This year’s MAGFest finalists have been announced. The yearly festival celebrities more than twenty of the most ambitious games currently in development for your favorite classic consoles. The festival is a partnership between retro publisher Mega Cat Studio, MAGFest, and Indie Retro. The Indie Retro Homebrew Showcase, which previously featured indie standouts such as Vengeance Hunters, Cronela’s Mansion, and Former Dawn, among many others, showcases the awe-inspiring creativity and passion of the homebrew community and their commitment to bringing unforgettable new experiences to retro hardware.

These ambitious titles will be available to play on the show floor at MAGFest’s Indie Retro Homebrew Showcase in National Harbor, Maryland. Celebrating its eighth year, MAGFest’s Indie Retro Homebrew Showcase embraces the dedication and creativity of the homebrew community. The event features a CRT-filled gaming area where players can go hands-on with a massive assortment of new and exciting experiences for their favorite retro consoles.

List of MAGFest nominees:

• Light From Within (Atarath Games, NES)

• Razing Core (Badcomputer, Master System)

• Gb BBS 95 (Beatscribe, Game Boy)

• Halcyon (Bite the Chili Productions, NES)

• The Mariana Sequence (CrazyGroupTrio, NES)

• Chibi Monster Brawl (Dale Coop Studio, NES)

• Wicked Plague (LocusMotion, Game Boy Color)

• Kero Kero Cowboy (MetagameMike, Game Boy Color)

• Batty Zabella 2 XOXO XMAS (Ice Cold Blood, Game Boy)

• Metal Canary (Luiz Nai, Dreamcast)

• Diggy Diggy Mole (Novasplore Games, NES)

• Black Tower Enigma (Ogre Pixel, Game Boy Color)

• Tactus (Phonorail LLC, NES)

• The Adventures of Panzer: Frontiers (Pixel Craft Games, NES)

• NightVein (Retro Hammer, Genesis)

• The Nyanja! (SaruPro, PC Engine)

• The Halls of Talamh Domhain (Sleepy Bits Games, NES)

• Trasmoz Legends (Volcano Bytes, NES)

• Gas Station Story (enzi, Game Boy Color)

• Sword of the Apocalypse (Versão LTDA, Genesis)

• Friday at Ours (Kleiner Bubak, Game Boy Color)