Arcade Heroes has published a preview of IAAPA Expo Europe 2026, the amusement industry trade show taking place at the Excel centre in London. Full coverage of the event itself is expected once the show has concluded. via arcadeheroes.com
Developer sedor has released Zyklop.exe, a free Commodore 64 text adventure available for name-your-own price on itch.io. Players resist an AI that has taken over a city's toasters, traffic lights and robots, navigating a facility with rising alarm levels toward one of 22 endings, with the game offered in German and English via D64 disk images. via itch.io
The Bit Culture has posted a YouTube video titled "What if the Atari ST had millions of colors? Atari System Emulator (ASE) v1.12", covering version 1.12 of the ASE emulator. via YouTube
The fan project porting Sega's Model 3 arcade game Star Wars Trilogy Arcade to Dreamcast has released a playable demo. The release comes with a disclaimer addressing the use of AI assistance in the port's development. via timeextension.com
Developer retroports posted footage claiming to show GoldenEye 007's opening level running live on SNES using a polygon-based rendering approach with fog and occlusion culling, tested via the MESEN emulator combined with a 2MB SuperFX2 chip. The project has become the latest flashpoint in ongoing arguments over AI-assisted retro development, with critics arguing such projects trivialise the hobby.
Footage has surfaced for the first time of a Super Famicom/SNES port of Railroad Tycoon that was never released. The port was originally rumoured in a 1991 issue of Nintendo Power but had not otherwise been documented until now. via timeextension.com
Crash Bash, the PlayStation multiplayer party game spun off from the Crash Bandicoot series, is now available to play for free in a web browser. This lets fans revisit the minigame collection without original hardware or emulator setup. via retrododo.com
A successful crowdfunding campaign has raised £30,000 to install a nine-foot fibreglass Lara Croft statue in Derby city centre. The statue previously stood at London's Camden Market for "Tomb Raider: The LIVE Experience" before being placed in storage after the exhibition closed in 2023. via timeextension.com
Copperline, an Amiga emulator written in Rust available as a web app and for macOS and Windows, has been updated to version 0.21.0. The release adds spectator support to Netplay, allows four local controllers on desktop and in RetroArch, reduces per-frame rendering overhead, fixes file-picker crashes and changes two defaults that had caused issues with some games. via amiga-news.de
Terminus is a newly announced first-person shooter for the original 3DO console, drawing on 1990s-style horror action in the vein of DOOM. It features space pirates and monsters, with voice acting from talent known for the Silent Hill series. via console-classics.com
Video Game Esoterica has posted a video titled "A NEW PS1 Emulator is Out! Arcade Duck! DuckStation for the Arcade", presenting Arcade Duck as a new PlayStation 1 emulator. via YouTube
2026 marks the 40th anniversary of Sega's OutRun, widely regarded as one of the most influential arcade driving games ever made. The anniversary is being highlighted as one of the year's major arcade milestones. via arcadeheroes.com
