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03.09.2021 - Amiga game 'Overlander' re-released
'Overlander' is a Moon Buggy clone for Amiga. Ride your rover over the landscape, jump over craters, and use your front and up firing gun to shoot the obstacles and enemies. Overlander was inspired by the Dragon 32 game, Lunar Rover Patrol. It was originally released in 1994. Now you can get it as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

03.09.2021 - Video shows demo of Amiga WIP port 'Wonderboy'
This is early work in progress of SEGA's arcade classic 'Wonderboy' for Amiga, made in Scorpion Engine.

02.09.2021 - CD32 FMV Resurrection! A second attempt at saving a trashed module - new video from 'RMC'
Can we fix the Commodore Amiga CD32 FMV module with our 2nd attempt? This FMV module was consigned to the scrap heap so we decided we'd try whatever it takes to get it working again. It might not be pretty, but if it gets the job done then we'll be over the moon.

02.09.2021 - MOS 6502 re-invented - the iconic processor that changed the world
PragmatIC Semiconductor, a world leader in flexible electronics, is proud to announce that it has manufactured a flexible version of the 6502 processor, the iconic design that kick-started the personal computer revolution. PragmatIC’s flexible 6502 was laid out and manufactured in less than two weeks, demonstrating the game-changing ability of our FlexIC Foundry to support rapid realisation of semiconductor hardware. A second iteration has already been taped out to optimise pinout, footprint and speed, leveraging an agile design approach that would never be possible with the high cost and long lead times of silicon fabrication.

02.09.2021 - More footage of WIP Amiga game 'Wizonk'
This video shows testing early progress of 'Wizonk' (A600/1MB profile), made in Scorpion Engine.

02.09.2021 - Protovision Shop: 'Pieces II Level Design Compo 2021'
Time to get creative by participating in the Pieces II Level Design competition. Here is to your chance support the C64 gaming community by designing new game levels for the upcoming release of Pieces II. Top entries shall be included in the final Pieces II release. The best submissions will be awarded phenomenal prizes. Find out more...

02.09.2021 - A500 Mini Update - The Mouse & The Game Pad - Video from 'Bread Box Commodore Computer Museum'
Regular updates about the A500 Mini from Retrogames Ltd. This update is a small one about the future Gamepad and Mouse for the A500 Mini that will eventually be available to buy separately.

02.09.2021 - C64C saved from the Flood - new video from 'Jan Beta'
Jan is trying to save a poorly Commodore 64C that was stored in a flooded basement during the recent flooding in Germany.

01.09.2021 - C64 Maze Solving with DFS | Machine Language - video from 'GRay Defender'
In this video we play around with the depth first search (DFS) algorithm on the Commodore 64 in Assembly Language. Kick Assembler is used with Sublime text editor and code created by Aart Bik.

01.09.2021 - More footage on WIP Amiga game 'Maria Renard's Revenge'
'Maria Renard's Revenge' is work in progress of a possible platfomer game for Amiga. It was made with Scorpion Engine and contains parallax scrolling, nice backdrops and animations. Video show new demo 0.04.

01.09.2021 - A 64C future repair, PET Keyboard Stickers, a USB music keyboard, and some 3D printed goodies - new video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
Welcome to Midweek-Mini-Mail-Call #61! On this week's episode, some 3D printed bits for Commodores and Macs, some interesting sound hardware for PCs and a Commodore that's going to need fixing.

01.09.2021 - C64 game 'Soulless II - The Armour Of Gods' released
Psytronik Software in association with ICON 64 are very proud to present Soulless II - The Armour Of Gods. This is the long awaited sequel to the original smash hit C64 release Soulless. The game continues the story of King Rizek as he embarks on a quest to find the mighty Armour Of Gods before it falls into the hands of the evil wizard Kalen. Features: - Beautifully animated intro, - Four massive levels to explore, - Hidden rooms to find, - Upgrade your player with weapons and armour, - Stunning detailed backgrounds, - Atmospheric soundtracks and more. You can get the game as digital download, but it is also available as collector's edition in a stunning full colour printed glossy box that contains the game on floppy disk with fantastic artwork by Trevor Storey.

01.09.2021 - New C64 Core (210901) 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.

01.09.2021 - C64 game 'Graviton' released
Psytronik Software is proud to present another exciting release from Karl Hörnell - author of C64 classics like Clean Up Service, Fungus, Velocipede and more recently, Iceblox Plus! In his latest game 'Graviton' you have to use your powers of dexterity to steer a ball through a maze. Careful reactions and precise control are necessary to successfully navigate the mazes. You can get the digital download for free and/or you can pre-order a boxed version at Pytronik.

01.09.2021 - Install and run the MEGA65 emulator, Xemu, on Mac OS X - new video by 'Steven Combs'
As a MEGA65 Dev Kit owner, Steven has created several posts to share what's coming when his favorite Commodore "what could have been" retro computer releases. He is not going in depth about the MEGA65 in this post and companion video; instead, check out his new MEGA65 page (www.stevencombs.com/mega65). In this video and companion blog post, he will show you how to get started with the MEGA65, on your Mac computer, while you wait for the hardware to arrive. To do this, he shares how to install the Xemu MEGA65 emulator, xmega65.