Sega Amusements has confirmed that its newly teased arcade title, House of the Dead: Reawakened, will be demoed in November at the IAAPA 2026 trade show. The 30-second teaser for the game was first spotted by Arcade Heroes before being shared more widely. House of the Dead is Sega's long-running light gun shooter series, which began in arcades in the 1990s before spawning numerous home console ports. via timeextension.com
Sega Amusements has unveiled House of the Dead Reawakened, a new arcade release marking the first VR entry in the long-running House of the Dead light gun series. The announcement coincides with the franchise's thirtieth anniversary in arcades and was timed around Halloween 2026. The game is set to be shown at IAAPA 2026, the amusement industry trade show taking place in the coming weeks. House of the Dead has been a staple of Sega's arcade lineup since its 1996 debut, known for its horror-themed on-rails shooting gameplay. via arcadeheroes.com
A fan translation project for Policenauts on Sega Saturn has reached completion, covering all three discs of the Japan-exclusive adventure game. The patch translates subtitles, menus, in-game graphics, dialogue and video cutscenes, giving English-speaking players full access to the game's story. Policenauts was originally created by Hideo Kojima and released only in Japan, making fan translations the primary way for Western audiences to experience it. via console-classics.com
Longtime Saturn homebrew developer SuperReye has created QuadWorld, a homebrew game that brings cube-based construction in the style of Minecraft to Sega's 32-bit console. The project was featured in a SegaXtreme showcase, demonstrating block-building gameplay running on original Saturn hardware. It joins a growing body of fan-made homebrew titles that continue to expand what the Saturn's library can do decades after its commercial life ended. via segasaturnshiro.com
A developer has ported World of Warcraft to the Sega Dreamcast, bringing Blizzard's long-running MMORPG to the Sega console. The project arrives amid a wave of similar homebrew porting efforts for older hardware, following a separate fan port of the original Diablo to the Game Boy Advance reported around the same time. World of Warcraft originally launched for PC in 2004 and became one of the best-selling and most influential massively multiplayer online games ever made. via retrododo.com
A fan developer known as LemonHaze has decompiled the original console versions of Shenmue and Shenmue II, covering the Dreamcast, Xbox and PC releases. Decompilation turns a game's compiled code back into readable source, making it possible to study, modify and port the engine to new platforms. The project opens the door to community mods, fixes and potential ports of the two Sega-published action-adventure titles beyond their original hardware. Shenmue, released by Sega for the Dreamcast, is widely regarded as a landmark open-world game. via segasaturnshiro.com
Miyaxdev, the developer behind the Sega Saturn emulator Yaba Sanshiro, has released a PC version of the cult JRPG Panzer Dragoon Saga. Titled "AZEL -PANZER DRAGOON RPG- Recompiled for PC," the project is built on Yaba Sanshiro's emulation technology and presents the original Saturn game in HD with a widescreen aspect ratio. It also removes the game's original slowdown, fixes the "wobbly polygons" common to Saturn 3D games, and adds a range of shader options. Panzer Dragoon Saga, released by Sega for the Saturn in 1998, is considered one of the system's rarest and most acclaimed titles. via timeextension.com
Toaplan has launched a clothing range that pays tribute to the "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" meme, which originated from the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive port of the company's shoot-'em-up Zero Wing. The meme, based on the game's awkwardly translated opening cutscene line "How are you gentlemen!!", became one of the earliest widely recognized internet memes over 25 years ago, reportedly even gaining coverage in a British newspaper at the time. Zero Wing, originally an arcade game, is best remembered today for this cultural footnote rather than its gameplay. via timeextension.com
Dreamcast community developer enfilade, who runs the DC99 project, has added online leaderboard functionality to Cosmic Smash, Wetrix+ and the Dreamcast port of Cruis'n USA. The feature lets players upload scores and lap times directly from their VMU save files using the console's web browser, with results reported and implemented by DC99. Unlike many revived online features for Dreamcast games that restore services the titles originally had, this leaderboard support is newly created rather than a recreation of a period feature. via thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk
Time Extension has published a making-of feature on The Addams Family Values, Ocean Software's 1995 tie-in game for the SNES and Sega Mega Drive. The article explores how the developers aimed to blend the Hollywood license with gameplay influenced by The Legend of Zelda, and includes a recollection that management did not fully understand the development or creative process. The game arrived nearly two years after its inspiring film, released into a market already looking toward the next console generation, and never received major magazine coverage at the time. Ocean Software was a prominent British publisher and developer known for numerous licensed games throughout the 8-bit and 16-bit eras. via timeextension.com
The Sonic Hacking Contest, an annual event organized by Sonic the Hedgehog fans to showcase ROM hacks and fan games, has opened its 2026 edition. The contest has run for many years as a yearly tradition in the Sonic fan community, inviting creators to submit hacks for judging and public play. Entries typically range from small gameplay tweaks to full overhauls of classic Sonic titles across Sega systems. via retrorgb.com
A new "Under the Microscope" feature examines Treasure's Sega Genesis game Dynamite Headdy and finds a hidden "baca" code (B-A-C-A) embedded in it. Treasure founder Masato Maegawa had previously recalled inserting a "baka" code into McDonald's Treasureland Adventure out of frustration with the McDonald's licensing deal, but no such code was ever found in that game. The investigation raises the question of whether Maegawa misremembered which Treasure title actually contained the code, since it turned up instead in Dynamite Headdy, the studio's following Genesis release. via segabits.com
