NOP — New Old Pixels

NEW GAMES FOR
OLD MACHINES

NOP was founded by video game veterans who were already building games when many of these machines were still on store shelves.

After decades spent creating titles for handhelds, consoles, PC & mobile, we chose to return to a simple idea:

Small is beautiful.

We believe technical constraints are not limitations but creative tools. Limited memory, limited storage and limited processing power force stronger design decisions, more distinctive visual identities and gameplay built around skill rather than excess.

No fake retro.
No nostalgia bait.
Just new games for old machines.

Mega Drive / Genesis

Neo Geo AES / MVS

Master System / Gamegear

NES / Super NES

GB / GBA

Amstrad/C64/SPECTRUM

Target Hardware

Physical first.
Built from the board up.

NOP is built around one clear promise: new games delivered as real editions for real machines. Whenever the target hardware allows it, our goal is to publish on physical media — cartridges, boards, manuals and collector packaging — not only as downloadable ROM files. Digital releases may exist, but the heart of NOP is the object: something you can plug in, keep, display and play on original hardware.

Real cartridges

We aim to produce physical editions for classic systems and modern cartridge-based platforms that support them.

Cartridge releases whenever possible
Collector packaging and printed manuals
Designed for players and preservation

Vintage CPUs

Our team has experience with the processors that powered the 8-bit and 16-bit generations.

Z80-based systems and sound drivers
Motorola 68000 platforms
6502-family and other period CPUs

Sound chips

Retro games are defined as much by their audio hardware as by their graphics.

FM synthesis workflows
PSG and chiptune audio constraints
YM2612, SN76489, AY-3-8910, SPC700 and more

Original hardware

Our philosophy is to respect the target machine instead of hiding behind modern abstraction.

Native constraints as design tools
Testing on real machines whenever possible
Gameplay built around hardware identity

We do not see cartridges as nostalgia.
We see them as the final form of the game.

About

Built by developers.
Made for retro players.

NOP is an independent French studio dedicated to authentic retro game development. We create new games for original hardware platforms and release physical cartridge editions for collectors and players who still believe dedicated gaming machines matter. Our team combines decades of experience across console development, handheld systems, PC and mobile games, low-level retro programming, hardware and cartridge engineering. No fake retro. No nostalgia bait. Only real games for real machines.

Before NOP

Long before NOP, we contributed to these projects either in the industry or as homebrews or prototypes. They reflect the same long-standing passion for retro machines, technical constraints and handcrafted gameplay that led us to create the studio.

Mr Nutz GBA

Virtua Racing GBA prototype

Puzzle Bobble CPC

Wonder Boy CPC

Windjammers MD music

Mai Nurse SMS

Alcon 2020

Oh Chute! GX4000

Alcon 2020

Wonder Boy CPC

The Team

Ben Yoris

Game Designer / Producer

25+ years in the video game industry, including Infogrames, Atari, Ubisoft and Dream On Studio. Former Amiga magazine editor. Started with Game Boy Color productions in the late 90s and early 2000s, founded Dream On Studio, worked on the Super NES to Game Boy Advance conversion of Mr Nutz, a Virtua Racing prototype on GBA and numerous industry titles.
Known in the Amstrad CPC/AMIGA homebrew scene as OneVision, for projects including Wonder Boy, Puzzle Bobble and Mario Bros.

GBC/GBA/NDS Nintendo Switch AMIGA Amstrad CPC

Nadège de Bergevin

Executive Producer / Finance Director

30 years of experience in video game production, executive production and financial direction. Worked across multiple console generations, including PlayStation, Xbox, Dreamcast and mobile games.

Production Finance PlayStation Xbox Dreamcast

Olivier Lunot

Lunoka

Technical Artist / Illustrator / Musician

Former Dream On Studio collaborator on Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS projects. Freelance illustrator, retro musician and homebrew developer. Known in the scene under the name Lunoka for Game Gear, Master System and Game Boy projects including Mai Nurse. Also retro musician for the Megadrive port of the NEOGEO game Windjammers.

VISIT LUNOKA.NET

GB/GBA/NDS SMS/GG/MDRIVE PC ENGINE NEO GEO HARDWARE

Richard Gatineau

TotO

Electronics / Hardware Engineering

Electronics specialist and member of Easter Egg. Known in the 8-bit and 16-bit homebrew scene for projects including Risky Rick, Alcon 2020, R-Type and Sonic GX. Specialized in retro hardware and electronics.

Electronics 8-bit 16-bit Hardware Easter Egg

Chris Lord

Cwiiis

Retro Musician / Programmer

Retro developer and musician known in the 8-bit scene. Worked on projects including Oh Chute! GX4000.

Music Programming 8-bit GX4000

Incoming transmissions

Physical first.
Built from the board up.

Built by developers.
Made for retro players.

From the workshop

Incoming transmissions

Physical first.Built from the board up.

Built by developers.Made for retro players.

From the workshop

Physical first.
Built from the board up.

Built by developers.
Made for retro players.