Developer charger0277 has released an unofficial fan port of Namco's 1983 arcade platformer Mappy for the Commodore 64. The free, name-your-own-price game requires a 1 MB RAM Expansion Unit and is available as both a disk image and cartridge image, working on PAL and NTSC machines. via itch.io
Developer roman126 has released Ribbit Rush, a free arcade game for the ZX Spectrum Next inspired by Frogger. It features full-screen presentation and 9-channel TurboSound music. via itch.io
Gaboo Arts Entertainment has released an Amiga port of its Commodore 64 game Nybble & Nibble. Players control Nybble, a tiny half-byte character, through 60 rooms across six zones of rhythmic platforming challenges while searching for a missing other half. via indieretronews.com
Developer SirSoftPretzel has released The Last Hot Pocket, a free browser-based HTML5 action game styled after Commodore 64 pixel art. The comedic top-down game has two moderators shoving and stealing from each other over a single Hot Pocket amid a company-wide email. via itch.io
Sega Saturn Shiro's #BestOfSaturn series has featured Willy Wombat, a 3D overhead platformer exclusive to the Sega Saturn. The game was created by Westone, the studio known for the Wonder Boy series, applying their expertise to a new style of platforming with full freedom of movement. via segasaturnshiro.com
To mark the 30th anniversary of 3dfx's Voodoo graphics card technology, Club386 interviewed company cofounder Ross Smith. The conversation covers how 3dfx started, the origin of the Voodoo name, and an anecdote about Diamond Multimedia's reaction to the company. via club386.com
Several titles have launched on Switch and Switch 2, including Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen priced at £44.99 with a new snowy mountain region and weapons, alongside a Kingdom Hearts collection, Order of the Sinking Star, and Rainbow Islands. via gamesasylum.com
Randy Linden, known for porting Doom to the SNES, has produced Quake Advance, a proof-of-concept bringing id Software's Quake to the Game Boy Advance. Rather than using the raycasting techniques common to GBA first-person games, he built a custom engine capable of rendering fully 3D environments and enemies. via gamesthatwerent.com
According to reports, Ape Escape, the PS1 platformer franchise that debuted in 1999, is being revived with involvement from the team behind Sonic Mania. The original Ape Escape is noted for being an early PS1 title built around the DualShock's analog sticks. via retrododo.com
Dariosamo, a developer working on the Beetle Adventure Racing decompilation, has criticized the rising trend of AI-assisted recompilation projects in the retro gaming scene. He argues that passing off AI-generated code as genuine reverse-engineering work is damaging to the community and disrespectful to original developers. via timeextension.com
Sega has partnered with Round1 Bowling & Arcade for a limited-time Sonic the Hedgehog collaboration launching October 21st at 10 A.M. PT across Round1 USA venues. The promotion features original artwork of Sonic and friends enjoying Round1 activities, including limited-edition club cards and acrylic keychains. via segabits.com
Former PlayStation executive Shawn Layden has shared an anecdote about Sony's PSP reveal in the mid-2000s, recounting that a friend at Nintendo sent him a brief message reacting to the announcement. The story emerged in an interview about whether Nintendo should be concerned by renewed rumours of Sony re-entering the handheld market. via timeextension.com
