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The goal in Snappy by Sebastian Mihai is to get as many men across Snappy’s pit as possible. Each game starts with ten men, and each of them gets parachuted at a random spot, so you have to time your jumps well. Only one button is used – fire. It will start a new game when on the menu screen, and it will cause a man to start running, trying to make it across the pit.

Crazy Desk by Shortcutbox is a physics-basedboard game for all ages. Your goal is to touch the green chips and avoid the bombs. Harness your brain to beat all amazing levels.

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ZXDS is an emulator of Sinclair ZX Spectrum for Nintendo DS, written by Patrik Rak. It is steadily reaching a mature stage of development, and it already has some noteworthy features, like accurate emulation of Spectrum 48k, 128k and Pentagon models (including sound), or support for TAP/TZX/PZX tape files, TRD/SCL disk files and RZX playback files.

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ZXDS 1.2.0 (19.2.2014)

+ Proper Spectrum +2/+2A/+3 emulation, including contention and everything.
+ Support for +3DOS 3″ DSK/EDSK disks, including autoboot and disk browser.
+ TR-DOS formatting now also works for all possible disk format types.
+ File and directory name filtering is now available in file requester.
+ All keyboard keys are now sticky whenever the emulation is paused.
* In load requester, L/R+Y now shows the other medium than Y does.
* Button input in file viewer can be now toggled with icon or L/R+X and Pause.
* Full size TR-DOS disks are now always treated as double track and double sided.
* Alternate save/load directories now work better and even with filter enabled.
* Various internal changes (ROM deltas, SZX +3DOS support, plus model stats, media icon).
* Minor bugfixes (FTP files caching, hex decoding, TR-DOS BASIC start line).

M.K. updated his Game Boy Emulator for the Virtual Boy. Great to see M.K. is still supporting the development and goes on bringing 100’s of games to a platform they never existed for.

Seriously… is there any reason the Atari VCS should be not having a Flappy Bird style game? Oh wait… thanks to iesposta there is actually a game very similar to it named Flappy.

In Roll Boss Rush by isufje you play as Megaman’s sister ROLL, but not the Roll based on the Japanese Canon, but the Ruby Spears Megaman Cartoon. There are now 4 difficulty levels (easy-normal-hard & one-hit). You choose one main weapon (straight-spread-charge or burst) and one sub-weapon (vacuum-toaster-saw). You can also now choose between fighting 1 or 2 bosses at the same time (mono-melee) regardless of your difficulty level.

During battles you can grab your enemy and absorb their power and use it against them. She can even perform some physical attacks such as a drop kick. You also have a super meter that allows you to perform a SUPER MOVE. Based on what weapon you’re currently using, you can perform different SUPER MOVES. Each boss has a weakness, much like every other Megaman game. At the end of each battle, you’re given a grade based upon your performance, an information token along with a password.

News found via the Retro Game Network! Thanks for the hint guys!

Mirakel by Anatolij Zelenin and Georg Semmler is an open source TODO-List App for Android.

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Zpace Racers is a space racing game by DanB. It’s playable but still considered more a technical demo which might evolve into a real game if there is enough feedback and interest from the last few Virtual Boy users out there.

Ladies, Gentlemen! Hold your breath! M.K. brings us a Game Boy Emulator for the Virtual Boy – it does not only run commercial ROM’s such as Super Mario, but also plenty of homebrew games which can be found here at PDroms.

Chris Read aka atari2600land continues working on his 2D fighting game Insecticide. It’s easy to kill a bug, but how about when you’re a bug yourself? Strap yourself into a bug’s shoes and fight to the death. Are you strong enough to perform insecticide?

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