JOTEGO's 2025
As we look back on this year at JOTEGO, it’s incredible to see just how much ground we’ve covered together. Thanks to your continued support, 2025 has been one of our most active and ambitious years so far — not just in terms of game releases, but also in technical progress and long-requested features.
We kicked off January with Ninja Gaiden, Gradius II, and Cue Brick, alongside the introduction of Multi-way Joystick Emulation, making shooter games more fun by controlling them with the analog sticks. February followed with Typhoon Gal, Rumba Lumber, and Victorious Nine, continuing our steady release pace.
In March, we expanded hardware compatibility by adding Sinden LightGun support, releasing N.Y. Captor, Wild Fang, Strato Fighter, and Dokaben 2 — a milestone that many of you had been waiting for.
April brought Bronx and Rolling Thunder, while May became one of our most packed months with Sky Kid Deluxe, Wonder Momo, Hopping Mappy, Pac-Land, The Return of Ishtar, and Genpei Tōma Den.
June kept the momentum going with Metro-Cross, Laser Ghost, Desert Breaker, and Lightning Fighters.
In July, alongside Ajax, we responded directly to community requests by enabling support for four Neo Geo Pocket titles, opening the door to an entirely new platform. Ajax was the first title to include rotation of an image layer. This feature was extensively used by Konami and is quite demanding to the SDRAM on our modern FPGA setups.
August saw the release of Surprise Attack, as well as important work behind the scenes fixing several audio issues across multiple cores. Surprise Attack was one of these unexpected cores. We had bought the PCB a long time ago, almost forgot about it and then realised that we had most of the required chips already implemented. We did the job well, extracting full schematics from the PCB and helping MAME solve a layer transparency issue that had been going on for years.
In September, we did a lot of maintenance work focused on stability and quality — resolving a large number of issues. It was also the month of Golfing Greats. This is another Konami title using rotation and other 3D effects, for which we shared technical insights. As with Surprise Attack, the work we did on the schematics for Golfing Greats has shown how the hardware processed where the ball is on the screen, which was unknown before.
Furrtek's RE work on the Konami chip has been fundamental too in order to recreate them accurately. Combining the RE for the chips, the PCBs and the power of FPGA, we have done the best possible recreations of this hardware.
October was another major highlight, with five releases in a single month: Turtles in Time, Clockwork Aquario, Where’s Wally?, D.D. Crew, and Hammer Away. In November, after months of anticipation, we finally delivered Run & Gun, fulfilling a promise many of you had been holding us to.
We closed the year strong in December by making System 18 publicly available, and bringing Run & Gun to the Analogue Pocket, expanding access to even more players.
There are some updates ready for the next JTFRIDAY, and a new core too, but that will have to wait a couple more days, until the 2nd of January 2026!
This short summary does not cover all of the new games and features published during 2025. It is just too much! And none of this would have been possible without your trust, patience, and encouragement.
Your support doesn’t just fund development — it shapes priorities, drives decisions, and pushes JOTEGO forward. As we move into next year, we’re more motivated than ever to keep improving, exploring new hardware, and bringing even more classic arcade experiences to life.
THANK YOU!
Comments (51)
Ninja gaiden is a masterpiece
Just got my first Mister, wanted to support your work and say I can't wait for CPS3
What a year! Thank you for all of the hard work 🙏
Fantastic work by your team! Incredibly impressive reverse engineering and consistent quality
Feliz año nuevo don José y equipo! Esperamos con ganas las nuevas sorpresas que nos preparéis para este año
Fantastic 2025, much success and looking forward to 2026! Also - crazy how many arcade games there are, seems like the number is somewhere between thousands and infinity, and how even though some will use *almost* identical chips there are still enough differences and tricky edge cases to not let anyone get any sleep ever, almost no free lunches at all.
Happy New Year! Thank you for all the great work you do for preserving the classics and sharing with us to enjoy. Hope 2026 brings you more success.
Happy to continue to support the great work you accomplish for game preservation!
Appreciate all you're doing for preserving arcade games through FPGA. Happy New Year. Here's hoping for much more 80s arcade goodness in 2026.
Happy New Year folks. Here’s hoping 2026 will bring more awesome treats, looking at you Rainbow Islands 👀 🤞
Happy New Years everyone, and thank you!
Happy New Year to Jotego and the team, and many thanks for all of your hard work throughout an amazing 2025. 😊 It’s much appreciated - you guys rock!
Thank you for all you've done.
Thanks for all the hard work done in 2025 and all the best for 2026! Long life to arcade preservation 👾
🎉🍻
Happy New Year and great work!!!!!
Happy new year and tx for the work!
Happy New Year to the whole JOTEGO team! 🎉
Pleasure donating to such amazing work. Thank you for all the hard work of you an your team and a happy new year
HNY to you, your family and colleagues making big changes in this awesome community! Here’s to 2026. Thank you.
Thank you for all the hard work in 2025. I can't wait to see what 2026 will bring. I'm crossing my fingers for CPS3! 😜
Thanks for all the hard work and fun delivered!
It's always beautiful! You're great! Keep it up!
¡Feliz año nuevo! Thanks for your work this year, looking forward to what the team will deliver in 2026!
Gracias por todo, JOTEGO. Pura vida desde Costa Rica y espero que tengas un feliz año nuevo!
Feliz año nuevo , saludos desde México, Felicito a todos los que hacen posibles este excelente trabajo , revibiendo juegos arcade que para estos días es difícil poder conseguir los juegos originales ya que muchos por el paso del tiempo se dañan y es difícil de reparar, grasias a ustedes hoy puedo jugar tiger road, Trojan, sidearms, r type y una lista tan extensa de mis favoritos , también jugar esos juegos de la tan poderosa sega saturn , nuevamente los felicito y seguimos apoyandolos,muchas grasias .
Thank you Jotego and Team!! You have done an Incredible job and I'm looking forward to 2026. Happy New Year!!! 🎆 🎇
Happy new year Jotego!
Awesome work, happy new year!
Can't wait to see what 2026 has in store! Thanks for everything in 2025 Jotego! Happy New Year
Thank you dude. You and your team keep my childhood alive. You guys are the best. Much love guys and a very happy New Year to you all 😊🙌🏼🎉🥳
Any chance we'll ever get a PGM core?
My guess is after CPS3.... Here's hoping.
Thank you for the great job! I'm sure a lot of us are looking forward for the CPS3 core coming up in 2026! All the best and Happy New Year!
muchas gracias por todo y feliz 2026
Awesome thank you. Do we have a what’s in store for 2026 yet? What we can expect and look forward to?
You guys are so amazing! Thank you for 2025! I can't wait to see what this next year brings us! Happy New Year to u and your amazing team!!!
Thank you for all the joy you've given me this year
Excelentes juegos y que sigan los éxitos!!! Feliz año!!!!
All the best team. Thanks for everything in 2025, we are looking forward to 2026 with you guys and beyond.
Thanks to the entire crew for all the hard work! I really hope the IGS PGM is coming soon. I've never played it before and it looks very interesting.
Feliz Año Nuevo, os deseo al equipo que cumpláis todas vuestras expectativas profesionales y personales. Un abrazo.
Gracias Jotego and Team. Un felice 2026 a tutti voi.
Feliz año nuevo 👏🏻
Have a Happy New Year Jotego and team. Thank you for all the work and effort you put into FPGA development!
Maybe IGS PGM and CPS3 in 2026?
yeah, I've been playing Ketsui this year, it's so good. hardware like Konami GX and Taito F3 would be awesome too!
Gracias Jotego, Feliz 2026.
Feliz año nuevo!🎊 🎊
Thank you and your team for all your hard work and an awesome year of gaming! Looking forward to see what this next year will bring!!
Thank you Jotego Happy 2026! And Blessings.