Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Xeodrifter
Metroidvania with retro-inspired graphics
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Xeodrifter launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Software and hardware projects for fun from a guy who loves retro computing
2019 · internalregister.github.io · its alternatives →
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A massive 2D, pixel-art, metroidvania style, platformer.
2016 · its alternatives →
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A 4-colour, concentrated, action-oriented Metroidvania
2015 · its alternatives →
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As part of the annual JS13K games challenge, I've put together a pretty large (but small-in-code) Metroidvania game that fits in just 13KB of compressed Javascript. The source is available here: https://github.com/arikwex/infernal-sigil NOTE: the current head of the main branch is at 13.6KB due to quality of life patches. The legit 13KB version is tagged in github. Useful hacks: - Using Roadroller (https://github.com/lifthrasiir/roadroller) for compression - Compressing the map data as grayscale PNG paired with some code generation. - Using procedural…
2022 · arineonshark.itch.io · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, Over the past ~1.5 years, I built an open-source FPGA retro emulation handheld that can play Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance cartridges. To my knowledge, there isn't an existing open-source FPGA emulator that can play physical cartridges like this. One of my main goals was to do all of the pieces myself, and be able to understand every component of it, so I designed my own PCB, wrote the firmware, wrote a Game Boy and Game Boy Advance emulator for the FPGA (using the Chisel HDL), and designed a 3D-printed case. I detailed the design and development process in the…
2025 · eli.lipsitz.net · its alternatives →
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Palmer Luckey's new startup, a modern Game Boy console
2024 · modretro.com · its alternatives →
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Crossy Roads meets the Jetsons in a colorful arcade runner
2015 · its alternatives →
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Castlevania creator Kickstarting his next game (pre-launch)
2015 · its alternatives →
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