#retro em 2026-10-14

1. 00:41 <Sprite> OSnews | Lotus Improv on the NeXT Thom Holwerda · 1d ago · 5 min read Both NeXT and Improv brought innovative solutions to their respective computing questions of the day. NeXT made UNIX palatable to those scared of the terminal, debuted Display Postscript on a mega-pixel display, and made development for the system a snap. Improv rethought multi-dimensional data modeling, offered English-like formulas, and made it easy to ... Read full story
2. 00:41 <Sprite> OSnews | “Hardening changes for ReFS volumes on removable media” Thom Holwerda · 1d ago · 5 min read Are you aware of ReFS, Microsoft’s next-generation file system for Windows? I’m sure the average OSNews reader is, but I really wonder how many people are using it out in the wider world, even though Microsoft keeps improving it. Since earlier this year, Windows Server and Windows 11 can boot from ReFS volumes, and it’s used by Windows’ Dev Drive feature ... Read full story
3. 02:47 <Pixel> Hackaday | 2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: USBSID-Pico Has Two SIDs, Many Inputs Tyler August · 47m ago · 1 min read We’ll give you three guesses what the most important bits of silicon in [LouD]’s USBSID-Pico are, and two don’t count. Yes, there’s a Raspberry Pi Pico, and a pair of the un… Read full story
4. 09:52 <Sprite> RetroRGB - | Weekly Roundup #535 - RetroRGB Bob · 52m ago · 1 min read https://youtu\.be/IFCgZkCfAvY The Roundup is available as a video and on all audio-only podcast services, such as iTunes, Google, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon Music and direct-download: https://podcasters\.spotify\.com/pod/show/retrorgb If you enjoy these videos, please consider supporting this channel via monthly support services, tips, or even just by using o... Read full story
5. 09:52 <Sprite> RetroRGB - | Xbox 360 True Softmod “Peer Pressure” - RetroRGB Bob · 20m ago · 1 min read https://youtu\.be/58dIVtwpOZE A true "softmod" is now available for all Xbox 360 revisions *except Corona and Winchester called Peer Pressure. This was created by developer Grimdoomer and relies on their BadUpdate hypervisor to launch the installation from a USB stick. This will allow basically the same functionality as original Xbox softmods, allowing it ... Read full story
6. 09:52 <Sprite> Time Extension | This Week's Arcade Archives Release Swaps Greens & Fairways For Military Action & Motorbikes 22m ago · 1 min read "THUNDERCADE!" is coming to Arcade Archives. After encouraging players to take a relaxing trip to the golf course last week, Hamster is offering something a little more action-packed for this week's Arcade Archives release: Seta's vertical shoot 'em up Thundercade (also known as Tokushu Butai U.A.G. and Twin Formation ). Released in Japanese arcades in 19... Read full story
7. 11:18 <Sprite> Time Extension | Super Mario 64 Goes Super Minimal 64 In This New Vectrex Fan-Project 18m ago · 1 min read No creepy Chain Chomp this time. Not 24 hours on from our report on Super Mario 64 for the Atari Jaguar, another homebrew project surfaces, with Nintendo's groundbreaking N64 platformer "running on", of all platforms, Milton Bradley's humble and hefty Vectrex. A video uploaded by " ArcadeJason " shows the 1996 release stripped of its vivid colour and mamm... Read full story
8. 12:47 <Sprite> Time Extension | "A Stellar Talent" - Legendary Duke Nukem 3D & SiN Level Designer Richard "Levelord" Gray Has Passed Away, Aged 68 47m ago · 1 min read "His levels in Duke Nukem 3D and SiN will live on forever". Richard "Levelord" Gray, a legendary level designer on Duke Nukem 3D and the co-founder of Ritual Entertainment, has passed away, aged 68. The news was shared yesterday online by Apogee Entertainment and triggered an outpouring of tributes from both his fellow game developers and members of the w... Read full story
9. 12:47 <Sprite> Time Extension | Feature: 'He Has Taken Advantage of Extremely Talented, Kind and Professional People' - All Is Not Well with Boutique Retro Publisher 33 Games 17m ago · 1 min read A saga of unpaid wages, cancelled deals and a past business problems. Earlier this year, the world of physical retro gaming welcomed 33 Games, a UK-based firm with big ideas for ensuring classic games got the legacy treatment they deserved. Kicking things off with Gremlin's Zool on the Sega Mega Drive, 33 Games also revealed it would reissue the SNES titl... Read full story
10. 14:17 <Sprite> Time Extension | Modded PS5 Consoles Can Play Physical PS2 Games Via AI-Coded Emulator PC5SX2 1h ago · 1 min read PC5SX2 Version 2.02 unlocks PS2 accessibility. There's been big news in the PS2 emulation community this week with the release of Ver 2.02 of the Claude-coded PC5SX2 emulator. Once active on a modded PS5 console, the new update lets users play their PS2 games directly from disc, via the PS5's native optical drive. According to community sources, including... Read full story
11. 14:17 <Sprite> Time Extension | "Absolutely Human-Made" - Takara's Japan-Exclusive PS1 Dungeon Crawler 'Schrödinger's Cat' Is Getting A Fan Translation 17m ago · 1 min read Fur real! Chapu Translations, the fan translator behind English patches for Japan-exclusive games like Tiny Bullets, Wonder Trek, and Prisoner, has announced that the next PlayStation title they will be tackling will be Takara and Dual's 1997 first-person dungeon crawler Schr ö dinger no Neko. The ROM hacker announced the new patch yesterday via a short t... Read full story
12. 15:56 <Sprite> OSnews | ESA targets Anbernic emulation handhelds as “superfake” piracy enablers Thom Holwerda · 15h ago · 5 min read The ESA – not, not the cool one – a lobby group made up of various videogame and entertainment companies, has asked the US Trade Representative (USTR) to add Anbernic to its list of companies that are supposedly notorious for engaging in and facilitating piracy. If you’re unaware, Anbernic is one of the bigger names in Android and Linux-based handheld gam... Read full story
13. 15:56 <Sprite> OSnews | Haiku’s latest activity report contains a ton of smaller fixes and improvements Thom Holwerda · 15h ago · 5 min read You know the drill by now – a new month, a new Haiku activity report. This past month doesn’t seem to have any big ticket items, but instead contains a long list of smaller but still welcome fixes. Various filesystem drivers saw some work, a few bugs in virtio drivers were fixed, and NVMM execution is now easily interruptible by signals which should impro... Read full story
14. 15:56 <Sprite> OSnews | KDE Plasma 6.8 released Thom Holwerda · 15h ago · 5 min read KDE turns 30 today, and they’re celebrating it with a brand new KDE Plasma release: version 6.8 is here. On the accessibility front, 6.8 brings a new dwell clicker function (meaning a click will register if the pointer is held still for a short while) and support for the Bikram Sambat calendar and the Amharic language. I always love it when I see support ... Read full story
15. 19:31 <Sprite> RetroRGB - | RetroTINK 4K / 6x Vertical Stand - RetroRGB Bob · 43m ago · 1 min read Todd from RetroFrog just released an updated version of his RetroTINK 4K vertical stand. This was modified to accommodate the larger remote control included with the 4K and 6x "CE" versions, as well as the 4K Pro's remote. The price is $18 plus shipping and they're available now: Purchase Here: https://retrofrog\.net/products/retrotink\-4k\-vertical\-stand It... Read full story
16. 19:31 <Sprite> Time Extension | 'It's Taken 35 Years' - Moonstone Is Getting an AI-Assisted Update for the Amiga 1200 3h ago · 1 min read "Our goal isn’t simply to revisit the past". As somebody who never owned an Amiga as a kid, there were a few times when I was insanely jealous of my Commodore-blessed chums, despite the fact that I viewed consoles like the Mega Drive and SNES as superior to the 16-bit home computer. One of those times was when I witnessed Rob Anderson's Moonstone: A Hard ... Read full story

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