Hamster is bringing Namco's 1996 F1-themed arcade racer Ace Driver Victory Lap to consoles for the first time this week as part of Arcade Archives. The game, a sequel to 1994's Ace Driver which Hamster released earlier this year, ran on Namco's System 22 hardware and supported eight-player linked multiplayer in arcades. via timeextension.com
ApixC64 has released Ecos: The Last Orbit of Kepler-9, a shoot 'em up for Commodore 64 and PC. The game features a time-rewind mechanic where a past version of the player fights alongside the current one, and is available for $2 with a free demo also offered. via itch.io
Developer rickyderocher has released a free Amiga port of M.U.L.E., based on the classic Atari simulation title. The conversion was made with AI-assisted code. via itch.io
Developer Tansoft has released Ashfall Realm, a free browser-based dungeon crawler built in HTML5. It features three heroes, 30 floors, boss fights and an Ultra mode, with retro 8-bit pixel art inspired by the Commodore 64 and Amiga, and was made with AI assistance. via itch.io
Developer Orbit Leisure has released The Des Trickett Magic Show, a free comedy simulation game for the 48K ZX Spectrum, playable via HTML5 emulation. Presented as a Saturday night TV magic act, players act as volunteer assistant for five tricks performed before a studio audience of fourteen, including card tricks, a levitation act and a stage saw routine. The game's graphics and text were made with AI assistance. via itch.io
Developer TCKSOFT has released a free remake of Mined-Out, Ian Andrew's 1983 ZX Spectrum game published by Quicksilva, now available for Windows and HTML5 after originally being an Android remake. The puzzle game has players navigate a hidden minefield from bottom to top using a proximity detector, an early take on the minesweeper concept. via itch.io
Developer Cyborg Unicorn Pty Ltd has released The News Host, a free, name-your-own-price simulation game for the ZX Spectrum Next. It casts players as a new third host at a struggling fictional news station, Channel 128, which is competing against rival networks by leaning into entertainment over hard news. via itch.io
Protovision has officially released Steel Ranger 2 for the Commodore 64, the follow-up to its 2018 side-scrolling action-adventure Steel Ranger. The original game was praised by the homebrew community and ranked among the greatest C64 titles of all time. via indieretronews.com
Publisher Komi Games Inc. has announced that Infested DX, a remastered edition of developer GrahfMetal's itch.io game, will launch on Steam on October 27. The game is styled after DOS horror graphic adventures of the late 1980s and early 1990s, drawing inspiration from films like Alien and Galaxy of Terror, and follows a lone astronaut exploring a derelict starship after a failed expedition. via timeextension.com
Developer Game of Tobi has released a fan-made demake of Super Mario Galaxy for the Game Boy Advance, reimagining the Wii 3D platformer for the handheld's 2D hardware. via retrododo.com
Developer ShinobiZ has released a name-your-own-price demo recreating the first mission of Sega's arcade game Shinobi for the Commodore Amiga 500 with 1MB of memory. The project aims to improve on the original official Amiga port, which the developer felt did not do the arcade game justice, and was made with AI-assisted code. via itch.io
Re-Volt, the 1999 racing game, is confirmed to launch on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation on November 5, 2026. The Switch version will get a physical release bundled with stickers and a printed instruction manual. The game and Toy Story titles both originated on the Sega Dreamcast, and are now making their way to modern platforms. via thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk
