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05.08.2021 - New at AMIGAstore.eu - 'Terrible Fire 534'
Terrible Fire 534 accelerator has been designed to be installed inside Amiga 500/500+, or Amiga 2000. It provides a Motorola 68030 CPU and a 68882 math coprocessor clocked at 33, 40, 48, or 50 MHz, 4MB of RAM, and a 2,5" IDE connector for hard drives and CF adapters. If you want to add 512 or 1MB of CHIP RAM, please check our Trapdoor Memory Expansions for Amiga 500 and Amiga 500 Plus. They are the perfect complement to the Terrible Fire Accelerator.

05.08.2021 - Protovision Shop: 'MEGA65 Merchandise for sale!'
We expect that many of you are eagerly awaiting the release of the MEGA65 computer. So how about you pass the time by enjoying some great MEGA65 branded merchandise. The Protovision Shop now stocks t-shirts, USB sticks, mouse pads, key chains, mugs and stickers all with the official MEGA65 branding.

05.08.2021 - The VIC-20. Is It For You? - new video from 'Noel's Retro Lab'
The VIC-20 is a modern recreation of the original Commodore VIC-20. Is it right for you? Let's find out. You may be surprised by Noel's take on it. He was at least!

04.08.2021 - New at AMIGAstore.eu - 'ACA 1233n 40MHz (includes MMU and FPU) and 128MB of RAM'
Accelerator card ACA1233n with a full 40Mhz 68030 CPU (incl. MMU) and a 68882 50Mhz FPU. For Amiga 1200 and Amiga 500 with ACA-500 or ACA-500plus. This is the original ACA1233n from manufacturer and upgraded with a 50Mhz 68882 FPU by AMIGAstore. Two years warranty is covered now covered by AMIGAstore. Product is new and unused. Limited quantity!

04.08.2021 - I built a 1980's Tape Piracy device and blew up my C64 - Clonemaster V2 0 - video from 'Mark Fixes Stuff'
Join Mark as we build a Tape Copying device from the wayward 80's! The CopyMaster v2.0 / Clonemaster v2.0 performs signal rectification from the Commodore Datasette and pipes the beefed up info to two other decks.

04.08.2021 - EGA RAM expansion from NZ, testing a Commodore Plus/4, a 1531 Datasette and some ESD protection - new video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
Welcome to Midweek-Mini-Mail-Call #58! On this week's episode, some goodies and sweets from New Zealand, a boxed Commodore Plus/4, a 1531 datasette from Germany and a little ESD protection for the bench.

04.08.2021 - Worst 8-Bit Book Club Book Ever? The Black Book of C-128 - new Video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
For this month's Book Club video, we look at the worst Commodore-related book in my collection: The Black Book of C-128, by Robert H. & Dell Taylor. Claiming to be a vast, authoritative reference, it's actually riddled with errors, unnecessary commas, and sometimes entirely fabricated "facts". We all make mistakes, and typically I'd go easier on it, but this book's advertising campaign was quite aggressive, claiming to be "the best reference manual on the market" and having "not one wasted page" unlike other publisher's books that would tell you "how to un-pack the C-128" and waste "ten pages on what the keys are for".

04.08.2021 - 'Sonic Vamped 1&2 Pack' for Amiga (Vampire) released
SonicVamped is a port of the 2013 Android version of Sonic The Hedgehog 2 to the 68k Amiga optimised for a Vampire V4 computer (works on V2 accelerators but not at full speed). It features many speed improvements including AMMX, direct SAGA draw with triple buffer and direct SAGA audio implementation. All of that made it possible to run at stable 60 fps gameplay on The Vampire V4.

03.08.2021 - The ultimate retro computer display? - new video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
Adrian has been been looking a versatile little LCD monitor to sit on his desk for a while. He found this little 8" LCD on AliExpress and it comes with just about every input your could possibly want. Is this the ultimate retro computer LCD monitor?

02.08.2021 - Amiga game 'Radical Moves' released
'Radical Moves' is a rerelease of a 1992 Amiga game featuring "Radical Rob". A 99 level platformer where you have to rid the world of evil fluffies, collect drink cans and work your way through each level. Suitable for all Amiga formats (A500, A600 etc). You can get the game as digital download for a bargain.

01.08.2021 - Video shows possible port of 'Kung Fu Master' for Amiga
A few days ago the developer started working on arranging the graphics for the game and also doing a performance test to make sure the game can be ported to the A500 (0.5chip + 0.5 slow). He is pleased to say the game looks very do-able so he'll take it on. Thomas is a hardware sprite but the flying enemies are constructed from multiple bobs to save on ram and cycles.

01.08.2021 - 'Soulless Special Edition' - Gameplay - video by Scene World Magazine
Merman brings you a first look at Soulless Special Edition, released in 2021 after the Kickstarter for the Soulless 1 and 2 Soundtrack vinyl album from Chiptune Records. This video shows the intro bitmap and music, the main animated intro and gameplay from the first section. It introduces the revamped jumping controls and other changes present in this Special Edition, currently available to pre-order for backers of the Kickstarter - either as a physical Budget or Premium Disk, or as a special USB Cassette version.

31.07.2021 - C64 game 'QUOD INIT EXIT IIm' released
Zampo is on a new mission (and as hungry as ever). Suinio used to be an idyllic world, but now a terrible calamity plagues it: all the toilets have been turned into hundreds of potties that have been scattered all over the place! Help Zampo the pig collect them so that witch Cotechina can bring them back to the original state... You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

31.07.2021 - 'Amiga Addict Magazine Issue 07' released
Amiga Addict is a digital and printed Amiga magazine shipping worldwide. In this issue: - we talk Psygnosis, and take an inside look at this legendary game publisher. - Details of our second Amiga gaming tournament on Antstream Arcade. - Vampire accelerators feature including the history and their latest products. - Eagle & Computer Warrior retrospective; a groundbreaking comic book series. - AmigaOS 3.2 review. - Turbo Tomato brand new game release! - Arabian Nights game review. - A1200 hardware upgrades. - Music production with the Amiga in Audio Oddities Vol. 2. - Simon Butler column finale. Plus lots lots more..!

31.07.2021 - Video shows new footage of WIP Amiga game 'Alarcity' (devlog update#1)
'Alarcity' from Pixelglass for classic Amiga 1200 machines, is already in work for a while. This update video is the first showcasing of the transition from the original old 1.0 demo to the new design and direction.