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29.06.2022 - New footage for WIP C64 game 'Terrestrial'
'Terrestrial' is supposed to be very much along the Beachhead / Raid over Moscow. Here's a video showing a few of the stages, SFX still aren't done yet and the music is just there temporarily.

28.06.2022 - Amiga game 'Game Over Moscow!' released
You play a group of Russian soldiers who are returning from a traumatic war. The casualties have been massive and you end up trying to take over the entire Kreml. The only obstacle is the Evil League of Puticcian Oligarchs who are lurking inside the fancy looking buildings. You must search and destroy them. You can get it as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

27.06.2022 - New footage (27) 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). This time there is not so much on the ingame playfield engine but more on all that other necessary stuff, mostly the menus and tournament logic., like: - Several general menu-system enhancements. - Save-game-manager-screens. - Team selection screen now fully functional. - Team names editor screen added (cup, leage). - Match preparation screen added. - Tournament editor added. - Tournament round info screen. - Tournament matches info screen... and a lot more.

27.06.2022 - Mega65 game 'Showdown' released
Showdown is a 1 or 2-player action shooter for the Mega65. The game is inspired by a host of older titles with the same theme, going all the way back to Gun Fight from 1975. Works on: Real Mega65 hardware, Xemu emulator (on multiple patforms), and Nexys with Mega65 core. You can get it as digital download for a bargain, or get the Showdown Collector's edition (a lovingly made physical edition on diskette and sd-card), which is available for pre-order at poly.play.

26.06.2022 - WIP Amiga game 'Farmiga' - new version (Beta 25.06.2022) 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. There are some restrictions at this point of development, though, but it's playable overall. Hardware requirements: 1,5MB Chip RAM / 1MB Chip + 0,5MB Fast (Slow) RAM.

26.06.2022 - Universal Atari/Commodore Power Supply - new video from 'Jan Beta'
Jan is modding his DIY Atari 8-bit power supply to also work with a Commodore 64.

26.06.2022 - PDF Retro magazine REV'n'GE issue #135 for download
REV'n'GE (Retro Emulator Vision and Game) is an Italian and English language PDF magazine, not only for Commodore fans, that mainly focus on game REViews.

26.06.2022 - Amiga port of 'Flying Shark' in the making
This video shows some WIP impressions of a new port of the arcade 'Flying Shark'. When the coder 'Magnus_T started to code on it he just wanted to see if it was possible to make a 50fps version, and it was! Now you can even download his efforts on the game in it's current stage and try it out by yourself.

25.06.2022 - High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC) #77 released
The High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC) is a freeware hobby project which organises Commodore 64 music (also known as SID music) into an archive for both musicians and fans alike. Now, another update of HVSC has been released. The collection now contains 55,775 SIDs. This time we have added 709 new SID tunes, 24 fixed tunes and 132 credit fixes.

25.06.2022 - C64 game 'Hot Wingbatz' released
They are here. The heat is on. The wingbatz have the earthchild dingbatz cornered. They are everywhere. ...'Hot Wingbatz' is a little maze shooter for C64 (PAL/NTSC). You can get it as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

24.06.2022 - Amiga game 'Duckstroma' finally released
'Duckstroma' is a Jump'n'Run for Amiga, MSX, ZX Spectrum and NES. Meet Aura, she's a delivery duck and about to have a life changing day on the job. A client has requested 8 disks be delivered to them, but this won't be an easy task. Amiga version was created with Scorpion Engine by Erik Hogan and requires 1MB of RAM. Now we have it, the final release, which can be obtained as digital download for a bargain.

24.06.2022 - C64 game 'Gold Quest 6 - Extended Version' released
The sixth part of the Gold Quest series takes you to a new realm, leaving the previous SEUCK parts behind. You enter dungeons rendered in a 3D view and encounter large fantasy creatures drawn in PETSCII. Scavenge, gamble, drink and fight your way through the Mines of Dimor to free the brave dwarf warrior Sledgie and defeat Folgore, the evil orc shaman, in this exciting dungeon crawler game. The extended version includes 12 challenging missions and new creatures to fight. Free for download, english and german version included.

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.