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Active Retro Consoles? (lemmy.today)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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What retro consoles still have the most active game development? The most games still being released physically? The best and most popular time-tested consoles?

I'm excited to start learning programming and had a thought to make a game (having an objective makes it easier to learn). I wrote up an entire plan already for the mechanics and it seems incredibly viable for a fun and full experience. I would like to have it playable on real hardware and am just trying to figure out which system to make it for.

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[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If you're looking to learn programming, I'd honestly recommend the PICO-8. It's not got any physical hardware, so I know it wouldn't be quite the same, but it's pretty hard to go from nothing to making a game for a console!

[–] datavoid@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Picotron is amazing, someday I'm gonna actually sit down and make something other than terrible music.

[–] sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago

I considered that for sure but I do think I want the ability to have more detail in my game world