Homebrew (video games)

Hobbyist-developed games for closed systems This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. You can help. The talk page may contain suggestions. (November 2018) This article may lack focus or be about more than one topic. Please help improve this article, possibly by splitting it or creating a disambiguation page. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. (September 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Homebrew, when used in the context of video games, refers to unofficial software produced by hobbyists for proprietary video game consoles, which are not intended to be user-programmable. The official documentation for many video game consoles is often only available to licensed developers, and these systems may use storage formats that make distribution difficult, such as ROM cartridges or encrypted CD-ROMs. Many consoles also have hardware restrictions to prevent unauthorized development.