Developer Oldschool Is Beautiful has released Outrun 2026, a port of Sega's Out Run for the Amstrad CPC 6128, based on the Sega Master System version and fitting on a single floppy disk. The Z80 code was reportedly written entirely with AI assistance rather than by hand. via indieretronews.com
Harry Horsperg of the Finnish Amiga Users Group is developing AmiWind, a tool built on the AmiQuake engine that allows owners of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind to run parts of the game on Amiga hardware. The project currently requires 2 MB of Chip RAM and 16 MB of Fast RAM, and a demonstration video has been shared. via amiga-news.de
Monster Bath Games, creator of the unofficial Sega Mega Drive/Genesis port of Namco's arcade beat 'em up Splatterhouse, has announced the project is close to being "feature complete" with only a couple of tasks remaining. The developer says they want to pursue an official, legal release rather than see the game end up as an unauthorized product on sites like AliExpress. via timeextension.com
Developer Someoneat has released Le Château, a free Metroidvania-style game for the Commodore 64. The game was made with AI assistance and draws its style from Japanese 8-bit computers like the Fujitsu FM-7 or Sharp X1. via itch.io
Queen's Domain, a retro-fantasy adventure inspired by FromSoftware's King's Field series, will release on October 30 for PC and consoles. Developed by Irish studio Freshly Baked Games, it follows a shipwrecked adventurer exploring the mythic isle of Neasied and its hostile inhabitants. via timeextension.com
Pokémon GS Vitro is a newly revealed fan game that remakes Pokémon Crystal using a visual style inspired by the Nintendo DS Pokémon titles, including an open world approach. It is part of the ongoing wave of ambitious Pokémon fan projects and ROM hacks. via retrododo.com
Modders are overhauling the online play of Capcom's Ultra Street Fighter IV on Steam, adding rollback netcode and revamped lobbies. Two competing projects, SF4Enhanced by Faabi and SFEmbers by Kabiefox, are both nearing completion. via timeextension.com
Pokémon Axón is a fan-made ROM hack that places its original story in a setting based on ancient Russia. It adds to the continuing surge of ambitious Pokémon ROM hacking projects from the fan community. via retrododo.com
Byteproduct has announced Sturmjäger, a new horizontally-scrolling shoot 'em up drawing on classic genre conventions with a futuristic visual style. The game features 10 stages taking players from deep space to underwater environments, and is planned for release on PC and consoles in early 2027. via timeextension.com
A developer has released a free port of Fruity Frank for the Commodore 64, working from the original Amstrad CPC disk image. The project used Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 AI model to write a CPC simulator and decompiler, converting the original Z80 code rather than emulating it or rewriting it from memory. via itch.io
A fan project has brought Halo: Combat Evolved to the Nintendo 3DS as a homebrew port, with a separate browser-playable version also made available. The projects let players experience Bungie's original Xbox shooter on hardware and platforms it was never officially released for. via retrododo.com
Developer acidbottle has released an alpha version of a fan-made Amiga port of Williams' classic arcade shooter Defender, available for free or a chosen price on itch.io. The current build requires an 020 processor and AGA chipset with fast RAM, with OCS/ECS support being considered for the future. via itch.io
