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17.07.2021 - New C64 game 'JuhannusOlumppialaiset' released as free download
'JuhannusOlumppialaiset' id port of 2017 NES game. And you can get it as digital download for free. Content: The four Finland’s toughest midsummer celebrants are competing each other in the most ultimate triathlon like never before! Their mental and physical skills are put to a real test as they hoard alcohol for guzzling and try to stay alive. Which one of them is the one this year, who manages stay in balance and remain above the surface until the end?

17.07.2021 - The yellowest C128 is transformed! - new video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
Back in 2019 Adrian made a video about the yellowest C128. It had been exposed to something (sunlight?) which turned the plastic an almost orange color. Well, the machine is no longer the yellowest C128 -- and is instead the coolest C128 ever. A real showpiece!

16.07.2021 - Protovision Shop: 'FM-YAM' in stock now!
The FM-YAM Sound Expander clone can reproduce 12 voices on your C64. Protovision has taken stock of a new batch of this fabulous cartridge. You can secure a unit by placing your order via the Protovision Shop right now!

16.07.2021 - New C16/Plus4 game 'Nu, Pogodi!' released
'Nu, Pogodi!' is an implementation of a LCD game from the Soviet Union with the same name. Instead of the actual cyrillic title, phonetic latin characters are used. The original LCD game's internal workings are not documented anywhere, but every effort has been taken to make this version as close to the original as possible. (Most other clones we've seen are inaccurate.) This version has been adjusted so that the game speed is accurate even on NTSC machines.

16.07.2021 - C64 Round Up: July 2021 featuring Miner 2019er and GenAssister - video by 'RetroGamerNation'
The July 2021 edition of the RGN Commodore 64 (C64) Round Up featuring the latest game releases, pixel art, demo and add-on items.

16.07.2021 - Fake Chips and Modern C64 Board Fix - new video from 'Noel's Retro Lab'
Let's fix those last strange errors on the modern Commodore 64 replica board. They look innocent enough, but they hide something subtle and malicious. As we unravel the mystery, we'll deal with mains voltage frequencies, logic trigger levels, and fake Chinese chips again. But this time the scam seems a bit different.

16.07.2021 - Amiga game 'Bean Versus The Animator' released
'Bean Versus The Animator' is a brand new old style arcade shooter for OCS / ECS or AGA Amiga. Get ready for the Summer Blockbuster of 2021! Features: - 6 Frantic Levels, - 6 Big Boss Fights, - 12 Weapons, - 2 Player Simultaneous Action, - 32 Colours, -8 Bit SFX and Music, - Movie style Intro and Outro, - Lightgun or Mouse Controls. Get it as digital download for a bargain.

15.07.2021 - Protovision Shop: 'Dust covers for your C128'!
If you have a C128 then it’s probably one of your most prized possessions in your retro collection. Make sure you protect your precious hardware with our great dust cover – now available for both the C128 and C128D machines.

15.07.2021 - Amiga AGA game 'Follix' released
Follix is a puzzle game heavily inspired by Atomix, a game from 1990 where the player had to build chemical molecules by connecting correctly the atoms they were made of. Using similar mechanics, in each of its 30 levels, Follix challenges the player to build a piece of a message by sliding in the correct places the tiles that contain the relevant text characters. Get it as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

14.07.2021 - More footage of WIP 'Super Cars 2' (Beta v0.85) for Amiga (AGA)
This is the original Super Cars 2 Source Code rebuilt & adapted to AGA screens ripped from Supercars International (a 1996 DOS game) by jotd.

14.07.2021 - More C64 diagnostic carts than you can shake a stick at, a 20 year old case mod and Danish Haribo - new video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
Welcome to Midweek-Mini-Mail-Call #56! On this week's episode, a whole slew of Commodore diagnostic carts, a super cool 20 year old PC case mod (audio visualizer!) and some interesting candy!

14.07.2021 - WIP Amiga game 'Creeping Me Out: Hex Night' - Low Spec experiment 1
In this video we see the developer trying one of the different builds of CMOhn he made to cater for different setups. The priority of this one is get it to run at a stable FPS (in this case 25) on Amigas with 2MB chip and no fast RAM. It's in the early stages and has a lot of graphical issues, but will eventually look nice. Besides, a fun new feature demonstrated in the video.

14.07.2021 - 'Lotek64 #62' released
Lotek64 is a free .pdf magazine in german language for older game consoles and home computers. Due to its widespread use, the Commodore 64 forms a "natural" focus of reporting, but no systems are excluded. Articles (besides others): - C64-Spiel Outrage nach 30 Jahren fertig: Test und Interview, Die besten C64-Shooter, - Wormhole, C64-Spiel für Unerschrockene, Geduldige und Profis, - Computerliebe (Teil 2), mac of tugcs: Mein Leben mit dem Commodore 64

13.07.2021 - 'Scene World Podcast' Episode #120 - Jeri Ellsworth (TiltFive)
The new Scene World podcast episodeoffers an interview with Jeri Ellsworth, an American entrepeneur and chip designer. She is very well-known for 'C64 Direct-To TV', a complete Commodore 64 system on a chip housed within a joystick which was released in 2004. We speak with her about her work on TiltFive, an interesting new company focussing on AR glasses technology.

13.07.2021 - High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC) #75 released
HVSC #1 was released today 25 years ago, on 12 July 1996. This is the 75th update and we made it happen on the same day. We have witnessed this collection grow exponentially in the years, from only 4,000 sids in the first release, now counts more than 54,000: practically 2,000 new sids were added each year! Many people joined the C64 scene providing new tunes - sometimes wonderful, sometimes strange, all special and creative on their own - and, sadly, we also lost some people, who left us their inheritance before parting. This release is dedicated to the memory of whose are not anymore with us, you'll be remembered.