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Homebrew Side Quests #1: Wii Did It
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Homebrew Side Quests #1: Wii Did It 🕹️
Let’s be honest—retro gaming isn’t just nostalgia; it’s a full-blown renaissance. This week’s Homebrew Side Quests proves that classic hardware is still getting love, upgrades, and wildly creative new life—even if the original manufacturers moved on decades ago.
We’ve got Spider Maze 2 for the C64: a glossy, spike-filled maze dash that’s like Pac-Man meeting QBert at a disco. Then there’s US Championship V’Ball, finally ported to Amiga with all the beach vibes and 68k muscle you didn’t know you needed.
But things get spookier with The Last Pumpkin—a co-op platformer where you bounce around a haunted castle as either a pumpkin or a cat. Yes, really—and yes, it’s as fun (and chaotic) as it sounds.
Over on the Amiga front, Double Baboon Ninja promises neon-drenched simian ninja action, while G-Wars goes full Geometry Wars on AGA machines like it’s 1999 again. Meanwhile, Demon Pages brings old-school Western CRPGs to PC (and emulators), and Metal Canary—a Wii/Dreamcast/Steam shooter—is already playable on Nintendo’s 2006 console… with a physical Wii release planned for Retrocon 2026.
Turns out, the past isn’t even past—it’s just being remixed.