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For the N64's 30th, 8BitDo revealed Wave Blue gear: a Retro 87 keyboard ($99.99) and Ultimate 2 controller ($59.99), both aimed at PC and mobile, not Switch.
After nearly 20 years, fans have remade the original Mother (EarthBound Beginnings) on the SNES EarthBound engine, released as a patch led by romhacker Gabbls.
Barbie: Vacation Adventure, a 16-bit game finished in 1994 but never released, is finally launching via Atari and Digital Eclipse's Barbie Rewind on Switch this November.
BitBeamCannon's Metro Siege is a new 16-bit co-op beat 'em up for Amiga, Neo Geo, and PC, with physical MVS and AES cartridge pledges. Its Kickstarter closes July 4.
Facing soaring memory costs, Sony signals it may sell fewer PS5s and skip discounts rather than cut prices, with knock-on effects for the future collector market.
Retroid has teased the Pocket Nova, a 4:3 Modern OLED handheld and its first horizontal 4:3 device since the troubled Pocket Mini. Specs and price are unconfirmed.
Valve has priced the Steam Machine: 1,049 dollars for 512GB, 1,349 for 2TB, with preorders June 25 and a June 30 launch. It is powerful, open, and pricey.
Developer fliperama86 has released a work-in-progress PC recompilation of the N64's Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness, with higher frame rates and resolution.
Sony's June 19 SEC strategy report drops last year's pledge to bring first-party games to PC and leans hard into AI instead.
The EU has reportedly decided against mandatory game preservation legislation, choosing a voluntary industry code instead, disappointing preservation advocates.