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01.11.2022 - C64 game 'Superchase Remix' released and free for download
Superchase Remix is a maze game for the C64 where you try to collect as much treasure as possible, while the Monster of Dungeons tries to stop you! It's also hungry! The game is called Superchase Remix because it is remixed from three different versions of the same game that got published in Compute! magazines and books in the early '80s (the original Vic-20 version was published on October 1982, so exactly 40 years ago).

01.11.2022 - Amiga game 'ACE: Battle Over The Sea' released
ACE: Battle Over The Sea is a classic vertical shoot em up made by DarkGiver for the Amiga Blitz Basic Game Jam. You're piloting an unidentified strong and well armed turboprop plane with swiss colours (but who looks like a modernized F6F Hellcat...) in an alternate history world. Minimum system requirements : Amiga PAL OCS/ECS with 1MB Chip Memory. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

01.11.2022 - Amiga 1200 game 'NEONnoir' released
NEONnoir is a hybrid point-and-click adventure/visual novel game for the Amiga 1200. When Danni Ashton went missing, her worried father came to you for help. Can you find her before it's too late? This game was created over 5 months for the Amiga Blitz Basic Game Jam and you can get it as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

31.10.2022 - Amiga prototype game 'Microtopia' released
Microtopia is a prototype of a city-builder simulation game, written in Blitz Basic 2.1. It features randomly generated maps and three different species of inhabitant to provide for, Crows farm the land while industrious Beavers provide robust building materials, while the Moths fascinations with technology will help keep your advanced buildings running. You can download the game as free digital download (read the loading instructions on how to boot the .adf).

31.10.2022 - Demo version of WIP Amiga game 'Capacitor's Revenge released
Capacitor's Revenge is a funny little shooter game, which was made for the Amiga Blitz Basic Game Jam. It is still in development, but you can already download a playable version for testing. Defend your Amiga motherboard from the attacking components which have escaped their soldering and gone bade.

31.10.2022 - C64 game 'Cab Hustle' released
Cab Hustle is a new game for the C64, inspired by games such as Space Taxi, TurboRaketti, and Crazy Taxi. Transport passengers between platforms without crashing to collect fare. You can get the game as free digital download.

31.10.2022 - Amiga game 'Shuriken' released
Shuriken is a Ninja-themed game based on the arcade classic Berzerk. It was built for Amiga OS 3.2 as an entry in the Amiga Blitz Basic Jam 2022 and you can get it as digital download for free.

31.10.2022 - Demo version of WIP Amiga game 'Settle the World' 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). You will have to found settlements, build roads, establish trade relations with your fellow player, explore the map and sometimes send soldiers to war.The game is still in development and many important core elements of the game concept are still missing, but you can now download a demo version and test it.

31.10.2022 - October Commodore Computer Show - new video from 'Bread Box Commodore Computer Museum'
Commodore Computer Show October 2022 with Commodore Unboxing, Top 10 C64 and Amiga Games October 1989 and more.

30.10.2022 - Amiga 1200 TF1260 Accelerator Installation - new video from 'Jan Beta'
Jan is upgrading his Amiga 1200 with a Terrible Fire 1260 Motorola 68060 accelerator card.

30.10.2022 - Sabre Wulf Remastered Preview (v0.1) for C64 released
Sabre Wulf is an action-adventure game released by British video game developer Ultimate Play the Game for the ZX Spectrum home computer in 1984 and there was also a port for C64. This remastering project of it was started after graphic artist JonEgg redrew all the tiles for the C64 version of the game Sabre Wulf. This is now a very first preview and there's no game here yet .. but you can explore the map, pickup the amulet pieces and some other objects (not placed in all rooms as yet), and find your way to the end location - which has the gatekeeper.

29.10.2022 - 'Castle Attack' - a game for the unexpanded Commodore VIC-20 / C16 / C116 / Plus4.
'Castle Attack' is a little arcade game in the style of 'Orc Attack', created by Rainer Kappler (Masterware Entertainment), which you can download for free. After a long battle, your castle is about to be conquered. Defend your castle by throwing stones at the attacking knights, who want to use ladders to reach the battlements of it.

29.10.2022 - C64 game 'Promethean Legacy' released and free for download
Promethean Legacy is a dice-rolling strategy game for the Commodore 64. You have six dice and the number of pips on the sides of each die can be increased (or decreased!). At the start of each game the dice have low numbers on each side, some are even blank.

29.10.2022 - C64 game 'Darkland' re-released as free digital download
Alf Yngve presents 'Darkland'! This creepy treat from 2014 has been resurrected in 2022 and unleashed back into an unsuspecting world. The aim of this game is to guide your hero through Darkland... This land is infested by tentacle monsters, which spit a deadly poison ... In order to locate these deadly monsters, you must find them using your searchlight ... Once found, shoot them using the fire button. You can get the game for, but you can also support the developer with some money by naming your own price.

29.10.2022 - Amiga game 'Connect' released
Connect is a classic logic game. The game is inspired by Hashiwokakero logic puzzles. Chips are placed on a circuit board and the player has to place connections between them. Features: - Solo-, Coop- and Battlemode. - Variable bordsize. - Storable highscore. - 4.294.967.296 gameboard variants. - Music included (with 1MB RAM). Runs on all PAL-Amigas (NTSC-support maybe later) with Kickstart v1.3 minimum and At least 512kb Chipmem (+512kb of any ram for music). You can get the game for a small price as digital download.