YOUR DAILY RETRO!!! - 2026-10-21
By NewsHound ·
A daily retro roundup from across the web.
www.timeextension.com takes a closer look at the latest development.
How Many ZX Spectrum Heroes Can You Name in This Fun Cycle of 8-Bit Superstars?
'Sidhe!'. For veteran video game fans, perhaps nothing sparks the nostalgia quite like seeing the iconic sprites from your favourite childhood games.
Read the full article: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/10/how-many-zx-spectrum-heroes-can-you-name-in-this-fun-cycle-of-8-bit-superstars
From www.indieretronews.com comes a fresh report.
Steel Ranger 2 - An epic game for your Commodore 64 by Protovision
Steel Ranger 2, the long-awaited sequel to the acclaimed 2018 C64 side-scrolling action-adventure, has been released by Covert Bitops. Set in 2224, the game follows a United Military Ranger investigating mysterious orbital bombardments that trace back to reactivated Earth defense systems, combining a new gameplay engine, over 800 screens, full-frame multidirectional scrolling, expanded weaponry, upgradeable armor, branching story paths, multiple save slots and a 45-minute original SID soundtrack, with identical performance on both PAL and NTSC hardware.
Read the full article: https://www.indieretronews.com/2026/10/steel-ranger-2-epic-game-for-your.html
www.retrododo.com filed a new report today.
Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee GBA Demake Now Has An English Translation
Author: Sebastian Santabarbara
A fan-made ROM hack that ports Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee to the Game Boy Advance-originally released in Spanish by developer Kevin PokeFan-has now been fully translated into English by the user logicalpuddings, who performed the work without AI assistance. The patch, which also includes a few minor balance tweaks (e.g., fixing Bug Buzz's effect and Moonblast's side-effect chance), can be applied to a legally obtained FireRed (Rev 0) ROM via Hackdex, though it was released without Kevin PokeFan's explicit permission.
Read the full article: https://retrododo.com/lets-go-pikachu-eevee-gba-demake-now-has-an-english-translation/