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23.05.2021 - More footage of WIP 'Soulless 2' - The Armour of Gods (C64)
'Soulless 2' for the c64 - here's the intro / front end and game now all linked up. Just the end seq and load/save left to do. Code - Georg Rottensteiner. Art and Design - Trevor Storey. Music - Saul Cross.

23.05.2021 - GTW64 reports: New final release of 'Worron' (C64)
A lovely surprise today, where author of the unreleased Firebird game Worron, Richard Paynter got in touch to provide 'Games that weren't' (GTW) with an upgraded and fixed version of his 34 year old game. After GTW recovered Richard’s work in 2015, it was found that the game wasn’t quite finished in places and there were a number of issues which made it impossible to complete without cheats enabled. It was something that bothered Richard for a few years, so this year he decided to decompile and fix it all...

21.05.2021 - 'Metal Gear' - Amiga 500 port released and free for download!
Originally released in 1987 for the MSX2, Metal Gear became an instant classic. Designed by the legendary Hideo Kojima, it spawned a huge franchise in stealth gameplay and is considered one of the top games from the platform. While there are ports for the NES, Spectrum and C64 they were missing a lot of the key details from the original game. An Amiga version was once advertised in a magazine but sadly was consigned to myth and legend. That is until now. Based on a full and commented disassembly by Manuel Pazos of the original MSX2 game cartridge, this Amiga port has been built to ensure as near a perfect conversion as possible. Gameplay elements remain intact while additional features have been layered on-top to ensure the fullest experience possible of Metal Gear on the Amiga.

21.05.2021 - Aldi C64 Blank Screen Repair Part 2 - new video from 'Jan Beta'
Jan finally fixed the Aldi Commdore 64 he started working on in 2019!

20.05.2021 - 'Pieces II' (C64) - The Story continues!
Great news for fans of tile matching style games like Puzznic! Pawel Krol has started working on Pieces II again and is looking to drive development through to completion. Pawel will be looking to the C64 community to help with puzzle designs via a competition that will be run soon. With this new injection of motivation behind the project, we are confident to have more news on the game (and the competition) soon. Stay tuned!

20.05.2021 - HDMI For The Commodore 64 --OR-- Add HDMI To Your Vintage Computers! Part 6 - video from 'Retro Hack Shack'
Here is one way to add HDMI output to the Commodore 64. This project includes a component board from C0pperdragon and the venerable RGBtoHDMI adaptor seen in other videos from'Retro Hack Shack'. Bonus demos at the end of the video.

19.05.2021 - 'SpritePad Pro' V2.90 released
SpritePad is a graphics data editing tool that facilitates the production of graphics data in a format compatible with the legendary Commodore 64 home computer. The program allows you to design sprite sets, tiles, fonts and animations for 2D video games and demos. SpritePad Pro is an evolution of the original SpritePad tool that contains some useful additional features. New for the 2.90 version: - VIC-II Sprite 'expansion' is now possible in tiles. - Tiles can be named and assigned 'tag' values.

19.05.2021 - 'Revenge of the Mutant Camels' for C64 got updated more than 36 years after it's original release
'Revenge of the Mutant Camels' was already released on Commodore C64 and PC DOS in 1984. It's possibly one of the most memorable Llamasoft games, with giant a camel blasting through waves of somewhat surreal enemies. Now it got an update by no one else than 'Yak' himself! He fixed collision detection on the C64 version and announced that he may work on it some more. You will find the (updated) game free for download on his website...

18.05.2021 - 'Spred64' - C64 Sprite Editor - V1.372 Beta released
'Spred64' is a Commodore C64 Sprite editor, compositor and animator for Windows, that you can get for little money. New in V1.3.7: - Added the ability to add Address labels by pressing F4. These will also show up in the save file which is handy for C64 studio. Other small fixes. Fixed composite re-referencing when swapping sprites around. (Fixed long loading issue, also issue with x/y stretch not loading, fixed issue with right click on sprites area causing error.).

18.05.2021 - Amiga PiStorm - Retro Power on a Budget - Tech Nibble - new video from 'RMC'
A Pi Storm is coming! This Raspberry Pi based retro accelerator for the Commodore Amiga promises to deliver everything you could possibly want. Acceleration, SCSI hard disk emulation, RTG, RAM and a lot more all for the low price of a Pi and the PiStorm PCB. But does it live up to the promises? Here are first impression of the new project out of 'The Cave'.

18.05.2021 - 'RetroMagazine World #07' - May 2021 issue released
Retromagazine World is an Italian/English retro computer magazine that is made by enthusiasts. And the best thing: it's free for download! This issue covers (besides many, many other topics): - The MOS 6502 CPU, - SpeedCalc 2019 - Like having Excel on a C64? Well, almost. - Simulating PLOT X,Y in C64 bitmap mode. - Kick Off 2, when the football is the protagonist. - Smarty and the Nasty Gluttons (Amiga). - The Last Ninja: legends never die. - Monstro Giganto (C64). - Neptune Lander Elite (C64). - Inviyya (Amiga). - Pub Trivia Simulator (C64)

16.05.2021 - Video shows pre-alpha of 'Super Cars 2' port for AGA Amigas
This is the original Super Cars 2 Source Code rebuilt & adapted to AGA screens ripped from Supercars International (a 1996 DOS game) by jotd.

16.05.2021 - 'Giana Adventure 3' for C64 released and free for download
GGS Adventure 3 aka 'Giana Adventure 3' is a new hack of 'Great Giana Sisters' created with construction kit by 7A3 team and frshly released for download.

16.05.2021 - Amiga OS 3.2 Release Announcement - 10MARC Episode 96 - new video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast'
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast Doug is covering the announcement of the brand new AmigaOS 3.2 just released by Hyperion Entertainment. Join him as we discuss some of the new features of this cool new upgrade, and then order it!

15.05.2021 - 'Arcade Daze' (C64) now available as digital download
Psytronik Software in association with ICON 64 present 'Arcade Daze'. Now's your chance to re-live the classic times when you could go into your local arcade and throw some coins into the latest arcade machines. Featuring an authentic-looking 80's arcade to explore and 18 arcade machines to play. Insert token and get gaming. You can get the game for a bargain as digital download. Features: - Detailed character sprites. - Funky retro visuals. - 18 arcade games to play - Catchy soundtracks. - TheC64 Mini/Maxi compatible