Developer TCKSOFT has released Ogre's Treasure, a free platformer for HTML5 that reimagines a Hunchback-style game the developer tried to write in ZX Spectrum BASIC back in 1985. The project was completed with AI-assisted code, graphics and sound. via itch.io
Developer kcdautomobil has released Die Again, a name-your-own-price troll platformer for the Commodore 64. The game features 250 levels filled with unpredictable hazards such as vanishing floors, hidden spikes and shifting gravity, and was made with AI-assisted code, graphics, sound and text. via itch.io
Developer TCKSOFT has released a free browser remake of Impossaball, a puzzle game originally for the ZX Spectrum. The new version is built with the Godot engine and runs on HTML5, tagged as a remake of the original Spectrum title. via itch.io
Developer Konstantinos Patronas has released Ricochet, a Commodore 64-style single-screen shooter for Windows and macOS priced at 4.99 euros. The screen has no walls, so both the player's ship and missed shots wrap around the edges, with wrapped shots turning red and becoming able to hit anything, including drones worth points. The game was made with AI-assisted code, graphics, sound and text. via itch.io
Developer Vesa_Hei has released Ion Courier 2, a free arcade-style shooting game for the Commodore 64, subtitled "Deeper Into The Sealed Vaults". The 8-bit singleplayer release was made with AI-assisted code, graphics, sound and text. via itch.io
A fan translator has released an English language patch for Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee, a Spanish-language ROM hack built on Pokémon FireRed, bringing version 8.1 to English-speaking players. via reddit.com/r/PokemonROMhacks
A fan project has ported the multiplayer mode of Halo: Combat Evolved to the Nintendo 64, running the Xbox launch title on hardware it was never designed for. The port is described as a technically demanding effort that pushes the N64 well past its typical capabilities. via retrododo.com
A new fan mod transforms Pokémon Fire Red into a voxel-style 3D experience playable in the browser, following the earlier 3D Voxel mod made for Pokémon Red. The hack introduces real-time boss battles rather than the series' traditional turn-based combat. via retrododo.com
Homebrewer Leigh "Gravious" Ashton, working with original Ocean Software graphics artist Mark R. Jones, has released Wizball: Enhanced Edition, a rebalanced and restored version of the 1987 platformer for the ZX Spectrum 128K. via timeextension.com
The Dino Boy is a newly revealed handheld console built around one-handed operation, using only a single button for control input. via retrododo.com
A developer who spent their youth trying to replicate Amiga crack intros on a ZX Spectrum has now written and completed their own hand-coded demoscene intro, running on a stock 128Kb Spectrum. via markround.com
Developer ready64 has released Wild Paw West, a free Commodore 64 game combining platforming and shooting elements. The game is set in a Wild West world populated by animals. via itch.io
