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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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[–] bbbbbr@mastodon.gamedev.place 2 points 1 week ago

@PiraHxCx Here's a brief tour of the Game Boy relevant databases...

DMGPage has some of the most complete data (i think?) for the Game Boy. The format is easier for me to work with.
https://dmgpage.com/homebrew-releases/

There is a japanese page that tracks some GB releases:
https://geemuboi.web.fc2.com/misc/new-releases.htm

Game Brew Almanac tracking has more platforms. The format is less structured.
https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/1050-vgs-homebrew-almanac/

And Homebrews Connexion that also has more platforms:
https://homebrews.retro-gc.fr/