Ribbit Rush

Ribbit Rush is a frog-hopping arcade game for the ZX Spectrum Next, made by roman126 and released on itch.io in 2026. The developer describes it as a full-screen game with 9-channel TurboSound music. It is a Frogger-style game with six worlds, and the world changes every three stages through day, dusk and night. Each world has its own backdrop, sprites and theme tune.

The worlds are Lily River, Harbour Docks, Autumn Woods, Frozen Fjord, Desert Canyon and Neon City.

The traffic, river platforms and predators change in each one, so Lily River has crocodiles and logs, while Neon City has hover cars and a robo-croc. After world six, the game loops back to world one, but faster.

There are also three rotating bonus rounds, one after every world. Firefly Frenzy is the original bonus round, Fly Feast has you fire your tongue at flies, and Lily Pad Leap has you hop across sinking pads to golden lotus homes.

The game has 30 speech and sound clips played through the DAC without interrupting the music, including an announcer and a lady frog who says “My hero!” when you get her home.

Available from https://roman126.itch.io/ribbit-rush .

Black Tiger

Black Tiger MD is an unofficial, native port of Capcom’s arcade action platformer, made by rester159 for the Sega Mega Drive and Genesis using SGDK. It was published on itch.io on 21 September 2026 and is free to download.

The page says it runs native Mega Drive code and does not run an arcade emulator. All eight original stage maps are included. The graphics have been converted to the Mega Drive’s tiles, sprites and reduced palettes, and the music plays through a native FM sound engine.

There are two ways to play.

Arcade mode keeps the coin and credit structure and the original game intro, with settings in a DIP switch menu.

Home mode starts a game straight away and adds an options menu, a Boss Rush mode that puts all eight bosses into one palace arena, and an unlockable debug menu.

Batman

Batman is an arcade game made by Atari Games.

It was released in April 1991, even though the title screen says 1990. It was sold only as a conversion kit, with 500 kits produced in the USA and 101 in Ireland for Europe, at a launch price of $1,095. The story is based on the 1989 Tim Burton film, and Batman must save Gotham City from the Joker.

The stages include sections in the Batmobile and the Batwing, and the game uses sounds and voices from the movie. It is a one player game with an 8-way joystick and two buttons. It is not related to the later game Batman Forever, which was made by a different company.

MiSTer is an open-source project that recreates classic arcade machines, consoles and computers using FPGA hardware instead of software emulation.

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Joust

Joust gameplay with full commentary, played on a MiSTer FPGA.

Joust is an arcade game released in 1982 by Williams Electronics, with John Newcomer as its lead designer. You fly an ostrich by tapping the flap button, and you fight enemy knights riding buzzards. When two riders collide, whoever is higher on the screen wins the clash.

A defeated knight leaves an egg behind, and if you don't collect it in time it hatches into a new rider. Take too long on a wave and a pterodactyl appears, and a lava troll's hand can grab you if you fly too close to the lava.

Two players can play at the same time, either working together or competing for score. Joust was later ported to many home systems, including the Atari 2600, Atari 7800, NES and Commodore 64.

About MiSTer FPGA: MiSTer is an open-source project that recreates classic arcade machines, consoles and computers on FPGA hardware. Williams arcade games like Joust are available on it as cores.

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ETCH

ETCH is a NEW 2026 top-down roguelike maze runner on Steam, and this is full gameplay with live commentary from start to finish. If you love new indie games, roguelikes and fresh Steam discoveries, you're in the right place.

ETCH is a top-down roguelike maze runner from developers Psiber1919 and mogamu. You play a PSI-class Runner, the only one able to move into the sectors of the System that the Tracers have taken. Your job is to dash through the grid, capture the cores and reach the exit before the Tracers corner you. When you die, you wake up at the entry point and go in again.

Facts about the full Steam version:

- 30 levels in total
- Four Protocols, starting with Surge and unlocking the rest as you push deeper
- 47 modules, including 12 corrupted high-risk builds
- Six bosses across the run, with the Archon waiting at the end of the System
- Supports Windows and Linux
- ETCH is the first chapter in a series

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Available from https://store.steampowered.com/app/4398870/ETCH/.

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Trashman

NEW in 2026: Trashman on the ZX Spectrum Next, with full gameplay and commentary on MiSTer FPGA. A brand new Spectrum Next game based on a classic, and I'm playing it with live commentary.

The original Trashman was written by Malcolm E. Evans and published by New Generation Software for the ZX Spectrum 48K in 1984, at an original price of £5.95. Here are some facts about it:

The new Spectrum Next version has programming by David Sonic Clarke, graphics by Simon Butler and music and sound by Paul Hesso, the team behind the Next game O. It is sold by Fusion Retro Books in standard, cassette and deluxe editions. The listing says you collect all the bins on each street, and it adds new hazards such as pot holes, wasps, ice and skateboarders alongside the original's bikes, dogs and visits to the pub.

The game is listed as compatible with ZX Spectrum Next, N-Go, X-Berry Pi and MiST(er). It supports 50Hz and 60Hz play, and 60Hz is recommended.

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Available from https://fusionretrobooks.com/products/trashman-spectrum-next-copy.

Jetpac

Jetpac returns in an intriguing Commodore 64 form as we take a look at this rare C64 version on MiSTer FPGA, with gameplay and commentary with this version created by Gary Pearson.

Originally released by Ultimate Play the Game in 1983, Jetpac became one of the defining early titles from the company founded by Tim and Chris Stamper. The original game appeared on the ZX Spectrum while a Commodore 64 version was never officially released by Ultimate.

Jetpac itself has an important place in retro gaming history. The original game won Game of the Year at the 1983 Golden Joystick Awards, and the Jetman series subsequently continued with Lunar Jetman and Solar Jetman.

In this video we play Jetpac on the Commodore 64 using MiSTer FPGA, with gameplay and commentary, taking a closer look at this fascinating piece of C64 history.

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