News for October 28, 2026

Escape from London Revived for C64 and Plus/4

Escape from London Revived for C64 and Plus/4

Developer 8bitSquad has released Escape from London, a name-your-own-price text adventure for the Commodore 64 and Plus/4. The game originally appeared on the C64 in 2013 but was shelved, and has now been rebuilt more than a decade later using Daz's ALF adventure engine. It casts players in a chaotic London where the trains have stopped and the Army has taken over the Tube, tasking them with finding their wife and catching the last evacuation train. The project uses AI-assisted code, graphics, sound and text. via itch.io

Cauldron Scare Attack Pays Homage to 8-bit Classic on PC

Cauldron Scare Attack Pays Homage to 8-bit Classic on PC

Developer Sunteam has released Cauldron Scare Attack, a fast-paced single-level score attack shooter for Windows. The game is built as a modern homage to Palace Software's classic Cauldron, drawing direct inspiration from the original title created by Steve Brown, Tony Barber and Simon Dunstan. Cauldron was originally released in 1985 for 8-bit home computers including the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum, and became known for its witch-themed shoot-em-up and platform gameplay. via indieretronews.com

Saturn Shiro Spotlights Phantasmagoria Port

Saturn Shiro Spotlights Phantasmagoria Port

Sega Saturn Shiro's #BestOfSaturn series has featured Phantasmagoria, known in Japan as Phantasm, a 1995 Sierra On-Line PC horror adventure game that received a Japan-exclusive Saturn port in 1997. The spotlight notes it is best experienced using the Shuttle or NetLink peripherals. Phantasmagoria was notable in its original PC release for its extensive use of full-motion video and live-action actors. via segasaturnshiro.com

Day of the Tentacle Gets Fan Port to Amiga via AI

Day of the Tentacle Gets Fan Port to Amiga via AI

Developer Darasco has released a new fan port of LucasArts' 1993 adventure game Day of the Tentacle for the Commodore Amiga, created with the help of AI tools. The game, a sequel to Ron Gilbert's Maniac Mansion, follows three friends trying to stop an evil mutated tentacle from taking over the world using time travel. Despite its acclaim, Day of the Tentacle was never given an official Amiga release at the time, making this an unofficial attempt to bring the point-and-click classic to the platform decades later. via indieretronews.com

Time Twist Famicom Disk System Game Gets Fan Translation

Time Twist Famicom Disk System Game Gets Fan Translation

A new fan translation has been released for Time Twist: Rekishi no Katasumi de…, a 1991 Famicom Disk System game co-developed by Nintendo and Pax Softnica. The patch, made without AI tools, allows English-speaking players to experience the title for the first time in their own language. Time Twist is considered one of Nintendo's strangest releases, written and directed by Keiji Terui and seen as a last major title for the Famicom Disk System. The Famicom Disk System was an add-on peripheral for the original Famicom that used proprietary floppy disks instead of cartridges. via timeextension.com

House of the Dead: Reawakened Cabinet Detailed Ahead of IAAPA

House of the Dead: Reawakened Cabinet Detailed Ahead of IAAPA

Sega Amusements' new VR arcade title House of the Dead: Reawakened has been further detailed ahead of its demo at IAAPA 2026 in November. The game is described as a two-player, attendant-free horror attraction housed in a theme park-inspired manor cabinet, marking the franchise's most ambitious build yet. It arrives as House of the Dead marks its thirtieth anniversary in arcades, continuing Sega's long-running light gun series. via segabits.com

Halo DS Demo Recreation Project Resurfaces Lost ’00s Build

Halo DS Demo Recreation Project Resurfaces Lost '00s Build

A project has begun recreating the long-rumored Halo DS demo, a build that has only ever been known through images that circulated online since the 2000s. The original demo was never officially released, and details about it have mostly existed as chatter and speculation among fans over the years. This recreation effort aims to bring that elusive piece of Nintendo DS history back as a playable experience. via retrododo.com

Wizball: Enhanced Edition Released for ZX Spectrum

Homebrewer Leigh "Gravious" Ashton has released Wizball: Enhanced Edition, an updated version of Ocean Software's 1987 ZX Spectrum platformer. The project received a major assist from Mark R. Jones, the original game's Ocean graphics artist. The enhanced edition brings improved visuals, gameplay and music to the original title, which was a best-seller known for its difficulty and memorable marketing featuring its green protagonist. via timeextension.com

James Pond 2 Recompiled Natively for PC and Steam Deck

James Pond 2 Recompiled Natively for PC and Steam Deck

Gary Riches has published a ground-up recompile of the 1991 Amiga game James Pond 2: Codename RoboCod on GitHub. Instead of emulating the original, the project translates the game's 68000 assembly code directly into native C++, allowing it to run natively on Windows, macOS, Linux, and Steam Deck. The conversion also enables the game to display in ultrawide and stretched resolutions beyond what the original Amiga version supported. via indieretronews.com

RCT#40 Retro Computer Meeting Set for Hannover in 2027

The Retrocomputertreff Niedersachsen group has announced its 40th meeting, RCT#40, scheduled for January 30, 2027 in Hannover, Germany. The event will take place at the Freizeitheim Ricklingen venue. Retrocomputertreff Niedersachsen is a recurring gathering for retro computing enthusiasts, covering vintage computers and related hardware such as the Amiga. via amiga-news.de

Amithlon NG Lets PCs Boot Directly into Amiga 4000 Emulation

A new project called Amithlon NG has been released, building on the original Amithlon concept of booting a PC directly into Amiga emulation using a lightweight Linux installation. The project emulates a full Amiga 4000 system rather than earlier Amithlon targets. It gives AmigaOS access to the host PC's graphics, network and multimedia cards through an emulated Elbox Mediator 4000 MK2 PCI bridge board, allowing real PC hardware to be used from within the emulated Amiga environment. via amiga-news.de

Morpho Cafè PDF Magazine Releases Second Issue

The second issue of Morpho Cafè, a PDF fan magazine dedicated to MorphOS, has been released. The publication is intended to appear on the last Sunday of every month and is now available in 16 languages. This issue covers the Mirari board, an interview with Guido "geit" Mersmann, and includes puzzles. MorphOS is an operating system historically associated with the Amiga and PowerPC-based hardware community. via amiga-news.de