BadComputer

Frontier Force for SEGA Master System is now available on itch (see follow up). #homebrew #mastersystem

Hello #PortfolioDay ! I make SEGA Master System games.

This week I've been working on the core (melee) weapon. It's now limited use and gives a score bonus for destroying an enemy. It feels more balanced but satisfying to use I think. #mastersystem #homebrew

Working on some artwork for Razing Core. #mastersystem #homebrew

Naoyuki Kato (加藤 直之) is a legendary sci-fi illustrator who has been active since the 1970s. He has worked on notable magazines, novels and shmups! Guardian Legend, Super Aleste and R-Type (MSX and X68K).

@SokZaJelo It seems we're fighting a similar battle 🤝 I feel it's generally a good sign if you're pushing against the limits right to the end.

I'm *this* close to finishing the game but I'm engaged in a battle with my good old enemy ROM SPACE... I've had to go back and shuffle things around a lot to fit it all into 2MB, so this last round of content took longer than usual.

@cledsonCledman Thanks!

@badcomputer0 Fantastic use of the colors! Looks like 16(or more ( bits systems! Greettings from Brazil

@amaweks Thanks Amaweks! The SMS has some nice colour ramps I'm still discovering.

@badcomputer0 Loved how you changed the HUE from pink to blue to make the bright spot on the face, ending with a "yellowish white". Greate use of color.

The final boss is done! 🥳 I'm now working on the outro/credits, and of course after that begins play testing. #mastersystem #homebrew

@fran_sjb Let's just say there is but it's permanently hidden 😄

@badcomputer0 and one more thing? (hidden boss)🤣👿

@amaweks Same for me. Even a solo project, I think a year is more than enough to produce a full game.

@badcomputer0 Yeah, most have greate tools. Another thing, more personal, I hate to be more than a year in the same project. And for retro systemn, specially 8-bits, you can start and finnish one project in a year or less, and that's a win for me.

Besides the nostalgia of making SMS games I like the fact that retro console games are now almost more cross platform than anything else. Thanks to the popularity of emulators, FPGA, handhelds, RPi etc, you can play an SMS game on almost anything. 👍 #homebrew #mastersystem

@amaweks Perfectly put! The only thing missing for retro console development were the tools, but now that has been solved too.

@badcomputer0 When people ask me "why do not make games for PC?", I say that retro games can be emulated everywhere. And besides Nostalgia, there is other game design reasons: the limitations makes us reduce the project scope, not inflate it like most PC projects. Demands particular aproach

@CarlosLpezGar18 Yes I agree, nothing can replicate the feeling of original hardware!

@badcomputer0 Estoy de acuerdo, pero en mi opinión donde reside el encanto es en jugarlo en hardware original, para ver que ese juego lo está moviendo tú consola de toda la vida. Ver cómo lo mueve un pc o RPI, pierde gracia e identidad. Cuántas más posibilidades mejor, democratiza el juego.

Aqui tem mídia física sim, com encarte bonito e manual colorido, artes feitas a mão, nada de IA, feito na raça de desenvolvedor (eu) e publisher ambos independentes, sem escala nos custos, entre outras dificuldades. Devwill para Master System #midiafisica #physicalmedia

@Benne1001 There's lots of people like yourself in the community that keep it going too, thank you 🫡

@badcomputer0 It’s great that you’re continuing to make physical games for our beloved Sega Master System. 😍 I own every homebrew game released physically so far. 💙 Physical forever. ❤️❤️❤️

SEGA Master System outlives another console. (I make SMS games and will continue to release them on a cartridge, in a box, with a manual). blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/phy…

@JorgePagan19 Razing Core (shmup) will be the next release in a few months (I think). Then I'm considering another run of Frontier Force if there's enough demand. I also want to release Astro Climber (with some polishing) as a physical edition.

@badcomputer0 What are the next wave of physical games you're look to release?

@3Botonsistart There was a physical run of Frontier Force but it sold out. There will likely be another run (and two other new releases). 👍

@badcomputer0 I thought they were on itchio only. Where can we buy them?

@Kharnivore2099 🙌

@polynektar 💯

@badcomputer0 "Mighty Cuphead Adventure" coming soon too!! It's a great time for SMS