Developer Massimo Bonucchi has released Letters to Flashback, a name-your-own-price shoot 'em up for the Commodore 64 made for the FLASHBACK 2026 event in Follonica, Italy. Players shoot falling letters before they reach their ship or the ground, in a high-score-driven game with AI-assisted code and text. via itch.io
Video footage has surfaced of a Super Nintendo port of Railroad Tycoon that was never officially released, showing gameplay including menus, track building and trains running. The footage gives the first look at the 16-bit adaptation of the business simulation game in over three decades. via console-classics.com
AYANEO has signalled that the KONKR Pocket Block handheld may face limited production and delayed shipping due to an ongoing RAM shortage. The device had been expected to ship to pre-order customers by the end of October, but reports suggest units could be pushed back as late as Thanksgiving. via retrohandhelds.gg
ODFileSystem, an open-source replacement for the Amiga's CD filesystem supporting ISO 9660, Rock Ridge, Joliet, UDF, HFS, HFS+ and virtual CDDA audio tracks, has reached version 0.8. The update improves audio CD handling, filesystem shutdown safety, ROM compatibility and version reporting. via amiga-news.de
iam8bit has opened sales of original artwork and prints from the 35 Years of Speed Sonic art exhibit on its website, giving fans who could not attend the physical exhibits a chance to own a piece. The sale runs only until October 20. via segabits.com
Andreas "Andiweli" Stürmer has updated AmiMAIL, his IMAP/SMTP email client for AmigaOS 3.2 that also runs on AmigaOS 4. Versions 2.1.0 and 2.2.0 remove the attachment-count limit, add multi-attachment saving, reduce memory use, add send progress and cancellation, and fix SMTP and timezone handling. via amiga-news.de
System 3 boss Mark Cale has given an update on the Kickstarter-funded Last Ninja Collection, explaining that PS4, PS5 and Xbox versions remain undelivered two years after the campaign ended. Cale says Antstream, the developer handling those versions, will no longer work on them under the existing arrangement, prompting System 3 to pursue an alternative route with Blaze that led to the Evercade release. via timeextension.com
A fan project has reimagined Stardew Valley as a Game Boy Color style demake, recreating ConcernedApe's farming sim with retro visuals and mechanics. It can be played for free in a web browser without needing original hardware. via retrododo.com
Logan Paul has publicly shown a green transparent colourway of the ModRetro Chromatic handheld, giving an early look at one of the new finishes ModRetro had only hinted at earlier the same day. ModRetro itself had teased transparent Chromatic versions arriving in October without confirming specific colours. via retrododo.com
A fan project named Foxhollow is porting Star Fox Adventures to PC, and there is speculation it could finally include a proper final showdown with General Scales that the original GameCube game lacked. via retrododo.com
Yogibear/Protovision and Flex/Artline Designs are hosting the annual Yogi's & Flex' Melodic 2SID Compo on csdb.dk, a Commodore 64 music competition for compositions using two SID chips. Entries are split into original music and covers/conversions categories, with the event running from October 1 to December 31, 2026, and cash prizes for winners. via commodore-news.com
Modder maximqad has decompiled Valve's cancelled Sega Dreamcast port of Half-Life, reverse-engineering the game to release its source code for the homebrew community. The project also adds online multiplayer, something the leaked build never previously supported. via timeextension.com
