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02.01.2023 - Reset64 #15 - January 2023 released
Reset Magazine is back and is proud to present Reset64 #15, freshly released in digital format for a bargain (name your own price). This issue is packed with the latest news, new game reviews, interviews, columns and feature articles - brimming with love for our favourite 80s micro-computer, the Commodore 64! Featuring: - Stunning original RPG inspired cover art by Anthony Stiller. - Andrew pays tribute to the late Oliver Frey and the team discusses why his art and legacy are so legendary. - New reviews of a selection of amazing contemporary C64 game releases, including full reviews of Soulless II, Briley Witch Chronicles, Lykia: The Lost Island, Puzzle Bobble, Polar Bear in Space, Eye of the Beholder and many more! - Craptastic 2022 results revealed. They're here, finally! - Brand new RPG themed Blow the Cartridge comic from Cameron Davis. - Stefan Vogt is back with his Adventure themed column - Reset Fiction. - and much more

02.01.2023 - Time travel back to 1988 - The Mimetics Framebuffer for the Amiga Review - video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (10MARC)'
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast we are going back in time to 1988 and looking at one of the first High Color Framebuffers for the Amiga 2000 - The Mimetics Framebuffer. While it has limitations, it can do some amazing things!

02.01.2023 - Amiga game 'Elf Spirit Hunters' released
Inspired by David Crane's Ghostbusters, this is a short Amiga game developed for Tom Hall's Toybox Jam 4. As such, it only uses the "off the shelf" assets provided for the Jam. Can you free the world of the last remaining Halloween Spirits before Christmas? The game is available as digital download for free.

01.01.2023 - 'Green Beret' port for Amiga released and free for download - December 2022 Update
Green Beret, also known as Rush'N Attack, is a Konami game released in 1985 on the arcades and later ported to several home systems. But it was never released for the Amiga back then. Now you can get a playable version as free digital download. December update includes: - added 2 selectable difficulty levels (Normal and Arcade), because people asked for a less brutal experience.  - "Normal" has a lifebar (which is not a "heresy", since the Japanese version of Contra Hard Corps (Mega Drive) does that too). - "Arcade" is the same difficulty as previous versions (no lifebar, 1 hit = dead). - Also some minor improvements here and there, such as a little flag marking a "save point/spawn point" reached.

01.01.2023 - Logiker Christmas 2022 Challenge Commodore Results - video from 'GRay Defender'
In this video 'GRay Defender' covers most of the Commodore entries submitted in the recently concluded 2022 Logiker Christmas challenge, including his own.

31.12.2022 - Commodore-Inspired Vinyl Records and Compact Discs - Video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
Let's take a look at some of my collection of vinyl records and CDs that are somehow inspired by or connected to Commodore computers. One Intelligent Dance Music album is VIC-20 themed and even includes a type-in program that we try! Another is named after the Commodore PET, or my favourite Commodore magazine. Another has a Commodore 64 program hidden on it that promises the greatest Telespeil ever on the next album! Another is a synth record about Kayak Championships published by Commodore that borrows from Phil Collins in a very strange way. Or another song is about using your Commodore 64 for free long distance calls and getting busted by the Feds. Much variety, but all of it is somehow Commodore-connected.

31.12.2022 - Top Commodore 64 Games for 2022- video from 'RetroGamerNation'
A look at the top 20 Commodore 64 (C64) games released from 16 December 2021 to 18 December 2022. Full results of the voting poll can be found at www.retrogamernation.com.

30.12.2022 - Plus/4 game 'The Two Rogues' released
'The Two Rogues' (A Két Zsivány) is a single-screen maze game, where the player has to control two characters alternately. Toggle between them with the SPACE key while trying to steer both characters through the maze and reach the exit spots.

29.12.2022 - A Commodore 64 with… vacuum tubes? Introducing the Evo64! - video from 'retrobits'
A brand new, high-end audiophile-oriented C64 replica - features reviewed + build + test.

29.12.2022 - The very rare (for North America) C64G and I build a couple miniature retro devices - video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
What's this? A C64 in the basement Adrian has never even seen before (with his own eyes.) Yep, the C64G, the last of the bread bin machines. Also a couple miniature kits which he builds in a timelapse.

29.12.2022 - The earliest Amiga 500 on Record? - video from 'Jan Beta'
Jan is inspecting a very early Amiga 500 and performing a bit of archeology.

28.12.2022 - C64 game 'The Mystery of Markham Manor' released
This text-graphic adventure was originally made for the ZX Spectrum, already back in 1988 but never released. After the developer found it on his old work disks, together with two other games, it could finally see the light of day. And due to some quiet time over Xmas it has been possible to convert the graphics from the Spectrum format release into Commodore Multicolour format and squash a couple of visual bugs. As a result, The Mystery of Markham Manor has now made it to the C64. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

28.12.2022 - WIP C64 game 'Grey' - engine demo 6
Grey is an FPS for C64 in development. This new video shows some new features of the game, like: - Switched to (a fake) 80x50 resolution. - Replaced textures. - Added variable ceil / floor colors. - Added flickering light effect

27.12.2022 - 'WhirlyBirds' for C64 released
'WhirlyBirds' was recently released for Plus/4. Now the Puls4r Team (maker of Lykia) also ported it to C64. WhirlyBirds is a first person 3D game in the vein of the Freescape engine. Move around with joystick or cursor keys. Explore the level and find the three Christmas elves. The game is available as free digital download. The archive contains different versions (fullscreen, faster paced windowed version and one for the SCPU).

27.12.2022 - C64 Savyour Device and playing Duck Hunt - video from 'GRay Defender'
In this video, 'GRay Defender' checks out the MSSIAH Savyour device for the Commodore 64. He will also play a few games of Duck Hunt using a USB mouse and the Savyour.