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05.09.2022 - Elbox FastATA MK-V Hard Drive Controller for the Amiga 1200 Review - working with AmigaOS 3.21 - new video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (10MARC)'
This week Doug is reviewing the Elbox FastATA MK-V hard drive accelerator for the #amiga1200 - This fine device unleashes the hidden power of your IDE controller! Or some such nonsense... Join him as he covers installation, work through the bugs in the software, and ultimately get it to work on a modern AmigaOS 3.2.1 Installation!

03.09.2022 - The Great Donkey Kong Junior Hoax - Nintendo on Commodore 64 - new Video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
Robin loved Nintendo games for decades, ever since he first saw Donkey Kong in the arcade in the early 1980s. Years before the NES, he wanted to play Mario and Donkey Kong games at home, and that was possible for some thanks to Atarisoft on home computers and Coleco for video game consoles. However, one favourite game wasn't available for his Commodore 64: Donkey Kong Junior. Or was it? One day a friend gave him a copied disk that promised to fulfill his dream, but instead it robbed him of 8-bit bliss for hours, days, maybe even years due to a cruel, mysterious, and suspicious password protection scheme. Join him as he use his Super Snapshot machine language monitor to get to the bottom of this mystery.

02.09.2022 - Amiga game creator 'Redpill' V0.9.13 released
List of changes in 0.9.13: - When editing the level the collision map can be displayed on top of the map with the Show Tile Cols checkbox. - Games not using hud will consume less Chip memory. - When editing text, non ASCII characters will be converted to the closest ASCII character. - Reduced screen width is used correctly in triggers and camera. - Added Condition trigger On Landed that detects when an objects hits the ground. - Audio files path tries to correct itself if the file is not found. - Added trigger Play Sound Random to play from a range of sounds. - Added action trigger Stop CD32 that stops the CD audio. - Loading a level now stops the CD audio if playing. -Adjusted lower limit for map width values. - Optimization in memory copy operations. - Fix in collisions when moving very fast to the left. - Fix for copper palette from a file not being exported to the Build.

01.09.2022 - C64 game 'Sub Chase 64' released
'Sub Chase 64' is a C64 remake of the VIC 20 'Sub Chase', which was written by Roger Merritt and published by UMI Inc. in 1982. The C64 version by Karsten Senkel features: 8 different enemies, 3 game modes for 1 or 2 player simultaneously, Weapon upgrades, Balanced difficulty curve and Highscore table. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

01.09.2022 - A500 Mini Pandory Mod V2 update released
The Pandory Mod is "sideloaded" firmware for the A500 mini which gives you full access to the machine and allows you to run native programs that enable many new game emulators, such as RetroArch. It comes in the form of a WHDLOAD package and exploits a hidden-feature of the A500 amiberry emulator to run native code. It runs completely from USB stick and is 100% removable.

31.08.2022 - Possible new C64 game 'Nightshift' announced
Not much is yet known about this announced game (besides some nice looking mockups), only that it might happen in collaboration by Piggy 18 Team and Tony Savona, who are currently finishing 'A Pig Quest' for C64.

30.08.2022 - 'Bomb Jack Beer Edition' for Amiga OCS/ECS - Updated Music and Speed Changes
Bomb Jack Beer Edition is an arcade home brew port of the classic Tecmo game released in 1984. Take control of Jack and collect the lit bombs in order. If you collect all bombs in order you get a special bonus. Get enough bonuses and you'll be taken to the special rounds that were exclusively created for the Amiga. The game is available as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

29.08.2022 - Long lost C64 title 'Exorcist' preserved and available for download
The GTW64 stuff was very surprised when they were contacted in late May 2022 to see if they knew anything about a C64 conversion of Exorcist, a game that was released by Commodore on the C16/Plus/4 in 1984, programmed by Greg Duddle under the Mr. Micro label. Until now there didn’t seem to be any evidence in magazines that a C64 version was in the planning or offering, but yet a C64 version saw a very low number release in Spain. It has now only just been fully preserved after a copy finally surfaced. The game is a variant of Pacman but more complex and can now be downloaded. It also comes with a newly found and early David Whittaker tune for the next HVSC update.

29.08.2022 - WIP Amiga game 'Farmiga' - new version (Beta 5 - 28.08.2022) released
This new 'work in progress' Amiga game is a simulator of a farm and you can get a demo version as digital download for testing. Hardware requirements: 1,5MB Chip RAM / 1MB Chip + 0,5MB Fast (Slow) RAM. New in Beta 4 - 28.08.2022: - The full game time is 16 tax periods. - new start screen and Main Menu Games. - Half arable people are remembered when writing and reading, so we don't lose our crops after saving the game. - Removed some errors

28.08.2022 - PDF Retro magazine REV'n'GE issue #137 for download
REV'n'GE (Retro Emulator Vision and Game) is an Italian and Englishlanguage PDF magazine, not only for Commodore fans, that mainly focus on game REViews.

28.08.2022 - Checkmate 1500 Plus Amiga Desktop Case Review - new video from 'Jan Beta'
Jan is reviewing the Checkmate 1500 Plus case and converting a standard Amiga 500 to an expandable desktop form factor.

27.08.2022 - Exploring 1982's Commodore MAX Machine - new Video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
In 1982 Commodore launched a system featuring a 6510 CPU, a VIC-II video chip, and a SID sound chip, and it wasn't a Commodore 64. It was the Commodore MAX, a low-end computer / games system intended to compete with the Atari VCS and Intellivision. While it only officially released in Japan, Commodore was very near to releasing it in the USA, Japan, and Germany too. Join Robin as we look at this obscure system, and compare it to its much more famous (and capable) big brother the Commodore 64.

27.08.2022 - 3/12 Is this $60 pen oscilloscope good enough to fix this C64? (Hantek PSO2020 Review) - new video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
Time for another review of an inexpensive oscilloscope. This time we have the Hantek PSO2020 in an interesting and unique for factor. It's cheap but will it work well enough to allow Adrian to figure out what's wrong with this broken Commodore 64?

26.08.2022 - WIP Amiga game 'Minky' - Demo Version (4 Level) released
'Minky' is a very nice looking platformer game for Amiga, which is currently in development. Full game is announced to be coming soon, but right now you are able to download a digital image with demo levels to play. Required: Amiga 500 (512k Chip / 512k Slow).

25.08.2022 - Athanor 2 - Legend of the Birdmen Amiga AGA version trailer
A little gameplay video of Athanor 2 - The legend of the birdmen on Amiga in AGA version, with only very few spoilers. Some physical versions available, don't hesitate to send the developer a mail (see video description) for information or reserve one.