Developer jordi has released a name-your-own-price reimagining of the 1988 ZX Spectrum beat 'em up Target Renegade for the ZX Spectrum Next. The release keeps the original two-player mode, music and effects while adding detailed colour backgrounds, and uses AI-assisted code. Versions for the Sega Master System and Genesis are also available as download files. via itch.io
Arcade manufacturer Alan-1, based in Utah, has announced its line-up of new games for the upcoming IAAPA 2026 trade show. The reveal includes a move into redemption-style games, following the company's appearance earlier this year at California Extreme. via arcadeheroes.com
Developer Tansel has released Crystal Caverns, a free browser-based puzzle game built in HTML5 with retro pixel art and chiptune music. Inspired by Boulder Dash-style digging gameplay, it features 30 levels of mining, collecting and escaping, and was made with AI assistance. via itch.io
Developer TCKSOFT has released Ogre's Treasure, a free platformer for HTML5 that reimagines a Hunchback-style game the developer tried to write in ZX Spectrum BASIC back in 1985. The project was completed with AI-assisted code, graphics and sound. via itch.io
Developer kcdautomobil has released Die Again, a name-your-own-price troll platformer for the Commodore 64. The game features 250 levels filled with unpredictable hazards such as vanishing floors, hidden spikes and shifting gravity, and was made with AI-assisted code, graphics, sound and text. via itch.io
Developer TCKSOFT has released a free browser remake of Impossaball, a puzzle game originally for the ZX Spectrum. The new version is built with the Godot engine and runs on HTML5, tagged as a remake of the original Spectrum title. via itch.io
Developer Konstantinos Patronas has released Ricochet, a Commodore 64-style single-screen shooter for Windows and macOS priced at 4.99 euros. The screen has no walls, so both the player's ship and missed shots wrap around the edges, with wrapped shots turning red and becoming able to hit anything, including drones worth points. The game was made with AI-assisted code, graphics, sound and text. via itch.io
Developer Vesa_Hei has released Ion Courier 2, a free arcade-style shooting game for the Commodore 64, subtitled "Deeper Into The Sealed Vaults". The 8-bit singleplayer release was made with AI-assisted code, graphics, sound and text. via itch.io
A fan translator has released an English language patch for Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee, a Spanish-language ROM hack built on Pokémon FireRed, bringing version 8.1 to English-speaking players. via reddit.com/r/PokemonROMhacks
A fan project has ported the multiplayer mode of Halo: Combat Evolved to the Nintendo 64, running the Xbox launch title on hardware it was never designed for. The port is described as a technically demanding effort that pushes the N64 well past its typical capabilities. via retrododo.com
The YouTube channel Happy Little Diodes has posted a video called "The Ferranti Files: 40 Years of Sinclair Secrets Unearthed." via YouTube
Former Nintendo of America Advertising Manager Donna Darbous is auctioning a collection of items from her personal archive, headlined by original promotional artwork for the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong. She says she recovered the artwork from a dumpster during a storage room clearout at Nintendo of America. via timeextension.com
