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14.05.2021 - C64Studio 6.8 released
C64 Studio is an assembly development environment which is dependent on VICE. You can write assembly code and test this with the VICE emulator. Recent changes are a vast list of adds and fixes...

14.05.2021 - 'Terrestrial' - another new WIP C64 game
'Terrestrial' (was homeworld ) is supposed to be very much along the Beachhead / Raid over Moscow lines, but it's still very early work in progress. This video shows one of the stages.

14.05.2021 - More footage of WIP 'Briley Witch Chronicles'
The C64 RPG 'Briley Witch Chronicles' from Sarah Jane Avory (Neutron, Santron, Zeta Wing and the soon to be released Soul Force) is progressing steadily. Sarah just recently uploaded the newest WIP video.

13.05.2021 - Uncommon Fault C64 ASSY 250407 Repair - new video from 'Jan Beta'
Jan is fixing yet another Commodore 64 in this video. This one had a garbage screen output and he found quite a few faulty components.

13.05.2021 - Video shows 'Polar Panic' for Amiga (WIP)
As stated by it's dev, this is the effort of some 'playing around' with Scorpion Engine, though this already looks nice!

12.05.2021 - Games That Weren't 64' (GTW64) update for May 2021
3 new entries added: Alien Syndrome V1, Miami Vice, Stareggs V1 - and 32 updates added: Arc Doors 2, Batty Builders, Big Nose The Caveman, CJ's 4th Adventure, Cattivik, Covermount casualties, Double Dragon V1, FSS Liberator, Frixxion, Hangman's Hazard, Inspector Gadget, Last Ninja V1, Make My Day!, Mega Games, Moebius Strip, Murder!, Nimitz, Obliterator, Operation Mindcrime Xertyn-X, Plum Duff, Prince Of Persia, Pyramids Of The Sun, Rolling Ronny 2, Rugby World Cup 2, Sonic the Hedgehog, Subclavian, Super Thief, System X, The Search For Sharla, Twin Turbo V8, UXB, Ultrabulb

12.05.2021 - A IBM ThinkPad 701C with Butterfly Keyboard, a C16/+4 CPU Adapter, a Toughbook and an 8304 adapter - new video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
Welcome to Mid-Week-Mini-Mail-Call #47! On today's episode, we have a couple cool laptops including a very beat up Thinkpad 701C with the butterfly keyboard. Also, a Panasonic Toughbook which requires a BIOS password reset. In addition, a couple PCB adapters for our beloved 8-bit machines.

12.05.2021 - 'Krogharr' - new Amiag game in development
'Krogharr' is a new game project by the makers of horizontal SHMUP 'Inviyya' which was released lately. It will have a barbarian gameplay in the vein of "Black Belt" on the Sega Master System. At least that's the ambition right now, but we all know how things can change over time and dev...

11.05.2021 - Defender of the Crown Tutorial & HIDDEN BUG Commodore 64 - Video by 'Bread Box Commodore Computer Museum'
Cinemaware's Classic C64 game has a hidden bug or (is it an Easter Egg?) that gives you unlimited wealth in the game.

10.05.2021 - 'Spred64' - C64 Sprite Editor - V1.33 Beta released
'Spred64' is a Commodore C64 Sprite editor, compositor and animator for Windows, that you can get for little money. New in V1.3.3: - Added labels to each sprite ID. Minor fixes to animation speeds to stop the flickering/leaking outside the frame range. Previously - V1.3.2: - Major fix to offsets (ascii codes were of by 5x and caused side effects in code) - Please use Alt+L to hotfix your offsets (if you have used them) and resave as a new file. .txt Data files now come with extra offset information based on the top left sprite (0,0) position. Your sprites themselves wont be affected, just the compositor layout. Get in touch if you need me to fix any files. Added duplicate frame icon for the animation compositor. Added some text info to u.i. Mechs Demo included. V1.31 - Minor bugfix. Shift+X / Shift+Y on compositor to toggle stretching.

10.05.2021 - 'Abbey of the Dead' a possible Amiga port Abbaye des Morts
A video shows a possible future port of L'Abbaye des Morts to the Amiga using Scorpion Engine. Graphics redrawn to 16 (non Speccy) colours.

10.05.2021 - Turbo Sprint for AGA Amigas Review - Featuring Daniel - Episode 95 - new video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (10MARC)'
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast, Daniel and Doug from 10MARC are reviewing the brand new arcade conversion Turbo Sprint for AGA Amiga's from our good friend Graeme Cowie, AKA McGeezer. This awesome game uses Hi Res AGA graphics to bring the Atari Arcade Classic "Super Sprint" to the Amiga!

09.05.2021 - Video shows (possible?) WIP 'Robocop' game for Amiga
Based on a game engine for a 'Kungfu Master' game from the same dev, this one uses graphics ripped from the Robocop arcade version.Video shows test on Amiga 500 512 kb +slow ram 512 kb. Not much more is known, though...

09.05.2021 - 'Games That Weren’t book' back in stock!
Frank Gasking from GTW was completely blown away by the support when The Games That Weren’t book was launched late last year, and even more so when it completely sold out by the start of the new year. After a number of queries asking if there was going to be another production run, he is pleased to announce that there has been and the book is now available once more via http://www.gtwbook.co.uk.

09.05.2021 - From the blog files; Amiga 500 Unboxing - video by 'GRay Defender'
In this video 'GRay Defender' unboxes an Amiga 500 he purchased from Stacy Bates from the UK.