Why am I still developing SNES games in 2026?

[SUPER-J11BIT]

In a world where everything moves fast, where new consoles drop every year and graphics seem to matter more than ideas, I keep going back to the Super Nintendo.

Maybe it’s nostalgia, maybe it’s stubbornness… or maybe some things never stop belonging to the present.
The SNES isn’t “outdated”: it’s history, it’s a creative language, it’s a different way of making games.
Working on hacks today means taking something old and making it breathe again with modern ideas and real passion.

In an era where everything is instant, I choose something that takes time.
In an era where everything is pre?made, I choose to build.
In an era where everything is digital and forgettable, I choose a piece of memory that refuses to die.

And I’m curious to see how many of you feel the same.
Who’s still connected to that era? Who still plays retro? Who understands this “madness”?

 

[fake]

OK, ChatGPT.

 

[kernow]

What in incelibacy

 

[Neo Alec]

How old are you? I still have my SNES stuff from when I was 12. It isn't "retro" it's just stuff I still own.

 

[SUPER-J11BIT]

How old are you? I still have my SNES stuff from when I was 12. It isn't "retro" it's just stuff I still own.

While you've still got your SNES stuff from when you were 12 and you don't call it 'retro' – it's just your stuff – I've always owned the whole Commodore family: C64, A500, A1200, A4000, and even the CD32. Even though I did some development for the SNES, my heart is with Commodore.

 

[NeoSneth]

So then make commodore games

 

[BeefJerky]

Who understands this “madness”?

No one but you. Please consider therapy.

 

[SUPER-J11BIT]

So then make commodore games

Yeah, I get it — Commodore is legendary, but developing for it today is a pain. The hardware is all over the place, memory management is a nightmare, and there are barely any modern dev tools. SNES? Way more straightforward. Fixed mappers, solid docs, and actual working assemblers. It's not that the SNES is "more powerful" — it's just more predictable. Easier to actually finish a game. Amiga would be the dream, but man, the road is rough.

 

[lithy]

Why are you still posting new threads in 2026?

I was all good with your first post, sure it seems like a strange forum to decide to launch your promo campaign for SNES hacks/dev. It made me suspicious that you had already been run out of other places and you wouldn't have much chance of making it here. But you put it in the right forum and it was an interesting project. You would have been fine, hell I would have defended you. But now you've got like a half dozen threads under your belt in a bunch of different places but ultimately talking about the same thing. We got it, you're developing SNES games.

Stop while you're ahead or be prepared to reap the whirlwind.

 

[SpamYouToDeath]

10% probability - non-English-speaker using chatGPT to translate
10% probability - excited, clueless, young, learned to write from AI models
80% probability - generating posts to spam for market access

 

[StevenK]

Why am I still developing SNES games in 2026?​

SNES? Way more straightforward. Fixed mappers, solid docs, and actual working assemblers. It's not that the SNES is "more powerful" — it's just more predictable. Easier to actually finish a game.

That was easy.

Next.

 

[dollfucker+]

Yeah, I get it — Commodore is legendary, but developing for it today is a pain. The hardware is all over the place, memory management is a nightmare, and there are barely any modern dev tools. SNES? Way more straightforward. Fixed mappers, solid docs, and actual working assemblers. It's not that the SNES is "more powerful" — it's just more predictable. Easier to actually finish a game. Amiga would be the dream, but man, the road is rough.

none of this computes with me. I can't understand written words. please start a YouTube channel and regularly post new episodes to this thread.

 

[SUPER-J11BIT]

Why are you still posting new threads in 2026?

I was all good with your first post, sure it seems like a strange forum to decide to launch your promo campaign for SNES hacks/dev. It made me suspicious that you had already been run out of other places and you wouldn't have much chance of making it here. But you put it in the right forum and it was an interesting project. You would have been fine, hell I would have defended you. But now you've got like a half dozen threads under your belt in a bunch of different places but ultimately talking about the same thing. We got it, you're developing SNES games.

Stop while you're ahead or be prepared to reap the whirlwind.

Thanks for the honest feedback, I hear you.
I wasn't trying to spam or be annoying. Looking back from your point of view, I get why it looks bad.
So to keep things clean and respect the regulars here, I won't be posting any new threads here anymore.
If anyone wants to follow the project, they can find me elsewhere. I'm done cluttering up this board.

No whirlwind needed. I'm out.

 

[Tarma]

Why am I still reading random drivel on Neo-Geo.com in 2026?


But, to Lithy's point, why are you posting this on a neo geo forum? Your work is going to gain little to no traction here.

 

[dollfucker+]

Thanks for the honest feedback, I hear you.
I wasn't trying to spam or be annoying. Looking back from your point of view, I get why it looks bad.
So to keep things clean and respect the regulars here, I won't be posting any new threads here anymore.
If anyone wants to follow the project, they can find me elsewhere. I'm done cluttering up this board.

No whirlwind needed. I'm out.

noooooo. don't give up. fight fight fight.

 

[prof]

When he made that longass post about all of his skills and knowledge, and then you see that he's making some snes hack, I started to pass judgment, and nearly posted that he's wasting his talents and abilities on such a fruitless endeavor. Literally wasting resources and his natural abilities to merely alter the work of others, for a long obsolete console no less. Like an artist hanging out under a bridge with a can of spray paint instead of in a studio with a pallette and canvas. That is, if his bragadoccio has any validity to it anyhow.

But then I thought, nah, I don't want to be that mean, hurt his feelings, and pour cold water on his efforts. But now, mutliple threads later, I regret not making that post. Anyway, I still like him better than the Shadow Gangs guy.

 

[roker]

Why are you still posting new threads in 2026?

I was all good with your first post, sure it seems like a strange forum to decide to launch your promo campaign for SNES hacks/dev. It made me suspicious that you had already been run out of other places and you wouldn't have much chance of making it here. But you put it in the right forum and it was an interesting project. You would have been fine, hell I would have defended you. But now you've got like a half dozen threads under your belt in a bunch of different places but ultimately talking about the same thing. We got it, you're developing SNES games.

Stop while you're ahead or be prepared to reap the whirlwind.

yeah, this.

I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt.

He's making games, he's sharing his progress nice. Now he's making GameFaqs threads with the games or the faqs.

 

[BeefJerky]

So to keep things clean and respect the regulars here, I won't be posting any new threads here anymore.

No whirlwind needed. I'm out.

Thank fuck

 

[dollfucker+]

Thank fuck

your persistence in humiliating others is impressive

 

[BeefJerky]

your persistence in humiliating others is impressive

Deez nutz are impressive.

 

[dollfucker+]

Deez nutz are impressive.

rude

 

[GoosehanX]

rude

But true.

 

[cum_drops]

No one cares. Fuck off.

 

[Moob Butter]

Parody thread pitch:

“Why am I still developing SHIT games in 2026?”

 

[roker]

Parody thread pitch:

“Why am I still developing SHIT games in 2026?”

“Why am I still developing (puberty) at the age of 40?”