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10.03.2022 - C64 game 'Spider Climber' released
Spider Climber is an infinite running game for the C64. A spinoff of Spiderman's game, written for the "Crazy Climber Challenge" into the Retro Programmers Inside facebook group. How much high can you go? Avoid to touch obstacles with your hands, avoid the Goblin and avoid the fire that comes from the buttom if you are still! You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

10.03.2022 - Video: 'Robocop' for Amiga (AGA) - Update #6
Progress update #6 of an Amiga AGA implementation of the RoboCop arcade game. Changes from last version: - Assets are all packed with RNC and loaded from disk now instead of being included in the binary. - Re-wrote sprite rendering code. - Tweaks to the overall colour palette. - Copper-based palette changes for better visual representations. - Map renderer updated to include trigger points for spawning enemies, playing sound effects etc. - Basic enemy spawn engine implemented. - Rudimentary collision detection system in process (turned off in this video). - Sound effects are played in the correct channel now. - Code refactoring

09.03.2022 - Simple Commodore 64 Disk Protection: Copy that Floppy, Remove Anti-Piracy Measures - new Video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
The "I Am The C-64" tutorial programs for the Commodore 64 have anti-piracy disk copy protection, despite being written in BASIC, and it's enough to thwart simple "fast" disk copiers. We go through the steps of making a copy of the disk on a real 1541 and KAO 5.25" floppy disk with the help of Maverick's disk nybbler, and then go a step further and "de-protect" the program so a nybbler is no longer necessary.

06.03.2022 - Plus/4 game 'Cheap LCD game simulator' released and free for download
A friend gave you a shiny LCD game as a present. Its housing is yellow, the screen shows an empty road across a green field below a blue sky. The battery is in a good shape, they say. There is a left and right button on it. You press START. Features: - LCD game simulation, - beautiful multi-color scenery, - controllable via left and right buttons, - lame like a (cheap) real one, - a truly disposable software, - battery included, - It has sounds!

06.03.2022 - C64 game 'Babylon's Ark' - Community Edition released and free for download
This is a new improved version of Babylon's Ark which is available as a hardware cartridge ("Space Collection", with three other games) for the Commodore 64 available at Bobr Games and Protovision! Story: The last humans have fled earth and live now in a big generation space ship. It is a big ship on a long journey, so eventually some components fail that the robot mechanics can't fix. Now it is your turn, cadet Samuel Fox, to solve the problems and to talk to the inhabitants of the ship which are... a rather unusal combination of people.

05.03.2022 - This Commodore PET has 3096.01066 bytes free! That can't be right. - new video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
It's time for a Commodore PET repair. This machine has an impossible amount off free RAM and some unusual problems. Let's try to figure out what's wrong so I can figure out how to find the exact problem with this machine.

05.03.2022 - Did You Know? #6 - new video from 'Bread Box Commodore Computer Museum'
50 things you didn't know about Commodore Computers: #6 Elon Musk & Commodore.

04.03.2022 - New C64 game 'Bagman Strikes Back' released
This game is a tribute to Bagman, an arcade game released by Valadon Automation in 1982. It is also the sequel to Bagman Comes Back. This version is made up of 24 completely new stages. The game works perfectly on both PAL and NTSC models. However, for game speeds similar to the original arcade game, it is suggested using an NTSC model. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

04.03.2022 - C64 Round Up: March 2022 featuring Lykia - The Lost Island Preview - new video from 'RetroGamerNation'
The March 2022 edition of the RGN Commodore 64 (C64) Round Up featuring the latest game releases, pixel art, demo and add-on items.

01.03.2022 - C64 game preview: 'Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition' as demo version released
This is a new try for a C64 port of Street Fighter 2, which you can download as .cartridge (.crt) file (PAL only). It's still WIP, but already offers some nice features - All 12 characters are playable in 1 or 2 player mode. Almost all special moves are included. - Built-in cheats. - Built-in music player. - Joystick only (port 1 for player 1). - PDF manual included in the zipped file and also built-in manual. TODO list: - Some gfx for the stages and endings. - Bonus stages. - Improve fighters' sprites. - Fix several bugs.

28.02.2022 - Protovision Shop: A wide range of chip replacements/upgrades restocked
The Protovision Shop is the best place to find many chip replacements or upgrades for your favourite Commodore hardware. Now they have restocked the supplies of 1541/1571 RAMBoards, SaRuMan, PLAnkton and C128 expansion ROM chips. Place your orders now before they sell out again.

28.02.2022 - Upgrading my Amiga 500 from OCS to ECS (and you should too!) Episode 119 - new video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (10MARC)'
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast Doug is upgrading his shiny new Amiga 500 to a full ECS machine with 1 MB of CHIP RAM and all the fancy-pants ECS video modes! Join in as Doug is going over the procedures, including the modifications to your Amiga 500 to upgrade it, and review the nice ECS Chipset. It is more powerful than you might think!

27.02.2022 - Commodore Computer Show February 2022 - new video from 'Bread Box Commodore Computer Museum'
In this episode: - Jan/Feb 2022 Commodore News . - Spotlight video - Keeping fit with Commodore - The BreadBox Channel and Patreon update for 2022

26.02.2022 - EXCLUSIVE: Unboxing THEA500 Mini Prototype Serial #01! + Retro Memes & more - new video from 'Retro Recipes'
On this month's Retro Show we check out THEA500 Mini prototype + much more fun, news, and nostalgia!

26.02.2022 - Protovision Shop: 'Hi-Score LP and Game Disk' - now available!
Looking to pump out some pure 80s style retro bliss from your hi-fi system? Then you can’t go wrong with the latest vinyl music release from 8 Bits High. "Hi-Score" is a fabulous long play record featuring 12 SID music tracks. This bundle includes a physical disk of "Hi-Score", the game – a challenging shooter created by the maniacal mind of Misfit.