Gospel of Belmont — Castlevania Symphony of the Night demake for Game Boy Color

Retro Corner · Game Boy Color · Homebrew · 2026-05-24

The Same Developer Just Put Symphony of the Night and Animal Crossing on a Game Boy Color — and Both of Them Work

Gospel of Belmont is the Castlevania demake that Konami never dared to make. Richter Wilker built it for the Game Boy Color — four colors per tile, a Z80 processor, and a screen the size of a postage stamp. He built an Animal Crossing GBC demake in the same window. One developer, two impossible ports, both running on real hardware.

Atari 800XL trademark filing — hardware revival concept

News Take · Atari · Hardware Revival · 2026-05-24

Atari Just Filed a Trademark for the 800XL. If That Means What Fans Hope, It's the Most Interesting Hardware Move Since the 2600+.

A USPTO trademark filing for "800XL" appeared on May 22, 2026, covering computer hardware, peripherals, and gaming equipment. Atari under Wade Rosen has been methodically re-activating dormant product names — the 2600+, the 400 Mini, the 7800+. The 800XL is the most capable 8-bit computer Atari ever shipped. If this filing becomes a product, it's the first Atari revival that has to answer a harder question than nostalgia: what does a modern 800XL actually do?

Sega Rally DS prototype discovery — a pitch demo preserved after two decades

Dispatch · Preservation · 2026-05-24

A Sega Rally Nintendo DS Prototype Just Surfaced After 20 Years. Prototopia Published It. That Sentence Contains the Entire Argument for Why Preservation Groups Matter More Than Publishers When It Comes to History.

A playable prototype of a never-released Sega Rally game for the Nintendo DS has surfaced after roughly two decades in obscurity. Prototopia — a preservation group affiliated with the Obscure Gamers community — published the ROMs to Internet Archive on May 20, 2026. The build is attributed to DC Studios, a pitch-demo house that shopped the concept to Sega and never received a green light. The prototype is now freely downloadable. No publisher preserved it. A volunteer group did.

Prior Cycles

Every cycle preserved, nothing rotated out of reach. Per Rule 2026-04-24-17, a staging deploy that hides older content is a failed deploy.