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Retro Game News is Developing an RPG for Game Boy Color

17 October 2025 RGN Admin

Introducing SeaTropilis Here’s some exciting news, we at RGN are developing a homebrew game for the Game Boy Color. I’ve been working on this for a few months now but…

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Spectrum Next KS3 Nearing Delivery

27 September 2025 RGN Admin

Get Ready … It’s Coming Soon! I am extremely excited because in about 2 to 3 months a ZX Spectrum Next (KS3 Rev.) will be delivered to my house! I…

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Super Game Boy Hidden Feature Cracked to Create First SGB Exclusive Game

7 September 2025 RGN Admin

The World’s First Super Game Boy Exclusive Game Here’s a very interesting development to start off RGN’s September’s news. The world’s first Super Game Boy exclusive game has been reported…

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New Homebrew Title for ZX Spectrum 128 is the First of It’s Kind

21 August 2025 RGN Admin

I know that not every retro gamer has an interest in the ZX Spectrum, I do apologize that the last few articles have been about the ancient 8 bit microcomputer.…

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Watermelon’s Paprium Leaked ROM Now Playable on Emulator

20 July 2025 RGN Admin

Paprium is a very controversial homebrew game, developed by Watermelon (a modern day retro console developer) it was initially announced via a kickstarter campaign way back in 2012. It took…

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GB Studio Makes Development for the DMG an Achievable Dream for Many

16 July 2025 RGN Admin

RGN’s DMG Project RPG “Pilot” v0.01 Prototype Demo So this isn’t really breaking news as GB Studio has been around for quite some time now. How long I really don’t…

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New GBC Homebrew Based on Yume Nikki Going Physical

29 June 2025 RGN Admin

Yume Tenshi for Gameboy Color The Homebrew Factory is taking pre-orders for a physical run of Yume Tenshi, a brand new game inspired on the obscure cult classic homebrew game…

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Cronela’s Mansion June Update on Kickstarter

26 June 2025 RGN Admin

Finally an Update after 3 Months of Silence The last real update for Cronela’s Mansion was back in early March as the last post from Straynas was a post about…

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New Homebrew Game “Luft Gears” for Gameboy Launches as Kickstarter Campaign get’s Funded

4 June 2025 RGN Admin

Space Exploration Comes to Gameboy as”Luft Gears” Kickstarter Campaign Successfully Culminates. The official Kickstarter.com campaign for “Luft Gears” has successfully come to completion and it’s one of the few homebrew…

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Adventure Game Studio Homebrew Project from 2012 May Soon be Revived

30 May 2025 RGN Admin

Way back before 2012 I used to have a fan website on the PC point and click adventure game The Dig. It was called the The Dig Site and it’s…

Video Game Spotlight: BS Treasure Conflix (Satellaview)

This game is an interesting hybrid that is part adventure/RPG and part mode 7 airship-dogfighting simulation. It was available in Japan only through the Satellaview satellite streaming service in 1996. The game was developed by legendary RPG developer SquareSoft. The game follows airship pilot and treasure hunter Voice as he is hired to find a mythical treasure by a mysterious client Gilmore on the planet Walden. The game is split into several main sections: the town mode where the main character can interact with NPC's at the various bases located throughout the land for clues to the whereabouts of hidden treasure. The mode 7 overworld in which you have control over the airship and can use a scanner to search for hidden treasures after the revealing of intel from NPC's at the various bases. The other section is the airship-dogfighting battles which occur during various stages throughout the game.

In addition to the aforementioned game sections there are a couple more elements that are core to how the game works. After finding the treasures after obtaining clues to their whereabouts as intel from the hunter's office. Intel must first be purchased or obtained by talking to NPC's before it can be detected and found on the overworld map screen. When the location of a treasure is found an artifact is obtained which can then be sold at the hunter's office, to specific NPC's or to collector's at an auction. With money obtained from finding artifacts various upgrades can be made to the player's airship such as armor, engine, rudder and weapons. The more the airship is upgraded the easier future battles become, allowing you to progress through the game's story. It may sound very basic however it's executed brilliantly and the result is an excellent game as you would expect from SquareSoft during the mid 1990's.

As the game was released for the Satellaview Super Nintendo broadcast service in Japan, the game is only available in Japanese, but thanks to the efforts of fans there is an English patch available which can be applied to the ROM file. The whole game is fairly short as it was designed as a short downloadable game that was probably only meant to keep gamers busy for a week or so after which they would have finished it and moved other games that were newly available the following week. The entire game can be finished in about 4-6 hours but it's a very entertaining few hours. It would have been great if SquareSoft had developed this into a full-length game as the whole experience is over far too quickly. We highly recommend this game for fans of Super Nintendo RPGs and SquareSoft games.
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Hardware Spotlight: Hori SGB Commander

I had no idea that this controller even existed until I came across it on eBay a couple months ago. It's a controller designed specifically for the Super Game Boy. It has buttons that are specific to the Super Game Boy functions and will do nothing when playing Super Nintendo games unless it is changed to "SFC" mode using the little switch in the middle of the controller which will restore the L, R, Y and X buttons. When playing Game Boy games through the Super Game Boy you only need the B, A, Start and Select buttons which means that these buttons can be changed to specific SGB functions. The different buttons are mute, speed, color and window which are mostly all self explanatory. The window button changes the border surrounding the game screen and the color button switches between the available color palettes.

The controller is very attractive and is very reminiscent of the Game Boy and Super Game Boy aesthetic. The buttons are colored just like the original DMG Game Boy with maroon A and B buttons, while the function buttons are whitish-grey, the body color of the DMG. The d-pad is black and the start and select buttons are a dark grey. The entire controller is whitish-grey like the function buttons and all the buttons are labelled in a striking dark blue. The same color is used for the words "Super GAME BOY" which are printed right at the top and in the middle of the controller. It even has a fake grate mimicking the DMG's speaker holes in the bottom right corner. This controller is extremely attractive, robust, well made an absolute delight to use. However they are rare and command prices on eBay of around $100 (AU) or more.

Retro Game News is Developing an RPG for Game Boy Color

Spectrum Next KS3 Nearing Delivery

Super Game Boy Hidden Feature Cracked to Create First SGB Exclusive Game

New Homebrew Title for ZX Spectrum 128 is the First of It’s Kind

Watermelon’s Paprium Leaked ROM Now Playable on Emulator

GB Studio Makes Development for the DMG an Achievable Dream for Many

New GBC Homebrew Based on Yume Nikki Going Physical

Cronela’s Mansion June Update on Kickstarter

New Homebrew Game “Luft Gears” for Gameboy Launches as Kickstarter Campaign get’s Funded

Adventure Game Studio Homebrew Project from 2012 May Soon be Revived

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