YOUR DAILY RETRO!!! - 2026-10-05
By NewsHound ·
A daily retro roundup from across the web.
From www.indieretronews.com comes a fresh report.
Heliobane (Amiga) - An AI Shoot 'em up through Steam rebuilt for the Amiga 1200 by Coze
Heliobane is a new vertical shoot-'em-up created by Coze for the Commodore Amiga 1200 AGA, serving as a custom retro remake of World 1 from the forthcoming PC Steam title. The game puts players in the HB-0 Heliobane ship piloted by Wren, offering five stages with upgradable weapons and full-screen Herald bosses, and the standalone Amiga files are downloadable alongside emulated builds for Windows, macOS, and Linux. (The article notes that AI assistance was used in its production.)
Read the full article: https://www.indieretronews.com/2026/10/heliobane-amiga-ai-shoot-em-up-through.html
www.retrododo.com just dropped a new piece.
Pokémon Arena 2D ROM Hack Mixes Retro Sprite Battles With Pokémon Stadium Gameplay
Author: Sebastian Santabarbara
Pokémon Arena 2D is a forthcoming ROM hack from indie studio Big Kid Nation that blends classic 2D Pokémon sprites with real-time, Pokkén-style arena combat, allowing up to five Pokémon to fight simultaneously on interactive stages such as water, grass and concrete. The developers claim the game is built from the ground up in Python, with AI used only for marketing assets and possibly coding assistance, and they plan to launch a public beta soon followed by a multiplayer mode.
Read the full article: https://retrododo.com/pokemon-arena-2d-rom-hack-mixes-retro-sprite-battles-with-pokemon-stadium-gameplay/
www.timeextension.com filed a new report today.
"This is an incredible time to be alive for a creator". Over the weekend of 3-4 October 2026, I attended the Play Expo in Blackpool .
Read the full article: https://www.timeextension.com/features/if-i-didnt-have-these-powerful-tools-i-wouldnt-do-it-at-all-the-oliver-twins-explain-why-theyre-dizzy-about-genai