May 23rd week in review
Catch up on this week's retro gaming news, from a real-world Pikmin event and new Transformers pinball to a crucial Batocera patch.
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Your PC Blu-ray drive can now rip GameCube and Xbox games
The OmniDrive custom firmware unlocks native reading of proprietary console discs on standard PC hardware. It supports everything from the original Xbox to the Wii U.
Sinistar is now playable on the Apple IIgs
A new homebrew port brings the terrifying 1982 Williams arcade classic to the Apple IIgs, complete with digitized speech and SNES controller support.
Where Winds Meet is getting its Imperial Palace expansion next week
Everstone Studio's free-to-play Wuxia RPG adds the massive Kaifeng Imperial Palace, rooftop duels, and an anthropomorphic cat on May 28.
Echo Generation 2 launches next week with a new deckbuilding system
Cococucumber's sequel to its 2021 RPG shifts to card-based combat and cosmic horror.
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Atre's apocalyptic 4X strategy is coming to PC in June
Ironward's upcoming strategy game mixes city building, tactical combat, and map-shattering cataclysms. It launches on Steam and GOG on June 8.
Eight classic Rugrats games are out today on modern consoles
Limited Run Games just dropped a bundle of 32-bit and handheld Nickelodeon titles for Switch, PlayStation, and PC.