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Oshinui Tune (2025) by megamittz for Game Boy Color.

What if a shmup was also a hiragana fill-in-the-blank puzzle? Shoot the wrong characters, complete the word, and out pops a plushie.

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BrewOtaku is a retro homebrew gaming magazine “where new games keep old systems alive”. We cover fresh games for old consoles, handhelds, and computers. Dealing with limitations of very old systems is a passion and an art in itself, and still, coders out there can get the most out of the least and release fresh games regular!

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News-Corner: 20 pages of Homebrew-Headlines! Mentioning over 120 fresh released titles!

Sorcerer Kid Adventure (MSX), Titan Ufo (MSX), Fast Food (GBC), Blasting Robots (LNX), PixFight (NES), Santa’s Fall 2 (C64), The Pretzelves (C64), Geometry Battle (PSX), Ryōshi Shinryaku (LNX), Skies High (DC), Chuck Norris Superkicks (GBC), Hitokiri (C64), Dragonfire (GBC), Sam.PR Explorer (MSX), Rhino Express GBA (GBA), Scrubby Scramble (NES), Bereft (C64), Carzilla (LNX), Pleasuredome (GBC), Final Spook (C64), Rat Splat (GBC), Kirai (NES), Frogs (ST), Rintivoorh (OCS), Bombero (CPC), Revenge of the Grinch (OCS), War Marbles Legacy (GEN), Spaceship Yastuna (LNX), Crystal Place (CPC), Tank in a Dungeon (ECS), Binary Battle (MSX), Feliz 2025 (GEN), Casino Pokies (CPC), Skynet Road to 1984 (ZXS), Soko Banana: Tinsel Island (NES), Golf Dash Extended (C64), Sonik GemDash (GB), Robo Race (MSX), Maze of the Robots (ZXS), Molotov (MSX), Light the LEDs (OCS), Worship Vector (DC), Unbound Fate (GBC), Jumping Llama (MSX), Weights and Crates Deluxe (C64), Snowy and the Candy Canes (GBC), The Storied Sword (DC), Take It Racing 3 (GBC), Christmas Crisis 1 (NES), Galacard Advance (GBA), Pepper Buster (CPC), Q*bert (MSX2), Poppie Land (MSX), Snake Boxer 5 (VCS), Happy Bat (AGA), Welcome Hawk (Demo) (GB), Fuji Tetris 68k (ST), Umi Colors (VCS), Big Drill (DC), Robo Escape (LNX), My Pet (VCS), Dream Ride (DC), Bunnito’s Feast (AGA), Fish (VCS), Racing (MSX2), Jungle Trouble (GBC), 21 Grams of Soul (CPC), Alpha Man (C64), Sapermania (OCS), The Eternal Sleep (DC), Underwater Memories (GBC), Christmas Match (COCO), Beach Box (DC), Saboteur! C16 (GBC), Tony: Montezuma’s Gold (ST), Order of Titan (DC), Xump 2 (LNX), Old West (VCS), DuckHopper (XLXE), Throbbing Headache DX (ZXS), Bounce Quest DC (DC), The Last Escape (DC), Kolotoc (CPC), Ninja Hashiru (VCS), Don’t touch my Eggs (CPC), Heartlight (ZXS), Rainbow Defender (VCS), Schreckenstein 64 (C64), Murph’s Big Puddle Fishin’ (DC), Grub-o-Grotto (LNX), Fernandino (GBC), Plane Lazy (ZXS), A 20 Second Platformer (Chapter 2) (GBC), Moji Space (MSX), Hafoc Tor (ZXS), The Atomic Cathedral (XLXE), Lost Days 0: Queen’s Dream (SAT), Snowmen Arrive on Mars (VCS), Bbomb Bbot (LNX), Defense Horizon (XLXE), Dead Metal 3 (AGA), Avery Breakout (XLXE), Casey’s Gold (VCS), No Future XL (ZXS), Santas Present Drop 4: Grunch’s Revenge (OCS), Furore (LNX), Bubble Bobble (XLXE), The Artefact (ST), Hammer Smasher (GBA), Sequence (GBC), Cosmic Blaster (OCS), Lost Eclipse (GBC), Elf-n-Squirrel (VCS), Tracker Hero (ECS), Fruit’Y (LNX), Kommando Urbex 2 (CPC), Starship Madness (DC), Racquetball (VCS), Cube Droid Holiday Special (MSX2), Black Hole Descent (DC), The House of Mystery (VCS), Pacific Air War (V20), Sybil: Halloween Defender (OCS), Escape From PETSCII Castle (PET), Rogül (XLXE), Eternal Meteors (XLXE)

Homebrew Reviews: Soiled Iron (C64), Drop of Abu-Cymbel (MSX), End of the World (C64), Catbox (MSX), Trick Truck (DC), Ami Robbo 2 (OCS), Captain Ishtar 2 (C64), Fire Fighter Tobik 3 (XLXE), Elite (V20) & Defuseball (DC), Encounter HD (ORIC), Sky Shapers (AGA), DCA3 (DC), Yoomp! (OCS), Lunatic Fighters (GEN), Doom64 (DC), Alien Intruder (DOS), Wizonk! Magic Arena (OCS), Mighty Steel Fighters GGP (CPC), Santa’s Work Out 4 (C64), Dungeons of Gomilandia (CPC), Return to Anctrayl (NES), Super Star Wars Holiday Special (GEN), Bearded Fantasy (ZXS), Double Dragon II (SNES), Cave Dave (GBC), Crimson Ties (GB), Tarzanete (CPC), Echoes of Atlantis (ZXS)

Stories: faSTEr (STE), VNEN — SMD Visual Novel Engine, Kikstart II (ZXS), Lotus Turbo Challenge Series (OCS), Dr.Future Remix-Special, EverDrive N8 Pro (Famicom Hardware)

Interview: Interview with Jonathan THOMAS (Chicane)

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Grabber (2025) by László Rajcsányi for Game Boy Color.

Grab treasures from maze corners, stash them in centre boxes. Monsters match your colour and kill on touch. Pass over an X to briefly flip the tables, but you only get two shots.

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Gravity Pong (2025) by pirat28hh for Commodore 64.

A C64 assembler game, written in three days from paper notes. One joystick, one paddle, gravity doing the rest. If the ball hits the left edge, it’s over

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Simon’s Rainbows (2025) by ing73 for Commodore 64.

A memory test inspired by the classic Simon game. Repeat colour sequences to complete rainbows, growing bigger with each level. Five attempts, one mistake restarts the run.

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Bai-Suzhen (2025) by Saifat Ma for Nintendo Entertainment System.

A mythic puzzle quest based on The Legend of the White Snake. Guide the serpent spirit through 32 levels to revive her fallen husband with the Lingzhi herb.

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Zookeeper 3 (2025) by Vector5 Games for Commodore 64.

Free 30 puzzles, cages, bubbles, and blue goo stand between you and the next level code. Mouse support included, but the joystick works too.

Description for image: Zookeeper 3 by Vector5 Games for Commodore 64

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Zookeeper 2 (2025) by Vector5 Games for Commodore 64.

Match two or more animals to clear puzzle boards, but cages, bubbles, and blue goo all need a different approach. 30 levels, mouse support, and a level code system that’s pure retro.

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Rob-Man (2026) by Robert Hanyic for Commodore 64.

A 100% Assembly Pac-Man style maze chase with 2-player simultaneous co-op. Blinky hunts you down, three other ghosts search unpredictably, and level 10 opens into a near-wall-free “Death Maze.”

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BrewOtaku is a retro homebrew gaming magazine where new games keep old systems alive. We cover fresh games for old consoles, handhelds, and computers. Dealing with limitations of very old systems is a passion and an art in itself, and still, coders out there can get the most out of the least and release fresh games regular!

Content:

News-Corner: 26.5 pages of Homebrew-Headlines! Mentioning over 150 fresh released titles!

Homebrew Reviews: Lunar Lancer (GB), Flea 2 (NES), Portal Buster (C64), Marlow (ZXS), Taiyaki (GB), Fast Food 2 (AGA), Pokettohiro (GBC), Pyjamarama (MSX), Orbix (C64), Old Towers (NES), Mijadore 2 (ZXS), Tale of Evil (ECS), Inspector Waffles Early Days (GBC), Mushrooms in the Woods (C64), Whereisit? (JAG), Break Space (ZXS), Connect (OCS), F-16 (XL/XE), Cobol’s Laboratory (NES), Battle for Cronos (C64), Nitro (GBC), Rumba (ZXS), Em Busca dos Tesouros (VCS), Tiny Pixel Adventure (OCS), Maiden’s Extreme Fist (MSX2), Squarez (OCS), Monster Mayhem (CPC), Foal’s Creek (NES), Croco Folie &28 (CPC) & Lava Hero (COCO).

Stories: Cronela’s Mansion, S.E.U.C.K. for Commodore 64, Superfrog & The Monkey Island Series (1990-2022)

Interview: Interview with Francesco TERRACCIANO (Straynus)