Homebrew Games Summer Showcase 2024 - Celebrating 120 Titles Across 15 Platforms (2024)

Although the game industry is all about moving forward, there are still many talented individuals and teams out there developing titles for past-generation systems.

That's where the 'Homebrew Games Summer Showcase' comes in - celebrating new games on retro consoles and classic handheld devices. The 2024 showcase includes close to 35 minutes of "non-stop gameplay" featuring 120 homebrew titles across 15 platforms.

There are all sorts of games on display from Mario-like platformers, Tetris-style games, SHMUPS, RPGs and Metroidvanias. The platforms hosting these games on the Nintendo front include NES, SNES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance and there's even a futuristic racer for the Virtual Boy.

A full list of the games has been shared on a spreadsheet, and here's the criteria for this year's showcase:

"We define a homebrew game as a videogame being developed for a retro home console that came out before the year 2000, or for a handheld console that came out before 2004. Teams of any any size or budget were welcome."

Here's everything featured in this year's showcase, and we've highlighted the Nintendo ones:

See anything you like? Let us know in the comments.