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29.06.2020 - New Amiga game 'BlitzWays' released and free for download
'BlitzWays' is an oldschool concentration-demanding puzzle-deconstruction game in the fashion of MahJong and Lin-Wus Challenge. You pick pairs systematically from a large set of tiles and respect certain rules of alignment or accessibility. The game was written for the Amiga 500. 'BlitzWays' is Freeware. The Game is intended for Kids also, probably from the age of 12+. I would have played it when i was 12. Download here.
'BlitzWays' is an oldschool concentration-demanding puzzle-deconstruction game in the fashion of MahJong and Lin-Wus Challenge. You pick pairs systematically from a large set of tiles and respect certain rules of alignment or accessibility. The game was written for the Amiga 500. 'BlitzWays' is Freeware. The Game is intended for Kids also, probably from the age of 12+. I would have played it when i was 12. Download here.
29.06.2020 - A Commodore SX-64 keyboard restoration documented on retrohax.net
Some time ago, 'Drygol' from retrohax.net was asked to fix a SX-64 keyboard. He never worked on SX-64 gear and he also didn’t know what was wrong with that keyboard. Then some pics arrived and manifested in what bad condition it was. But since he already agreed that he’ll fix it, there was no excuse and the 'party' began...
Some time ago, 'Drygol' from retrohax.net was asked to fix a SX-64 keyboard. He never worked on SX-64 gear and he also didn’t know what was wrong with that keyboard. Then some pics arrived and manifested in what bad condition it was. But since he already agreed that he’ll fix it, there was no excuse and the 'party' began...
29.06.2020 - 'EON AGA' - new Amiga game in development
EON is a game designed and published in 2014 for PC by François Perez, also known as Wonderboy Bobi and is currently being recreated from scratch for Amiga AGA / CD32. The devs are also investigating the possibility of investing time in adapting it to Vampire and AmigaNG (MorphOS, AmigaOS4, AROS, etc ...), but this is still not certain, everything will depend on the strengths that remain after finish the AGA version and the interest that we see in those systems. In the technical section of the game, EON is designed to make use of the dualplayfield and scroll parallax for almost the entire game, thus obtaining a visual and gaming experience worthy of an AGA machine. The main development will be for AMIGA AGA with 020 to 14Mhz and 2 Mb of ram, so you will need at least one Amiga 1200 or a CD32.
EON is a game designed and published in 2014 for PC by François Perez, also known as Wonderboy Bobi and is currently being recreated from scratch for Amiga AGA / CD32. The devs are also investigating the possibility of investing time in adapting it to Vampire and AmigaNG (MorphOS, AmigaOS4, AROS, etc ...), but this is still not certain, everything will depend on the strengths that remain after finish the AGA version and the interest that we see in those systems. In the technical section of the game, EON is designed to make use of the dualplayfield and scroll parallax for almost the entire game, thus obtaining a visual and gaming experience worthy of an AGA machine. The main development will be for AMIGA AGA with 020 to 14Mhz and 2 Mb of ram, so you will need at least one Amiga 1200 or a CD32.
29.06.2020 - Unreleased C64 game 'Make My Day' fully recovered and added to GTW64
Following on from the release of 'Mirage', GTW64 has announced the preservation and recovery of yet another title in the form of 'Make My Day'. A full diagonal scrolling Western game which was intended for Power House back in 1988. 'Games That Weren't 64' (GTW64) is a digital preservation project and archive of unreleased/incomplete/cancelled games and prototypes for the Commodore 64 computer.
Following on from the release of 'Mirage', GTW64 has announced the preservation and recovery of yet another title in the form of 'Make My Day'. A full diagonal scrolling Western game which was intended for Power House back in 1988. 'Games That Weren't 64' (GTW64) is a digital preservation project and archive of unreleased/incomplete/cancelled games and prototypes for the Commodore 64 computer.
29.06.2020 - UnAmiga FPGA Review for the A500 & Checkmate 1500 Case - 10 MARC Episode 71
This week in the '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (MARC)': reviewing the cool new UnAmiga implementation from Edu Arana - This little guy fits right into an A500 or Checkmate 1500 case and provides you with a nice little AGA Compatible machine. Join MARC exploring its features, point out a few weakness's, and do quite poorly on a few games.
This week in the '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (MARC)': reviewing the cool new UnAmiga implementation from Edu Arana - This little guy fits right into an A500 or Checkmate 1500 case and provides you with a nice little AGA Compatible machine. Join MARC exploring its features, point out a few weakness's, and do quite poorly on a few games.
28.06.2020 - Making a C64/C65 compatible computer - Ultrasonic communications for the MEGAphone: Testing speaker and microphone performance
This might sound like a rather strange thing to be working on, but there is a reason. The NLnet Foundation has taken an interest in the MEGAphone as a secure and "sovereign" communications device, that can play a role in civil society. This largely aligns with what I have previously said about the need for such self-sovereign communications systems in the face of the coming digital winter...
This might sound like a rather strange thing to be working on, but there is a reason. The NLnet Foundation has taken an interest in the MEGAphone as a secure and "sovereign" communications device, that can play a role in civil society. This largely aligns with what I have previously said about the need for such self-sovereign communications systems in the face of the coming digital winter...
27.06.2020 - 3D Printing + Dishwasher: Commodore SX-64 Refurb! - new video from 'Retro Recipes'
This is a special bumper episode of an SX-SixtyRestore with thrills, spills, dishwashers, & 3D Modelling (& some poolside modelling too!).
This is a special bumper episode of an SX-SixtyRestore with thrills, spills, dishwashers, & 3D Modelling (& some poolside modelling too!).
27.06.2020 - High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC) #73 released
Even in these hard times the HVSC crew can't be stopped by a stupid virus, while sitting comfortably at home they have prepared another rich update for your enjoyment, stay safe, stay SID! The collection now contains 52.884 SIDs.
Even in these hard times the HVSC crew can't be stopped by a stupid virus, while sitting comfortably at home they have prepared another rich update for your enjoyment, stay safe, stay SID! The collection now contains 52.884 SIDs.
26.06.2020 - C64 Scrambled Video Repair - new video from 'Jan Beta'
This time 'Jan Beta' is troubleshooting and repairing another Commodore 64 board (ASSY 250425) with a weird scrambled characters/flickering lines fault.
This time 'Jan Beta' is troubleshooting and repairing another Commodore 64 board (ASSY 250425) with a weird scrambled characters/flickering lines fault.
26.06.2020 - Amiga game creator 'Redpill' V0.7.16 released
Redpill, the Amiga game creator, is a tool to empower people to create many games for Amiga without programming knowledge. It allows people to create 2D games with the true Amiga feeling. Supports both ECS and AGA Amigas, it is free and it is still in development. List of changes in 0.7.16: - New triggers Obj Display X and Y to check the position of an object in the, screen, -Palette is shown in the Screen menu, -FIX: for TileProperties editting requiring FPU God knows why, -FIX: EHB internal fixes, -FIX: Possible crash when editing objects with large Icons.
Redpill, the Amiga game creator, is a tool to empower people to create many games for Amiga without programming knowledge. It allows people to create 2D games with the true Amiga feeling. Supports both ECS and AGA Amigas, it is free and it is still in development. List of changes in 0.7.16: - New triggers Obj Display X and Y to check the position of an object in the, screen, -Palette is shown in the Screen menu, -FIX: for TileProperties editting requiring FPU God knows why, -FIX: EHB internal fixes, -FIX: Possible crash when editing objects with large Icons.
25.06.2020 - New footage for WIP C64 game 'Robot Jet Action'
This is a second preview version of Robot Jet Action, a new Commodore 64 game by c64portal.pl. Follow information in the video to get the idea where we are with this project. To follow the game development please visit c64portal.pl. The game development blog with the progress info, technical articles, more graphics and... a comic strip is all there!
This is a second preview version of Robot Jet Action, a new Commodore 64 game by c64portal.pl. Follow information in the video to get the idea where we are with this project. To follow the game development please visit c64portal.pl. The game development blog with the progress info, technical articles, more graphics and... a comic strip is all there!
25.06.2020 - Amiga 4000 Restoration featuring Commodore Engineer Dave Haynie - Trash to Treasure (Pt3) - new video from 'RetroManCave'
Amazingly today former Senior Engineer at Commodore, Dave Haynie, joins the show to share his memories of the A4000, how it came to be developed and what it was like working for Commodore. Also the machine is recapped, a clean is given and it's finally to be seen it restored form.
Amazingly today former Senior Engineer at Commodore, Dave Haynie, joins the show to share his memories of the A4000, how it came to be developed and what it was like working for Commodore. Also the machine is recapped, a clean is given and it's finally to be seen it restored form.
25.06.2020 - C64 trilogy 'The Last Amazon' (SEUCK) available for bargain
This release features three full enhanced SEUCK games from Alf Yngve + an extra bonus game! The Last Amazon 1 & 2 have been specially enhanced by Shaun 'Laser Hawk' Coleman and feature special weapon power-ups and various other brand-new in-game enhancements. Also two bonus games are featured: 'The Last Amazon - Special Edition' - a sideways scrolling remix of the original game which was produced in 2008 by Alf Yngve. And 'Amazon Tales' - a more recent sideways-scrolling game from Richard Bayliss featuring music and graphics similar to the 'Last Amazon' games.
This release features three full enhanced SEUCK games from Alf Yngve + an extra bonus game! The Last Amazon 1 & 2 have been specially enhanced by Shaun 'Laser Hawk' Coleman and feature special weapon power-ups and various other brand-new in-game enhancements. Also two bonus games are featured: 'The Last Amazon - Special Edition' - a sideways scrolling remix of the original game which was produced in 2008 by Alf Yngve. And 'Amazon Tales' - a more recent sideways-scrolling game from Richard Bayliss featuring music and graphics similar to the 'Last Amazon' games.
25.06.2020 - New on AMIGAstore.eu - Wicher 608 Fast RAM expansion for Amiga 600
Wicher 608 RAM expansion has been designed to be installed inside Amiga 600 and. It supports up to 11MB of Fast RAM. Printed instructions are available as option. Features: - Amiga A600 compatible - RAM memory: 16MB (AmigaOS can use just 11MB) - PCMCIA friendly - MAPROM function - Recommended Kickstart version: Kickstart 3.1.
Wicher 608 RAM expansion has been designed to be installed inside Amiga 600 and. It supports up to 11MB of Fast RAM. Printed instructions are available as option. Features: - Amiga A600 compatible - RAM memory: 16MB (AmigaOS can use just 11MB) - PCMCIA friendly - MAPROM function - Recommended Kickstart version: Kickstart 3.1.
23.06.2020 - SID Anthology: 'To Be On Top' Soundtrack by Chris Huelsbeck as EP Vinyl Edition
This is a crowdfunding project offering a limited special collector's edition golden colored vinyl record (plus Digital Download) for the SID Anthology series, the definitive collection of Original Sound Version recordings from the Commodore C64 by Chris Huelsbeck! To Be On Top was Chris' most ambitious game and music project on the C64. Combining a semi autobiographical adventure game-play with state of the art C64 music that even included sampling was an enormous task at the time. The goal was to create a game where you could arrange your own music piece and try to get to the top of the charts.
This is a crowdfunding project offering a limited special collector's edition golden colored vinyl record (plus Digital Download) for the SID Anthology series, the definitive collection of Original Sound Version recordings from the Commodore C64 by Chris Huelsbeck! To Be On Top was Chris' most ambitious game and music project on the C64. Combining a semi autobiographical adventure game-play with state of the art C64 music that even included sampling was an enormous task at the time. The goal was to create a game where you could arrange your own music piece and try to get to the top of the charts.
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