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NESmaker allows users to create cartridge based, hardware playable NES games in an intuitive, faux object oriented environment without ever having to write a single line of code.

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Minicraft3DS is a Nintendo 3DS homebrew port of Notch's Ludum Dare game "Minicraft". The goal of the game is to kill the only other sentient being in the world, making sure you'll be alone forever.

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Put on a lizard and go for an adventure! Choose your lizard carefully. You can find six different ones scattered across the land, each with its own special ability.

NESmaker allows users to create cartridge based, hardware playable NES games in an intuitive, faux object oriented environment without ever having to write a single line of code.

Airaki is a brand-new puzzle battle game for the Nintendo Gameboy! Work fast to beat all 8 bosses and become the champion. You must wisely choose 1 of 3 special skills that will help you in your journey. Already mastered the battle? Link up with another Gameboy to go head-to-head for countless more hours of fun!

NESmaker promises you to make NES Games, without coding skills required. The project at Kickstarter is already funded and goes on for another three days.

The Incredible Platformer is a fresh Android game from the Austrian developers at Impossibru. In this combination of physics machine puzzlers and traditional platformers, use the provided items to guide your player(s) safely from start to exit. This game is free, has no ingame advertising and you don't have any ingame purchases as well and the Android version does not ask for any kind of permissions. It's a totally 100% free game!

PicoDrive for 3DS is a port of notaz's PicoDrive emulator by bubble2k16 to the old 3DS / 2DS. Although PicoDrive is already highly optimized for ARM processors, if ported as is, it still doesn't run full speed for all Mega Drive games on the old 3DS / 2DS, as it's evident in the RetroArch's version. So this port heavily relies on the 3DS's 2nd core to emulate the FM synthesized music for the YM2612 FM chip to achieve 60 FPS. But the 2nd core on the old 3DS is unfortunately not fast enough to generate the FM synthesized music at a full 44100Hz, so sounds are generated at 30000Hz on an Old 3DS. It sounds ok for many games, except for those that use high-pitched notes or sound samples. The screen rendering is done completely using the original PicoDrive's ARM processor-optimized renderer.