Hobo's Following Pokémon is a fan-made mod for Pokémon Black and Black 2 that lets a chosen Pokémon follow the player around Unova, inspired by the system from HeartGold and SoulSilver. It supports all 649 species from Generations 1-5, including shiny overworld sprites, over 10,000 dialogue options, and works on both emulators and physical DS hardware. via pokecommunity.com
Developer nerosky has released Tough Nuts, a name-your-own-price physics slingshot puzzle game for the Amiga 1200 (AGA) inspired by Angry Birds. It features nine worlds of ten levels each, nine heroes with unique abilities, bosses, cartoons and ten music tracks, distributed on floppy disks or for hard disk installation. via itch.io
A developer has released Van Helsing: A Night at Castle Dracula, a name-your-own-price puzzle-platformer for the PAL Commodore 64. Players guide Van Helsing through 36 rooms across six chapters, including a graveyard, chapel, crypts, library, clock tower and keep, racing to cross the castle before dawn. The game was made with AI assistance from Claude for code, graphics and music, with cover art from Leonardo.ai, and was tested on real C64 hardware. via itch.io
Developer Cyborg Unicorn Pty Ltd has released Witch Bias, a name-your-own-price adventure game for the ZX Spectrum with a Halloween witch theme. Players take the role of a new witch competing to become Top Witch over the course of 13 full moons, with the game made using AI-assisted code, graphics, sound and text. via itch.io
Preservationist Allan Pinkerton has uploaded Word Games, his fourth preserved title from educational software maker MECC, for the Commodore 64. He is also pursuing a copy of Friendly Computer, and has uncovered other rare software including Ducks, which is absent from GameBase64, and Glass Computer, which also appeared on the Commodore 128. via gamesthatwerent.com
Developer 7TowersofGames has released Nebula Vultures - Commodore 64 Edition, a third-person on-rails shooter paying homage to Afterburner. The game is priced at $2.00 and is available as a d64 disk image download. via itch.io
AYN has released a new promotional video for its upcoming Odin 3 Portal handheld, revealing most of the device's details just a week after its initial announcement. The handheld shares a similar design to the existing Odin 2 Portal. via retrohandhelds.gg
AYANEO has sent backers and pre-order customers an updated shipping timeline for its handheld lineup. The Pocket Micro 2, originally due this month, is now expected to ship in early November because of delayed build components. via timeextension.com
Developer Peppe74 has released a collection of homebrew Amiga games made with AI assistance, bundling titles such as Tomb Lady and Orion. The pack runs on a completely stock Amiga 500 with 512k of RAM, or an Amiga 1000 with a standard 256k expansion, requiring no hardware upgrades. via indieretronews.com
Developer Cyborg Unicorn Pty Ltd has released Maze Raid, a name-your-own-price maze-chase action game for the ZX Spectrum Next. Players guide a beetle bot through a 27x27 maze, collecting power dots while evading four hover sentries, and can grab a power cell to turn the tables. The game was made with AI-assisted code, graphics, sounds and text. via itch.io
Developer Cyborg Unicorn Pty Ltd has released Mechra, a name-your-own-price shooter for the ZX Spectrum. Players pilot a combat mech through five scrolling warzones filled with drones, jet-mechs and walkers, facing a colossal enemy at the end of each stage. The game was made with AI-assisted code, graphics, sound and text. via itch.io
Developer Cyborg Unicorn Pty Ltd has released SOLAR, a name-your-own-price 3D vector space shooter for the ZX Spectrum Next. Players defend a miniature solar system, flying between a sun, four planets and a ring of asteroids while fending off pirates. The game was made with AI-assisted code, graphics, sound and text. via itch.io
