All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (November 8th 2026)

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Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Is Getting an AI-Free SNES Port, and You Can Play It Now

Homebrew developer Kaffeeware has released a playable demo of their SNES port of Konami's legendary Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.

The developer has stated that no AI was used in this project, and that it's currently being done "by eye" – although Kaffeeware says they are looking into decompilation sources to make things feel a little more accurate.

The dev adds that they intend to "keep native SNES specs" but "will need to move to a bigger ROM" to fit everything in.