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30.03.2023 - 'Games That Weren't 64' (GTW64) - March 2023 updates
By complete fluke, GTW has matched last month’s tally of updates, with 1 new entry and 20 updates for the C64 GTW archive. This includes a rare screenshot from the C64 edition of D-Day and also an original TAP image preserved for Money Minefield.

29.03.2023 - Tiki Project - New C64 game - Preview 2
This second preview of the re-imagining of the Tiki character from The New Zealand Story in a brand new C64 game being developed by Robert Wilson adds an additional enemy from Level 1-1 of the original arcade game to see how it looks and given it a new colour palette and overlay to enhance its look. Both the snail and crab look quite close to the originals. It's limited to just two frames of animation for both, to keep number of sprites in my sprite bank to a minimum. Both enemies are the same sprites just multiplexed. No collision detection so far yet in this preview.

28.03.2023 - Amiga game 'Xevious1200' released as Beta version
Xevious is a vertically scrolling shooter arcade video game developed and published by Namco in 1982. 'Xevious1200' is the transcode from the original arcade game (multiple Z80s) to 68K assembly for Amiga 1200 (as the name suggests). The core transcode is 100% complete. One "last" gameplay bug to be confirmed. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price). Features: - identical game play to the original arcade game, including the pseudo-random number generation. - original dipswitch options supported (except cocktail cabinet mode). - all original graphics and colours reproduced perfectly on Neo Geo target. - 1 or 2 players supported. - high score load/save

27.03.2023 - WIP C64 game 'Rocky & Co' - Video 2 uploaded
This is the second video showing work in progress of the next Icon64 title 'Rocky and Co' for C64. This time: Stage 1 is alive.

27.03.2023 - A brand new AMIGA Keyboard? Review of the new Keyboard from Simulant - video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast'
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (10MARC) Doug will be unboxing the new AMIGA branded keyboard from Simulant. It will be tested on a PC and on an USB enabled Amiga 4000.

26.03.2023 - Rambler for C64 playthrough - video from 'GRay Defender'
Complete playthrough of the new Commodore 64 game, "Rambler" by Stepz

25.03.2023 - Plus/4 port of 'Time and Magik' released
Time and Magik is a trilogy of interactive fiction games by Level 9. The individual games were initially released separately in 1983-1986. In 1988 the three games were revised, expanded and re-released together as a compilation. Like 'Gnome Ranger' (see below), 'Time and Magik' was also ported from C64 by Csabo/LOD.

25.03.2023 - Plus/4 port of 'Gnome Ranger' released
Gnome Ranger is a text adventure game designed by Peter Austin and released by Level 9 in 1987 for several platforms, including the C64, which this port is of course based on. The manual included with the original C64 game is called The Gnettlefield Journal. The game contains copy protection, which asks for a word from the manual. Page 26, Line 1, Word 8: THE

24.03.2023 - RGN Review: Devil's Temple (Commodore Amiga)
Game review of Devil's Temple - Son of the KungFu Master for the Commodore Amiga.

23.03.2023 - C64 game 'Rambler' released and free for download
Rambler, a free Commodore 64 game by stepz. Collect all the stars on each screen and then reach the exit. Use powerups to help you along the way. Can you beat all 11 screens?

22.03.2023 - 'Cracky' also got its C64 release - free for doenload
Cracky is a new platformer game written by Japanese developer Inufuto. Already released for Plus/4 (see below) and several other 8-bit platforms, it now got its C64 version. Clear each level by collecting all the stars, while avoiding the baddies and keep an eye on the floors. Some parts crack when you walk over them once, creating holes in the platforms, giving the possibility to reach otherwise unreachable stars. You can download a tape image (.tap) here.

22.03.2023 - Video: 'Rocky & Co' - C64 game (WIP)
This video shows very early work in progress of the next Icon64 title 'Rocky and Co' for C64.

21.03.2023 - 'Cracky' - game for Plus/4 and C16 (32k) released
Cracky is a new platformer game written by Japanese developer Inufuto. He writes his games using his own C compiler and assembler, and releases them on a multitude of 8-bit platforms (35+ and counting). Cracky is his 13th release. Your task is simple: clear each level by collecting all the stars, while avoiding the baddies. The title refers to the floors, some parts crack when you walk over them once, creating holes in the platforms. Since there's no jumping, on most levels you must use this to your advantage to reach otherwise unreachable stars.

21.03.2023 - Amiga WIP game 'CyberPunk Alien City' - new demo version for download
The Cyberpunk City of Night Bloom are invaded by the Aliens , Marc the Mercenary have work to do... 'CyberPunk Alien City' is a work in progress, ECS/AGA game for The Amiga Computer , featurings Dual Playfield with 4 bitplanes per playfield(AGA) , 50hz on stock Amigas and more, a some kind of space invaders with multiple weapons , great cyberpunk atmosfera with awesome graphics from ansimuz.

20.03.2023 - C64 game 'GP Cars' released
'GP Cars' is a top down racer in the style of 'Hot Rod', which was in the making for about 20 years and was now released at the Forever 23 C64 demo party. It offers 5 different tracks with increasing difficulty, nice graphics and musics and even speech samples. The game is available as digital download fro free.