Games That Weren't has published a feature on Tricks 'N' Treasures, a cancelled third-person action/platform game developed by Hammerhead for Psygnosis around 1999-2000. The title appeared under several slightly different names in contemporary magazine coverage, and little beyond that coverage has survived publicly. via gamesthatwerent.com
The ScummVM project has announced that Dungeon Master, the influential first-person dungeon crawler, now runs through its engine and is included in nightly builds for public testing. via reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro
Claus Herrmann has given an update on PowerOS, the 1999 project aiming to create a PowerPC-based AmigaOS clone with 68k emulation for A4000 and A1200 accelerator cards. The project was abandoned in 2000, briefly revisited for a PC port in 2005, and Herrmann now reveals its code found a new use in an ESP32-S3 microcontroller project for a photovoltaic/battery system. via amiga-news.de
The developer working on the human-led Beetle Adventure Racing decompilation has further criticized an AI-assisted recompilation project, saying it reused community reverse-engineering work and introduced serious gameplay flaws in the process. via console-classics.com
Dariosamo, a developer working on the Beetle Adventure Racing decompilation, has criticized the rising trend of AI-assisted recompilation projects in the retro gaming scene. He argues that passing off AI-generated code as genuine reverse-engineering work is damaging to the community and disrespectful to original developers. via timeextension.com
A project has recreated the distinctive typeface seen on the Commodore 64's keyboard as a usable digital font. The original lettering, known for its slightly rounded style, was never officially digitised despite becoming an iconic part of the machine's look. via hackaday.com
Gameplay footage from the cancelled Perfect Dark reboot has appeared online, showing a glimpse of the project that was in development at Xbox studio The Initiative. The reboot, first revealed in 2020, was intended as a follow-up to Rare's N64 original but was cancelled before release. via timeextension.com
Publisher FAKKU is releasing Dead of the Brain: Day of the Living Dead, a 1992 PC-98 horror title from Japanese developer FairyTale, on Steam with an official English translation for the first time. It is the first entry in FairyTale's "Nightmare Collection" and marked the studio's shift from erotic games to horror. via timeextension.com
Time Extension has published an interview with journalist Paul Drury about his new Bitmap Books title The Arcade 1971-1999, which documents coin-op history through interviews with the creators of classic arcade games. The book features a foreword by Atari founder Nolan Bushnell and covers games such as After Burner, Space Invaders, Asteroids, Final Fight and Metal Slug. via timeextension.com
A team of homebrewers has released an English fan translation patch for Spectral Tower, a 1996 PlayStation RPG with roguelike elements known for its extreme length and reputation as a 'kusoge'. The game follows a party climbing an endless tower said to absolve sinners, with the patch arriving around the title's 30th anniversary. via timeextension.com
A web-based editor has been released that lets users modify rooms, objects and maps in Knight Lore and two other ZX Spectrum games built on the Filmation engine. The tool runs directly in a browser without requiring additional software. via console-classics.com
A modder has demonstrated classic video games running from VHS tapes, exploring a rarely discussed format of videotape-based gaming from the past. The project revives interest in how games were once encoded and played directly from videotape. via retrododo.com
