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28.10.2025 - Blizzard 1230 MK IV Amiga Accelerator Battery Replacement - video by 'Jan Beta'
Jan is replacing the rechargeable lithium cell on my Blizzard 1230 MK IV Amiga 1200 accelerator card.

28.10.2025 - Amiga game 'Dylan the Spaceman - Demo version released
'Dylan the Spaceman' is a standard dizzy adventure type game for Amiga, where you collect items and share with characters to complete tasks, what allows you to explore new areas or get new items. The game was been made using the Reality game creative software with the adventure skeleton disk, but development is currently on hold.

24.10.2025 - THEA1200 - Announcement
The Legendary ’90s Amiga Home Computer is Back. Available for Pre-order 10 November 2025 under https://retrogames.biz/links/thea1200. Step into a time when floppy disks ruled, pixels popped and imagination had no limits. THEA1200 brings back the spirit of the early ’90s as an astonishingly accurate, full-sized recreation of one of the most loved home computers of its era, beautifully reimagined with HDMI and USB connectivity for a modern age. Features: a full size working keyboard, 25 classic carousel games, four save-slots per game, play the games you own via USB-stick, integrated workbench desktop, multi-region HDMI video and classic mouse and game controller.

24.10.2025 - Video: Hyper Runner Limited Playthrough
Hyper Runner is a futuristic Outrun-style game for the Amiga with AGA chipsets, which is in the making for quite a while. This video shows a demo of Hyper Runner, playing through the first two stages and almost finishing the third.

23.10.2025 - Amiga game 'Freak Out' released as Boxed Version
The classic Breakout game is back - with a twist! Clear all blocks across 100 levels solo or in two-player co-op mode, and don’t freak out by the various enemies. Explore the old factory and uncover its dark secret! Spend your hard-earned points between levels in the shop to unlock helpful bonuses. And if you still want more, use the convenient and intuitive Construction Set to create your own levels. For CDTV, CD³², and OCS/ECS Amigas with Kickstart 1.3 or higher - No AGA needed! The game comes on Compact Disc (compatible with CDTV, CD³², and Amigas with CD drive), inclduding a 20-page manual in Englisch and German, a A3 poster, 1 “Freak-Out” sticker and 2 glow-in-the-dark bouncy balls.

21.10.2025 - Amiga game 'GhostLight' released
'GhostLight' is a proof of concept and tutorial maze game for any 1MB Amiga, made in AMOS. Full Source code is included and explained in a separate video. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

19.10.2025 - GhostLight - Lets Build an AMOS Game - video by 'RobSmithDev'
Well, it's getting close to Halloween and following what's kind of becoming a tradition on Rob's channel he is going to make another game in AMOS on the Amiga! This is a very simple concept, but there are a few interesting complexities, such as automatic/procedural maze generation using the reverse backtracking algorithm. Then there's creating a display where the edges of what you can see fade to black while moving around. A lot of fun and less than 700 lines of code!

18.10.2025 - Amiga game 'Mutant Monty' - Demo version released
'Mutant Monty' is a WIP Amiga conversion of the the old 8-bit Amstrad / C64 classic using Scorpion Engine. Now a playable 5-level demo was released as free digital fownload. It should run on any Amiga with at least 1MB of RAM.

18.10.2025 - New A1200.net Mechanical Keyboards for (most) Amigas! - video by 'Jan Beta'
Review of a pre-production version of the new mechanical Amiga keyboards from A1200net. These are suitable for most Amiga models and fit both the new replacement keycaps and the original keycaps, retaining the original look and feel of the machines.

17.10.2025 - Amiga game 'Callback' released
'Callback' is a fast-paced Arkanoid-style action game for the Amiga 1200 (with 2 meg fast RAM). Take control of the Power Handle and keep Power Balls in circulation, smashing through blocks, hitting relentless enemies, bigshot bosses, slowfx maneuvers, lazers, sparks... all while going through more than 25 levels and 5 boss encounters. In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of 15.00€ EUR to support the developer.

13.10.2025 - Amiga game 'Fight' - Full version released
'Fight' by Megastyle was originally made for C64 and released at Craptastic 4K Game Compo 2020. Now the game was ported to Amiga by using Scorpion Engine. In the game you are controlling two swordmen who is under constant attack from a ninjastar throwing warrior, and you have to knock away the stars. This version should feel easier to play, at least the first level. The full version consists of 3 different levels, with 3 different difficulty levels. All of the levels are based on patterns, so if you learn the patterns and when to hit the projectile, you can hit very big hi-scores. You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

13.10.2025 - Video: HyperSports Amiga AGA port WIP (2)
More footage of 'HyperSports' a WIP Amiga port of Hyper Sports, also known as Hyper Olympic, an Olympic-themed sports arcade game by Konami released in 1984. It is the sequel to 1983's Track & Field and features seven new Olympic events. Current state: AGA port completed, but not fully optimized. Also missing music. But all the 7 events are there. In the video only 4 of them are showcased though. You can download the game in its current state here.

12.10.2025 - Amiga game 'Chaotic Crazy Castle' released
Chaotic Crazy Castle for Amiga 500 is a platformer game by Alberto Sgaggero, inspired by 8-bit classics like Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy, using AMOS BASIC. In this game, you'll guide a little mage with a big hat on his quest for magical herbs that will allow him to brew a potion to make himself grow taller. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

10.10.2025 - Amiga game 'Geo's Quest II - Gateway to Nowhere Part 2' released
'Geo's Quest II - Gateway to Nowhere Part 2' (aka 'There Be Cows') is a point and click adventure for Amiga and the final chapter of the adventures of George Angus. The game is filled with over 100 rooms and closeups to explore, dozens of puzzles to solve, games within the game, dozens of Mods, Samples and Animations to keep you entertained. And of course it continues in the absurd humor evident in the previous episodes. You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

06.10.2025 - Commodore vs. Clone: High Density Floppy Drive Showdown - video by 'RobSmithDev'
In this vide we're going to take a look at how Commodore implemented support for High Density floppy disks on the Amiga, or rather, the hack they used. Then we're going to look at a third party after-market external floppy disk drive that also supported high density disks, but it did this in a totally different way!