A Capcom modder has completed a project restoring several stages to Street Fighter III: Third Strike - Fight for the Future that were missing from the 1999 arcade release and its 2000 Dreamcast port. The stages come from the series' earlier entries, New Generation and 2nd Impact. via timeextension.com
The Centre for Computing History has uploaded a video titled "Setting the Scene: Interactive Video before Domesday", featuring Andy Finney and Jardine Barrington Cook, marking the 40th anniversary of the BBC Domesday Project. via reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro
Modder VGFury is working to restore the online PvP and co-op multiplayer of Insomniac Games' 2008 PS3 shooter Resistance 2, which has long been offline. An early alpha test of the revived multiplayer build has been shown in a new video by FPS enthusiast Bitter Roman. via timeextension.com
The Dreamcast Junkyard blog has investigated long-standing questions about printing from the Sega Dreamcast, noting that Sega never released a Dreamcast-branded printer despite fan interest at the time. The site reports that official printing from the console was in fact possible, following earlier joke coverage of a fake Canon Dreamcast printer prototype. via thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk
The Wonder Boy Universe fan community has called attention to a Steam Store listing from a publisher called "Retro Maniac" selling what appears to be an unofficial copy of the 1987 arcade game Wonder Boy in Monster Land, priced at $5 with a launch discount. The game was originally ported to the Sega Master System in 1988. via timeextension.com
A Commodore 64 prototype build of Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo, developed by Ash and Dave for Hi-Tec Software in 1991, has been preserved and documented. The build appears to be a test version of one level, likely made to show progress to the publisher or for magazine preview screenshots, and lacks sound compared to a finished release. via gamesthatwerent.com
Fan translator Eien ni Hen has passed away, according to fellow translator Garrett Greenwalt. Eien ni Hen was known for creating English translation patches for games including Romancing SaGa, Fire Emblem, Sakura Wars, Tear Ring Saga, Dragon Force II and Beyond Oasis. via timeextension.com
A new NVIDIA RTX Remix mod for GTA 2 adds full path traced lighting, along with dynamic time of day, emissive textures and improved 16:9 aspect ratio support to the 1999 game. via reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro
A fan translator known as rickyderocher has released a complete English translation patch for the 1988 Japanese Famicom version of Maniac Mansion, a different release from the later 1990 conversion. The hack also adds some gameplay conveniences and works on regular NES hardware since the Famicom preceded it. via rickyderocher.itch.io
A custom Direct3D 9 wrapper allows Grand Theft Auto 2 to be run through NVIDIA's RTX Remix, adding full path traced lighting and 60 FPS frame generation to the 1999 game. via tomshardware.com
A new batch of WHDLoad installers has been published for Amiga games, letting titles originally made for floppy disk run from hard disk. New additions include Vette! and Rescue on Fractalus!, both done by Vesuri, alongside fixes for Lin Wu's Challenge and cheat mode options added to Cybersphere and Cybersphere Plus. via amiga-news.de
A member of the preservation group Gaming Alexandria, known as Jumpman, has discovered a previously lost television commercial for Atari's North American arcade release of Xevious. The footage turned up embedded in a recording of a 1983 Phillies vs Mets baseball broadcast, improving on a partial audio-only recording that had circulated since 2017. via timeextension.com
