TjLaZer has released a fan-made Amiga AGA port of Konami's 1986 arcade shooter Lifeforce, version 1.0. 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 with disk, hard drive and WHDLoad options. via itch.io
A project called demoscene-recomp has brought classic PC demo scene productions, including Second Reality and Unreal, to run directly in a web browser. It currently features four demos, which can be played in full or viewed section by section, with more planned for the future. via reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro
Further details have emerged about Astra Last Light, the free OCS Amiga shoot'em'up, including its origins as an ACE engine sprite demo, its four-sector campaign with unique bosses, a tap-or-hold firing system, and persistent upgrades earned by clearing enemy waves. via amiga-news.de
Amiberry, the WinUAE-based Amiga emulator for ARM and x86 platforms, has reached version 8.4. The release greatly expands ZZ9000 hardware emulation, adds a MiniGL renderer plugin interface, supports relative media paths for portable installs, and improves native chipset frame delivery on Raspberry Pi 4. via amiga-news.de
AmiSC, a native AmigaOS 3.x port of StarCraft that runs on AGA machines or graphics card setups without emulation or an FPU, has reached version 0.8.0. The update adds full campaign support for both the original StarCraft and the Brood War expansion, including briefings, mission objectives, named saves, a restart function and separate game modes, along with fixes for three bugs found on real A1200 hardware. via amiga-news.de
GB Studio, a physical magazine dedicated to the Game Boy, is ending production after 11 issues. The news was shared as a notice to readers rather than a typical announcement. via retrododo.com
FireRed ω is a fan-made ROM hack based on Drayano's FireRed Omega, following the littlelocke style where evolutions are removed and only unevolved or weak single-stage Pokémon can be caught. It also introduces the Fairy type as a special attacker, several new moves such as Play Rough and Draining Kiss, and new Pokémon additions. via pokecommunity.com
Tricky Tetris is a Commodore Plus/4 puzzle game that reworks the classic block-stacking formula with tricks such as shaking screens, reversed controls and risky bonus scoring opportunities. via console-classics.com
Pokémon Vestiges WAH is a community-made ROM hack created to mark more than 20 years of Whack a Hack, a long-running Spanish-speaking Pokémon ROM hacking community. The hack was built collaboratively by many contributors to celebrate the community's history and its past projects, and has now been released as a complete game at version 1.2.0. via pokecommunity.com
Developer greggster990 is developing Ravensmoor, a free fantasy action RPG for the Commodore 64 inspired by Diablo. The game is in development, played with keyboard and mouse, and was made with AI-assisted code, graphics, sound and text. via itch.io
Developer m0nde has released PETSCII Panic!, a free tower defense style strategy game for the Commodore 64 built in C64 BASIC. The game uses PETSCII graphics and casts players as defenders of a lawn. via itch.io
Pokémon Mercury, a Chinese-language ROM hack of FireRed set in the Johto region, now has a beta English translation patch at version 1.3.3, making it playable for non-Chinese-speaking fans. via reddit.com/r/PokemonROMhacks
