Stop and Smell the Irises is a PICO-8 platformer that rewards careful exploration and local high score competition.
Make your way past spikes to collect keys and reach the flag, but don’t forget to stop and smell the irises – explore to find as many coins as you can.
A pirate must feed a cursed chest treasures to lift the curse, using a compass that attracts loot but also draws hostile creatures.
Created for the ‘Stop Killing Games Community Jam 2026’, you navigate a mysterious island collecting scattered treasures while managing the greed that lures enemies.
Grab is a little goblin stuck in a bag of holding, and you’ve got to help him collect potions and equipment for Sir Conrad. You move along a grid, dodging bananas and caltrops, while collecting gobberries for a speed boost.
The game was made for the Portland Indie Game Squad Summer Slowjams 2026.
Dungrid is a very simple turn-based strategy game for PICO-8, bringing neat pixel monsters to the tiny screen.
The game focuses on straightforward tactical gameplay, letting you command cute pixel creatures in a compact grid-based battlefield.
MY 8-BIT SYNDROME Issue #04, downloadable on itch.io for $2.00 USD, is an 8-bit retro computing publication containing developer interviews, historical articles on Czechoslovakian clone hardware, a ZX81 hardware repair guide, and game reviews for systems like the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and Atari XL/XE.
Free reading material is always a pleasure, so go and read while it’s fresh!
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Escape From Corpocity (2026) by juanma2k for ZX Spectrum.
Can you break the elites’ grip in this 48K dystopian RPG?
Skittles (2026) by nikos-vr for Commodore 64.
A chessboard puzzle where you capture pawns as a tower, bishop or knight. Limited moves, 16 levels, and one king to trap last.
Hold your horses, homebrew fans. Microdeal is back! László Rajcsányi has brought all of Cuthbert’s adventures to the Game Boy Color in a limited physical edition. All profits go to a UK charity, so you won’t just get a bunch of new GBC games, you’ll also be doing a good deed. Now that’s what you call a win-win, isn’t it?
Games:
The project is officially licensed by Subvert Ltd. The physical package includes a protective box with a magnetic fastener, custom artwork inserts, and physical game cartridges available in Vibrant Purple or Electric Pink shells.
Pantopia (2026) by DobyGames for Game Boy Color.
A boy named Everey wants his glowing marbles back from king Mr. Pan, but his guards patrol four areas ready to stop you. Will you reclaim all the SparCollects?
River Run (2026) by MilaSoft for Commodore PET.
Weave a PET through narrow river bends, dodge gunboats, helis and tanks, and grab fuel before the tank goes dry. Bridges must fall.