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21.01.2022 - 'JFDuke3D' - Duke Nukem 3D port for Amiga
Prepare Yourself for the Ultimate 3D Slugfest! Murderous aliens have landed in futuristic Los Angeles, and the humans suddenly find themselves atop the endangered species list. The odds are a million-to-one, just the way Duke likes it! Now, it's up to Duke Nukem to stop the onslaught against Earth. Requirements: - 68060 processor with FPU. - Kickstart 3.0. - AGA chipset or RTG card. - 16 MB Fast RAM. - 45 MB disk space (+ more for the audio tracks)

21.01.2022 - WAITing for BASIC on the Commodore 64 - new video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
How can we make Commodore 64 BASIC pause for a specific time? We take a look at three techniques, including their strengths and weaknesses: 1) FOR/NEXT loops which are simple but somewhat inaccurate and not very CPU-accelerator-friendly, 2) polling the TIME variable which might be the best general approach, and 3) Using the esoteric WAIT command to watch particular bits in the C64's jiffy counter.

21.01.2022 - Early 8-Bit Sound Digitizers - new video from 'The 8-Bit Guy'
In the early eighties, we were all shocked and amazed by games, that included recorded speech. And today we will take a look at some products that came in the mid 80s and allowed to sample sounds from the real world.

21.01.2022 - C64 game '8bit-Slicks' - updated version (2022-01-20) released
There is a new version of 8bit-Slicks available for download and testing. '8bit-Slicks' is a remake of the legendary 90s game for the Apple//e, Commodore 64/128, Atari XL/XE, Atari Lynx, and Oric 1/Atmos. It is a game featuring: - Up-to 4 players (local or online). - 10 varied maps (jumps, obsctales, cross-points). - Online competitive ranking. - A friendly community.

21.01.2022 - C64 game 'Robot Jet Action' finally finished and released
Robot Jet Action is a classic arcade-style platform game for the Commodore 64/128. The game was created as part of the Commodore computer enthusiast portal - C64portal.pl. In the game, the player controls a small robot with a joystick. Use the fire button to activate the jetpack, by holding down the fire button, the Robot flies higher and higher. The game is presented with high-resolution graphics and a dedicated soundtrack that perfectly fits the action taking place on the screen. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

20.01.2022 - Amiga port of 'Jackal' is on its way - fourth demo version available and ready for download and play
Jackal, also distributed under the title of Top Gunner, is an overhead run'n gun-style shoot-'em-up video game by Konami released for the arcades in 1986. 4th demo version is now available for you to download and play. A lot has changed since v3: - No loading times between the menu and briefing screen. - Intro waiting time reduced to 6 seconds. - Updated credits. - Big copter animated at mission start. - New type of vehicle bullets. - Regular POWs. - Powerup indicator. - Soldiers are thrown out of the jeep when it explodes. - Rescue copter flies away when all POWs are delivered. - Level 2 preview (playable to the end but no boss fight and some enemies are missing). - Many bugfixes and improvements

18.01.2022 - 'Arkanoid +4 Analogue Edition' for Plus/4 released
'Arkanoid +4', a Commodore Plus/4 port of the famous arcade game 'Arkanoid', now gets a new edition, that adds analogue controls to this fantastic game. Please note that analogue control requires a SID card! You can get the game as digital download for free.

16.01.2022 - 'Wonderboy 1200' - SEGA's Wonderboy for Amiga computers - demo level for download
This port of 'Wonderboy' was created with Erik Hogan's Scorpion Engine. Please note this will run best on a stock 1200 or better. An optimized version for A500 is coming soon. Requirements: - A 2 button controller, - Amiga 1200 or better (also works with an emulator such as WinUAE). Still to do: - Many big fixes. - More levels

16.01.2022 - First time flashing ROMs on Ultimate 64 Elite - video from 'GRay Defender'
In this video 'GRay Defender' runs through flashing the Ultimate 64 Elite Char/Basic/Kernel ROMs for the first time. He also demonstrates the speaker add on.

15.01.2022 - Please don't try to fix your C64 with a propane torch! - new video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
Let's dive back into another C64 repair! This time, a machine that has been "burned" when someone attempted a previous repair. Let's see if Adrian can fix it!

15.01.2022 - 'Rogue64' - a modern roguelike for the C64 available as digital download
Rogue64 is based on Rogue4k, a minimalistic Rogue-ish game in under 4000 bytes made for The C64 'Cassette 50' Charity Competition hosted by Bitmap Soft. You are Zendar the Explorer, a grizzled and harried adventurer seeking fortune and glory within the dungeons of Mordecoom! And now, after the release of the boxed version, you also have the chance to get yourself a copy as digital download for little money.

15.01.2022 - Building a proper Amiga Power Supply - new video from 'Jan Beta'
Jan is (re)building a better power supply from the remains of his orgiginal A500 PSU that he destroyed previously.

15.01.2022 - New C64 game 'Castles and Monsters' released and free for download
'Castles and Monsters' is a single player push scrolling dungeon crawler made with the Shoot'Em Up Construction Kit (SEUCK). The story: You are Sparlok, the warrior wizard and the kingdom of Toëffelbard has been overrun by the forces of the dark light. Slog your way through the Castle complex, battle undead skeletons, black scorpions, witches and other nasties and eventually good shall triumph.

15.01.2022 - Video: 'Duckstroma' - Amiga WIP 7
More footage of work in progress 'Duckstroma', a game is built using Scorpion Engine, showing Act 2.Built using Scorpion Engine, running on Amiga 500 1MB RAM.

14.01.2022 - New C64 game 'Paper Planes' released
'Paper Planes' is a port of a game by Sam Demaine. It caught attention by 'Arlasoft', who also gave us 'Galaga' and 'Galaxians DX'. Arlasoft has added a few power-ups to vary the gameplay slightly but other than that it follows the original design. The game is free for download.