Retroware has released a new gameplay trailer for Toxic Crusaders as part of The MIX Fall Online Showcase. The game is described as a coin-op-inspired brawler drawing on classic 1990s arcade beat-em-ups, featuring characters Toxie, Nozone, Junkyard and Major. via oldschoolgamermagazine.com
Analogue has announced that pre-orders for its re-released Super Nt and Mega Sg FPGA consoles open Monday, October 19th at 11AM NYC time. The consoles are reported to be largely the same as their previous releases, with only a few minor updates. via retrorgb.com
Analogue has announced the SuperNT+ and MegaSG+, updated versions of its FPGA-based SuperNT and MegaSG consoles originally launched in 2017. The new consoles are built to play original SNES and Genesis cartridges with modern upgrades, and are set to launch next week. via retrododo.com
Pokémon TCG Recall is a hack of the Game Boy Pokémon Trading Card Game that lets Evolved Pokémon use attacks and Pokémon Powers inherited from their previous stages through new menu buttons. Version 2.1 keeps the original card set while improving mechanics, quality of life, and AI awareness of the new system. via pokecommunity.com
Software Amusements has released Dungeonette: The New Adventure, a fantasy action adventure dungeon crawler for the ZX Spectrum Next. The game is purchasable for $5.99 or more and supports keyboard or joystick input, with an average play session of about half an hour. via itch.io
Developer ready64 has released Royal Chess, a free chess game for the Commodore 64 designed for the Commodore 64 Ultimate. It is a strategy title bringing the classic board game to the platform. via itch.io
Pokémon Enigmatic Emerald, a fan-made ROM hack based on Pokémon Emerald, has been released in its complete version 1.0 form. via reddit.com/r/PokemonROMhacks
Developer 7TowersoftGames has released Equilibrium Spectre, a name-your-own-price tile-matching puzzle game for the Amiga. The board sits on a pivot, so clearing matches shifts its weight and tilts the beam, causing remaining tiles to slide diagonally and rearranging the puzzle after every move. via itch.io
Krikzz, known for the EverDrive line of flash carts, is working on a plug-and-play optical drive emulator (ODE) for the original PlayStation. ODEs let consoles that normally rely on optical discs load ISO images instead, and the PS1 already has at least one existing ODE, the ArcStation, along with similar devices for other systems like the Saturn and Dreamcast. via timeextension.com
A fan-made 'Backgrounds Edition' has been released for Ocean Software's 1992 Commodore Amiga port of The Addams Family, adding the detailed level backgrounds that were absent from the original release, which instead used a black void behind the action. Other versions of the game, including SNES, Atari ST and Mega Drive, had included these backgrounds at the time. via timeextension.com
Creator Bo Made It has detailed how a Game Boy fitted with an e-paper display was made to run at 30fps. After noticing greyscale artifacts while experimenting with refresh methods, they wrote a custom driver that produces greyscale levels and refreshes comfortably at 30fps, far faster than the original driver's one refresh per 300ms. via reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro
A fan developer has created Pokémon Pink Version: Special Clefairy Edition, a ROM hack based on rumors of a hypothetical 'Pokémon Pink' mentioned in the Giga Leak. The project draws on trivia that Clefairy was once considered as a mascot for the series before Pikachu was chosen. via pokecommunity.com
