Protovision has officially released Steel Ranger 2 for the Commodore 64, the follow-up to its 2018 side-scrolling action-adventure Steel Ranger. The original game was praised by the homebrew community and ranked among the greatest C64 titles of all time. via indieretronews.com
Publisher Komi Games Inc. has announced that Infested DX, a remastered edition of developer GrahfMetal's itch.io game, will launch on Steam on October 27. The game is styled after DOS horror graphic adventures of the late 1980s and early 1990s, drawing inspiration from films like Alien and Galaxy of Terror, and follows a lone astronaut exploring a derelict starship after a failed expedition. via timeextension.com
Developer Game of Tobi has released a fan-made demake of Super Mario Galaxy for the Game Boy Advance, reimagining the Wii 3D platformer for the handheld's 2D hardware. via retrododo.com
Developer ShinobiZ has released a name-your-own-price demo recreating the first mission of Sega's arcade game Shinobi for the Commodore Amiga 500 with 1MB of memory. The project aims to improve on the original official Amiga port, which the developer felt did not do the arcade game justice, and was made with AI-assisted code. via itch.io
Re-Volt, the 1999 racing game, is confirmed to launch on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation on November 5, 2026. The Switch version will get a physical release bundled with stickers and a printed instruction manual. The game and Toy Story titles both originated on the Sega Dreamcast, and are now making their way to modern platforms. via thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk
A code found in the censored Sega Mega Drive port of StormLord not only restores the content removed for that version but also reveals hidden developer credits. The discovery comes 36 years after the game's original release. via console-classics.com
Veins of Iron, an upcoming Wolfenstein 3D-inspired first-person shooter for the SNES, is currently using AI-generated key art as a placeholder, which has been described as offputting. The game, revealed via a YouTube gameplay video, is designed to run on real SNES hardware using a custom cartridge with a modern co-processor. via timeextension.com
Digital Sun, the Spanish studio behind Moonlighter, has delayed the public playtest of its upcoming Castlevania-inspired tower-defence game ReVamp. The studio cited recent reports of games being reverse-engineered and cloned before their official release as the reason for holding back the build, with launch still months away. via timeextension.com
Developer LUKKAL Software has released Brick Game 64, a name-your-own-price Commodore 64 program that recreates six classic LCD handheld brick-games in a single tiny application. The release mimics the look and feel of 1990s pocket LCD consoles, complete with chunky block graphics and a dancing mascot, and was made with AI-assisted code, graphics and sound. via itch.io
AYN has released its first teaser trailer for the Odin 3 Portal handheld, following last week's announcement. The video confirms the device uses a Dragonwing Q8 processor and a 9,000mAh battery, both upgrades over the Odin 2 Portal, along with redesigned handgrips, larger thumbsticks and an anti-fingerprint coating. via timeextension.com
FunnyPlaying, maker of the FPGA-powered miniature Game Boy-style FPGB Mini handheld that plays original Game Boy cartridges, is set to release a new batch this week. The company has indicated there is bad news tied to this drop, following its previous release just weeks earlier. via retrododo.com
A fan demake is reworking Pokémon Emerald, originally released on Game Boy Advance, to run on the Game Boy Color. The project adapts the game's content and mechanics to fit the older hardware's more limited capabilities. via retrododo.com
