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[lionagony]

I love new games for retro systems and couldn't find a dedicated thread for it so thought I'd start one. I'm mainly an Amiga game player but also enjoy other systems from that era. I've been unable to find a general aggregator of discussion of these new games besides the odd Youtube video or these 3 great resources:

For new Amiga games: Games released in 2025 index https://www.lemonamiga.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19878 (also has every year back to 2012 with a final list on the first page of each thread)

IndieRetroNews (for lots of different systems) https://www.indieretronews.com/

For new Sega games: List of 2025 Homebrew Games on SEGA Console (Genesis, Dreamcast, SMS etc.) https://segabits.com/forums/index.php?topic=4711.0 (also has every year back to 2006) https://segabits.com/forums/index.php?topic=3890.0

So my top 10 new (last 7 years) Amiga games would be in no particular order:

Commercial:
Reshoot Proxima III https://spieleschreiber.itch.io/rp3
Reshoot R https://www.amigashop.org/product_info.php?products_id=295
Rotator https://psytronik.itch.io/rotator
Roguecraft https://thalamusdigital.itch.io/roguecraft
Tiny Little Slug https://www.amigashop.org/product_info.php?products_id=314
Devil's Temple https://mcgeezer.itch.io/kung-fu-remaster
Inviyya https://tigerskunk.itch.io/inviyya
Cecconoid https://thalamusdigital.itch.io/cecconoid-amiga
Bunnito's Feast https://captain-ts.itch.io/bunnitos-feast
Rogue Declan https://nivrig.itch.io/rogue-declan-zero

Free:
Trap Runner https://www.retroguru.com/trap-runner/
Trap Runner: Black Strawberry Cake https://night.owl.de/index.php?id=57
Turrican 2 AGA https://sonicslothgames.itch.io/turrican2aga
Castlevania AGA https://danteretrodev.itch.io/akumajou-dracula-aga
Dr Dangerous https://hoogames2017.itch.io/dr-dangerous
Maria Renard's Revenge https://z-team.itch.io/maria-renards-revenge
Star Dust Wars: Director's Cut https://electricblacksheep.itch.io/star-dust-wars-directors-cut
Rygar https://mcgeezer.itch.io/rygar-aga
Boxx 4 https://lemming880.itch.io/boxx4
Tinyus https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=88028

Top new Mega Drive games:

Commercial:
Earthion https://earthiongame.com/
ZPF https://megacatstudios.com/pages/zp...2kfMg8-QjrAmaeGvHiY5xIf_cLaieuy8DqQUC7q66V5w4
Daemon Claw https://neofid-studios.com/products...nx8uxDhMszPykO9_qVu-kRduIAbjm3aAMuNkZLBqP30hq
Alice Sisters https://orionsoft.itch.io/alice-sisters

Free
Hayato's Journey https://master-linkuei.itch.io/hayatos-journey
Battle Women https://pscdgames.itch.io/battlewomen
Final Fight MD https://mxretrodev.itch.io/final-fight-md

Top new SNES games

Free
Dottie Flowers https://goldlocke.itch.io/dottie-flowers
Dottie Dreads Nought https://goldlocke.itch.io/dottie-dreads-nought

As for the most anticipated upcoming games that are still in development this is my list:

Amiga

MILV

Boss Machine

Magicore Anomala by Dan Salvato

Metro Siege https://bitbeamcannon.com/metro-siege/

Grind https://www.indieretronews.com/2025/03/grind-epic-first-person-shooter-for.html

Souverian Soccer

Mega Drive

Sword of the Apocalypse

Lufthoheit https://www.timeextension.com/news/...-force-style-shmup-for-the-genesis-mega-drive

SNES
Rex Nobilis

So that should get us started, I know there are lots of games coming out for 8 bits too, a great resource for that is Saberman Retronews who also does a lot of Amiga stuff https://www.youtube.com/@Saberman/videos So what new games are you enjoying/anticipating?

 

[Kupfer]

Pokemon Lazarus
Game Boy Advance

Full Release v1.0
November 14, 2025

 

[KenaiPhoenix]

Not gonna lie, I love seeing new releases in old platform

I hope someone one day releases a good tool for old console dev (I know there are engines, but more easy, like UE or Unity) so there is a revolution of new games in old platfoms.

A man can dream

 

[lionagony]

Not gonna lie, I love seeing new releases in old platform

I hope someone one day releases a good tool for old console dev (I know there are engines, but more easy, like UE or Unity) so there is a revolution of new games in old platfoms.

A man can dream

Scorpion Engine https://www.youtube.com/@earok is based on Unity and is quite easy to use. It supports Amiga, Mega Drive and Neo Geo and I've actually made a few games with it for the Amiga with no prior coding experience. It can create very high quality stuff, Castlevania AGA, Dr Dangerous, Bunnitos' Feast, Maria Renard's Revenge and Boxx 4 for the Amiga that I listed above and Hayato's Journey for the Mega Drive were all done with it.

 

[El Hee-Ho]

How about some free games for the Game Boy Advance?

Butano Fighter (playable in web browser) -> https://gvaliente.itch.io/butano-fighter





Varoom 3D (playable in web browser) -> https://gvaliente.itch.io/varooom-3d

This one's a GBA 3D game that runs at 60fps. Even if you aren't into cars I'd say it's worth to check it out.





...left the best for last:

Ridge Racer GBA, running at 30fps with some very crisp audio streaming going on in there

 

[cirote3]

My game is anything but one of the best, but I have to mention it: Cirote 3, an "adult" Persona-style RPG for the GBA:









Hi, btw

 

[alabtrosMyster]

Love these games, especially on the Mega Drive, which seems to have a pretty good scene at the moment.

One thing I don't get, is the Amiga console type games and arcade ports... Why were 90% of them so bad? either the level design, gameplay loop, or they were broken on a technical level compared to machines like the Genesis that should have been destroyed by the Amiga in some ways (and not so in others, because the early chipsets allowed for less colors on screen).

I get that the ports from Atari ST made things worse, but this is not the whole story I am sure.

 

[lionagony]

Love these games, especially on the Mega Drive, which seems to have a pretty good scene at the moment.

One thing I don't get, is the Amiga console type games and arcade ports... Why were 90% of them so bad? either the level design, gameplay loop, or they were broken on a technical level compared to machines like the Genesis that should have been destroyed by the Amiga in some ways (and not so in others, because the early chipsets allowed for less colors on screen).

I get that the ports from Atari ST made things worse, but this is not the whole story I am sure.

I definitely wouldn't say 90% of Amiga action games were bad, in fact I personally think the Amiga has a better action library than all the consoles https://www.neogaf.com/threads/my-thoughts-after-trying-every-snes-genesis-and-amiga-game.1658649/ For arcade ports there were a lot of good ones like Rodland, Pang, Saint Dragon, Pacmania, Mortal Kombat, Golden Axe etc. but yes Atari ST ports were a part of the problem and also the fact that back then most of the time the home computer developers weren't given any arcade assets and were given crazy, unrealistic deadlines.