New Master System games, music and hacks released (SMS Power Competitions 2020)

[drludos]

Hi everyone,

If any of you are interested in homebrew / new games, demos, music and hacks created for the Master System (and sometimes other Sega 8-bit), you have several new cool releases to try: the entries from the SMS Power Competition 2020 :
https://www.smspower.org/forums/f9-Competitions

Regarding games, there are several cool entries in a wide variety of genres, but if you have to check only one, I recommend Heroes against Demons. It feels like an actual commercial games from the 90's :
https://www.smspower.org/forums/1787...aiPolariaPoyon

[Raijin Z]

HvD definitely looks impressive, and would have been a top 5 puzzle game of the SMS era. Alas, no time machines, so we'll have to make do with bootleg versions of Tetris, and Columns.

[Black_Tiger]

Wow, Heroes vs Demons looks and sounds nice by 16-bit standards.

[kdubmods]

Agreed. Heroes vs Demons is very well made.

[drludos]

Apparently, the creator of Heroes vs Demons is currently polishing the game and plans to make a physical release .

If you are looking for another cool game, albeit in a very different genre, try Dead Gunner, a mix between contra and megaman:
https://www.smspower.org/forums/1788...rDemoByEruiz00

Oh, and both of the music entries are outstanding:

Eye of the Storm by TomyS: https://www.smspower.org/forums/1787...heStormByTomyS
(honestly, I didn't know the standard SMS could produce such sounds!)

Evildead Requiem by Polaria Poyon: https://www.smspower.org/forums/1786...ByPolariaPoyon

[Black_Tiger]

Dead Gunner has potential, but still looks very early and needs to get up to 60fps.

[Alianger]

Whatever happened to that Mega Man port?

[otobo]

If you are looking for another cool game, albeit in a very different genre, try Dead Gunner, a mix between contra and megaman:
https://www.smspower.org/forums/1788...rDemoByEruiz00

This is the one I look forward to the most, due to the lack of games in the genre on the platform. But the other 2 in the top 3 look fantastic.

[Black_Tiger]

This is the one I look forward to the most, due to the lack of games in the genre on the platform. But the other 2 in the top 3 look fantastic.

Have you tried Duke Nukem?

https://youtu.be/KvCCEuAJqdQ

[otobo]

This one had completely gone under my radar. Thanks!

[bertodecosta]

Agreed. Heroes vs Demons is very well made.

And best of all, it got a physical edition :
https://heroes-against-demons.2minds.fr/