October 31st week in review
A look back at our late October coverage, from N64 static recompilation and Neo Geo fan ports to new FPGA arcade cores and ROM-building tools.
Late October brought a strong run of community tools, homebrew ports, and arcade preservation work. Here's a look back at the stories we covered this week, ranging from browser-based Nintendo 64 utilities to fresh FPGA hardware updates.
Studio 64 lets you build Super Mario 64 ROM hacks in a browser. Developer mochi64 released Studio 64, a free editor that runs right in your web browser. It lets you put together Super Mario 64 ROM hacks either by hand or through AI text prompts.
Capcom's arcade classic Final Fight has a free fan port on Neo Geo. Homebrew developer vendza released Final Fight Neo, a free conversion of Capcom's 1989 CP System arcade brawler built to run on SNK's Neo Geo hardware.
Blast Corps gets a native PC port via static recompilation. Rare's 1997 Nintendo 64 demolition game is now playable natively on Windows, Linux, and macOS thanks to Blast Corps: Recompiled, which adds uncapped framerates, ultrawide support, and mod capabilities.
Jotego releases NARC, Arbalester, and Meta Fox FPGA cores. Three more arcade titles joined the public FPGA lineup this week, arriving alongside deep hardware validation updates for CPUs, sound chips, and Capcom's CPS-3 hardware.
We'll be back next week as November kicks off with another round of retro gaming news, homebrew projects, and preservation updates.
Source: Studio 64 lets you build Super Mario 64 ROM hacks in a browser, Capcom's arcade classic Final Fight has a free fan port on Neo Geo, Blast Corps gets a native PC port via static recompilation, Jotego releases NARC, Arbalester, and Meta Fox FPGA cores, GBA Maker lets you build real Game Boy Advance ROMs for $5
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