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18.05.2022 - 'Games That Weren't 64' (GTW64) May 2022 update
For May 2022 GTW64 has the following 6 new additions: Harold V1, McMurphy’s Mansion, PlayWriter series, RabbitJack’s Casino, Shadow of the Beast V1, Silvia. Plus there are 33 updates for the site, including a number of new entries and preservations over the past month. Also details of another Shadow of the Beast conversion that was under way and various tidy ups.

18.05.2022 - I'm completely blown away by all these modern C64 goodies! - new video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
On today's SMMC 0031, we have a wild assortment of "modern" C64 items. All of this stuff will be given away in a future video, so stayed tuned for that!

17.05.2022 - Petscii Robots Mega Update - Arcade, Genesis, MS-DOS and more! - new video from 'The 8-Bit Guy'
In this video we see 'The 8-Bit Guy' building an arcade machine of his game 'Petscii Robots' out of an old Amiga 500. He is also showing updates on all Commodore versions of 'Petscii Robots', including a C64 REU version.

16.05.2022 - 'Vanilla Conquer' - Amiga port of Command & Conquer Version 1.0 released
Vanilla Conquer is a port of Command & Conquer (a.k.a. Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn or simply C&C/C&C1) for Amigas equipped with Apollo/Vampire V4 PiStorm/Emu-68 accelerators. New in Version 1.0: - Fixed radar map display. - Fixed few enforcer hits. - Fixed Ion Cannon recharge time (was 0). - Added ability to show FPS under F5. - Added ability to enable/disable framelimiter under F4. - Replaced Riva with FroggerNG. - Changed riva.txt to player.ini.- Added an alternate icon by P.Cotter

16.05.2022 - External Amiga 500 PiStorm Accelerator - new video from 'Jan Beta'
Jan is checking out the Lazarusstorm external PiStorm adapter for the Amiga 500.

16.05.2022 - 'TrekWar' - game for Commodore PET released and free for download
TrekWar - A Star Trek action game for the Commodore PET. Shoot those pesky Klingon ships, and gather dilithium crystals to drop them at their storage facilities .. all while making sure you don't run out of energy or have your shields breached.

16.05.2022 - C64 game 'Venture64' released and free for download
'Venture64' is a port of the 1981 arcade game Venture for the Commodore 64. It includes elements from the official Atari 2600, Colecovision and Intellivision home versions. You can also print out a j-card for your cassette collection.

16.05.2022 - 'Green Beret' port for Amiga released and free - May 2022 Update
Green Beret, also known as Rush'N Attack, is a Konami game released in 1985 on the arcades and later ported to several home systems. But it was never released for the Amiga back then. Now you can get a playable version as free digital download. Updated May: In Green Beret, a player could stall forever the gameplay, such as staying on top of the first truck in level 1. So the original designers added a "timeout jet" that appears and kills players instantly when they're wasting time. Other fixes: - blue soldiers only fire one shot, some even retreat after this shot. This is following feedback pointing out that some soldiers were firing repeatedly until they succeed in hitting the player. Limiting them to one shot makes the game's difficulty level way more manageable. - cleaned some pixel artifacts in the title screen's background.

16.05.2022 - New C64 game 'Miner 2019er' released
As announced, Miner 2019er for the Commodore 64 is now available for order from Psytronik. Also available as digital download for a bargain. This is a new prequel to the legendary classic release Miner 2049er - a brand-new C64 release by Daniel Avery! Produced with permission and support from the original game author Bill Hogue, the game reproduces the look and feel of the original game. Miner 2019er features 25 levels along with ports of three Colecovision exclusive levels - now available on the C64 for the first time ever! The game also introduces several new elements such as hidden items, bonus levels, speed medals and more!

15.05.2022 - Video: MEGA65 Unboxing
After a long wait, the first 400 MEGA65 units are arriving on the doorsteps of Commodore computer fans.

15.05.2022 - New at AMIGAstore.eu - 'Greaseweazle V4'
Read and write your vintage floppy disks from your PC/Linux/Mac computer. This USB device lets you to connect an old floppy disk drive to your modern computer to read/write floppy disks from any system with Shugart standard drives (Amiga, Atarí, Commodore, Amstrad, Sinclair, PC, CNC machines, musical instruments, etc)

15.05.2022 - Trailer: 'Miner 2019er' for C64 - New 2022 Game Release
Miner 2019er for the Commodore 64. Available at 16 May 2022 from Psytronik. Read more about the game here.

14.05.2022 - And another preview video of 'Devil's Temple' for Amiga
'Devils Temple' is a remastered remake of 'Kung Fu Master' for Amiga (OCS). Set in 1987 you'll fight your way to the Devil's Temple to rescue Lena who's been taken and held hostage by X in revenge for his defeat to your father 3 years ago. The video shows Levels 1-6, played in a debug build. The game is still in development and there are plenty of annoying bugs still to fix, as the developer states.

13.05.2022 - THEA500 Mini firmware update 1.1.1 available
This Firmware update for THEA500 Mini provides new features and correct issues. Features introduced in version 1.1.1: - Adds ADF (floppy) file support. - Adds Playlist support. - Adds Hot-Crop. - Adds Keyboard control of the user interface. - Allows the Virtual Keyboard to be accessed at all times. - Allows controllers to be physically swapped during play. - Swaps THEJoystick (THEC64 Joystick) fire buttons. - Fixes the Virtual Keyboard Cursor-Right button. - Fixes v1.1.0 Saved Game issues (missing saves and UI freezing). - Fixes v1.1.0 Emulator gui access. - Fixes v1.1.0 speed reduction in some circumstances

13.05.2022 - Demo version for WIP Amiga game 'Farmiga' released
This new 'work in progress' Amiga game (very early version) is a simulator of a farm and you can get the demo version as digital download. There are some restrictions at this point of development, though like polish language and you can only plant or pick vegetables. But you can already harvest corn to feed the cow, so it gives milk and you can harvest wheat for the hen, so it gives you eggs.