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Corescape C64 | Corescape is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer developed by drmortalwombat. In the game, you are trying to escape from the evil galactic empire. Battle your way out through eight stages in a constant race forward. Collect additional lives and credits on the way out.

Furnace - PC | Furnace is a chiptune tracker for the PC (Linux, MacOS and Windows). Furnace can make chiptunes for almost every 8/16 bit retro computer including the Commodore PET, VIC20, C64, Plus/4 and the Amiga.

CBM prg Studio v4.2.1 | Arthur Jordison has released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: A few new features and bug fixes.

Retro Hack Shack - Micro SX64 | You can now watch a new video from the Retro Hack Shack YouTube channel. In this episode: The build of the Micro SX64. The Micro SX64 is build from an old portable TV, C64 mini, USB floppy drive and a USB keyboard.

Donkey Kong 500 - Amiga | Donkey Kong 500 is a new game for the Amiga computer, developed by jotd666 (code), no9 (music), Mark (pixels) and Jeff Willms, Kef Schecter & anon (Z80 reverse engineering). The game is a conversion from the original by Shigeru Miyamoto (Nintendo) from the year 1981.

Dodo Sampler - C64 | Dodo Sampler is a sample playback synth for Commodore C64 computer, developed by Aleksi Eeben. Dodo uses 8-bit raw samples and uses the Mahoney 8-bit DAC for the output (4-24 kHz). Dodo plays in tune on both PAL and NTSC machines.

Petsciinoid - C64 | Petsciinoid is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Freshness. The game is based on the classic arcade game Arkanoid, but this game is only 512 bytes in size and uses PETSCII for displaying the game.

Tynemouth Software - VIC20 Multi-Part Games | Tynemouth Software has written a number of blogs about converting games that originally had multiple parts to a one part game. The game converted are: Vegas Jackpot, Operation Ganymed, Outback, Rock Man and Cops'n'Robbers.

Cruisin for a Bruisin - C64 | Cruisin for a Bruisin is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Docster (code), Rotteroy (pixels & music), Six (linking) and Optic Freeze (test). Jump from platform to platform and collect the colours Red, Green, Blue, Yellow and Purple to score points.

Flashback.cz | Flashback.cz is a news website for retro computers. The website has been completely redesigned and it is now active again. You can read about the news, reviews, demo-scene, and magazines (Czech language).

Retro Commodore | The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high-quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: A few newsletters for dealers, Commodore 64 Software Bonus Pack, Comal 80 til Commodore 64, Amiga game manuals: Uridium 2 Deep Core, Ishar 3, Putty & Sierra Soccer and C64 game manuals: Grafitti Man & History in the Making.

Amigos: Everything Amiga | You can listen to new episodes of the Amigos: Everything Amiga podcast: PD Platforming Pac-Man - Plat-Man, Harlequin - The strangest Amiga game, Savage - Three rage-filled games in one and Rock Star Ate My Hamster - The definitive review.

LineJewels - C64 | LineJewels is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer. The game is developed by la1n.ch in the Basic programming language, and it only uses PRINT to display the game. The game is also available for the Atari XL, MS-DOS (GW-BASIC), Amstrad CPC, MSX and the BBC Micro.

Flashtro | On the web page Flashtro.com you can see many cracker intros within your browser. The original intros from the Amiga, Atari-ST, Dreamcast, PC, Playstation etc. are converted to the browser. The most recent flashtro's are: Flashtro - Ami-HERO, Flashtro - Spheroid and Flashtro - Stuntman Seymour.

The Taylor and Amy Show - C128 | You can watch a new video from The Taylor and Amy Show YouTube channel. In this episode, Taylor and Amy are going to talk about the Commodore C128 computer.

AmiCube F1200 | You can now watch a new video from the AmiCube YouTube channel. In this episode: An introduction to the AmiCube F1200. The features of the AmiCube F1200 are: FPGA design, AGA support, miniITX, MIDI, 64 MB RAM, RTC, Wi-Fi, USB and Mouse / Joystick via DB 9 connectors.

The Art and Development of 8-Bit Games with Polar Bear in Space! | The Art and Development of 8-Bit Games with Polar Bear in Space is a new book from Silvan Reinhold. The book has information on: Graphics, animations and special effects, Player, enemy, and object behaviour and interaction, Sound and music design principles, Early designs and concept drawings, Evolution from original idea to finished product, Accessibility, testing, and optimization considerations.

WHDLoad | WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. New: Subconscious, Challenger, Imaginations, Made in Croatia, Stolen Data 9 & 10 and Stuntman Seymour. Update: Menace, Début: Planet Simulation, Dylan Dog: The Murderers, Graham Gooch World Class Cricket, Challenger, Summer Games, Virocop, Kelly X and Cruise For A Corpse / Croisière pour un cadavre.

8-Bit Show - INPUT bug | Robin Harbron made a new YouTube video. This time he talks about the INPUT bug on the Commodore VIC20 and early C64 computers.

Nordischsound | Ben from the Nordischsound YouTube channel is making SID music on the Commodore C64 computer. The latest addations are: Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me), Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God), Holiday Island: Main Theme, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown - Main Theme and Nordischsound - Where Nostalgia Thrives.

Report+ v8.46 | Report+ is a utility for the Amiga computer. The features are: Bug reporting tool, Edit A3000/A4000-type battery-backed memory. Edit the manufacturer and product ID registries. View IFF/RIFF-files, Batch processing on icon files and an ASCII-converter.

BASIC 10Liners - 2024 | BASIC 10Liners is a competition for making a game in BASIC with only 10 lines of code. The rules are: The computer system must be 8-bit, the BASIC is line orientated and there is no machine code allowed. There are three categories: 80, 120 or 256 characters per line.

GadgetUK164 - Amiga VGA adapter | You can now watch a new video from the GadgetUK164 YouTube channel. In this video, Chris is building and testing a VGA adapter from sparxUK for the Amiga computer.

Arctic retro - C64 repair | You can now watch a new video from the Arctic retro Youtube channel. In this video the repair of a Commodore C64 computer.

Bepop Retro - PC | Bepop Retro converts an 8-bit mono wav or raw audio file to a 4-bit file for playback on C64, VIC20, PET, Atari 2600 and Game Boy. The Bepop Retro program is developed by Aleksi Eeben.

vAmiga v 2.5 | vAmiga is a Commodore Amiga 500, 1000, or 2000 emulator for the Apple Macintosh computer. Improvements in this version for Snapshot, Sprite DMA, SPRxCTL and the Serial-bus.

VirtualC64 v4.7 | Dirk Hoffmann has released a new version of his VirtualC64 emulator. This emulator can turn your Mac (OS X) into a Commodore C64.

Amiga Future #141 - online | This older edition of Amiga Future is now online available. In this edition: Editorial, News, Playfield, Gamescom 2019, Evoke, Armin Niggemann, JetHunt, Backlash, Mr. Sture, AmigaAMP, Chrono Quest, DTFTP, IBrowse, Amiga Forever, MorphOS Camp, Aminet News, TF328, TF330, Vampire V4 Standalone, Shogo, Trevors Soapbox, Demoscene and Hollywood APK Compiler.

C64 intros | The web page c64Intros has updated its intro database and added more new intros. Updates: 50 new intros and 15 new groups.

Sprite Castle - Conan | Rob O'Hara has made a new podcast. The subject of this episode is the game Conan (1984) from Datasoft for the Commodore C64 computer.

RNOEffects - Amiga | RNOEffects is an image processing program for the Amiga computer. The features are: 30 different effects, brushes, text, lines, ellipses, boxes, arrows and a batch converter.

Zapped to the Past | You can now listen to a new episode of the Zapped to the Past podcast. In this episode: The Untouchables, Continental Circus, Firepower, Vigilante and Powerdrift.

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