YOUR DAILY RETRO!!! - 2026-08-13

www.indieretronews.com dives into the news.

Bio Menace - Thrillogy - Apogee Software's Bio Menace (1993, MS-DOS) ported to the Amiga (HIGH END)

The classic 1993 MS-DOS side-scroller *Bio Menace* has been unofficially ported to the Commodore Amiga by Astair86, delivering all three original episodes in a fully playable state using a reconstructed engine released under the GPL-v2. Because Apogee reclassified the game as freeware in 2018, the original data files can be bundled legally with the new Amiga engine, which runs on Kickstart 2.0+ with about 1 MB of chip RAM and 8 MB of fast RAM. The port runs on Amiga 2000, 1200, Vampire V4 and similar hardware, exhibits only occasional scrolling glitches, and requires numeric-keypad controls on an Amiga 1200 due to key-jamming issues.

Read the full article: https://www.indieretronews.com/2026/08/bio-menace-thrillogy-apogee-softwares.html

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From www.timeextension.com comes a fresh report.

A Bunch Of Arcade Archives Namco Titles Are Now On Sale, Including Ridge Racer

Hamster's NAMCO LEGENDARY 2026 SALE, running until August 26, 2026, cuts the price of fifteen Namco Arcade Archives games by 30% on Nintendo Switch and PS4, and also discounts Arcade Archives 2 Ridge Racer for PS5, Switch 2 and Xbox Series X|S (which adds an exclusive Time Attack mode). The discounted lineup includes titles such as *The Adventure of Valkyrie*, *Rally-X*, *Gaplus*, *Tank Force*, *Bosconian* and others.

Read the full article: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/08/a-bunch-of-arcade-archives-namco-titles-are-now-on-sale-including-ridge-racer

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www.retrododo.com breaks down the latest details.

Hodgepodge Platoon 2.0 Brings 250+ Fakemon & New Abandoned Regions

Author: Sebastian Santabarbara

Hodgepodge Platoon 2.0 is a community-made ROM hack from the Pebbler Platoon group that adds a new story mode featuring more than 250 original fakemon, a second-generation Pokémon roster, and a Battle Factory gauntlet of random battles. The update also introduces two new abandoned regions, Mystevara and Tennidon, for players to explore.

Read the full article: https://retrododo.com/hodgepodge-platoon-2-0-brings-250-fakemon-new-abandoned-regions/