Oscar BraindeaD let me know that he released a new GBA puzzle game called PTC. Current version is 1.0 and contains 128 levels. The game can be downloaded from his homepage.

http://www.geocities.com/oscarbraindead

Cyclone is a remake of an old Spectrum game with the same name by Quirky. The game works on real hardware. The aim of the game is to fly around several islands collecting supplies and people without running out of fuel or crashing. (Thanks to Guyfawkes for the news)

http://www.quirky.remakes.org

Matthew Partridge released an updated version of his “Thrust” C64 game remake. Download from:

http://www.gbadev.org/

Matthew Gummo released a bugfix version of his puzzle game “Fill It Up”. Download from:

http://www.gbadev.org/

Gameboy Advance
Fill It Up by Matthew Gummo
Thrust Advance v1.01 by Matthew R Partridge

Matt Gummo released a new homebrewn game for GBA. This time it’s a puzzle game where you have to walk through an entire level without going over a location you have already been at. It is quite addictive and has some great features like a random level generator, and even a level editor. [Description stolen from krom/gbadev.org :]

http://www.gbadev.org/

Matthew R. Partridge did a coversation of the old Commodore 64 game “Thrust” and send it to GBAdev. The changes compared to the C64 are:

Differences to Thrust (C64)

The door opens the wrong way on level 5.The teleport effect is missing.There should be 2 types of fuel pod, there is only one. There are no collisions between the ship or orb and static objects.The particles for players bullets, limpet bullets and debris are all the same colour.

http://www.gbadev.org/

Aaron Rogers has updated his Hearts game again. Get the download from his page.

http://www.aaronrogers.com/ham/Games/HAM_Hearts/ham_hearts.php

A new demo appeared on gbadev.org today! This time it’s “Mosaic Test” by Jenswa!

http://www.gbadev.org/

There are some hardware news at my sponsor’s page GameGizmo.com:

The GBA? Halo Light promises (and sure looks like) an excellent addition to your GBA?, and a great way to light up the games you play, without any real installation other than plugging it into the link port of the GBA? and replacing the GBA? lens.

As you can see from the pictures shown on the official page, the games will look a lot brighter… but just have a look by yourself! The introducion price is US$34.97 (regular price after introducion will be US$39.97). Preorders are taken. Further details can be get from GG’s page.

http://www.gamegizmo.com/news.php#art_7