Developer Mjnurney has released Necrosis, a horror-themed platformer for the Commodore 64/128, available on itch.io for £1.00. The game carries Halloween and horror themes with pixel art visuals, and comes with a printed manual alongside the disk image. via itch.io
A developer has created Tatara, a new macro assembler and linker targeting Z80 and R800 processors, designed to run directly on MSX hardware. This gives MSX programmers a native development tool rather than relying on cross-assemblers on other platforms. via reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro
Developer Psicopompo has released a patch for Super Mario Kart that removes the split-screen map display in 1-player mode, letting the race fill the entire 256x224 screen area instead of sharing it with the track map. via retrorgb.com
Galamoon, who recently ported Night Driver to the Oric, has now released a version for the Apple II. The game recreates the Atari 2600 original's night-time road racing, with players steering around markers and avoiding collisions to cover as much distance as possible before time runs out. It is distributed as a name-your-own-price disk image written natively in assembly. via itch.io
Portmax Games has released Slalom 64, a free mobile recreation of the Commodore 64 skiing arcade game, for iOS and Android. The game retains an 8-bit pixel art style with chiptune music. via itch.io
Developer Galamoon has released a free adaptation of Night Driver, the Atari 2600 racing game, for the Oric 1 and Atmos computers. The game recreates the original's night-time road driving concept, with players steering, braking and avoiding crashes to improve their score before time runs out. via itch.io
Haplo, the developer behind previous C64 games Shift and Tenebra, has released Warlock, a new action slasher for the Commodore 64. The game reimagines the atmosphere of classic first-person fantasy shooters such as Heretic but presents the action from a top-down perspective, avoiding modern procedural generation trends. via indieretronews.com
Country Bumpkin Software has released a native port of the 1986 multidirectional shooter Thrust for the Fred-80 fantasy console, tied to the Amiga Apollo V4 accelerator. The name-your-own-price release also includes a bonus edition for the ZX Spectrum Next, with downloads available for Windows and macOS. via itch.io
Developer jaydarkseed757 has released NOT 1942, a free shoot 'em up for the Commodore 64 inspired by ideas from playing the arcade game 1942. The game is still in development and uses AI-assisted code, graphics and sounds, supporting keyboard or joystick input. via itch.io
A homebrewer has released Double Dragons, an unofficial free fan game styled as an alternate version of Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones. It blends stages and elements from the original Double Dragon series with Kunio-kun, IK+ and WWF Superstars in a deliberately absurd mashup. via timeextension.com
FutureVisionGames has released Glowball Politics, a browser-based turn-based strategy game with an Amiga-inspired look that satirises nuclear politics, where the last surviving nation wins. The HTML5 title is priced at $3.00 and built with AI-assisted code, graphics, sounds and text. via itch.io
Hackaday is running a Retrocomputing Contest, open from mid-August through October 27, 2026, inviting people to submit retrocomputer projects via hackaday.io. Entrants create a project page and the site will select its favourites. via hackaday.io
