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08.12.2022 - Code Review a Novel? C64 BASIC in The Impossible Fortress - new Video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
The Impossible Fortress is a novel by Jason Rekulak about the (mis)adventures of a 14-year-old Commodore 64 programmer in 1987. Each chapter opens with a snippet of C64 BASIC code from the video game he's writing, with the help of a friend he meets during the story. Robin gets the dumb idea to type in, comment upon, and when reasonable, fix the code from all 34 chapters in one stupidly long video.

08.12.2022 - Protovision Shop: 'Plus/4 Dust Covers' now available
So you have a wonderful Commodore Plus/4 machine and want to protect it against dust and nasty splashes that always seem to appear out of nowhere. Well, Protovision has the thing just for you - sturdy and flexible covers made of Kodura fabric. Not only do they look great but they are made in Germany, so you know they are great!

08.12.2022 - Video: Building a NEW Amiga 2000 in 2022 - Part 2. Zorro, bluster, keyboard and case
Back with the Amiga 2000 EATX build this week to finish off the board, it needs its all the slots fitted and its needs that one thing which makes it an A2000, that’s the buster or in our case bluster chip.

07.12.2022 - Video shows preview of 'Skyhawk' for C64
Very early work in progress of a new Commodore 64 game called 'Skyhawk'.

07.12.2022 - Game port 'Kye for C64' released and free for download
'Kye' is is the C64 port of Colin Garbutt's puzzle game from 1992. The goal of the game is simple: move around with the green circle thing and collect all the diamonds. It's up to you to discover the rules. There is also a list of user-made levels included, so there are a lot more levels to play, than the original set.

06.12.2022 - C64 Preview: Quasimodo's Christmas Caper (2022)
This exclusive preview for ZZAP! 64 features 3 unique levels to try out before the game's full release on Christmas Eve 2022. These levels do not appear in the final game.

05.12.2022 - Protovision Shop: New Stock Item - 'C64 Vinyl Tribute #2'
Spinning its way into the Protovision Shop is the Commodore 64 Vinyl Tribute #2 – a great SID collection of music by well known musicians within the Chiptune and Demoscene. This gatefold record is presented on 180 gram vinyl for superior listening quality and is a must buy for all chiptune fans. This release is also available as an Audio CD.

05.12.2022 - BFG 9060 68060 Accelerator for the Amiga review - With a virtual FPU? - new video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (10MARC)'
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast Doug is reviewing the fantastic new 68060 accelerator for the Amiga 3000 and 4000. Join him as we install it in his A3000 and see how fast it can go!

04.12.2022 - Update of WIP Amiga game 'Settle the World' (120422) released
Settle the World is a turn-based building and trading game with a focus on local multiplayer (up to four players on one Amiga computer), which you can download as demo version and test it. New in this update: - River courses and river graphics. - River tiles yields + 1 harvest for grain, sugar and tobacco. - Rivers are visible on the map during map generation and also on the standard worldmap. - Rivers are now pathfinding compatible. - Small ships can move on rivers. - Cities located next to a river can build docks and shipyards. - Small ships can enter cities which are located next to a river. - Increased Movement costs for land units moving on a river. - Roads can be build on river tiles. - New terrain type -prairie-. Not very fertile, but suitable for growing tobacco... and much more...

04.12.2022 - C64 game 'Duck Hunt' released and free for download
Duck Hunt is a 1984 light gun shooter video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Now it was ported to C64 by Mahna Mahna and released at Transmission64 3rd Edition (2022). It can also be played with light gun on C64. If you use an emulator like Vice, select the Magnum Light Phaser on Control port 1.

04.12.2022 - Amiga game 'WoodBlockPuzzle' released and free for download
'WoodBlockPuzzle' is a logic game like many games for Android, written in Blitz Basic 2 for Amiga. You must put blocks on the table. If horizontal or vertical line is complete, you have more points. If you don't have empty place for blocks, you must click on "GIVE UP".

03.12.2022 - Video: Building a NEW Amiga 2000 in 2022 - Part 1 assembly, testing and first power up
Why buy a big box Amiga when we can make one...

01.12.2022 - C64 game 'Soko64' released
'Soko64' is a new take on Sokoban, a famous puzzle game designed in 1981 by Hiroyuki Imabayashi, and first published in December 1982. Made with ugBasic this version includes 64 8x8 tricky levels, that are unlocked from the beginning, for you to try them all. The game will run in PAL and NTSC (not optimized though for the latter) and you can get it for a bargain (name your own price).

01.12.2022 - WIP Amiga game 'Creeping Me Out: Hex Night' - Spoilers! (An interesting new level?)
'Creeping Me Out: Hex Night' is going to be an action platformer in the vein of Turrican & Castlevania, made in Scorpion Engine. The development is making a lot of progress on the factory levels, as you can see in this new video. Many more creature types, improved graphics in many areas, and most importantly - due to improvements in Scorpion Engine itself and optimizations.

30.11.2022 - 'Wrong Way Back' - Game for AMIGA CD32 released and free for download
'Wrong Way Back' is an AMIGA CD32 adventure game about a woman trapped in a strange room trying to find her way home. How did she get there, how can she escape and most importantly why was she brought there? This game was made as an experiment in AMOS as Amiga CD32 development and will need to either be burned to CD-R to be played on a real machine or used with an Amiga emulator with CD32 BIOS ROMs. If you're trying to use a standard Amiga you will need a game pad with 2 buttons.