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09.05.2021 - Playing a 42.5 Year-Old New Old Stock PC Game - new Video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
In 1978 Instant Software released Casino II: Craps along with many other titles for the Commodore PET, TRS-80, and other personal computers of the era. They were remarkable for their professional packaging and higher-quality documentation in an era where the little commercial software available was provided in a plastic baggie with instructions on a folded sheet of paper. Today we'll open a new old stock game and see if the cassette still works!

07.05.2021 - New C64 game 'Minesweeper64' released
A nice little Minesweeper clone in Windows 95 style written in BASIC for the C64, which you can download for free.

07.05.2021 - 'Turbo Sprint' for Amiga (AGA) finally released
'Turbo Sprint' is based on the classic arcade game Super Sprint. The game features 8 tracks that range in difficulty, up to four players can take control of either a Blue, Red, Yellow or Green car. Cars that are not controlled by players are computer controlled. When all 8 tracks have been completed the game loops back to the first track but the difficulty is increased with various obstacles and increased speed of the computer controlled cars. New players have the opportunity to join a race after each track has been completed. Turbo Sprint comes in two editions, digital and physical. If you purchase the physical edition you will also receive the digital edition to download immediately.

06.05.2021 - C64 game 'Top-hole Golf' V1.5.2 released
Top-hole golf is a very nice 3D golf game for the Commodore 64 by Matthew Clarke, who has just released a new updated version 1.5.2. Putting now has a 'slow' mode (activated by pushing up on the joystick) - power arc fills up at half-speed making it easier to time the shorter putts. Also some visual feedback re. speed - hole is drawn in red while the ball is travelling too fast for a successful putt. You also now have a 'punch' shot (as in 'World Class Leaderboard'), activated by pressing 'P' on the keyboard (unless you're teeing off or in the sand).

06.05.2021 - 'Amiga Addict' Issue #5 out now
Amiga Addict is a new digital and printed Amiga magazine shipping worldwide. Issue 5 will include: - UFO: Enemy Unknown & the X-COM game series. - Our first Amiga Addict downloadable coverdisk. - Amiga Addict competition to win a signed Danny Flynn UFO limited edition giclée print! - News of our exclusive Antstream Supercars 2 gaming tournament, plus exclusive chat with Barry Leitch. - Slayers of High Toro reviewed. - Smarty and the Nasty Gluttons reviewed. - The story of OctaMED with Teijo Kinnunen. - SWAG usergroup feature. - Plus lots lots more..!

06.05.2021 - Video shows trailer of 'Destiny Hunter' (WIP) for C64
'Destiny Hunter' is a port from the Commodore PET to C64. A story adventure action RPG tribute to the original 8-bit personal computer! Features: - Animated challenges, - Resource management (health, stamina, arrows), - Watch your step, secrets abound!, - Find the orb and defeat the hydra! Announced to be available August 2021.

06.05.2021 - Amiga port of 8-bit classic 'Henry's House' announced
A video shows a preview of the WIP conversion of 'Henry's House' (first room) for the Amiga by MC Studio.

06.05.2021 - New viode on 'Exhumed - PowerSlave' - Amiga 1200 AGA/RTG port by BSzili
This is video and audio captured from a real Amiga A1200 with Vampire V1200. RTG output. Exhumed / PowerSlave is an Egyptian-themed FPS by Lobotomy Software using the Build engine. The console versions were quite popular back in the day, but the DOS one was largely overlooked due to the somewhat awkward controls and issues on faster systems. This is the Amiga BETA-port from the game, which is still work in progress.

05.05.2021 - Amiga game creator 'Redpill' V0.8.9 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 0.8.9: - Profiler menu is here to help to find out any peformance problem in your games. - Profiler data can be seen after playing a game, it only takes into account what happened during the playing time. - Sounds can loop if that option is selected in the Audio menu. - OS version is displayed in settings menu. - In Settings menu you can choose if you want the profiler screen to be shown after each Play. - In Settings menu you can disable Network to test multiplayer games without the need of a network connection. - Keyboard read routines have been reworked. - Fix for the keyboard image display in Input Screen. - Fix in export triggers to text, some triggers were incorrectly exported.

04.05.2021 - Frogger clone 'Ranatan' for C64 released
In the game you play as the frog Demetan while he is intent on saving Ranatan, who finds himself mired on the other side of the screen, with many dangers in the middle of the road. You can get the game for a bargain as digital download. Features: - "God mode": invulnerability activable in title screen. - 4 levels of increasing difficulty. - Energy bar that decreases with each contact with a hazard. It is slightly increased as you level up. - Double jump: essential to go from one log to another without falling into the water.

04.05.2021 - New version for WIP Amiga platformer 'Super Delivery Boy' released
'Super Delivery Boy' is a project from NEESO GAMES, made with Scorpion Engine. You can download the ADF file and play it through emulators (WinUAE, FSUAE..) or, if you have the possibility, play it on a real Amiga! New in v0.1k: - Tons of gfx changes (new title screen, copper skies and general improvements). - New type of enemy that can be killed from above (the blue one). - Added checkpoints and stability fixes to transitions. - Added a secret area, up to you to find out where ;). - Fairy can give you another box if you lost it. Jump on the green bird! - and a lot more under the hood, really!

04.05.2021 - Video shows 'PiStorm' - Turbo Boost Amiga 500 With Raspberry Pi
The PiStorm is an incredible new way to give your old Amiga a huge upgrade, with a CPU accelerator, 128mb of RAM, RTG support, virtual SCSI and lots more!

03.05.2021 - My First Paid Game Dev: Code Walkthrough of Frogs And Flies on the Commodore 64 - new Video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
Today we'll take an in-depth look at the first commercial(ish) game Robin made, Frogs and Flies for the Commodore 64, published by Loadstar in 1997. He plays the game, explain some of the history/story behind it, and then do a full walkthrough of his 24-year-old code!

03.05.2021 - New C64 adventure 'Buccaneer's Cache' released and free for download
In this text adventure, you face big challenges and follow the tracks of a great pirate to discover his cache. Made with PunyInform, the Inform 6 compiler, and Ozmoo.

03.05.2021 - Turbo Sprint (Amiga AGA): New 2021 Racing Game - video by 'RetroGamerNation'
Video game showcase for Turbo Sprint for the Commodore Amiga (AGA). This is an enhanced conversion of Super Sprint designed to run on stock A1200, A4000 and CD32 systems with peripherals disabled. Turbo Sprint will be released on 7 May 2021 and will be available from itch.io.