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Truxton Extreme, the first new entry in Toaplan's legendary shmup series in 38 years, launches July 30 on PS5, Switch 2, Xbox, and PC, led by original creator Masahiro Yuge.
Geppy-X, a 1999 Japan-only PS1 shmup built like a 70s super-robot anime, gets a fully localized global remaster today, its cutscenes restored from the original Betacam masters.
The Activision Super Pocket packs 34 of Activision's Atari 2600-era classics for $69.99, out September 28, and it plays Evercade carts too.
The AYANEO Pocket Micro 2 packs a Snapdragon 865 and a 3.5-inch screen into a Game Boy Micro-sized body. Restock pre-orders opened July 10 from about $235.
Chris Graue mounted a 1998 Game Boy Camera to the 60-inch telescope at Mount Wilson, shot Jupiter's cloud bands at 128x112, and released the 3D-printed adapter files for free.
Konami and M2's 40th-anniversary Ganbare Goemon Daishuugo! bundles 13 Famicom-to-Game Boy games. It's Japan-only, with no English and no Western release.
Devwill, a 2017 Brazilian PC platformer, is getting a real Master System cartridge on August 5 via LMS Retro, with a hand-drawn, no-AI manual made the old way.
QUByte's Plungeez is a 16-bit Metroidvania with no combat, just a plunger and a sewer full of puzzles. It launches on Switch, PC, PlayStation, and Xbox on August 13.
RomM, the self-hosted library manager for retro game collections, hits 5.0 with a full redesign, a new cross-device save sync engine, and past 10K GitHub stars.
The 1989 Data East RPG Hercules no Eikou II: Taitan no Metsubou hits PS5 and Switch 2 via Hamster's Console Archives line, with English UI but Japanese text.