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24.06.2022 - Y.A.S.I.C. - Yet Another Space Invaders Clone for the VIC-20 (+16k)
We're not being invaded, we're the invaders! Yep its come to that. In the far distant future humankind finally discovers that we are not the only sentient beings in this vast universe. made for the 16k Expanded Commodore VIC-20, runs on PAL/NTSC and the digital download is for free.

24.06.2022 - 'Dread' - Making-of Doom for Amiga 500 - Amiga Music Showcase Intro & Main Menu
Video previews a piece of Amiga music and by John/PixelGlass. This is how the intro of Dread, a "Doom" clone on an Amiga 500, could look and sound in the future.

23.06.2022 - Commodore Amiga 1000 Trash to Treasure Pt1 | Meet The Amiga - new video from 'RMC'
The Commodore Amiga 1000 is finally in The Cave. Let's take a slightly different look at its history while we try to restore it.

22.06.2022 - How compatible is the Enhancer 2000? (A clone of the Commodore 1541 disk drive) - new video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
On today's SMMC 0036, we have a VIC-20 computer and an Enhancer 2000 clone 1541 disk drive to look at. These were found by a local viewer at the Goodwill bins, which is one step removed from e-waste. Lets see if we can get these things working!

22.06.2022 - 50% failure! Can this Commodore SX-64 keyboard be repaired? - new video from 'retrobits'
Ep 63 : Half the keys on this portable C64 don’t work. Options for repairing or replacing the internal membrane. Cleaning, retrobrighting, and creating a new 3D-printed space bar stabilizer.

21.06.2022 - Video: One Year Later - Commodore Amiga Floppy breakthrough for all Emulation fans - WinUAE & FloppyBridge
It's been one year since releasing the magic that allowed real physical disk access within WinUAE (and Amiberry)! In this video we look back on how all of this happened in a rough timeline including some unseen video footage, a short explanation about why this was so difficult, and also look to the future too.

20.06.2022 - C64 Vision Basic Redefine Charset - video from 'GRay Defender'
In this video 'GRay Defender' shows off three super optimized BASIC programs and demonstrate how to redefine the character set using Vision BASIC.

20.06.2022 - The Newtek Digiview Review for the Amiga - Episode 128 - new video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (10MARC)'
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast Doug is reviewing the wonderful DigiView Gold from Newtek! Join him as we capture some fun images and go over how this marvelous device worked.

19.06.2022 - Amiga Future magazine - Issue 157 available for pre-order
The Amiga Future magazine is available as either a single issue or by subscription, either with or without a cover CD in german or english language. Content for #157: - Show Reports: Amiga 37. - Reviews: Space Cadet 3D Pinball, No More Toxic Man, Juniors Great Adventure, Amiga versus board games- Hannibal, Malaga Vice, Devil's Temple - Son of the Kung-Fu Master, Atarenium Falcon, GermZ, VideoClipper, Aminet News, Hollywood Sugarcane 9.1, Hollywood Designer 6.0, vbcc, The A500 Mini, FreewayPro USB Zorro-II Card, MasPlayer 2022 Edition, BFG9060, The Light Corridor. - Special: Trevors Soapbox, Speedrun: Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards, The Amiga 600 turns 30 years old, Demoscene. - Workshops: Dream fulfillment. - Others: Editorial, Contents, News, Imprint, Readers CD content.

19.06.2022 - C64 game 'Zoomies!' released
'Zoomies!' by Second Dimension is a fun little shoot 'em up inspired by the budget Mastertronic games from the old days. The game runs as intended on NTSC but should also be playable on PAL and is free for download.

17.06.2022 - Long lost Amiga game 'Riamel: Black Prophecy' resurrected and released
Riamel was a follow up to Lords of Time, which was created by Steve Postma back in 1994. A very exciting RPG that would span 3 disks, but sadly didn’t seem to get experienced as it should have been. For years, a demo has been floating around, but even that was quite obscure and not within the usual channels to download and check out. Within the demo, it talks about how you can send off for a full copy of the game – though it seems that it may never have reached any hands... until today...

15.06.2022 - New at AMIGAstore.eu - 'ZuluSCSI v1-1' - SCSI to SD adapter'
Use a MicroSD or SD with your SCSI controller. This adapter allows you to use SDCard media instead of a real SCSI device. Compatible with a vast variety of SCSI controllers. Including the Amiga motherboard controllers, 3rd party controllers as the A590 or the Blizzard/Cyberstorm SCSI controllers, Atari, Apple, PC, keyboards/samplers, CNC machines, scientist instruments, etc. A 3,5" bay adapter is available as option.

15.06.2022 - 'Metro Siege' for Amiga - Update for June 9th 2022
Check out the initial designs for the level 9 biker thugs and then Mike will show and explain the latest additions and enhancements to the gameplay of 'Metro Siege', a retro 16-bit pixel art brawler game by BitBeamCannon. The game is being built from the ground-up with a custom engine that not only runs on modern systems, but on classic Amiga computers.

14.06.2022 - Plus/4 game 'Adder Hunting In The Stone Age' released and free for download
This game might be considered as a very primitive precursor of Minecraft. :) Its gameplay also has similarity with Xonix. You need to build traps and restrict an area where the adder may move. Then you should wait until the adder enters your trap. This time you should use a stone as quickly as possible to get your trophy. If the hunter directly assaults the snake there is a 50% chance that he will squash it but the beast is fast so it is a weak way to win. The adder can move diagonally, the hunter can't.

14.06.2022 - That Blank Space Before Numbers in Commodore 64 BASIC - new Video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
When positive numbers are converted to strings for printing or manipulation in Commodore BASIC, there's always a blank space in front. While minor in the grand scheme of things, it can make precise formatting annoying. What can be done about it?