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
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
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
Developer TjLaZer has released a new 68000-based Amiga port of Namco's 1982 arcade classic Dig Dug. The port uses graphics, round layouts and sound taken from the original arcade ROMs, covering rounds 1-15 plus the arcade's repeating round, and is available as a name-your-own-price download built with AI-assisted code. via itch.io
A modder has created a free fan project that brings Dark Souls style gameplay into The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. The mod reworks the game's mechanics to resemble Dark Souls rather than relying on AI tools. via gamingbible.com
Developer BlitterForge has released Shachar, a free shoot 'em up for the unexpanded Amiga 1200, requiring Kickstart 3.0. Players explore the ruins of a sunken civilisation across three levels, fighting enemies before facing a final boss. The game is a personal educational project that used AI to assist with code, graphics and sound, and is available as a free ADF download from itch.io. via amiga-news.de
ADAM (Amiga Dev and Art Machine) is a new no-code development tool for Windows and macOS that lets users create Amiga games by describing gameplay in simple text and adding assets. It generates bootable ADF discs for the Amiga 500, 600 and 1200, with a backdrop editor, hardware sprites, up to ten levels, nine enemy behaviour patterns and chip sound synthesis, joining past tools like S.E.U.C.K., AMOS, REDPILL and Scorpion Engine. via amiga-news.de
CopperByte Games has released ArcGuard 1.0, a free Amiga archive manager modelled on tools like WinZip and 7-Zip. It scans files, including decrunched ones, for viruses before writing them to disk, supports formats like LhA, LZX, Zip, DMS, Tar and GZip, and adds features such as drag-and-drop packing, ARexx support and DMS-to-ADF conversion. It runs on Workbench 2.04 with a 68000 CPU, though 7-Zip support needs a 68040/68060 with FPU. via amiga-news.de
