where did you get the gameplay footage of resident evil demake? I click on the link you posted and it goes to an “old bio evil demo”. Thanks.
I don't think I can post the link, but check out the "Bio Evil gameplay without VHS filter" on the same channel.
Thanks. That worked. He does amazing work
Great to see these titles in production👍
Where is possible to buy those games?
Thanks for sharing all this. Always wonder why people put things on the Sega Genesis where the Sega CD or mega CDs you call it it's so underutilized all this stuff will be so awesome on the mega Sega CD
If the Mega CD ever gets a good dev kit (or support within the existing SGDK) then you'll begin to see much more games for it.
thanks for that type of video
Does you know a reliable list of Mega drive games that came out from 2000 - 2020 ?
I just love this channel
Even better, please remake CastleVania III on the Sega Genesis...!
Thanks for this. These look great. I hope all goes well with your projects too.
If anything, atleast do a very basic SOTN if you can. It seems great so far, and it would be awesome!
Interesting games.👌
Talking about sotn,are you thinking to add the richter prologue level in some moment?
I probably will, but I haven't fully decided yet.
I think the ships in game after ZPF are from Sagaia and the impresive planet scrolling is from Sonic&Knuckles...
You make great videos, thank you!
Pigsy, have you ever tried alternating between two perfectly-offset shadow meshes at high speed? 30x one, 30x the other per second, for example? Edit: I know in many cases Shadow mode would be better, but those modes have limitations too.
Never, but maybe I'll try some day, thanks.
Looks great but the snow hurt my eyes
this is the greatest thing ever. i didn't know games were still being developed for sega genesis!!! are there other retro consoles where games are still being made?
I love seeing new games on old hardware. For some reason, I've encountered many new retro-inspired games developed for powerful hardware have a sort of uncanny valley thing going on. I'll often find a sprite that looks a little too high res compared to the other sprites. Or you'll see a graphical effect being used that would have been impossible on 16-bit hardware. It can take me out of the experience a little bit.
In my opinion, having limitations can spur creativity.
Cornett's cut downs sure benefited not being able to curse....
Made it so that his curse free promo was better than a foul mouthed one ever could be....
You are correct 😁....
@@SegaDream131 Good ol' Corny. Another example I like is if you compare Ren and Stimpy when it was on Nickelodeon vs when it was on Spike TV. It was way over the top vulgar on Spike TV and lost a lot of its original charm. In my opinion, of course.
Where can I buy these new releases?
I am looking for all physical games!
I think it's cool that there are still Sega Genesis games being released, even if it's not licensed or in development. If I had the capability of making 16 bit games, here are some games I would put on Genesis.
Street Fighter Alpha (Zero) 2
Raptor: Call of the Shadows
And probably some fan games based on Anime shows like the Digimon and Precure series. But this is what I have down for now, let me know what you think.
Is SGDK the reason why the Genesis has so many more new games then the SNES?
I would say that it is probably the main reason. The SNES doesn't seem to have any kind if user-friendly developers kit right now. The Game Boy and GBA both have good fan development support, so maybe there's something about the SNES hardware that makes it particularly difficult to create a dev kit for? Even the Sega Saturn is getting good development tool these days, so it's a shame the SNES is being left behind.
@@PigsysRetroGameDevTutorials Nintendo is known for quickly shooting down any attempt of making fan games and such, so people don't even try. They are the ones that send the C&D stuff everywhere.
@Dean Satan if its power your after develop for modern systems. Lol the SNES has a fan base larger then most countries
Great video love the mega drive and yeah would love to support Stef to see a SGDK support for mega cd that would be awesome especially for you Pigsy