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11.11.2022 - New footage (30) for WIP Amiga game 'Souverän Soccer'
'Souverän Soccer' is a (wip) Super Formation Soccer (SNES) like game for unaccelerated stock Amiga 1200 / CD32 and compatible machines (Amiga AGA 020, 14 MHz, no Fast RAM, 50 fps). Since the Amiga37 event, mostly bugs were fixed that popped up during the show. But one new feature has been added too: The crowd's grand stand has been visually improved by making the (currently) three crowd layers transparent, so that you can see through to the layer behind the other. In previous versions there was a hard vertical seperation.

11.11.2022 - One Man & His Machine : Compilation #1 (Episodes 1-5) - new video from 'BastichB 64K'
Compilation of the 1st 5 episodes in this Documentary series about video game Creators, Programmers & Musicians. Featuring the talents of Manfred Trenz , Paul Norman , Kenji Eno , Chris Butler and Trevor Storey.

11.11.2022 - Video: The Story of Magnetic Scrolls and The "End" of the Text Adventure
Magnetic Scrolls were the UK-based text adventure makers, responsible for some first class C64 and Amiga games, who were able to match Infocom, thanks to the success of games like The Pawn and Guild of Thieves...but even they couldn't beat time. This is their fascinating story.

10.11.2022 - Amiga game 'LUMA' released
LUMA is laser based sliding puzzle game for Commodore Amiga where the goal is to connect lasers to targets of same color by using mirrors to deflect the beam. Activate the lasers using batteries. Each level must be solved within a specific amount of moves. The game has 128 fun and challenging levels and you can get it as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

10.11.2022 - We Must Save These Amiga 500 Hard Disks | Part 2 | Trash to Treasure - new video from 'RMC'
Commodore Amiga Hard Disk time again today! Unobtainable upgrades on the budget back in the day but now Neil has three examples in varying conditions that deserve our attention, let's test them out before we consider restoring them.

10.11.2022 - Amiga game 'Minky' V1.3 released
'Minky' is a very nice looking platformer game for Amiga and was released some days ago. You can get the game as digital version for little money. And if you like to test it first, you can get a demo version here. Meanwhile the game got an update. V1.3 update fixes: - Strange crashes removed when throwing a ball and jumping at same time

09.11.2022 - New FPGA64 core (221109) for MIST Board available
The MIST board was designed to implement classic computers like Amiga and C64 (and other 16 or 8 bis systems) as System-on-a-Chip using modern hardware. New in the FPGA64 core: - Adjust blanking/sync timings according to prelimiary VIC-II datasheet/Christian Bauer's VIC-II docs. - T65: rework interrupt dispatching. - CPUPort: bit 5 is low when input. - Update VIA. - C64.R02 can be used as a default cart image.

07.11.2022 - New at AMIGAstore.eu - 'GottaGo FaZt3r 128/256MB'
The GottaGoFaZt3r Fast RAM provides 128MB or 256MB of Z3 memory to your Amiga 4000D, 4000T, A3000D, or A3000T.

07.11.2022 - C64 SD2IEC+ from thefuturewas8bit.com - video from 'GRay Defender'
Let's take a few minutes to explore the SD2IEC+ from thefuturewas8bit.com.

06.11.2022 - C64 game 'New Lands' released
New Lands is a strategy/economy game for C64 with a slight addition of rouge-like elements, put in pirates, or a colonization-like genre. Your task is to expand your colonies and defeat pirates' hideouts. Construct ships, build forts, explore islands, and defend your realm. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

06.11.2022 - Amiga 4000 Adventures: Up close and personal with my Warp Engine 68060 - new video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (10MARC)'
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast Doug is heading back to his Amiga 4000 and trying to determine why his Warp Engine accelerator acts silly when trying to boot. He also introduces you to his new Magnifamometer used to look at motherboards and other parts up close!

05.11.2022 - 4/12 Can this $57 portable oscilloscope help me fix a C64? - new video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
On today's video, we have another C64 repair. This time Adrian is going to be using a very inexpensive portable oscilloscope which he bought from AliExpress for a total of $57 shipped. Will this cheap scope be good enough to help me fix this computer?

05.11.2022 - Amiga game 'Devil's Temple' V3.4 released
Devil's Temple - Son of the Kung-Fu Master is a Spin-Off of the 1984 genre defining arcade game - Kung Fu Master for the Amiga (OCS), that is even enhanced to the original it's based on, featuring 10 stages with cool colorful graphics and nice gameplay. V3.4 has the following fixes: - On ECS machines, enabling the cheat would break the menu display - fixed. - Booting using Kickstart >= 2.0 on A500 would crash loading the executable - fixes. - Module audio timing issues - fixed. - Typos / Corrections in various places. - Sprite corruption issue in levels 5/9. - Game could possibly not spawn some essential events if too many enemies were on screen

03.11.2022 - Amiga game 'Black Dawn Technomage' released as digital download version
The longest running and highly rated Amiga (AGA) RPG series comes to a sunning conclusion! 2 years in the making with a brand new engine and the most sophisticated RPG system ever seen in the series. Story: After the Infamous events at Base DS97 Brenn barely escaped with his life. The Horrors of the Black Dawn left behind him in the burnt crater of that desolate, haunted moon. Now the game was released as digital version for small money, but you can also order your boxed Collectors Edition right now from Bitmap Soft.

03.11.2022 - Unbox and Play Showdown - Collector's Edition for the MEGA65 - video from 'retroCombs'
Thanks to poly.play, retroCombs is able to bring you this unboxing and demonstration of the second MEGA65 boxed title, Showdown - Collector's Edition. A wild west shooting game for one or two players. It's a blast! Pun intended.