YOUR DAILY RETRO!!! - 2026-10-19

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

Pool of Radiance - SSI's legendary RPG comes to the Atari ST (AI) and expanded Sega Mega Drive

The classic AD&D Pool of Radiance has finally been ported to the Atari ST after a developer used AI tools to convert and adapt code from its sequel Curse of the Azure Bonds, releasing a public beta that runs on an ST (or compatible emulator) with at least 1 MB RAM. A separate effort has also brought the game to the Sega Mega Drive via the Terraonion MegaSD flash cart, employing a ROM-write workaround to accommodate the 2 MB memory requirement and adding bug fixes, new FM music, a custom intro and other enhancements. Both versions are community-driven releases, with the Mega Drive port created without generative AI.

Read the full article: https://www.indieretronews.com/2026/10/pool-of-radiance-ssis-legendary-rpg.html

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www.timeextension.com takes a closer look at the latest development.

It's (almost) Clean-Up Time! Troma's Toxic Crusaders Demo Now Available on Steam

'Drop your tacos or I'll blow your brains out'. It's been a loooong development cycle, but we're getting ever closer to the release of Retroware's old-school beat-'em-up Toxic Crusaders , based on what is perhaps the single most inappropriate IP ever to be adapted into children's television: The Toxic Avenger .

Read the full article: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/10/its-almost-clean-up-time-tromas-toxic-crusaders-demo-now-available-on-steam

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www.retrododo.com takes a closer look at the latest development.

Halo: Combat Evolved Can Now Run On The SEGA Dreamcast

Author: Sebastian Santabarbara

A fan-made port of *Halo: Combat Evolved* now runs on the SEGA Dreamcast, with gameplay footage showing the Pillar of Autumn's first level and basic combat. The demo is playable but suffers from long load times, frequent glitches, low frame rates and requires a dual-joystick controller or mouse-and-keyboard, as the Dreamcast's 200 MHz CPU and modest GPU are far weaker than the original Xbox's hardware. The project is being developed by Jilted Valkyrie, who is using AI-assisted tools to improve performance and may eventually expand to additional levels.

Read the full article: https://retrododo.com/halo-combat-evolved-can-now-run-on-the-sega-dreamcast/