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RapidNews #27 | Rapid News is a diskette magazine (English language) for the Commodore user. In this edition: Back to..., DoReCo Party 2024, Excess + TREX Meeting Steinhagen 2024, X'2024, Retro Computer Festival 2024 and News & Rumours.

Spillhistorie - Moonstone | You can read an interview on the Spillhistorie webpage with Rob Anderson. Rob is the author of the cult classic Moonstone. The game Moonstone originally came out in the year 1991 for the Amiga and PC.

Christmas adventure - VIC20 | Christmas adventure is a new text adventure for the Commodore VIC20 computer, developed by Soloman. The game is written in the BASIC programming language and is small, because it can be played on a Commodore VIC20 computer without a memory expansion.

Revenge of the Grinch - Amiga | Revenge of the Grinch is a new game for the Amiga computer, developed by Electric Black Sheep. The Grinch has kidnapped Santa's little helper to ruin Christmas once again. You must save Christmas, save Santa's little helper and gather all the gifts the Grinch has scattered on the way to his dungeon.

Frodo v4.5 | Frodo is a Commodore C64 emulator, developed by Christian Bauer. Frodo is available for a variety of platforms, with a focus on the exact reproduction of special graphical effects possible on the C64. Changes in this edition: Snapshot, Datasette tape drive emulation, Support for banked cartridges, Auto-start for images, cartridges and program files, improvements for CPU and SID emulation.

LinuxJedi - Amiga 2000 restoration | You can read a blog, from LinuxJedi, about restoring an Amiga 2000 computer. The A2000 is equipped with a Harlequin frame buffer, ICD 2000 SCSI Board with 105 MB HDD and a Progressive Peripherals 68040 Accelerator.

Tynemouth Software - VIC20 Video output | Tynemouth Software wrote a blog about the video output of the Commodore VIC20 computer. He looked at many revisions during the time of production and the difference between PAL and NTSC.

QEMU - PC | QEMU is a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer. When used as a machine emulator, QEMU can run OSes and programs made for one machine on a different machine. This makes it possible to run an Amiga OS on a PC.

rePlayer v0.16.8 - PC | With rePlayer, you can play a lot of old school music format from the old times, such as the Amiga (which was the original purpose of this player), Atari, C64, Nintendo, Sega, etc. The rePlayer software is developed by Arnaud Neny, and is available for Windows 10/11.

Extreme Violence 2 - Amiga | Extreme Violence 2 is a new game for the Amiga computer, developed by PixelPlop Games. The game is an unofficial sequel to the Amiga Public Domain game Extreme Violence created by Simon Green in the year 1991. The game is one of the games for the AmigaJam 2024 competition.

Spillhistorie - Microchess | You can read an interview on the Spillhistorie webpage with Peter Jennings, who is the creator of Microchess. The chess-game Microchess was available for the Commodore KIM-1, and is one of the first commercial home computer games ever published.

Vintage Computing Christmas Challenge 2024 | The Vintage Computing Christmas Challenge 2024 is a programming challenge for all retro computers. The goal is to produce a specific picture on the screen with the smallest program possible. The competition closes at the 25th of December 2024.

Versus #10 - Amiga | Versus is a diskette magazine for the Amiga computer. In this magazine news, interviews and the charts for: best demo, intro, <4K, group, code, pixels, music, ascii, website, party and newcomer / comeback.

Santa's Workout 4 - C64 | Santa's Workout 4 is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Vector5 Games. In this game you must rescue Santa and save a certain number of elves. Navigate and build paths through various exciting and colourful puzzles. When a level is successfully completed, you get a level code for the next level. The game contains 24 levels in total.

Hall of Light | An update for the Hall of Light web page: Apidya, Trolls, Sword Of Sodan, Tajemnica Bursztynowej Komnaty, Day Of The Viper, Prawo Jazdy Pro, Kids Paint v2.0, Simon Says At The Zoo, You & Me: Jezyk Angielski, Amanda's Alphabet Jigsaw Jumble, Search for Sanchez, Hoopy Paint!, Malediction, Hoyle Volume III, TSS CD ROM 002: TSS Mix CD Zestaw 1, asa Krytyczna, Leatherneck, Kostki, Operation Meteor, SPOC (Special Programs & Operations Company), Sink Or Swim and Zack!

C64 Tetris | C64 Tetris is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Rexracer. The game is made with Kick Assembler and the source-code is available.

MorphOS Storage | An update for the MorphOS Storage web page: SpaceWar_1.21.0.lha, Iris_1.45.lha, Lite-XL_2.1.6r1.lha, AmiArcadia_33.70.lha, SacrificioPagano_3.00.lha, NetPuzzleArena_1.0.lha, PacMan-SDL_1.0.lha, MCE_15.23.lha, UHCTools_1.8.lha, png2c_1.0.lha, MilkyTracker_1.05.00.lha, SDDapple_0.14.lha, fheroes2_1.1.4.lha, Rob-O-Tronic_1.0.lha, EgoBoo_2.22.lha, Woof_15.0.0.lha, SDL_2.30.9_Libraries.lha, OpenMoHAA_0.80.0-alpha3.lha, Atomiks_1.0.4.1.lha, sz81_2.1.7.lha and ReportPlus_8.61.lha.

Dr. Maria - C64 | Dr. Maria, is a new puzzle game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Ant Menasse (code, pixels and sound-effects), Andrew Fisher (music), Cal Skuthorpe (virus-design) and Damien G (character-set). In the game you must match four of the same colour vertically or horizontally. When all off the viruses are removed you can go to the next level.

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: Lure of the Temptress.

C64.ch | The demo portal C64.ch has added new demos for the Commodore C64 computer. The new files are: Cantina, IRAN - Winter Games, Sprites Bootstrap, Weights and Crates, Jack to the sound, Demo Bootstrap, Exbeat Boy, The FCS-Girlshow, M..M..M.. MAX!, Leave me alone!, Motion Bootstrap, Lauf Demo, James Brown is Dead (L.A. Style Mix), Commodore et PROCEP, Advent, Azimuth, Earthquake, T.P.C., Freddys Pizzeria, Wait for 152 Seconds, TSA Fader, If you don't buy, Summertime Love and Aizawa Attractor.

Versatile Amiga Test Program v6.41 | 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.

Weights and Crates Deluxe - C64 | Weights and Crates Deluxe is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Richard Bayliss, Chesser, Freeze and AGPX. In the game you must operate a conveyor-belt and let a set target number of crates leave the screen.

ProTrekkr - AROS | ProTrekkr is a tracker program combining a software synthesizer together with a traditional sample tracker which can be used to create electronic music. The AROS version is developed by Franck Charlet.

Tank in a Dungeon - C64 | Tank in a Dungeon is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer developed by Rozsoft (code, pixels, music) and Řyvind P. Noste (music). In the game, you drive your tank into the dungeons where you must destroy the aliens and rescue the missing researchers.

Rogue Football CardGame - Amiga | Rogue Football CardGame is a new card-game for the Amiga computer, developed by One Joyful Day. This is one of the games for the AmiGameJam 2024 contest, the game is still in development, but you can try it already.

Soiled Iron - C64 | Soiled Iron is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Drmortalwombat (code & pixels) and Crisps (music). Soiled Iron is a classic two-opponent sword fighting game. It offers a quest mode and a one-on-one fighting experience (PAL and NTSC).

TAWS v0.36 | TAWS (The Amiga Workbench Simulation) is a JavaScript simulation of the Amiga-Workbench 1.x - 3.x for IE, Firefox, Opera and WebKit-Browsers. With TAWS you can work with the Amiga Workbench inside your favourite web browser. Changes or improvements in this version: Palette, MagicMenuPrefs, Menu, IBrowse, HippoPlayer, AmigaGuide, OS 4.1, BMP, 8SVX, 16SV, AmiKitX, Preferences and Bugfixes.

Raytracer -Plus/4 | Raytracer is a ray-tracer program for the Commodore Plus/4 computer, compiled with XC-Basic. The program is developed by sabe with the algorithm from Daniel A. Nagy, and Attila Szőke's Shadertoy implementation.

Morning Panic - Amiga | Morning Panic is a small and simple text adventure for the Amiga computer, developed by Amiga Cammy. Your mission is to find your key and wallet before leaving the house for work.

The Retro Hour - Allister Brimble | The Retro Hour is a professional Podcast made by Dan Wood & Ravi Abbott. The Retro Hour aims to help the world understand the European gaming industry. In this episode: An interview with Allister Brimble. Allister is a music composer and made the music for games like Alien Breed and RollerCoaster Tycoon.

8-Bit Resurgence - GFD-4000 & CMD RAMLink XL | You can now watch a new video from the 8-Bit Resurgence YouTube channel. In this episode, you can see the GFD-4000 disk drive, which is a Gotek equipped CMD disk drive. The video will explain how you may configure and install a Gotek in your original or reproduction FD-Series disk drive.

In the second video you can see a CMD RAMLink upgraded and enhanced with a 64 MB RAMcard, which gives a total of 96 MB of useable storage.

Amiga Love - Amiga archive | You can watch a new video on the Amiga Love YouTube channel. In this episode: An archive of Amiga abandonware, software, files and written content distributed on diskettes between 1985-1996.

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