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Sky Shapers - Amiga | The Amiga game Sky Shapers is now available in a boxed version. The game is delivered on CD in a large cardboard box with a printed, detailed manual and an A3 poster. Sky Shapers is a vertical scrolling Shoot 'm Up game from the developers Digilicious Nibbles. Featuring 3 levels and 37 enemy types, compelling boss fights, weapon upgrades and special weapons.

Action Biker Enhanced - C64 | Action Biker Enhanced is a game for the Commodore C64 computer. This is an improved version of the original game from Mastertronic (1985), made by Grue. The changes are: Petrol gauge, Exhaust pipe, Speedometer, Brake lamp, Water skis, Go faster stripes, Stopwatch, fire button for starting the game, better collision detection, run/stop for pause, high score and best time save/restore and NTSC fixes.

Happy Bat - Amiga | Happy Bat is a game for the Amiga computer, developed by zener, and the pixels are from Jordi Palome. The game is made with the REDPILL game creator program. The changes in this version are music for the initial level and executables for 68000 and 68020+.

FREEZE64 - 73 | FREEZE64 is a fanzine for Commodore C64 gamers and hackers. In this edition: Phantoms of the Asteroid, Andrew Braybrook, John Rowlands, V - The Computer Game, Bomb Jack, The Comet Game, Neptune's Daughter, Samantha Fox Strip Poker, Martin Ellis, Avalan, Ice Busters and Operation Vostoka (Chris Stanley).

GadgetUK164 - Power supply repair | You can now watch a new video from the GadgetUK164 YouTube channel. In this video: The repair of Commodore power supplies for the Commodore C128 and the Amiga computers.

Old VCR - C64 Soft modem | You can read a new blog about using the audio from a Commodore C64 computer to connect to a modem. The project is based on an idea from John Iannetta that he had in the 1980s. It uses the SID chip to modulate the data into sound at rates of 300 baud.

PerCIMan - AmigaOS 4 | PerCIMan is a program to collect and manage contact and other information about persons. The features are: addresses, phone, email, web/social media contact, birthday and picture file.

Elite - VIC20 | Aleksi Eeben developed a Commodore VIC20 version of the classic game Elite from the year 1984. To play the game you will need a 35 kB RAM expansion and a disk drive. Some features of the game were removed to save space, but there are still 30 different ships and two space stations (Coriolis and Dodo).

OpenJazz - AmigaOS 4 | OpenJazz is an open-source version of the classic Jazz Jackrabbit games for the Amiga computer. To play, you will need the files from one of the original games. The original game is from Epic Games (1994), and the Amiga version is made by George Sokianos.

Tiburoncy v1.1 - C64 | Tiburoncy is a game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Juan Castiñeira (code), Adrian Bonnette (pixels) and Esteban Trujillo (music). In the game you must rescue the friends of Tiburoncy, who were trapped by the fishing boats. You must touch the enemies from above and the eagle is touched from below.

AmigaCF - Amiga | AmigaCF is a Compact Flash adapter with activity clicking noises for your Amiga 600 and 1200, developed by autumnhippo. The features are: Easy to mount and use, Audible clicking sounds at disk activity will simulate the read-head noises from a vintage spinning hard drive, Jumper (master / slave) and option for external HDD activity LED.

Centipede Emulator - C64 | Centipede Emulator is an emulator of Atari's classic arcade game Centipede from the year 1981 running on the Commodore C64. The original game is developed by Lyle Rains, and the emulator is developed by Norbert Kehrer.

Wizonk! Magic Arena - Amiga | Wizonk! Magic Arena is a new game for the Amiga computer, developed by MixelsLab. Enter the arena and fight off three friends with a range of mystical powers. The aim of the game is to be the last spellcaster standing, by any means necessary. The game can be played on an Amiga with 1 MB Chip RAM.

White Max - Plus/4 | White Max is a game for the Commodore Plus/4 computer, developed by TomHX. The game was made in 1985 and was a based on the Commodore VIC20 game called Black Max. In the game you must collect 6 Bricks (tégla), 4 Men (ember) and 1 Bomb (bomba) on each level.

vAmiga v 3.2 | vAmiga is an Amiga 500, 1000, or 2000 emulator for the Apple Macintosh computer. Improvements in this version: Dashboard, User-selectable number formats in Inspector, Auto-completion for enum-like options in RetroShell and Framebuffer screenshots.

Root42 - C64 repair | You can watch a new video on the Root42 YouTube channel. In this video: The repair of a Commodore C64 computer that has multiple issues, but is working mostly. The colour on the screen is shimmering a lot though. This might be a colour RAM or PLA issue.

AMI Tech-Gazette #12 | The AMI Tech-Gazette is a magazine like a user group newsletter, with that personal, not-fully-professional touch, covering the Amiga and its relatives. In this edition: Commodore in Japan, The Graphic Workshop - Realistic Texturing, Amiga News & Views, HW image compression, Amiga Game Zone, Atari 7800 Game Drive and The Canine Perspective.

C64games.de | The web page c64games.de had an update. You can now find 7342 games on this web page. The new games are: Castle Blackstar, Cat n Bombs, Concours Hippique, Cricket Maths, Deathflood - Dungeon of Doom, Defender (64er), Defenders of the Earth, Depths of Zimroel, Der Wildkatzberg, Die Bohrinsel, Die Polarstation, First Strike (Crystal Microsoft), Ghost Valley, Mech-64, Peninsula, Slalom (Commodore), Snake vs Bomb, Snake vs Bomb 2 and Strip Poker Construction Kit.

Amiga Future #172 | A new edition of the English and German Amiga magazine Amiga Future is now available. In this edition: Macro System (2), Amiga Meeting 2024, Playfield, AmigaOS 4.1 Update 3, Board game vs. Amiga - The Worlds of Space 1889, Dungeonette - The New Adventure, Tales of Evil, Neon Noir, Mind Force, Halloween X, 2 Tiny Cowboys, Fast Food Dizzy 2, Aminet News, VASM, ADF Blitzer, AmiKit for Raspberry, Amiga 600gs, Fast scaling of bitmaps. Trevors Soapbox, Settle the World, Beyond the screen: The history of RPGs on the Amiga, RAM modules, Amiga Future Social, Classic Reflection and the Demoscene.

Commodore.software | The web page Commodore.software has had an update with many new items: Timeworks Data Manager 128, Database 128 v5.1, Trojan Penmaster Lightpen Manual, Spell Check 128, Speedscript File Converter, Big Ed Enhanced C128 Basic Editor, MusiCalc 1 Owner's Manual, The 64 Money Manager Manual, Machine Language Development System, Keystone Software - Label Maker v2.1 Manual, Koala Painter Owner's Manual, Stack Light Pen Manual, TCX Terminal 128, Trojan Cadmaster User Instructions, Super Explode! v5.0 Reference Guide, Snapshot 64 Instruction Manual, Lt. Kernal Hard Drive Quick Reference, Snapshot 64 Enhancement Disk Manual, Commodore 16 User Manual, Reflexterm 128 v3.0, RS232 Schematic, Identifile, The Home Video Manager v2.0, Font Editor II, Discat v4.0, TrackSaver, 1541/71 File Copy for the C-128, File Browser v2.0, Word Writer 4 Font Pack and Quicksilver Fast IEEE Interface Instruction Manual.

GadgetUK164 - Spitfire 2000 | You can now watch a new video from the GadgetUK164 YouTube channel. In this video, the build the Spitfire 2000, a new Amiga 2000 accelerator created by Jorgan Bilander.

Commodore History - C64 number of sales | You can watch a new video from the Commodore History YouTube channel. In this video, a look at how many Commodore C64 computer were sold. Also in this video Don Greenbaum, the former Treasurer of Commodore International Limited, to help out with the sales information.

Hall of Light | An update for the Hall of Light web page: QX 2001, Świdroń, Key Master, Riviera '79, Ami Robbo 2, Steel World, Battle Squadron 2, Another World / Out Of This World, Impossible Mission 2025: The Special Edition, Space Crusade, Lotus Turbo Challenge 2, Tetra Zone, Extreme Violence 2, North & South Wars, Hyper Wings, Police Quest III: The Kindred, Łowca Pereł, Rick Dangerous, Tron 5000, Future Wars: Adventures In Time, Europa 2.1 and Doodlebug: Bug Bash 2.

VirtualC64 v5.1 | Dirk Hoffmann has released a new version of his VirtualC64 emulator. This emulator can turn your Mac (OS X) into a Commodore C64.

MorphOS Storage | An update for the MorphOS Storage web page: SuperTux_0.6.3.1549.lha, SteadyFeet_0.0.1.lha, LetsSweepSomeMines_0.3.1.lha, Tutris_1.0.1.lha, JustSolitaire_1.0.lha, TileWorld_1.3.2.lha, AmiArcadia_33.72.lha, AmigaGPT_2.2.0.lha, PuzzleTiles_1.0.lha, Frodo_4.5.lha, fheroes2_1.1.5.lha, OceanPop_2.00.lha, Shisen-Seki_0.2.1.lha, Image2PDF_2.8.lha, LHArchiver_1.12.lha, OpenGW_1.0.lha, ScummVM_2.9.0.lha, Wayfarer_9.0.lha, SDL2Wiki_0.8.lha, iConecta_5.50.lha, X-pired_1.22.lha, Sudoku_1.0.lha, Galaga_1.0.lha, SimpleSokoban_1.0.5.lha and SDL_2.30.10_Libraries.lha.

Schreckenstein - C64 | Schreckenstein is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer. The game is developed by rsquared68 and is based on the game for the Atari 800 computer by Peter Pinzel from the year 1985.

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: Mamba Move, Magic Fields, Magic Boy and Mag!!!

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: Commodore 64 Graphics Compendium.

Mieyen - Plus/4 | Mieyen is a new game for the Commodore Plus/4 computer, developed by Inufuto. In Mieyen, the monsters are invisible but hungry and can be spotted by following the trail of crumbs. If they reach all the burgers on a screen, or they catch you, you're done.

NanoMig | Till Harbaum is working on the NanoMig. The NanoMig is a port of the Minimig FPGA implementation to the Tang FPGA development boards. This is a work in progress, but these are the features: Kick ROM, 2 MB chip / 1.5 MB slow RAM, OCS / ECS, virtual FFD / HDD, HDMI video / audio (PAL & NTSC), keyboard, mouse and joystick via USB.

Mass:werk - PET-Globe demo | Norbert Landsteiner wrote a blog about making the Globe demo for the Commodore PET-2001 computer. The difficulties for making revolving globe demo are the restrictions in memory and only PETSCII characters for the screen.

Amiga Addict 35 | Amiga Addict is a digital and printed Amiga magazine. In this edition: Turrican, Julian Eggebrecht, Holger Schmidt, Dungeonette, AmiGameJam, Dan Malone, Simon Byron, DoohicKEY, ZonKEY, Caligari, Tang Nano 20K FPGA board and Amiga arcade games.

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