Xbox CTO Scott Van Vliet has demonstrated the classic Xbox 360 Blades dashboard running inside a web browser on PC, one of the first public experiments from the newly formed Xbox Labs team. The accompanying clip also showed the later New Xbox Experience and Metro-style dashboards. via techpowerup.com
A new website called Retro86 offers a browser-based simulation of a 1980s-90s MS-DOS computer. Users can switch the machine on, assemble it from real parts at real prices, and attempt to repair broken PCs against a timer. via retro.bioneural.de
Developer Craig A. Leslie has released C64 Zombies!, a name-your-own-price Commodore 64 action game. Players survive 150 waves of zombies, dogs and brutes in an arena, earning points to open gates for weapons and revive kits while keeping ammo stocked from a central crate. via itch.io
Marco Giorgini has released Il mistero della montagna d'argento, a free Commodore 64 interactive fiction game. It is a remake of a text adventure by Chris Oxlade and Judy Tatchell originally written for Usborne Computer Guides, and was made with AI-assisted graphics. via itch.io
Retroid has enabled mainline Linux support on its Pocket 6, Pocket Nova, and Pocket Duo handhelds. The move is aimed at giving custom firmware developers a more solid foundation to build upon for these Android-based devices. via retrohandhelds.gg
A 9ft fibreglass statue of Tomb Raider's Lara Croft, previously part of a London exhibition that closed in 2023, has arrived in Derby. It will be displayed at the Museum of Making for several weeks before moving permanently to the city's Market Hall, following a £30,000 fundraising appeal. via bbc.co.uk
Developer Tomcio-Paluszek has released AmiChasm, a name-your-own-price Amiga port of the 1997 first-person shooter Chasm: The Rift, based on the Chasm Reverse source code release by Panzerschrek. The port requires a PiStorm accelerator with RPi4 or CM4, the PiStorm3D minigl.library, AHI for sound, and the original game's csm.bin file, and runs as a single-player, full-screen title. via itch.io
Sega Saturn Shiro's #BestOfSaturn series has featured Dracula X: Nocturne in the Moonlight, the Japan-exclusive 1998 Saturn port of Konami's Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. The spotlight covers the port of the acclaimed PlayStation original, in which Dracula's castle has reappeared. via segasaturnshiro.com
OpenSWOS is a ground-up rewrite in C of Sensible World of Soccer 96/97's original source code, producing a native Amiga AGA version. The project achieves a true 256-colour palette on the pitch, something the 1996 original could not do. via indieretronews.com
Developer Michael Wadlow has released C64 Cricket, a name-your-own-price arcade-style cricket game for the Commodore 64. Players take on the role of batsman only, with no bowling or fielding, facing five overs and four wickets to score as many runs as possible. The game was made with AI-assisted code. via itch.io
Developer Sveinacious-G, with music by Greg Duddle, has released Sabre Wulf Remastered for the Commodore 64, a faithful enhanced port of Ultimate Play the Game's original ZX Spectrum title. The remaster preserves the original's pioneering interconnected map and off-screen enemy tracking mechanics. via indieretronews.com
The Colony, an early wireframe-style first-person adventure-shooter, has been made available for free. Players take on the role of a Regional Marshal sent to investigate a space colony that has been overrun, using Power Armor technology to survive. via zoom-platform.com
