Retro News Round Up - October 2024

This month’s retro news round up includes lots of good news for game preservationists, a Kickstarter for a whole lot of ninja, and a mobile phone helping unearth a couple of games long thought lost.

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The show even has chapter breaks, so you can watch just the parts you want:

0:11 - The Strange and Unusual
1:22 - Ports and Remakes
2:36 - Hardware and Accessories
2:55 - Homebrew
3:37 - Long Thought Lost
4:07 - Fan Translations

Support the Retro Wave movement by listening to this month's playlist (same as three years ago - sorry!):    • October 2021 Retro News Round Up  

This video's links:

Last Ninja Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...

Analogue Pocket’s GBC Color Limited Editions handhelds:
https://www.analogue.co/editions/pock...

MAX STONE El Secreto de la Gran Piramide on ZX Spectrum:
https://flopping.itch.io/max-stone-el...

Bastet on the ZX Spectrum:
https://zxdeveloper.itch.io/bastet

Dark Knight Shadow of Madness for the ZX Spectrum:
https://mananuk.itch.io/dark-knight-z...

Cursed Castle 2 on the ZX Spectrum:
https://fransouls.itch.io/cursed-cast...

The Blond on the ZX Spectrum:
https://tomasiano74.itch.io/theblond

Mochilo ZX on the ZZ Spectrum:
https://rcougil.itch.io/mochilo-zx

SUPERLEO on the Amstrad CPC:
https://pakal33.itch.io/superleo

Léon Marchand's Olympic Challenge on the Amstrad CPC:
https://amstradmuseum.emu-france.info...

Midnight Streets on the Amstrad CPC:
https://gamejolt.com/games/Midnight_S...

The Key - Episode 1 on the Amstrad:
https://cpcrulez.fr/GamesTest/the_key...

Spelunky 64 on the Commodore 64:
https://paulko64.itch.io/spelunky64

Elevator Action on the Amiga:
https://jotd666.itch.io/elevator-acti...

Shadowmage on the Amiga:
https://quantumcodemonk.itch.io/shado...

The Lost Pixel on the Amiga:
https://amiga-factory.itch.io/projectlp

Dr. Dangerous on the Amiga:
https://hoogames2017.itch.io/dr-dange...

Hydogenese on the Commodore 64:
https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64...

English language translation of Skyblazer on the SNES:
https://krokodyl.github.io/post/2024/...

English language translation of Hokuto no Ken: Shin Seikimatsu Kyuuseishu Densetsu on the Mega Drive:
https://cdromance.org/sega_genesis_ro...

English language translation of Captain Tsubasa VS on the Game Boy:
https://cdromance.org/gameboy-roms/ca...

English language translation of Slayers for the PC-98:
https://archive.org/details/slayers-p...

English language translation of Wizardry VII 'The Jewel of Guardia on the PS1:
https://romhackplaza.org/translations...