Retro News Roundup

Retro News Round-Up – July 2014

Welcome to the exciting second installment of the Retro News Round-Up on 1 More Castle, a series which takes a quickfire look at all of the June’s retro gaming going ons – including the latest ports and remakes, hardware and accessories, homebrew, fan translations, and a bit more besides.

This month’s episode includes E3 2014, some hidden arcade treasure, and a load of fan translations.

This episode’s links:

More images of that inherited arcade:
http://forum.arcadeotaku.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=27717

The Four Quarters bar and arcade:
https://facebook.com/fourquartersbar?refsrc=https://lm.facebook.com/l.php&_rdr

Primal Rage 2 arcade cabinet details:
http://arcadeheroes.com/2014/06/23/primal-rage-ii-prototype-finds-home-galloping-ghost-arcade/

The Ultimate Guide to Amiga PD Games:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00JVARFSU/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B00JVARFSU&linkCode=as2&tag=retroc-21

The Kickstarter for The Story of the ZX Spectrum in Pixels:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/47744432/the-story-of-the-zx-spectrum-in-pixels

More footage of the 64DD version of Super Mario 64:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rd6_5HoJd8

Confirmation of the RetroN 5’s European release date:
https://twitter.com/FunStockGames/status/479919760885313536

Where to buy the DDI-1 Clone for the Amstrad CPC:
http://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/3765

More information on the ZX Uno:
http://zxuno.speccy.org/index_e.shtml

GameCube in a Lynx case:
http://bacman.co.uk/bacforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2248

N64 turned into a Barbie Corvette:
http://kotaku.com/guy-turns-nintendo-64-into-hot-pink-barbie-corvette-1592726562

More of that Yoshi SNES:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKiRPUjWZgQ

Marco Gregorio’s Adventures to Unusual Places on the Commodore Amiga and CD32:
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=73383

Philia on the Atari Jaguar CD:
http://onorisoft.free.fr/retroshop/

Lan Master on the NES:
http://www.romhacking.net/homebrew/2/

Game Panic LCD for the Atari 2600:
http://www.romhacking.net/homebrew/54/

Willy the Wasp for the ZX Spectrum:
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=47829

Super Mario Kart 8 on SNES:
http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/2065/

Duke Nukem 2.5D:
http://gamejolt.com/games/shooter/duke-nukem-2-5/28317/

Super Mario Bros 3MIX:
http://www.sonicepoch.com/sm3mix/

Play long thought lost Sharp X68000 Shoot-em-up Illumination Laser:
http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=50648

Download the ROM of the unreleased PAL version of N64 adventure Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine:
http://krikzz.com/forum/index.php?topic=1761.msg17556#msg17556

More details on Neo Geo and Dreamcast shooter Razion:
http://razion.ngdevteam.com/

More details on TurboGrafx 16 blaster Atlantean:
http://www.aetherbyte.com/aetherbyte-atlantean_for_pc-engine_and_turbografx-16.html

More details on SNES platformer Dorke and Ymp:
http://pikointeractive.com/blog/dorque-and-imp-for-snes-near-completion/

More details on the resurrected Sonic The Hedgehog 2 HD project:
https://www.facebook.com/sonic2hd

More details on the Metal Gear reboot project:
http://www.highlightpress.com/1987-metal-gear-reboot-authorized-by-konami-and-its-gonna-be-free/18109/ed-jones

Fleet Commander fan translation:
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/2218/

Ninjara Hoi! fan translation:
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/2239/

Rally Bike fan translation:
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/2214/

Ninja Hattori-kun fan translation:
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/2220/

Ninja kun: Majou no Bouken fan translation:
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/2219/

Chubby Cherub fan translation:
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/2224/

1991 Du Ma Racing fan translation:
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/2227/

Super Donkey Kong — Xiang Jiao Chuan fan translation:
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/2234/

Chess Academy fan translation:
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/2237/

Chik Bik Ji Jin — Saam Gwok Ji fan translation:
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/2241/

Clockwerx fan translation:
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/2233/

Heracles no Eikou 3: Kamigami no Chinmoku fan translation:
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/967/

Mahou Kishi Rayearth 2: Making of Magic Knight fan translation:
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/2178/