{"id":30514,"date":"2026-01-27T22:01:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T22:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/?p=30514"},"modified":"2026-03-31T09:10:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:10:52","slug":"bailey-the-brave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/collection\/bailey-the-brave\/","title":{"rendered":"Have you \u2018Herd\u2019? Bailey the Brave is Out Now on Genesis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bailey the Brave <\/strong>is a new homebrew game for <strong>Genesis<\/strong>\/<strong>Mega Drive<\/strong> in which you assume the role of Bailey, a sheepdog who loves to herd up sheep. The game has a rather charming backstory that makes it stand out from the herd\u2026<br \/><br \/><br \/>The inspiration for <strong>Bailey the Brave<\/strong> was the developer\u2019s sadly deceased real-life pet dog, Bailey, as he explained on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thomin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X<\/a>, saying that: \u201cOne year ago, we had to put down our beloved collie Bailey after him being part of the family for more than 12 years. He was quite unlucky with a severe injury when he was only 5 and chronic gut problems. Yet he was a wonderful family member.\u201d<br \/><br \/><strong>Bailey the Brave<\/strong>\u2019s developer further explained: \u201cShortly after, I wanted to do something to remember him, and what better way than to make a video game for an almost 40 year old console. While the real Bailey mostly just ignored sheep, I quickly had the idea of a sheep herding game,\u201d Going on to say: \u201che fact that I had no experience with the C programming language, let along with SGDK couldn&#8217;t stop me. I&#8217;ll spare you the trials and tribulations of the next year and instead get to the finished game.\u201d<br \/><br \/>Quite an impressive feat, not to mention a wonderful tribute to a beloved family pet, immortalizing him in a 16-bit video game!<br \/><br \/><strong>Bailey the Brave<\/strong>\u2019s developer, developing under the name <strong>DigitalMints<\/strong>, describes the game as follows: \u201cat its core, it&#8217;s a simple game. Herd all sheep into their pen within the allotted time. There&#8217;s a sheep-counter in the bottom left, telling you how many sheep are still out and about. At the top, you have your current score, your energy bar and the timer.\u201d<br \/>The <strong>Genesis<\/strong>\/<strong>Mega Drive<\/strong> ROM for Bailey the Brave is available to <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalmints.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download<\/a> for free, but if you enjoy the game, <strong>Digital Mints<\/strong> asks that you consider making a donation to be put toward hardware, tools, and future development.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Bailey the Brave - Trailer\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BDXJqvm75h0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bailey the Brave is a new homebrew game for Genesis\/Mega Drive in which you assume the role of Bailey, a sheepdog who loves to herd up sheep. 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