ModRetro Rereleases Body Harvest, ClayFighter for N64

ModRetro announced on October 27th that new retail copies of Body Harvest and ClayFighter: Sculptor's Cut are now for sale through its online store. Both are rereleases for the Nintendo 64, following earlier ModRetro rereleases of Buck Bumble and Extreme-G: Turbo Fusion, a cartridge compiling Extreme-G and Extreme-G 2. The releases continue ModRetro's series of bringing out-of-print N64 titles back into production as new cartridges. via oldschoolgamermagazine.com

Ningyo no Rakuin PS1 Fan Translation Out This Halloween

A fan translation team has announced that an English patch for Ningyo no Rakuin, a Japan-exclusive PS1 tactical RPG with Lovecraftian horror themes, will release on Saturday, October 31st 2026, timed to Halloween. The patch is being created by a group of translators working under the handles vervalkon, chaputranslations, laytonloztew and whowasphone404. The original game was developed and published by Highwaystar and NEC Interchannel and never received an official release outside Japan. via timeextension.com

ModRetro Chromatic Gains Wireless Game Downloads

ModRetro Chromatic Gains Wireless Game Downloads

Developer David Walter has found a way to wirelessly download games onto the ModRetro Chromatic, a Game Boy-style handheld. The feat follows the device being fully unlocked, opening it up to modifications beyond its original design. The Chromatic has drawn attention among retro enthusiasts for its premium build and compatibility with classic Game Boy cartridges, and this latest development points to a growing homebrew and modding scene around the hardware. via retrododo.com

Miyamoto Names Super Mario Bros.’ Biggest Invention

Miyamoto Names Super Mario Bros.' Biggest Invention

Shigeru Miyamoto has given an interview to Denfaminicogamer reflecting on his early years at Nintendo, including the creation of Super Mario Bros. In it, he names what he considers the game's biggest "invention," singling out a design element other than well-known features like warp pipes or Bullet Bills. The interview coincides with Miyamoto receiving Japan's Order of Culture award. Super Mario Bros. launched on the NES in 1985 and became one of the most influential platformers of all time. via timeextension.com

QuadWorld Brings Minecraft-Style Building to Sega Saturn

QuadWorld Brings Minecraft-Style Building to Sega Saturn

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

TRX64 Alternative Firmware Emerges for Ultimate 64

A new project called TRX64 has appeared offering alternative firmware for the Ultimate 64 Elite II and C64 Ultimate. The work is still in its early stages, but demonstrates the hardware's capability to run systems beyond the Commodore 64 it was designed for, since the Ultimate 64 is built around an FPGA. The Ultimate 64 is a modern FPGA-based recreation of the C64 developed to run original hardware and software at full speed without emulation. via reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro

Rare Co-Founder Tim Stamper Teases Opening ‘The Vault’

Rare Co-Founder Tim Stamper Teases Opening 'The Vault'

Tim Stamper, co-founder of Rare and Ultimate Play The Game, has posted on X and Instagram for the first time in over three years. His message hints at restlessness over an unspecified project and teases the opening of something called "the vault", accompanied by an image of keys bearing his trademark logo. No further details about the project have been given. Stamper and his brother Chris founded Ultimate Play The Game before later establishing Rare, both influential studios in British video game history. via timeextension.com

Modder Turns NES Into Working Windows-Style Desktop

A modder has built a Windows-like desktop environment running on original NES hardware. The project reportedly includes a CD drive and recreates the experience of slow dial-up era internet, resulting in what is described as a surprisingly complete and functional system. The build pushes the console's hardware well beyond its original design to emulate a period-accurate retro computing experience. via tomshardware.com

Clavicembalo 0.50 Piano Program Released for AmigaOS 4.1

Mario 'Falke_34' Börner has released version 0.50 of Clavicembalo, a piano program for AmigaOS 4.1 with a ReAction user interface. It can be played via the computer keyboard or mouse on an on-screen 88-key piano spanning A0 to C8, and can also play MIDI files or simple text files containing notes. Sound output runs through AHI, with five selectable sound engines: an SFZ sample player using real piano samples with four variants, the mdaPiano and mdaEPiano synthesizers, the mdaDX10 FM synthesizer with 32 presets, and the mdaJX10 analog polysynth with 46 presets. via amiga-news.de

AmiSC StarCraft Port Updated to Version 0.8.8

AmiSC, a 68k Amiga port of the real-time strategy game StarCraft, has been updated to version 0.8.8. The engine runs natively on AmigaOS 3.x without needing PC emulation or an interpreter, and does not require an FPU, though it does need the original game's data files and a fast Amiga with AGA chipset or graphics card. Earlier versions added campaign speech, menu sounds and faster briefings, an ECS/OCS and AROS version, and a native MorphOS build. StarCraft was originally released by Blizzard Entertainment in 1998. via amiga-news.de