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 The recent PlayStation video about the "simulated" technology in development, discussed between AMD and Sony engineers that will power the PlayStation 6 was interesting from a geek point of view. But from a gameplay perspective, there is - IMO - no need for a PlayStation 6 for another few years. Especially with the limp Xbox is-it-isn't-it launch .  April 2026 Update:  Compatibility with PS5 and PS4 games seems to be locked-in, as anything the PS6 full fat hardware the portable versions should be able to do as well, with near-invisible trade-offs at the silicon level.  Prices are firming up too with estimates around the PlayStation 6 handheld at between $500 to $700 and a PlayStation 6 at $700 to $1,000, depending on the deepening silicon crisis and Sony's budgeting wizards.  Only a few developers around the world could afford to take advantage of it for AAA+ budget games. Everyone else is still barely cutting the skin of the PS5's power, and most western smal...

Retro, retro modern and all-new gaming Kickstarters

While the Switch (and Switch 2) seem like a license to print money for established developers and publishers with rereleases, revamps and makeovers, there are plenty of startups looking for cash to fund their original projects. 

And many more are going retro, looking to the Neo Geo, Mega Drive and other platforms for some classy nostalgia, these are my favourites, but do drop us a message if you want yours, or one you like, listed!

2026:

Hyper Sentinel Fusion (All formats, live) Shmup 
Combo Devils (Mega Drive) Platform Action
Escape 2049 (Mega Drive) Brawler 
Starlair (Switch 2, PlayStation) Metroidvania
Shadow Gangs Zero (Neo Geo et al) Beat 'em up













2025: A few more as retro gaming gets interesting again:

Quantic River (Steam Deck)
Maiden of the Dark (Game Boy) (Nearly funded, still live) 
Metal Mack (Mega Drive and Neo Geo) (Funded, still live) 

2024 Update: Some fresh gaming and related projects here

2023 Update: A few campaigns for Switch, PlayStation or other formats that have caught my eye recently:

Mariachi Legends (Switch Physical option, funded, ongoing)



Ratatan (Switch, PS5, from the Patapon team)




Tavern Talk (Switch, Funded, Completed)


Rune Fencer Illyia (Coming to Switch, January 2024) 


Previous games:

Born Punk (Insert Disk 22) Possible Switch version

In progress:
Colors Live (art with stylus, funded day one)
Dawn for the End (retro game, funded)
Vernal Edge (1/4 funded day one, looking at a 2023 release)

KS Finished:

Hatch Tales: Chicken Wiggle (Jools Whattam, classic 3DS platformer HD port, funded)
Afterlight (Silent Road) Possible Switch version - Failed
Under Stranger Stars (USS) Switch stretch goal
Lunark (Canari Games) Switch version possible - Nearly funded, last days
Summer in Mara (Chibig) 31K goal - gorgeous looking aquatic adventure - FUNDED
Bubsy: Paws on Fire (Accolade) £20K goal, quarter funded day one
Chained Echoes (CE) Possible Switch stretch goal
Evergate (Stone Lantern) Switch version by 2020

NOISZ re:||VERSE (NoizMakers) Rhythm Bullet Hell Funded, missed Switch goal
One Step from Eden (Thomas Moon Kang) - Deck-building action game - FUNDED
Enferi (The Hatchling) - Funding failed
SwitchBlades Side Rails (stylish rail hardware accessory, pictured) - neat idea.


Hyper Parasite (Troglobytes) - failed
Bushiden (Pixel Arc) Added Switch goal - funded
Log Jammers (Mega Cat) Funded
Onmo (Jonas Manke) Possible Switch goal funded - due late 2019
Hazelnut Bastille (ALoftStudio) Switch stretch goal funded - due 2020
Monster Sanctuary (Moi Rai) Switch goal succeeded - due 2020

The Darkside Detective Season 2 (Spooky Doorway)  Funded
Grimshade (Asterion/TaleRock) $100K goal reached, coming 2019
Hamsterdam (Muse Games) FUNDED (you can still contribute)
Thief's Roulette (Malik Brown) Danganronpa-like FUNDED
Masquerada (Witching Hour) FUNDED
Sol705 (Land Patricio) Graphic adventure, £25K Stretch goal FUNDED
198X (Hi-Bit) £41K goal FUNDED
The Good Life (Swery White Owl) $800K stretch goal FUNDED
The Mystery of Woolley Mountain (Lightfoot) FUNDED



Funded:

The Seashore (RPG) Boomerang Games FUNDED
Eat All The Things (Arcade) Stami Studio
Skull Pirates (Action RPG) Luc Bernard
Masquerada: Songs and Shadows (RPG) Witching Hour
XenoCrisis (Arcade) Bitmap Bureau


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