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  • Joined: September 20, 2026
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THE800XL Atari Recreation Goes Gold, Heads to Production

THE800XL Atari Recreation Goes Gold, Heads to Production

Retro Games Ltd has announced that THE800XL, its recreation of the 1983 Atari 800XL computer, has "gone gold". The company says firmware development is now officially complete, with the hardware entering its final stages ahead of manufacturing. THE800XL is being produced with Plaion and follows the firm's earlier mini recreations, THEC64 Mini, THE400 Mini and THEA500 Mini. The device is described as a faithful recreation of the original machine and will include 25 built-in games such as Asteroids, Crystal Castles and Centipede, with shipping planned for April 2027. via timeextension.com

Pokémon Orange ROM Hack Gets Major New Updates

Pokémon Orange ROM Hack Gets Major New Updates

Pokémon Orange, a fan-made ROM hack that originally dates back to 2017, has received a set of major new updates described as reworking the entire game. The coverage notes that the hack predates the use of AI tools in ROM hacking, framing it as an example of earlier, hand-made fan projects. Pokémon ROM hacks typically modify existing Game Boy and Game Boy Advance era Pokémon titles with new regions, story content or difficulty changes. via retrododo.com

Speedrunner Cracks RNG Formula Behind Ocarina of Time’s Dampé Game

Speedrunner Cracks RNG Formula Behind Ocarina of Time's Dampé Game

A speedrunner has figured out the underlying formula that determines prizes in Dampé's "Heart-Pounding Gravedigging Tour" minigame from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The minigame, in which young Link pays the gravedigger Dampé to dig up random items such as Rupees and Heart Pieces, has apparently kept this mechanic unsolved since the game's 1998 N64 release. The discovery comes as Nintendo's Switch 2 remake of Ocarina of Time has just launched, renewing interest in the original game's mechanics. via timeextension.com

Tim Stamper Asks Fans What ‘Vault’ Reveal They Want First

Tim Stamper Asks Fans What 'Vault' Reveal They Want First

Tim Stamper, co-founder of Rare and Ultimate Play The Game, has followed up his earlier cryptic social media tease by directly asking fans what they would like him to reveal first. His post name-checks several possibilities, including Conker, Ultimate, an unnamed project called Dream, and Zelda, continuing the "vault" imagery and key motif from his initial post. The update states that Stamper plans to reveal more via YouTube. Stamper had been absent from social media for more than three years before this sudden reappearance. via timeextension.com

Battlespire Easter Egg Revealed via Keyboard Trick

Battlespire Easter Egg Revealed via Keyboard Trick

A long-hidden developer message in An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire has finally been exposed, revealed through a specific keyboard input sequence. The 1997 Elder Scrolls spin-off had kept the secret concealed for nearly three decades before the method was documented. Battlespire was developed by Bethesda Softworks as a side story within the Elder Scrolls series, set apart from the main numbered entries. via console-classics.com

AmiWordle 2.0 Wordle Clone Released for Amiga

AmiWordle 2.0 has been released for the Amiga, a homebrew recreation of the popular word puzzle game Wordle written in Blitz Basic. It supports German, English and French word lists, and lets players pre-assign known letters to help narrow down the solution by clicking a tile or using the cursor keys. The update is not compatible with high-score lists saved by previous versions of the game. via amiga-news.de