This week's retro news, hand curated down to the stories worth your time
In this issueMiSTerCommodore 64AmigaPCAmstrad CPCArcadeC64Analogue PocketAndroidAtari 8-bit
Biggest story of the week
This week's big one
RetroBytes: the history of Cray, and running UNICOS on a home-built Cray Y-MP
A history of Seymour Cray from the CDC 1604, 3600, 6600 and 7600 through Cray Research and the Cray-1, 2 and X-MP, then their own Cray Y-MP setup with UNICOS and COS batch mode running!
0:31 RetroBytesGrowing up I knew "Cray" as synonymous with "Super Computer". It's only now that I know it 'only' had about enough power to play Doom! I won't spoil the other surprises, definitely worth a watch this one.
New games
New games for old machines
Dizzy gets new titles for 40th anniversary
The Oliver Twins have announced new Dizzy titles to mark the 40th anniversary of the series.
read Reddit Retro read also: Reddit RetroUnfortunately instead of tapping one of the many thousands of artists who would have LOVED to help them with this, or gone with their original process, they used generative AI to create the art which is a horrible shame.
Binky: Frozen in Time for C64
Binky from Thalamus for the Commodore 64, the sequel to Thin Ice.
2:23 Retrogaming Dino 1:36 also: BastichB 64K
Shadows of Belial for ZX Spectrum 128K
Shadows of Belial – A new game for the ZX Spectrum 128K by RetroWorks
read Indie Retro News 19:29 also: Pixel Cherry Ninja
Unlock with PatreonRebuilt
Old machines get a new life
Sega Saturn-themed MiSTer FPGA Kit
A complete MiSTer FPGA kit themed after the Sega Saturn, called 'Mercury' (the Saturn's original codename), with a white injection-molded shell and everything needed except the DE-10 Nano
read RetroRGB read also: Retro Dodo
Violent Storm for MiSTer
The Violent Storm (1993) core for MiSTer is now available free on Patreon.
read Reddit Retro 28:56 also: Pixel Cherry Ninja
Atari Falcon 030 core for MiSTer
An Atari Falcon 030 core for MiSTer (DE10-Nano) has appeared with a GitHub repository, first found on the MiSTer FPGA Discord.
32:01 Pixel Cherry Ninja
ARMSX2 PS2 emulator 2.8 adds Namco System 246 and 256 support
Android 2.8 adds Namco System 246 and 256 arcade support, a redesigned texture pack menu and a GS threading change that sleeps instead of spinning. The iOS 2.6.0 build now works with a controller and gets rebuilt save states, shaders and texture packs.
7:09 Mr. SujanoLost and found
Unearthed treasures and new homes for old games
List of Human-Made Decomps & Recomps Released
A list has been released to distinguish human-made decomps and recomps from AI-generated projects
read Retro Dodo
Castlevania for Sega Master System
A fanmade port of Castlevania to the Sega Master System
read Time Extension 15:42 also: Pixel Cherry Ninja
Bubble Ghost for Amstrad 6128
Bubble Ghost, the 1990 Game Boy game, has been ported to the Amstrad 6128 by Kirby2000.
read Indie Retro News 15:41 also: Pixel Cherry Ninja
Doody Calls – Turd World War for Amiga 1200
A top-down squad shooter for the Amiga 1200 based on the v1.33 browser game.
read Indie Retro News 11:28 also: Retrogaming DinoNew hardware
Boards, carts and kit you can build or buy
Four New Transparent Plastic ModRetro Chromatic Colours Shown In New Leak
Support us as an independent publisher by tipping , joining our paid community or checking out our accessories brand GAMENOOK ! There's been lots of speculation about the new Chromatics heading out of ModRetro HQ as of late, especially since there have been a few images
read Retro Dodo
The C64 keyboard font, traced and free to download
Levente Szabadkai traced the lettering on the Commodore 64's keys from photographs and released it as a vector font on GitHub, in several formats. Uppercase only, like the real keys, but it includes the PETSCII glyphs, the function keys and a Commodore logo.
read Hackaday
Genesis and CDi Controller Adapter
Video by MattKC exploring controller design history from the Atari 2600 connector through his Genesis-to-CDi adapter.
read RetroRGBTools
Things that help you make things
SHORK-486: a small Linux for 486 laptops
SHORK-486 is a free, open source, trimmed-down Linux for 486 and Pentium machines, shown running a 2026 kernel (7.3-rc3) on a 1996 IBM ThinkPad 365ED.
18:00 This Week in Retro
ES-DE 3.5.0 adds PS4 and Atari Jaguar CD on Android
EmulationStation Desktop Edition 3.5.0 adds PS4 and Jaguar CD systems on Android, new theme engine features and video scraping for TheGamesDB.
8:33 Mr. Sujano
Amigo for iOS
Amiga emulator for iPhone and iPad from Thomas Luebker, free on the App Store with source on GitHub. Runs hard drive images and supports external display and clipboard sharing.
read GitHubChums of the Channel
Send some love to nice people
Running AMOS on an iPad with the Amigo Amiga emulator
Walks through Amigo, a free iOS Amiga emulator derived from WinUAE, running an AMOS Pro hard drive image: writing and running code, saving to an ADF, an extended display on an M4 iPad Pro, and clipboard sharing to copy AMOS listings into iPadOS.
0:23 Yawning Angel Retro
Clowns and Balloons on the Atari 8-bit, a look at Frank Cohen's first game
Pete's Atari 8 to Z series plays Datasoft's 1982 Clowns and Balloons, covering what Frank Cohen later remembered about its four-month development, a period review, and a playthrough of the trampoline and balloon popping gameplay.
0:02 ThisIsPete