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Analogue Pocket owners can now test an experimental SNES core with save state support, a feature long missing from FPGA platforms.
Cathedral: Crow's Curse, a standalone prequel to Decemberborn's NES-inspired Metroidvania, showed a new trailer at the Convergence Showcase, with a demo on Steam now.
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.
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.
Panic Bomber W, a Super Famicom puzzle game, joins the Super Bomberman Collection as a free update on August 20, bringing another Japan-exclusive Bomberman to the West.
Experimental firmware for the RetroTINK 4K adds preliminary Lumacode support, enabling pristine digital video from modded NES consoles.
M2's Ganbare Goemon collection sneaks the 1991 Famicom shmup Crisis Force onto Switch, PS5, and Steam, marking its first port. For preservation fans, the hidden bonus might be the real story.
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.
Hamster's Arcade Archives adds Space Cyclone (1980) and Console Archives adds Legend of Kage (NES) to Switch, Switch 2, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S on June 18, priced from $7.99.
A new fan translation of Jaleco's 1993 Super Famicom brawler Rushing Beat Shura restores the Japanese version, reversing the changes made for its North American release.