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Homebrew SNES Games/Demos

With the commercial death of the SNES long past, people who grew up with the console have longed for new releases. With this page, I hope to document non-commercial homebrew that will work on the SNES. I have attempted to play these on Higan or an actual console to ensure that they will actually work. I've trying to order things based on time of release, rather than practical playability (which at this point is limited in most homebrew).

Game/demo Name	Author	Year Released	Notes
Super Rambler	torte00	2021	A time attack platforming game, made for the 2021 SNESdev Game Jam
Sure Instinct	BennySnesDev	2021	A puzzle game where you navigate a ball through a maze, made for the 2021 SNESdev Game Jam
Incognity: A Rover Story	cand	2021	An exploration based game made for the 2021 SNESdev Game Jam
Dottie Dreads Nought	Goldlocke	2021	A platforming game made for the 2021 SNESdev Game Jam
Smash It	elix	2014	Demo with graphical effects and dubstep music
nu	elix	2014	Demo with music and moving geometric shapes
Jet Pilot Rising	Dieter Von Laser	2013	Full game featuring a rocket-riding cat
Pic Play	Magical	1992	Demo with images that and graphical effects
The Learning Curve	Dax	1992	Simple demo with scrolling text, and the first instance of sound in a homebrew
Magicode	CDI	1992	Intro for scene releases
CDI demo	CDI	1992	A demo with scrolling text
Censor intro	Geggin	1992	Intro used for scene releases
Miracle intro	Sauron	1992	Intro used for scene releases

Hardware tests

These are demos created with the purpose of testing SNES hardware. Putting them here for preservation purposes.

Game/demo Name	Author	Year Released	Notes
bsnesdemo_v1	revenant	2011	checkerboard pattern that responds to button input with music
bsnesdemo_v2	revenant	2011	checkerboard pattern that responds to button input with music
bsnesdemo_v3	revenant	2013	checkerboard pattern that responds to button input with music
controller strobebehavior	blargg	2010	checks controller strobe behavior
speed_2_freezes2	blargg	2010	checks startup, SPC700 test
test_ram_disable_ipl	blargg	2010	tests initial program loader, SPC700 test
test_speed	blargg	2010	SPC700 test
test_timer_speed	blargg	2010	SPC700 test
test_timer_speed2	blargg	2010	SPC700 test
test_timer_speed3	blargg	2010	SPC700 test
test_timer_speed_2	blargg	2010	SPC700 test
test_timer_stop	blargg	2010	SPC700 test
test_timer_stop2	blargg	2010	SPC700 test
timer_at_power_reset	blargg	2010	Tests resetting the console
1-test_exec_from_io	blargg	2010	SPC700 test
2-test_single_instr	blargg	2010	SPC700 test
3-test_write_disable	blargg	2010	SPC700 test
4-test_ram_disable	blargg	2010	SPC700 test
cx4test	Overload	2010	Tests the CX4 chip, which was used in Mega Man X2 and X3
half_pixels2	?	2010	Test of the high resolution mode of the SNES (?)
test_adc	Shay Green	20xx	Tests ADC operation in 8 bit mode
test_adc_16	Shay Green	20xx	Tests ADC operation in 16 bit mode
test_sbc	Shay Green	20xx	Tests SBC operation in 8 bit mode
test_sbc_16	Shay Green	20xx	Tests SBC operation in 16 bit mode
div_timing	blargg (?)	20xx	Tests division operations
mul_timing	blargg (?)	20xx	Test multiplication operations
1-random	blargg (?)	20xx	OAM (Object Attribute Memory) test
2-low	blargg (?)	20xx	OAM (Object Attribute Memory) test
3-high	blargg (?)	20xx	OAM (Object Attribute Memory) test
snes_test_tsc	blargg (?)	20xx	Tests TSC instruction
test_adc (other version)	Shay Green	20xx	Tests ADC operation in 8 bit mode
test_sbc (other version)	Shay Green	20xx	Tests SBC operation in 8 bit mode
test_dma	byuu	2006	Tests DMA
test_dmavalid	byuu	2008	Tests DMA valid
test_dmasync	byuu	2008	Tests DMA sync
test_hdma	byuu	2008	Tests HDMA
test_hdmasync	byuu	2008	Tests HDMA sync
test_hdmatiming	byuu	2008	Tests HDMA timing
test_hdmadisable	byuu	2008	Tests HDMA Disable
test_mdrhdma.smc	byuu	2010	Tests HDMA
test_math	byuu	20xx	Tests math routines
test_mode7	?	20xx	Mode 7 test
test_hello	byuu (?)	20xx	Test of the PPU
test_noise	byuu (?)	20xx	Test of the PPU