ModRetro has revealed a partnership with OpenAI intended to help users make their own AI-generated retro games. The announcement comes alongside continued reveals of ModRetro's new plastic Chromatic handheld colourways. via retrododo.com
A developer known as Foxman is working on an enhancement mod for Westwood Studios' 1992 real-time strategy classic Dune II on Commodore Amiga. Rather than remaking the game or porting it to a new engine, the project works directly with the original Amiga executable to preserve its native visual presentation and core gameplay. via indieretronews.com
Castlevania AGA, a fan-made Commodore Amiga project by independent developer Dante Retro Dev, has reached its finished 1.0 release. Rather than porting original source code from the Sharp X68000 or PlayStation versions, the developer built the game independently for the AGA Amiga chipset. via indieretronews.com
Super Mario Kart Deluxe (SMKDX), a long-running SNES ROM hack first announced in 2021, now has a Christmas release date. The mod adds new characters, tracks, cups, weapons, items, music and a story mode with bosses to the original Super Mario Kart. via timeextension.com
Developer zeddy48 has released Zeddy, a free arcade game for the ZX Spectrum 48K and 128K. The game is built around sliding-block mechanics in the style of the classic arcade title Pengo, and was made with AI-assisted code, graphics and sound. via itch.io
Developer kirby2000 has released Alleyway ZX, a free name-your-own-price fan conversion of the 1989 handheld block-breaker Alleyway for the ZX Spectrum 128K. The unofficial game recreates the paddle-and-ball action across all 32 original stages, with AI-assisted code. via itch.io
Bonnie Studios is working on a port of Team Cherry's 2017 metroidvania Hollow Knight for the original PlayStation, built with the PSoXide toolkit. The project adapts the game's sprites, text and sound assets so they can run on PS1 hardware, with a release date yet to be announced. via psxhomebrewgames.com
A free fan-made remaster of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, originally released for the NES, has been released, offering a reworked take on the 1987 side-scrolling adventure title. via gamingbible.com
Developer Massimo Bonucchi has released Letters to Flashback, a name-your-own-price shoot 'em up for the Commodore 64 made for the FLASHBACK 2026 event in Follonica, Italy. Players shoot falling letters before they reach their ship or the ground, in a high-score-driven game with AI-assisted code and text. via itch.io
A fan project has reimagined Stardew Valley as a Game Boy Color style demake, recreating ConcernedApe's farming sim with retro visuals and mechanics. It can be played for free in a web browser without needing original hardware. via retrododo.com
A fan project named Foxhollow is porting Star Fox Adventures to PC, and there is speculation it could finally include a proper final showdown with General Scales that the original GameCube game lacked. via retrododo.com
A fan project called Step On It: LEGO Racers rebuilds High Voltage Software's 1999 racer in a new engine, released on itch.io for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and browser play. It adds online multiplayer, four-player split-screen, restored shortcuts, cut content from the original game, and new tracks ported from an old Rocket Racers LEGO Arcade title. via timeextension.com
