News & Updates

Hi everyone,

Today, I don't have a new beta to share with you, so I figured that I'll give you an update on all my current projects instead :). Here are the games I'm currently working on:

GB Corp. (Game Boy)

Let's start with the good news: my game GB Corp. just got the 10th place in the Game Boy Competition 2021!

This competition attracted more than 150 entries, with a very high level of quality. I'm very happy and also quite proud that my tiny game managed to rank so high! :)

And more than the competition itself, the best reward for me is that another GB Developer, the talented 0xbbbbbr, decided to improve my game. As I released it as open source, he modified the game to add some cool new features. So here, you can play an updated version of GB Corps. with GBA and 2 players link cable support: https://github.com/bbbbbr/GBcorp 

I'm very happy with this outcome, and the feedback the game received during the competition. I plan to keep working on it, and make a physical release of the game sometime in 2022. So stay tuned, as you'll be the first ones to have access to the beta version of the enhanced game!

Dangerous Demolition (Master System & Game Gear)

Sadly, the physical release of game is still stuck with the publisher, Cote Gamers. They should have received the cover art by October this year, and I was eager to discover it and to share it with you. They are suffering some delays lately and don't have anything new yet. But hopefully the game will be able to get a physical release in 2022!

Growing Ties Deluxe (Atari Lynx)

Sadly, this game is currently stuck with the publisher too! AtariAge is very busy with many cool games for all Atari machines, so progress is slow on the physical release front for the Lynx. The last news I got from them, was that the PCB (the carts electronics) was ready - you can see a photo of the prototype cart below. So now, AtariAge started to work on the Box and Manuals. I'm quite confident that this game will see the light of day in 2022 - fingers crossed!

Yo-Yo Shuriken (Atari Jaguar)

Let's end this post with a word of hope. Here is a new project I've been starting to work on: a port of Yo-Yo Shuriken for the Atari Jaguar console. You are the first ones to be aware of it:

For now, the project is very barebone and not really functional. My plan is to port the Neo Geo version (that runs at a constant 60 fps) to the Jaguar, and then try to see if I can make some more enhancements unique to this console. This project is only beginning, but I hope to be able to show you a beta version in a few months!

Closing words

As usual, I'd like to thank you a lot for your continued support of my work over Patreon - it's really a great motivation for me to keep doing new retro games, and a wonderful contribution to fund it!

I wish you the best for the end of the year 2021 and the upcoming vacations, and I'm eager for 2022 to arrive so I can share new retro projects with you!

All the best,
Dr. Ludos