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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.
Retro Fighters' Battle Dock adds four GameCube controller ports to the Switch 2 with lag comparable to the Pro controller.
A 1,367-piece Lego set recreating Nintendo's original Donkey Kong arcade machine is coming in August, priced at $200.
Pix'n Love will release a limited physical edition of the metroidvania MIO: Memories in Orbit for Switch 2 in October 2026. Standard and collector's editions include the full game on cartridge.
Independent retailer Video Games Plus sends an open letter to Xbox boss Asha Sharma urging Microsoft to support physical releases on Project Helix.
Limited Run Games opens pre-orders July 2 for a physical Switch 2 edition of Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, with a standard ($49.99) and collector's ($79.99) version that includes a steelcase and soundtrack CD.
Ed Annunziata says his Ecco the Dolphin remaster, Ecco the Dolphin Complete, will get standard and deluxe physical editions, and he wants Sega to fold in the Dreamcast game.
Atari Legacy, a new quarterly about Atari history, went on sale June 23. The catch: it's typeset on an accelerated Atari Falcon030 using period design software.
Two specialist retailers say they won't carry GTA 6 because its physical edition is a download code in a box, not a disc, reviving the physical media fight.
iam8bit's new $99.99 physical Genesis cartridges of Sonic 1 and Sonic 2 have drawn heavy fan backlash, since the originals are among the cheapest, most common carts around.