Developer VCR games has released FATE, a name-your-own-price adventure game for the Atari 2600. The game is set in 1590, during the historical period when imperial regent Hideyoshi was consolidating power across Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu after defeating the Hojo clan, and casts players in a samurai story tied to that setting. The project's description notes it was made with AI assistance. It is available as a free download. via itch.io
Developer TCKSOFT has released an updated version of Trashman Anniversary Edition, a free remake of Malcolm Evans' 1984 ZX Spectrum classic Trashman, available for Windows and HTML5. The remake originally debuted in 3D for the Retro Remakes 2004 competition as a 20th anniversary tribute and was later featured in Retro Gamer magazine. This new build has been reconstructed from the original source code so it can run on current systems. Trashman originally tasked players with emptying household bins while avoiding obstacles, for New Generation Software on the Spectrum. via itch.io
A YouTube video from channel Cello2WC is titled Pokémon Lost Silver: ROM Hack, covering a fan-made Game Boy Color ROM hack based on the well-known Pokémon Lost Silver creepypasta. The Reddit post notes that the hack was released roughly a month earlier and had gone largely unnoticed until now. Lost Silver is one of the better-known pieces of Pokémon-related creepypasta, a horror-tinged story originally presented as a player's account of a corrupted Pokémon Silver cartridge. via YouTube
Developer Megastyle has created Lost Souls, an atmospheric arcade horror game for the Commodore 64, now available for preorder as a boxed edition through publisher Bitmap Soft. The game sets players in a forgotten, whisper-filled graveyard, tasking them with saving a spirit trapped between worlds by braving a haunted path to light 25 lanterns resting on ancient gravestones. The Halloween-timed release adds to a growing catalogue of horror-themed games on the Commodore 64. via indieretronews.com
The New Dimension (TND) has released Big Ball Back Breaker, a new arcade game for the Commodore 64 developed by Richard Bayliss. The game is a run, jump and collect title spanning 16 levels built around dodging bouncing balls. It continues Bayliss's long-running output of original C64 titles through TND. via indieretronews.com
Developer Amigos Retro Gaming has released a name-your-own-price Amiga port inspired by Mike Tyson's Punch-Out, the classic NES boxing game. The release, distributed via WHDLoad, casts the player as Little Mitchy fighting through a roster of familiar opponents to eventually face Iron Mike. It requires an Amiga 1200 with 2MB of Fast RAM to run. The original Punch-Out was a Nintendo arcade and NES franchise, and this marks an unofficial bid to bring the boxing gameplay to Commodore's Amiga platform. via itch.io
Developer brujabit has released The Final Exam, a free, name-your-own-price adventure for the ZX Spectrum 128K. The game is an unofficial fan tribute to Skool Daze, the 1984 Microsphere school simulation by David Reidy and Keith Warrington. Players take on the role of a student named Eric, or a custom-named character, who must recover stolen notes before an approaching final exam, navigating timed classes and breaks. The project was made with AI assistance for code and graphics and is available as a free download on itch.io. via itch.io
Work has begun on bringing the FujiNet network adapter to the NES. A FujiNet Go NES Desktop app already runs the combination in emulation on Linux, Windows and macOS, letting users configure network hosts and load games across several common NES mapper types. On the hardware side, an open Rev0 cartridge built around an RP2354B chip, two 512K SRAM chips and an ESP32-S3 has been designed with gerbers, BOM and placement files ready for the first physical boards, and the firmware has been merged into the main fujinet-firmware project. Early software ported to the setup includes card and board games such as 5 Card Stud, Battleship and M.U.L.E., along with network-connected tools like Gmail and Google Calendar access. FujiNet originated as a WiFi and peripheral emulation device for Atari 8-bit computers before being adapted to other retro platforms. via reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro
A developer is resurrecting a scrolling shooter originally written in Turbo Pascal for DOS in 1996. The project traces the game's code through a chain of tools, moving from Borland's original Turbo Pascal through Delphi and on to the modern open-source Free Pascal and Lazarus environment, with SDL2 used for graphics and input. The work documents how an old DOS-era codebase can be updated and kept running using current cross-platform development tools. via reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro
Developer Kirby2000 has released a public beta of Super Mario Land ZX, an AI-assisted demake of Nintendo's 1989 Game Boy launch title for the ZX Spectrum 128K. The conversion fits the entire game into a single 128K load, covering all 12 levels across four worlds. It supports both keyboard and Sinclair joystick controls, and reportedly recreates every element of the original, including its submarine stage. Super Mario Land was one of the launch titles for the original Game Boy. via indieretronews.com
Developer Goldfinger is working on a Commodore 64 port of Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda, originally released on the NES. The project is built using Aldo Núñez's commented Assembly source code published on GitHub, and aims to fit the game onto an Easy Flash 3 cartridge. The current build reportedly exceeds the original NES version's 128 KB limit, though Goldfinger plans to address this. The Legend of Zelda was first released for the NES in 1986 and became one of Nintendo's most influential franchises. via indieretronews.com
A fan remaster called Corpse Party Rebuilt+ has been released, updating the original 1996 Corpse Party horror adventure. The original was developed in RPG Maker for the Japanese PC-9801 computer and follows a group of students trapped in a nightmarish alternate reality where each meets a gruesome fate. Rebuilt+ offers an enhanced way to experience the cult classic that helped define the "kids get killed" horror genre in games. via timeextension.com
