I’m have a R36S with old ArkOS, and I looking to dive into retro game development, but I want to keep things easy and fun for my first project. My primary goal is to make a finished game relatively fast without learning some difficult thing like assembly, or something like that

Which target platform would you recommend me starting with, and what tools/engines do you use?

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Retro GameDev: homebrew games for dusty old hardware, arcane coding techniques, reverse-engineering

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Developing homebrew games for systems from 70s, 80s, 90s, and early 00s. Whether it be in assembly, C/C++, or BASIC... 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, we've got them all. Discuss, share tips and tutorials, show off projects. Learn more about coding techniques of olde through reverse-engineering existing classic games and understanding hardware details.

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Developing homebrew games for systems from 70s (or even older!), 80s, 90s, and early 00s. Whether it be in assembly, C/C++, BASIC or a high-level language library… 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, we've got them all.

Come here to discuss, share tips and tutorials, show off projects and your workflow -- that is dev/graphic/sound tools you use (or you made yourself). Take part in vintage game-making jams.

Learn more about arcane coding techniques of olde through reverse-engineering existing classic games. Understand intricate hardware details about your childhood consoles and computers.

(Warning! Some crafty individuals present here are living in an alternate timeline by creating new retro-inspired hardware architectures and writing "classic" software for them...)

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