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Sprite Castle - The Empire Strikes Back | O'Hara has made a new podcast. The subject of this episode is the game The Empire Strikes Back (1988 / 2022) for the Commodore C64 computer.

Amiga Arcade Machine | Stef from the Belgium Amiga Club has built an arcade cabinet to play Amiga games. You can read a blog on how he build the arcade, and it has the following features: An iMac from 2015, Batocera.linux, WHDLoad, custom MDF cabinet, custom vinyl stickers, joystick, keyboard, Bluetooth and a soundbar.

FairLight TV | You can now watch a new episode of the FairLight TV YouTube channel. In this video: Bacchus talks about compression on the Commodore C64 computer, including an explanation from Øyvind Aasheim (Matcam) about the TimeCrunch program.

Ignition v1.30 - AmigaOS 4.x | Ignition is a modern spread sheet for AmigaOS 4.x. Changes in this version: Improvements for the GUI, printing, replacing text, converting number to another base, the select-function and the 3D column diagram.

JSCBMLoader | With the JSCBMLoader you can load software onto a Commodore C64 or VIC20 computer via a web browser, with the help of a small adapter with a microcontroller. The JSCBMLoader loads D64, PRG and T64 programs and has support for the EPYX fast-loader.

Versatile Amiga Test Program v6.28 | 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.

Campaign Manager 2024 - C64 | Campaign Manager 2024 is a game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Anderson Hudson. The game is based on a type-in game from the COMPUTE! Magazine. Play with up to 4 friends to get your candidate to the White House!

Baccarat - AmigaOS 4.x | Baccarat is a new game for the Amiga computer, developed by Juan Carlos Herrán Martín. Play in this virtual Casino the card-game Baccarat just like special agent 007 Sean Connery.

Linus Akesson - SID music on the C64 | You can watch a new YouTube video from Linus Akesson. In this video, Linus makes 8-bit SID music on a Commodore C64 computer with standard BASIC, poking numbers into memory and hardware registers.

PETSCII Lumberjack - Plus/4 | PETSCII Lumberjack is a new game for the Commodore Plus/4 computer, developed by Kornel Kolma. You can play against the computer or against another player. The goal is to chop down as many trees as you can within a limited time.

Wolfgang Kierdorf - Turbo Chameleon v2 | A new YouTube video from Wolfgang Kierdorf is now available. In this episode: Wolfgang is using the Turbo Chameleon 64 v2 from Individual Computers.

Raster Master | Raster Master is a Sprite/Icon/Map editor for Windows that generates RayLib code / Put image and map code for AmigaBASIC, Amiga C and Amiga Pascal. Raster Master is developed by RetroNick.

Commodore Z - VIC20 Dual Serial Cart | The VIC20 Dual Serial Cart Mk I is a way of providing the Commodore VIC20 computer with two high-speed serial ports with independently configurable baud rates at RS232 voltage levels. The baud rates are: 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 9600, 19200 and 38400.

Greaseweazle Tools v1.20 | Keir Fraser has released updates for the Greaseweazle hardware. The recent changes are: Improvements for flux write, write delays, index mask, Thomson MO/TO, DMK, EDSK, gw delays, read and write.

Propaganda #35 | Propaganda is an English diskette magazine for the Commodore scene. In this edition the following articles: Editorial, News & Gossip, an interview with MAT64, C64 cracking groups, FM-YAM digis, The ghost story, ICG artifact, jukebox, Fjälldata 2024, Pågadata 2024 and X'2024.

The Industrious Rabbit - Blitter | You can now watch a new video from The Industrious Rabbit. In this episode Topaz walks through the memory copy capabilities, with a small demo for the blitter, copper, and sprites.

Chip SID show - 71 | You can now listen to a new episode of the Chip SID show with Max Hall. An hour long classic and new SID music.

7-Bit - SUM firmware update | 7-Bit has released a new firmware update for the Sum family of devices. Changes in this version: Improvements for keyboard layout (<, >, #, ^, Home & End).

The Lost Pixel | The Lost Pixel is a new game for the Amiga computer, developed by the Amiga Factory. The game is a conversion of the original game made by Bitmagine Studios. In the game Pix went back in time and has to play game from 30 year ago. Collect all the coloured points of each game and return to the present.

George's Channel - C116 | You can watch a new YouTube video from George's Channel. In this video George will show the Commodore C116 computer.

IMP3 - Amiga | IMP3 is a music player for the Amiga computer, developed by Pawel Nowak. But you can do more with IMP3, the features are: Stream and play MOD, SID, MP3, DBM, XM, AHX, access online Amiga software and demo scene libraries, WHDLoad games and demos, SysInfo, GoShell, chat, screenshots, Discord channels and an internet speed test.

C64Studio - v7.9 | C64 Studio is an assembly development environment which is dependent on VICE. You can write assembly code and test this with the VICE emulator. In this version: Improvements for Assembler, Images, File manager, BASIC, ARM, Print, Binary editor, Sprites editor, Map editor, Charscreen editor and the Charset editor.

Tertris - AmigaOS 4 | Tertris is a new game for the Amiga computer. The original game is developed by Adam Idris and the Amiga version is made by Andrea Palmatè. This game uses RayLib and so require a graphic card with RadeonHD or RadeonRX driver installed.

Olympic Skijumper - C64 | Olympic Skijumper is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer. The game is developed by Frostbyte (code) and jab (pixels). The game was released at the PsykoZ 2024 meeting.

Beyond a Steel Sky - Amiga | Beyond a Steel Sky is a new game for the Amiga computer written in the Scala MM400 programming language. The game is developed by quantumcodemonk and is one of the games for the AmiGameJam 2024. You are Robert Foster, and you need to find a kidnapped child in Union City.

PETSCII Lumberjack - C64 | PETSCII Lumberjack is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Kornel Kolma. You can play against the computer or against another player. The goal is to chop down as many trees as you can within a limited time.

Amigos: Everything Amiga | You can listen to new episodes of the Amigos: Everything Amiga podcast: RVF Honda, The Viking Child, A Conversation with Tony Warriner and King & Balloon.

ALBERT v2.0.0 - PC | ALBERT is an editor for creating extended Commodore C64 images on the PC. The program is developed by Luigi Di Fraia and Joachim Ljunggren.

WHDLoad | WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. New: Air Supply and Sqrxz 2, 3 & 4. Update: Hammerboy, Another World, Willy The Kid, Windwalker, Desert Strike, Violator, Little Princess 1 & 2 and A320 Airbus.

Nordischsound | Ben from the Nordischsound YouTube channel is making music with retro computers. The latest additions are: Invitation of a Crazed Moon, Goat Tracker C64 SID Chiptune Tutorial, Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk, Legend of kyrandia 2 - Darkmoor Swamp and Streets of Rage 2 - Go Straight.

AmiGameJam 2024 | You can enter your game into the AmiGameJam for 2024. This time, the theme is The Sequel That Never Was, where you are invited to create a sequel to an Amiga game from back in the day. This contest ends on the 1st December 2024.

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