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Mike Mech 2 - C64 | Mike Mech 2 is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by LC-Games. In the game, you must guide Mike, the mechanic, inside the various cargo holds and activate all the levers. The player has the option to move through the rooms by jumping from platform to platform, using ladders, or riding lifts that move vertically or horizontally. Sometimes there are portals through which the player can teleport to another point in the room.

Celso Martinho - The first perfect computer | Celso Martinho wrote a blog about restoring and upgrading a Amiga 1000 computer, the first model of the Amiga series. The updates are: Replacing all the electrolytic capacitors in the power supply and on the motherboard, replacing the IC socket for the CPU, retro-brighting, adding a Parceiro 2+, HID2AMI, a Laser Tank mouse and a RGB2HDMI.

Commodore.software | The web page Commodore.software has had an update with many new items: Commodore MAX User's Manual, MicroSpec Rental Property Manager Manual, Commodore Amiga Software Toolkit Manual, Dr. Watson - Beginners Assembly Language Programming for the VIC20, White Lightning & Basic Lightning Supplement, Basic Lightning Manual, White Lightning Manual, PrintShop Graphics Library: Special Edition & Holiday Edition, OmniWriter & OmniSpell Instruction Manual, Steve Writer v1.0, SpeedCalc 2019, !-Load, PAKRATT Model PK-64 & HFM-64 Operating Manual, JiffyDOS SX-64, MSD-1 & MSD-2, FDS-2, Enhancer 2000, 128, 1581, 1541 and 1541-II Installation Guide, JiffyDOS Overlays, MicroSpec MS-Backup, CMD RAMLink Utilities Rev.1, Text File Browser, MicroSpec Accounts Receivable User's Guide and the Easy Flash Programmer's Guide.

Edoardo kinmami - VIC20 Audio Video Booster | Edoardo kinmami is working on improving the video and audio signal of the Commodore VIC20 computer. The VIC20 Audio Video Booster adapter is placed between the MOS 6560 / 6561 and the motherboard. There are also modification necessary on the motherboard.

Arctic retro - Kung Fu Flash 2 | You can now watch a new video from the Arctic retro YouTube channel. In this video: The new Kung Fu Flash 2 with REU tested, and compared to the SideKick64.

VCGN - Monitor 2024-02 | A new edition of the VCGN Monitor magazine is now available for download (English & Dutch). In this edition: Micro-PET, VIC20 Dual Serial Cart Mk I, Vision BASIC, C128DCR - DolphinDOS 3, STMMC, Amiga External Dual Disk Drive Adapter, ALBERT, Tape Master Pro V5.0, Serial A/D Converter - VIC20, C64 & C128, Soft-tips, the Scratchpad, Commodore and Amiga news, classifieds adds and the events for the year 2025.

Commodore History - C64 & 8050 | You can watch a new video from the Commodore History YouTube channel. In this video, a look at an early advertisement for the Commodore C64, that has a picture of a C64 and a Commodore PET disk drive.

Hall of Light | An update for the Hall of Light web page: The Neverending Story II, Traps 'n' Treasures, The Seven Gates Of Jambala, The Adventures Of Quik And Silva, No Second Prize, Microbattle & Fullspeed, Maniac Mansion, Log!cal, Elefanten!, Circus Attractions, Stoppt Den Calippo Fresser, Atomania, Atomania, Simulcra, World Odyssey, Nauka Jezyka: Angielski, Elvira: Mistress Of The Dark, Elvira II: The Jaws Of Cerberus, B.A.T. II, Jabato and Los Templos Sagrados.

Hey Birt! - 2000K repair | A new video from the Hey Birt YouTube channel is now available. In this video, Birt is repairing a Commodore 2000K game console.

MorphOS Storage | An update for the MorphOS Storage web page: Wayfarer_9.1.lha, IconInfo_1.0.lha, GetMimetype_1.0.lha, AmbientFind_1.0.lh, Znax_1.1.lha, Markdown-Viewer_1.0.lha, cmark-0.31.1.lha, OpenRCT2_0.4.19.lha, SonicMania_1.1.0.lha, protrekkr_2.8.1.lha, boost-1.87.0.lha, AmiSpeedTest_0.8.lha, sidid-1.09.lh, Defblade_1.0.lha, AmiArcadia_33.90.lha, PerCIMan_0.7.6.lha, WaveEdit_1.1.lha, CDogs-SDL_2.2.0.lha, jansson-2.14.lha, OpenKropki_0.4.lha, stream-5.10-efika.lha, Mahjong_0.17.lha, AmiTranslate_0.5.lha, Lite-XL_2.1.7r1.lh and Physfs-3.3.0.lha.

Artifact Electronics - VIC20 + 32 kB | Artifact Electronics has made a new YouTube video: This time he is adding 32 kB of internal RAM to a Commodore VIC20 computer.

Amiga Future - Cheats Database | The cheats database of Amiga Future is updated weekly by David Jahn. The database contains cheats, solutions, tips & tricks and Freezer addresses. The latest updates are: Maniac Mansion, Manhunter - New York and Mamba Move.

DLH's Commodore Archive | DLH's Commodore Archive is a web page for Commodore documentation. You can find magazines, books and manuals. The latest additions are: Learn to Program the Commodore 64 All by Yourself, Espionage The Computer Game Rule Book and MEGABASIC for the Commodore 64.

B Breakout - Plus/4 | B Breakout is a classic breakout game, developed by Haegar. The game is one of the games in the BASIC 10Liner Contest. The game can be played with the joystick, and you have 5 lives in total. After 50 points or a multiple of 50, the wall is rebuilt.

Amiga Future: New downloads | The Amiga Future website has new (full) downloads available: Nippon Safes Inc, König Eduard, Jonathan Train It, Mars Tank Attack and Ts Imbiss.

Old School Gamer - 44 | Old School Gamer is a magazine for retro consoles gamers. In this (free) edition: 70s Handheld Games, 20th Anniversary of the DS, The PlayStation Portable, How to Hack the PSP, The Neo Geo Pocket, Non-Nintendo Handhelds, Game Boy Operator Review, I Fell in Love with the Game Boy, Japanese Handhelds, The Game Boy Advance, The Apple II, Tetris Forever, Donkey Kong Part 2, Classic/Current, Queen of the Ball, The Video Game Life, NES High Score, Motorcycle Games, OSG Bookshelf, The Polycade Sente, The Video Game Collector's Field Guide, Heavy Hitters and No Quarter Corner.

AmiKit XE 12.7 | A new version of AmiKit is now available as a download. The changes in this version are: CPU-A 0.3, Currency Converter DOpus5 Button Bank, Convert, TuneFinderMUI, WinUAE, Amiberry, AmigaGPT, AmiSSL, DOpus5 User Menu, GTLayout Library, Disassembler Library, Image2PDF, Infinite Music Player, IsoMount, PowerPacker Library, RapaGUI, ScummVM, Settle the World, SysVars and WHDLoad.

C64.ch | The demo portal C64.ch has added new demos for the Commodore C64 computer. The new files are: ELITE Blueprints, C64 3D, 3-D Film Show, Hat Basket, Mickey, Funny Dir Message, Groupless, Moonrise, Animals Picture Pack 5, Stripes, Hires Show, Born in the USA, Show Hires.Demo, Hires-Scroll, ZZ Top, Aerosmith, The Far Side - Cat Fud, Contra-Aid, The Jazzcat, Guitarman, Movie Mogul and Mirror Image.

HxC Floppy Emulator toolkit - v2.16.10.2 | There is new firmware available for the HxC Floppy emulator. The HxC floppy emulator is a replacement of a 3.5 inch disk-drive in for example an Amiga or an Atari ST. In this version improvements for: Writer (png), hxcfe, Disk viewer, DMK, Apple II, GUI, EDE, SCP, FLTK, IMD, SAP, CPC, DSK, EDSK, 86Box 86F, HFE and CPC.

Wayfarer v9.1 - MorphOS | Wayfarer is a web browser for MorphOS, based on a recent branch of WebKit. Changes in this version: Rebased to WebKitGTK 2.46.6, bug-fixes and updates for libcURL, libtasn, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, liblcms2, libnettle, libpng16, libwebp, libxslt and libsqlite.

?REDO FROM START - Volume 1 | Marco Breddin started a Kickstarter campaign for a new book about the Commodore C64 computer. The book will describe the pioneering days of computer game design, discussing the significance of the Commodore C64 from 1982 to 1985. Numerous important names, some better known than others, answer a ton of pressing questions about their formative developing years, providing a total of 64 interviews with a focus on the USA and Japan (volume 1) as well as Canada and Europe (volume 2).

Spillhistorie - Steve Meretzky | You can read an interview on the Spillhistorie webpage with Steve Meretzky. Steve is an American game designer who started his career at Infocom. He worked on games such as the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Planetfall, Leather Goddesses of Phobos and A Mind Forever Voyaging.

Retro Gaming Dino - Amiga - 01-2025 | You can watch a new video from the Retro Gaming Dino YouTube channel. In this episode new games for the Amiga computer: Sky Shapers, Bunnito's Feast, Tiny Pixel Adventure, Absolute Zero, Soko-Ban, Dark Shadows of Sergoth, Erinia, Happy Bat, Tank in a Dungeon, Super Star Wars, Castlevania, Wizonk!, Phantasy Star 2, Operation Steel Rain and LightTheLEDs.

Scene World magazine #35 | Scene World is an English diskette magazine for the PAL and NTSC Commodore 64 scene. In this edition of Scene World: Mark Cale, Gamescom Latam, Intro coding tutorial, C64 tools, Disk cover - Retromantis, Diskmag Catalog, DESiRE, Scene News, PAL News, NTSC News, Game News, CBMPRGStudio, Charles Cecil, The P3OL Project, Bitmap Bureau and Super Tilt Bro.

Amiga Future #146 | This older edition of Amiga Future is now online available. In this edition: Editorial, News, Sword of Sodan, Xenomorph, Missile Command, Mini Zorro, Ludicrus, RTFG, BlitzWays, Aminet, OS4 Depot, AmiCygnix 1.6, Red Pill, Pass Pocket, Trevors Soapbox, Making of... Freds Journey, Speedrun: King's Quest: Quest for the Crown, AmigaOS 3.1.4, Monitors for the Amiga, Demoscene and Lüttje Bookholler.

LFT - Nine | LFT developed a demo for the Commodore C64 computer, called Nine. The demo seems a simple sprite demo, but there are 9 sprites on the same horizontal line, and in the upper border of the screen. Normally you can only display 8 sprites on a horizontal line.

Absolute Zero - Amiga | Absolute Zero is a game for the Amiga computer, developed by Zener (code & pixels), Sandman (pixels) and Fireb0y (music). In the game, you are Corben, a courageous explorer, on a dangerous quest to save our frozen world. As Corben, you must collect the batteries to activate the climate reactors, to unleash the elements and restore balance before it's too late.

Kuusneppis - C64 | Kuusneppis is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by jab (code), Sulevi (pixels), Flotsam (music), Jangler (text), Frostbyte and ibux (test). Neppis is an outdoor toy car sport from Finland where you and your friends take turns pushing your small plastic car on a track built on sand.

Versatile Amiga Test Program v6.45 | The Versatile Amiga Test Program is developed for all Amiga computers. The available tests are: Screen, Audio, Sprite, Blitter, CD32 joypad, Keyboard, CIA, ROM, CPU, FPU, RTC, Memory, Address-line, Real Interrupt, Interrupt Request, Disk-drive, Parallel-port and Serial-Port.

Avalan & Ladybird - C64 | Psytronik Software has released two new games for the Commodore C64 computer. In the game Ladybird you must help Momma Ladybird by solving the puzzles, collect objects and find and free her children. Ladybird is developed by Stuart Collier (code), Trevor Storey (pixels), Saul Cross (music) and Richard Bayliss (cassette version).
In the game Avalan you must find the 44 pieces to the great sword Excalibruh and defeat the unholy Monk and his army of skilled soldiers. Avalan is developed by Stuart Collier (code), Trevor Storey (pixels) and Saul Cross (music).

Matrix - Plus/4 | Matrix is a new game for the Commodore Plus/4 computer, developed by Entary Games. In the game, you must place connected tiles while trying to corner your opponent. The winner is the player that places the final tile.

Amiga Rocks Harder by FastLoaders | FastLoaders introduces Amiga Rocks Harder. A new triple album consisting of 30+ classic game music tracks from the golden era of the iconic Amiga home computer. A few examples are: Shadow of the Beast, Chambers of Shaolin, Future Wars, Turrican, Wax Works, Agony, Nitro, Pinball Dreams, Another World, Flashback, Apidya, Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge, Blood Money, Fury of the Furries, Double Dragon II, Z-Out, Dune, Chuck Rock II, Budokan, Silkworm and many more.

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