Retro News Round Up - July 2024

This month’s retro news round up includes Nintendo laying down the retro beats, Atari 50 expanding even further, and a Game Boy Advance game is rescued from obscurity.
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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
1:17 - Ports and Remakes
2:42 - Hardware and Accessories
2:53 - Homebrew
3:45 - Long Thought Lost
4:00 - Fan Translations
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This video's links:
Evercade Alpha:
funstock.co.uk/collections/ev...
Excalibur for the Commodore 64:
plus4world.powweb.com/softwar...
La Casa for the Commodore 64:
plus4world.powweb.com/softwar...
Bronx for the Commodore 64:
plus4world.powweb.com/softwar...
Shift on Commodore 64:
h4plo.itch.io/shift
Sire Fire on the Commodore 64:
ready64.org/giochi/scheda_gio...
Basilisk of Roko for the ZX Spectrum:
retrosotano.itch.io/basilisk-...
Flood on the ZX Spectrum:
jonathan-cauldwell.itch.io/flood
Updated version of UROK for Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum:
tartessos-games.itch.io/urok
Emu's Massive Hunt for the Vic 20:
hewco.itch.io/emh
Future Fighter for the Vic 20:
misfit.itch.io/future-fighter...
Transversion on the Amstrad CPC:
www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/games/wi...
Goldorak for the Amstrad CPC
zisquier.itch.io/goldorak
Trasgo on the Amstrad CPC:
21bloques.itch.io/trasgo
Skinny Marley on the Amiga:
tooizzi.itch.io/skinny-marley
Escape 2042 for Game Boy Advance and Mega Drive:
theretroroomgames.com/product...
Tony Montezuma's Gold for the Amiga, AtariXL & Commodore 64:
monochrome-productions.itch.io/
Kien on the Game Boy Advance:
incube8games.com/en-eu/produc...
English language translation of Madou Monogatari 123 on the PC-98:
www.romhacking.net/translatio...
English language translation of Blast Wind on the Saturn:
www.romhacking.net/translatio...
English language translation of Transformer: Convoy no Nazo on the NES:
www.romhacking.net/translatio...
English language translation of Olivia's Mystery on the SNES:
www.romhacking.net/translatio...

[@kaviolalainen]

I think a worthy release in the 8-bit world that wasn't mentioned here is the new Prince of Persia port for the Commodore Plus/4. Even Jordan Mechner himself has seen it!

[@wimwiddershins]

Thanks Simon! Another batch of luscious retro treats. 👾

[@retr0ricky]

I always look forward to the Fan Translations section. Great video as always!

[@obsoleteworlds]

Blaze need to better coordinate their announcements with the RNR release schedule! More new handhelds dropped yesterday too late to be included here! Keep up the good work, Simon. Another great roundup.

[@lauraiss1027]

Thank You!

[@WallyWallcakes]

Thank you, as always!

[@lucagiacaglia1457]

amazing video as always

[@Evercade_Effect]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@goranisacson2502]

Hadn't heard about the unreleased euro-GBA game... though I suppose that means I won't be able to buy it and it's already sold out. Personally I am eagerly waiting for my pre-order of the Sparkster collection, and I wonder if they'll ever release some kind of super-collection of ALL the Valis games in one cart... or if they'll consider that throwing away good profits and keep just splitting them up in several collections.

[@tsartomato]

oh so there's another grendizer game besides the recent one

[@Sum_Yousah]

First too!

[@VEGANVANIA]

First.

[@VEGANVANIA]

Those _Valis_ games are either explicably or inexplicably overrated... depending entirely on the depth of your cynicism about human nature.

[@jeremygregorio7472]

I like them but they were always a little on the mediocre side. They never quite got up to the level of a super Castlevania or a revenge of Shinobi. They were just really solid games but there was a bit of pizzazz they were missing. Plus to turbographic 16 CD version while kind of neat would have been ludicrously expensive to play back in the day... I always love the screenshots in the advertisements though

[@VEGANVANIA]

Bruh... Kid Chameleon is a masterpiece compared to Valis... a flawed masterpiece but nevertheless...

[@jeremygregorio7472]

@@VEGANVANIA kid chameleon is just plain a masterpiece. It's an incredibly intricate and detailed game with a ludicrous amount of gameplay. It is hands down the most underrated game of the 16-bit era

[@VEGANVANIA]

But it was lacking bikini clad protagonists! That's the difference between being underrated and overrated in the 21st century! It should have been the D.O.A. of mascot platformers with "realistic physics"!

[@japangamejunk]

Have them all on PC Engine CD and a couple on Super Famicom. Fun and cheap to collect these days too.