The Nex Playground, a motion-control console that has sold over a million units, is reportedly being approached by major publishers about reviving old Wii and Kinect catalogues. The device is expanding internationally, having launched in the UK in March and set to arrive in Germany this year. via timeextension.com
Developer JOTD, known for previous Amiga conversions like Double Dragon and Ghosts'n Goblins, has released an AGA edition of Capcom's arcade shooter Commando. The port targets Amiga 1200 and 4000 hardware, using the AGA chipset to deliver a more arcade-faithful experience than earlier home ports. via indieretronews.com
PixelFX now has stock of the Morph 2K, a $200 1080p version of its Morph 4K scaler that includes analog inputs. All seven colour options are available and orders ship within a few days of purchase. RetroRGB says the 4K version should be back in stock by the end of the year. via retrorgb.com
The Yoniq Portal, a $199 handheld shaped like a split PlayStation DualShock 2 controller with a reportedly 4.5-inch screen, aims to play PS2-era games locally without needing a PlayStation 5. A Gamescom demonstration showed Winning Eleven 8, but the handheld's full specifications have not been disclosed. via console-classics.com
Games That Weren't has written up "City by the Lake", a very early Atari 2600 demonstration made by Western Technologies as a technical showcase. What survives is a short looping animation of a jet flying across a landscape, with a city's reflection shimmering in the water below, and no gameplay. A 2026 academic paper on early development prototypes documented it. via gamesthatwerent.com
Polymega has announced price increases, effective 5 October 2026, for its base console unit, Remix hardware, interchangeable modules and wired controllers, citing rising memory and component costs. via console-classics.com
exA-Arcadia has released Truxton II EXA LABEL, the 9th entry in its EXA LABEL series remastering classic arcade games, for its exA-Arcadia arcade system. The original Truxton II was developed by Toaplan in the 1990s. via arcadeheroes.com
The classic Star Wars Trilogy arcade game is being ported to Sega Dreamcast. The arcade shooter featured missions across the original trilogy's key locations and is now reaching the 1990s console after decades. via console-classics.com
Frank Röger's free Amiga puzzle game Connect has been updated to version 1.5. The update is a technical optimisation that lets the game run with background music on an Amiga with just 512 KB of RAM, where the second music track should be turned off to avoid crashes, and it generates new boards faster. via amiga-news.de
A kernel and a patch released at the Finnish event Saku 2026 let Amix, the Amiga port of Unix System V Release 4, run on 68040 and 68060 CPUs. It was previously limited to the 68020 and 68030. via amiga-news.de
Online gaming on the Dreamcast has seen recent activity, with Sega Rally 2 returning to online play. The arcade racer's multiplayer mode is now accessible once more, allowing up to four players to compete together. via thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk
Retroid has announced the Duo Lite Plus, a more powerful variant of its Duo Lite handheld with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, following a successful pre-order campaign for its original Duo line. It is priced at $199 for pre-order (code LITEPLUS, expiring 31 October 2026) or $219 at retail, and is due to begin shipping in mid-November. via retrododo.com
