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08.12.2021 - New Minimig-AGA Core (211207) and Firmware (211207) for MIST Board available
The MIST board was designed to implement classic 16 bit computers like the Amiga and Atari ST(E) as System-on-a-Chip using modern hardware. But it equally well supports 8 bit systems like the Atari XL, ZX81, ZX Spectrum, C64, Atari VCS, Atari 5200, Colecovision, Apple II, Sega Master System, NES, Odyssey2 and more. New in Minimig-AGA 211207: - Add analogue joystick support (turn on in Chipset menu). - Digital joystick also affects POT registers (fix Jimmy White's whirlwind snooker). - Update RTG, support screen dragging, update the utility disk (by AMR)New in firmware 211207: - Add support for the second stick on gamepads (4 axes/gamepad). Tested only on one model yet. - Add analogue joystick scaling (joystick_analog_multiplier, joystick_analog_offset options). - Restructured menu engine. Easier maintenability, less flash space. As this is a rather large change, report any issues or menu navigation anomalies.

08.12.2021 - New WIP Amiga game 'Carves & Cargo' - demo version available for download
In 'Carves & Cargo' you have to collect cargo crates in a cave system with a jet glider and bring them back to the base. You are constantly fighting against gravity and sometimes against enemies. ....that sounds familiar to you? Caves & Cargo is heavily inspired by Gravity Force. The game is not quite finished yet. Technically it is (except for a LOT of bugs and some smaller things...), but it stops after some missions/levels.

07.12.2021 - K&A Plus Magazine #19 released and ready to be ordered
Komoda & Amiga Plus, or K & A+ for short, is a paper magazine dedicated to Commodore's range of home computer systems produced between 1977 and 1994. 82 pages (A4) on chalk matt paper offer in issue #19: - REVIEWS: Soulless 2, Ninja Carnage, Arcade Daze, Turbo Tomato, Metal Gear, King's Valley, Supremacy and more. - ARTICLES: Nostalgia vs Reality in music, AmigaOS 3.2, Bare Machine, The Amiga Blues, Gallery: Gubbdata 2021 and more. - INTERVIEWS: Katod, Enrico Sturaro and Federico Sesler from Hokuto Force

06.12.2021 - Exploring the NTSC Kung Fu cartridge for the C64 - video from 'GRay Defender'
In this video 'GRay Defender' examines the NTSC version of the Kung Fu cartridge for the Commodore 64.

06.12.2021 - Protovision Shop: 'Millie & Molly' available again
Finally, the popular C64 action puzzler Millie & Molly by Carleton Handley is back available in the Protovision online store. Millie & Molly is a single screen puzzle platform game where you need to help Millie and Molly clear their world of malicious monsters by walking into them from the side. There are 100 levels in total and each time you complete a level you are given a password, allowing you to come back to the game at later stages and continue you on from where left off.

06.12.2021 - 80 columns on the Commodore 128 - no RGB or adaptor? - new video from 'retrobits'
Ep 50 : Can the C128’s VDC display 80 column text and graphics on a standard television or LCD flat panel without native RGBi support or an expensive adaptor?

06.12.2021 - Season special of 'Super Delivery Boy' for Amiga released
It's Holiday Season again and when it comes to deliver presents for good, Santa disappears like snow under the sun, so all the hard work is on the poor Super Delivery Boy. Help him deliver as many presents as possible so he doesn't get fired! But be careful, the kids have their own preference about what to receive and the path to reach them is full of weird creatures. Made using Scorpion Engine. For Amiga OCS/ECS/AGA (1Mb Ram). You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

06.12.2021 - C64 game 'Night Knight' now available as boxed version
'Night Knight' is a C64 port of the amazing MSX game with the same name. It was released in September as digital download. Now "poly.play" has released it as nice boxed version (Cartridge or 5.25" Diskette). Features: - MicroSD card including disk image, MP3 soundtrack and more, Cardboard box. - 8-page DIN A5 manual (English). - Stickers. - Poster (Din A3). - Shrink-wrapped

05.12.2021 - Amiga game 'Turbo Santa' released
As announced in November 'Turbo Santa' was released today and you can get it as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).. Santa slept in! Can you deliver all his presents across twenty waves in the good-saint-Nick of tubo-time to save Christmas? 'Turbo Santa' is a frantic arcade score-attack game for the Classic Amiga platform, based on 2021's hit game Turbo Tomato. Christmas Day has come to The Garden. The children are starting to wake up and wander around, still half-asleep, looking for the presents Santa left for them. But none are to be found!

05.12.2021 - Video shows WIP Amiga game 'Amigar'
Amigar is a port of the 1982 arcade game Amidar for Amiga 500, coded by jotd with music remade by no9. Video shows first and bonus level gameplay. It still has some bugs but turns out pretty cool aleady.

05.12.2021 - New C64 game 'Snowdown' released
Snowdown is a 1 or 2-player Christmas themed action shooter for the Commodore 64, released in 2020. Snowdown is an Xmas version of our newly released game Showdown. This game was included in the C64 Xmas Bundle 2020. The game is inspired by a host of older titles with the same theme, going all the way back to Gun Fight from 1975. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

05.12.2021 - Protovision Shop: 'C128/C64/Datasette Dust Covers' restocked
Protovision has restocked their popular dust covers! Also C128 dust covers are now available again.

05.12.2021 - Amiga 500 Adventures: Repairing and Recapping the A500 - Episode 114 - new video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (10MARC)'
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast we are continuing our Amiga 500 Adventures series... but not with the results Doug had hoped.

04.12.2021 - CharPad Pro V3.09 released
CharPad is a graphics data editing tool that facilitates the production of graphics data in a format compatible with the legendary Commodore 64 home computer. CharPad Pro is an evolution of the original CharPad tool that contains useful additional features, many of which have been commissioned by Thalamus Digital Publishing during the latter half of 2019 to assist in the development of their own games. New in V3.09: - Char/tile/map editing for retro games. - Supports ALL standard C64 display modes. - High quality import for bitmap modes.

04.12.2021 - This has to be the ultimate retro chip tester - new video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
Keeping old computers running can sometimes be a difficult task due to the fact old chips fail. Having something that can quickly test the myriad of chips on in these old computers would be really helpful in keeping these machines alive. This device promises to do just that, watch to find out if it delivers.