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31.05.2025 - Video: Wardner (V0.4A) - Amiga [AGA] (WIP 31st May 2025)
This video shows the current progress for level 2 of Toaplan's Wardner port to the Amiga. Most of the elements of level 2 are finally implemented for this build. By the end of June the developer hopes to have the final Alpha demo finished, with level 1 and 2 available to play with score system, powerups, shop, sfx and music complete.

30.05.2025 - Gameplay of New C64 Games from May 2025 - video by 'Retro Gaming Dino'
Presentation of new games for the Commodore 64 released in May 2025, with lots of information about the games and download links in the video description.

29.05.2025 - C64 game 'Slither Pro' released
'Slither Pro' is a Centipede-style game, originally created as a bonus level page but now released as own game. You can get it as digital download for a fair price (name your own price) to support the developer.

29.05.2025 - Tyrian's Tower (Commodore 64) - New Crystals Castle clone - video by 'RetroGamerNation'
Video game showcase of Tyrian's Tower for the Commodore 64 (C64).

28.05.2025 - C64 game 'Tyrian's Towers' released
'Tyrian's Towers' is a brand new C64 release in the style of Crystal Castles, an arcade game released by Atari, Inc. in 1983. Help Tyrian recover Queen Mumph's lost eggs in this fantastic game featuring 50 amazing isometric screens. You can get it as digital download for little money to support the developer. There is also a physical edition of the game available on cartridge, disk & tape exclusively from the Psytronik Software Online Store.

28.05.2025 - Amiga 500 Failed Repair Attempt - video by 'Jan Beta'
Jan is attempting to repair an Amiga 500 board that he already tried to resurrect years ago.

27.05.2025 - 'Games That Weren't 64' (GTW64) - GTW64 May 2025 update
The fifth update of the year has a number of new entries added, including a game that was once submitted to Zzap and just disappeared, beginnings of a Pacman game that never was intended for Mastertronic, and Elite’s strange Commando-themed game that would eventually be renamed to Duet. GTW64 has also some updates to existing entries (details of each update in the history notes).

26.05.2025 - Commodore 128 - Part 1 - What is it? And why is it 'Not Working'? - video from 'The Retro Shack'
Commodore Fix-It Chronicles Part 2 - Commodore 128 - Part 1. What is it? And can we get it 'working' again?

25.05.2025 - Building my Latest Crazy Invention! - video by 'RobSmithDev'
We have already seen Rob's crazy floppy disk cleaning machine, and even his disk backup machine, but in this video he wants to build something new... This time, he is going to attempt to build a physical game, that in the end will be controlled by an Amiga.

25.05.2025 - Amiga game 'Gemdalus' released
Gemdalus is an immediately accessible arcade game which challenges the player to pick up all the gems scattered about procedurally-generated mazes. Gemdalus has been written in AMOS Professional 2.00 and M68k assembly and requires Amiga computer with AGA chipset, 1.6 MB of CHIP RAM, 320 kB of other RAM. You can get the game as digital download for a fair price and support the developer.

24.05.2025 - Book release: 3 Easy Pieces - Learn to write Videogames with ugBASIC
Hold on to this book and embark on a journey into the (retro)programming of three simple video games, three "easy pieces", which will help you become familiar with some basic concepts, to apply them to computers with limited resources. The book is aimed at novice programmers, with a minimum of programming experience and use of 8-bit computers from the 80s, of course including the C64, and makes use of the ugBASIC language to implement what is explained at a theoretical level throughout the book. You can get the book as digital download for little money to support the developer.

23.05.2025 - WOW! That's What I Call Shoot 'Em Ups for C64 - free for download
This explosive compilation features 10 full enhanced C64 SEUCK games from the master of the blaster, Alf Yngve! Alf has used every trick in the book to bring you the ultimate in exciting shoot 'em up action. The compilation features a mix of vertical and sideways scrolling shoot 'em ups. There's also cleverly designed games that allow you to control two players on a split screen playfield at the same time!

23.05.2025 - Bubble Ghost Remake vs Bubble Ghost C64 vs Bubble Ghost Amiga - video by 'RetroGamerNation'
Video game showcase of Bubble Ghost Remake for the PC. In this video we compare it against Bubble Ghost for the Commodore 64 and Commodore Amiga.

23.05.2025 - Fake Commodore 64 Programming Books BUSTED! - video by '8-Bit Show And Tell'
Robin discovers a new (in 2023) book titled "Beginner's Guide to Coding With Commodore 64" and then discovers 4 more 2023 books about C64 programming and buys them all and it isn't at all suspicious. After a close examination it is determined that these are actually pirated and AI-generated scam books being sold through Amazon. The original source book, Richard Stals' "Beginner's Step-By-Step THEC64 Computer Coding Course" is then examined and Robin tries to get some of his money back.

23.05.2025 - Video: Coming soon to your Amiga - 'Gemdalus'
Gemdalus is an immediately accessible arcade game for Amiga (AGA) which challenges the player to pick up all the gems scattered about procedurally-generated mazes.