The Entertainment Software Association has submitted a request to the Office of the United States Trade Representative asking that Chinese manufacturer Anbernic be classified as a 'Superfake' seller on its annual Notorious Markets list. The complaint relates to ROM cards sold alongside Anbernic handhelds that contain pirated games. via timeextension.com
Krikzz has added savestate functionality to the EverDrive-64 Pro flash cart, accessible through an in-game menu that requires the expansion pak. The update also lets owners of original 64DD hardware launch disks directly from the main menu. via retrorgb.com
Developer apolkosnik, with AI assistance, has created an unofficial Amiga port of Cho Ren Sha 68k, the 1995 Sharp X68000 vertical shoot 'em up by Famibe No Yosshin. The release runs the original game's code directly on Amiga systems fitted with a 68020 CPU or better. via indieretronews.com
Developer Peppe74, known for earlier Amiga 500 releases such as X-Vaders and Tomb Lady, has released Kid Graticulous, a free arcade game for the Amiga 500 with 512k memory. The game pays tribute to the classic arcade title Kid Grid and was made with AI-assisted code, graphics and sound. via itch.io
Modder BudFolk has created an early build of Super Mario 64 running on the Atari Jaguar, rewriting code from the original N64 ROM directly in assembly. A video shows the game's Princess Peach's Castle hub world running on the Jaguar's RISC processors, albeit with rough visuals. via timeextension.com
A homebrew developer has ported Super Mario 64 to run on the Vectrex, the 1980s vector-graphics console, demonstrating the game on hardware vastly less capable than the original Nintendo 64. via retrododo.com
Developer natthrafn has released Qualot, an action game originally written in assembly language for the Commodore 64 in 1985. Players must collect all the Flippo items while surviving a single life across seven alien worlds, avoiding aliens and traps. The game is available as a name-your-own-price download. via itch.io
Publisher Ratalaika Games has announced it will release a cancelled SNES racing game from Software Creations, the studio behind Plok! and Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball. The unreleased title, an Excitebike-style motorcycle racer, is decades old and follows news earlier this year that the studio's cancelled Barbie game is also being released commercially. via timeextension.com
Taki Udon, founder of RetroRemake, has posted in-game footage of the FPGA SP, a clamshell handheld modeled on the Game Boy Advance SP that uses FPGA hardware to play original GBA cartridges. The clip shows a clear blue prototype running a Pokémon game, and Udon describes it as a passion project while aiming for a price around $100. via timeextension.com
Developer TjLaZer has released a fan-made Amiga AGA port of Konami's 1986 arcade shoot 'em up Salamander, now at version 1.9. It requires an AGA Amiga such as the A1200 or A4000 with a 68020 or better processor, 2MB chip RAM and fast RAM, with an accelerator recommended, and is offered as a free, name-your-own-price download including hard drive, WHDLoad and disk versions. via itch.io
A planned 30th anniversary re-release of Wing Commander III is reported to include restored cinematic footage from rediscovered source tapes, smoother gameplay and added controller support, as part of a broader preservation effort. via console-classics.com
Developer TJLaZer has released a name-your-own-price Amiga port of SNK's 1981 arcade shooter Vanguard, built with AI-assisted code. The game runs at the arcade's 60 Hz on both PAL and NTSC machines and works on any OCS/ECS Amiga with 512K of chip RAM, including the A500, A1000 and A2000. via itch.io
