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16.09.2026 - Amiga game 'General of Panzers' - demo version released
'General of Panzers' is a hex-based World War II strategy game for the Amiga 1200 (AGA chipset and a 68020 or better, 2 MB Chip RAM and 2 MB Fast RAM, Hard disk installation, about 10 MB). Command your army across the battlefields of 1939 to 1943 in the tradition of the classic Panzer General games, built from the ground up for the Amiga 1200. Buy and deploy your troops, push through the fog of war, take the objectives before time runs out and lead a core army of veterans from one campaign to the next. This is a demo (version 0.5). It contains the first two missions of both the German and the American campaign and you can get it as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

11.09.2026 - Amiga game 'Amiga Rescue' released
'Amiga Rescue' is a new retro-style puzzle game for the Commodore Amiga, inspired by the machine we still love repairing and upgrading decades later. Across 50 levels, you'll work your way through a series of faulty Amigas, restoring broken circuit-board traces and getting each machine running again. You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

08.09.2026 - Amiga game 'Fliegeralarm' released
'Fliegeralarm', a port of the PC Fliegeralarm, written in C on the ACE engine, is a carrier-based side-scrolling shooter for the Commodore Amiga (OCS). Nine missions across the Pacific, from Cape Engano to the last sortie against the Yamato - plus an endless-style Hell Run for anyone who wants the war without the paperwork. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

08.09.2026 - Amiga game 'Battle of Aldebaran' - demo version released
'Battle of Aldebaran' is a first-person space combat game for the Amiga 1200 / 4000, made with the help of 7 AIs. You fly from inside the cockpit of a Nordic saucer and you never leave it. There is no external camera and no map screen: everything you need is on the panel in front of you and in the sky beyond the canopy. Shields, hull, throttle, fuel, rounds remaining, a radar dish that shows you what is behind you - read the panel or fly blind.

07.09.2026 - Amiga Tower of Power - A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing? - video by 'The Retro Collective'
The Commodore Amiga 1200 didn't get a fair chance, did it? Just as it was released Commodore went bankrupt and it was up to a succession of new Amiga owners and third-party manufacturers to keep it alive. Today 'The Retro Collective' repairs and puts together an A1200 tower to discover if there was more fight in the machine than first realized.

06.09.2026 - 'Treasure of Usas' port for Amiga released
'Treasure of Uşas' is 1987 a side-view platform game released by Konami for the MSX2 computer platform, which was now ported to the Amiga (OCS). This is a fairly 1:1 port of the original MSX2 game. The only major difference is that the game has been modified to run at 50/60hz for a smother Amiga experience. You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

06.09.2026 - Motors, Optics & Mechanical VU Meters - Amiga MOD Player Part 2 - video by 'RobSmithDev'
In the last video Rob showed you how he made the actual discs used in his physical mod player dubbed the "PRO" Tracker. In this video we're going to take a closer look at the gadget, and all of the components that are hidden within. This will cover the type of camera Rob uses, the motors, rotation encoders, switches, servos and much more!

05.09.2026 - 'The Demon Jar' - adventure for C64, Plus/4 and Amiga released - free for download
'The Demon Jar' is a retro-style text adventure game in the format of a horror short story. You play the part of a young gentleman, Oswald Stanley, travelling to visit an old college friend on a fine summer's evening at the height of the Victorian era. As the night progresses, events take a sinister turn with the emergence of a murderous evil spirit. What follows will chill Oswald to the very marrow, but will you be able to guide him safely through the night? This game is made with DAAD adventure writing system and besides a version for C64, Plus/4 and Amiga, there are also versions for Amstrad, Atari ST, Spectrum, MSX and PC-DOS.

04.09.2026 - Amiga game 'Babylonian Twins' - full game released
'Babylonian Twins' is a puzzle-platform odyssey through ancient Mesopotamia. The game was originally written in 1993 by Rabah Shihab on an Amiga 500 with half a megabyte of RAM and no hard drive, in pure machine code. It would have become the first commercial-quality video game ever made in Iraq, but it got never officially released, at least not in the western world. After a playable demo version was previously leaked and released in 2008, now the full original game - the real disks - is finally available for download.

03.09.2026 - Amiga game 'Foxy's Run' - preview version released
'Foxy's Run' is a WIP side-scrolling platformer for the Amiga featuring a PAL 320×256 resolution and sixteen colours. It requires 1 MB of chip RAM or a stock A1200. The game features five maps, various enemies (walkers, hoppers, and flyers), a winter-themed second half, and a final boss. Cherries serve as your ammo, and you must collect gems to open the exit. You can get the game in its current state as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

03.09.2026 - New Amiga Games from August 2026 - video by 'Retro Gaming Dino'
Presentation of new games for Commodore Amiga released in August 2026, with gameplay footage, lots of information about the games and download links in the video description.

02.09.2026 - Amiga game 'Fernando Martín Vs Epi' - final version released
'Fernando Martín Vs Epi' s a tribute to the 8-bit classic "Fernando Martín Basket Master", which never had a Commodore Amiga adaptation and which, humbly and as a homage, was now ported.You can now play the complete version, where, of course, you'll be able to control either Epi or Fernando Martín. The game includes a 1-player mode, where you play as Epi, and a 2-player mode where you can choose your character (joystick only), with P1 as Fernando Martín and P2 as Eli. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

02.09.2026 - Amiga game '2048 Amiga' released
Welcome to 2048 Amiga! This is a faithful "demake" of the highly addictive tile-matching puzzle game, programmed entirely from scratch using AMOS Professional. Whether you are playing on original Amiga hardware or running it through an emulator, this game brings the beloved 2048 logic right to your CRT monitor. You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

31.08.2026 - Amiga game 'Aonic: The Green Hill Zone Demo' - demo version released
'Aonic' is a work-in-progress demo of a port of 'Sonic The Hedgehog' from the Sega Megadrive to the Commodore Amiga 1200 (with 2MB Chip RAM), which is in the work by developer reassembler68k. It is directly based on the original code. Specifically, the disassembly published by the Sonic Retro team. As such, it plays identically, although the rendering has been heavily optimized and rewritten for the Amiga. Visually, there are necessary and obvious differences. This demo is the first Act of Green Hill Zone only and you can get it as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

30.08.2026 - Amiga game 'The Cutters' - playable build released
'The Cutters' is a WIP retro adventure game with resource-management elements, developed for the Amiga 1200 AGA. After your grandfather's death, you inherit an old house and a small piece of forest - along with his unpaid debt. To keep the property, you must work hard: cut down and replant trees, process wood, complete orders and develop your small lumber business before time runs out. You can get the game in its current state as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.