DavidD Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Okay, this is more of a devil's advocate question, but... There are a LOT of retro games on the Switch, and I know that smaller indie games seems to have a modicum of success on the platform. Given that, has there been any talk of trying to do a retro/homebrew compilation release? Nintendo doesn't seem to be preventing that -- Creepy Brawlers got a release, and it's an NES homebrew rom. Has anyone considered getting together a batch of good quality homebrew and bundling it for release? Given that homebrew software appears to already be appearing on the system, I was a bit surprised more wasn't. (Tied to that, a collection of Lynx software would be weirdly fun, if a single entity actually retains the rights to several of them. I know GoodDealGames was published Lynx carts, but I didn't know about the legality of such releases and/or the status of existing emulators and ROM images. I thought I remembered something about certain Atari ROM images being released for homebrew developer use, but I didn't know if that extended to OS images being embedded in commercial emulated titles.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 are you talking like on a jailbroken Switch, or official releases? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidD Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 20 hours ago, digdugnate said: are you talking like on a jailbroken Switch, or official releases? Official releases. Again, there is at least one homebrew developer releasing emulated titles on the Switch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daj Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 On 4/7/2020 at 1:49 AM, DavidDayton said: Official releases. Again, there is at least one homebrew developer releasing emulated titles on the Switch... Besides Creepy Brawlers there's also Haunted Halloween '86, but I think that is a port rather than emulated. Other homebrew ports: Gunlord, Xeno Crisis, probably others. I don't know how big the market is, but I'm in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 i guess my answer is 'im not sure'. it'd depend on the games bundled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 I find most homebrew to be subpar to decent quality licensed releases, so it really would come down to the specific game/games in the package before I'd even consider it. There's good reason many homebrewers don't break into the industry, good ideas, but not the best competency for execution. Those fewer that do, they get the offers, or they (single or group they here) get a loan or budget it and peddle it on the cheap through itch.io, steam, etc and hope they make a name for themselves and grow from there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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