YOUR DAILY RETRO!!! - 2026-09-16

This just in from www.indieretronews.com.

Midwinter Fan Remaster - A brilliant Amiga game from my youth gets a fan remaster via Steam!

Midwinter, the 1989 Amiga and Atari ST hit praised for its blend of strategy, stealth and first-person shooting, has been revived as Midwinter Fan Remaster on Steam Early Access. Developed solo as a passion project, the remake offers a 160,000-square-mile frozen open world where players recruit 32 survivors, switch between characters, and build a resistance against an invading army, with the community influencing which systems are expanded next. The game includes a modern art mode featuring AI-generated character portraits that are pre-rendered and bundled with the build.

Read the full article: https://www.indieretronews.com/2026/09/midwinter-fan-remaster-brilliant-amiga.html

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A new article is up at www.retrododo.com.

ModRetro Releases Two Brand New Chromatic Games Available To Purchase Now

Author: Sebastian Santabarbara

ModRetro has released two new Chromatic titles-**Fall From Space** (a Metroidvania-style open-world RPG with multiple endings, about 10 hours of play, priced at $44.99) and **Pineapple Kid DX** (a colour remake puzzle game set in the 100-Year Tower, roughly 2 hours long, priced at $39.99). Both games are now available on the ModRetro Chromatic as well as original Game Boy and Game Boy Color hardware.

Read the full article: https://retrododo.com/modretro-releases-two-brand-new-chromatic-games-available-to-purchase-now/

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New coverage from www.timeextension.com.

As Wave Race: Blue Storm Turns 25, An Ex-Nintendo Artist Shares The Challenge Of Designing The Game's Characters

Wave Race: Blue Storm, the GameCube's 2001 jet-ski racer, turns 25, and former Nintendo Software Technology artist Ken Christiansen recounts his role designing its characters. He says the team's concepts-created with fellow artist Adi Granov-were repeatedly rejected by Nintendo's Japanese division, forcing them to resort to manga-style sketches that still didn't meet the approval, while technical limits (a 1 MB floppy for data transfer) kept most of their work internal. Despite the frustrations, Christiansen recalls the collaborative atmosphere, including LEGO-based level prototyping, and notes that final character illustrations were completed by Yusuke Nakano.

Read the full article: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/09/as-wave-race-blue-storm-turns-25-an-ex-nintendo-artist-shares-the-challenge-of-designing-the-games-characters