The Video Game History Foundation has released an archive of roughly 300 photographs taken at Japanese gaming events during the 2000s. The images depict scenes related to Pokémon, the PS2, Sega's Dreamcast, and the Joypolis arcade venue, capturing the look of the industry's events from that era. via timeextension.com
Epilogue's GB Operator, a cartridge reader used to back up and dump Game Boy games, is available again through the company's website after being out of stock. The device works alongside Epilogue's mobile app for managing cartridge data. via retrododo.com
A Game Master handheld, said to be one of only three known to exist, has appeared for sale on eBay. The listing has drawn attention from retro handheld collectors due to its extreme rarity. via retrododo.com
Commodore has shared a factory update covering several hardware projects, including the Callback 8020, the C64C Slimline and the TAC-2. Staff spent ten days in Shenzhen observing mock production runs and factory floor work on phones, keyboards and joysticks. via commodore.net
Rock It Games' Collector's Editions of Croc: Legend of the Gobbos for Switch and PS5, first sold in October 2024, have started shipping to customers after long delays. Original developer Argonaut Games announced on social media that it stepped in to help resolve the issues holding up fulfilment. via timeextension.com
A project called Second Screen Archive aims to preserve pixel art displayed on the Dreamcast's Visual Memory Unit, a peripheral with a tiny 48 by 32 pixel monochrome screen. It began as an attempt to find Soulcalibur's VMU artwork and grew into recovering the images directly from the games themselves, with 19 character portraits from Soulcalibur recovered so far. via thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk
Developer SergioGomes has released Reconquista1139, a free strategy game for the ZX Spectrum built in Sinclair BASIC. The game is a management title, with code, graphics and sounds produced using AI assistance. via itch.io
XPong64 is a new Commodore 64 game from developer codebiters, priced at $2. It supports either a single player or two cooperative players competing against the CPU, and was made with AI-assisted code, graphics and sound. via itch.io
A PlayStation emulation core has been demonstrated running on the Analogue Pocket, achieved through an unconventional method rather than a standard FPGA core release. via retrododo.com
Atari has officially confirmed it is sunsetting the Atari VCS, its Linux-based console that was first teased as "Ataribox" during E3 2017 before being revealed at GDC 2018. The machine was crowdfunded, raising about $3 million from over 8,000 backers, and suffered multiple production delays before eventually launching. via timeextension.com
Developer ready64 has released Karate Final Round, a free fighting game for the Commodore 64. It features eight masters competing through three fights to determine a champion, presented in pixel art style. via itch.io
Developer ready64 has released Kayak 3, a free original sports game for the Commodore 64 based on kayaking. via itch.io
