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07.02.2021 - TheC64 Firmware Update v1.5.2: Joystick Swapping & REU support - new Video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
The new TheC64 firmware update includes official REU support, and the much-request joystick port swapping feature. We take a look at these, along with some other tricks and features, and a couple new games included in the update.

07.02.2021 - WIP Amiga game 'Pitfall 2: The Lost Caverns' as alpha version released
There is a first draft alpha of 'Pitfall 2: The Lost Caverns' for Amiga, that can be downloaded and tested. The game still needs a lot of polish, but it is a fully working and completable port of the C64 release. Unfortunately, this first release won't run smoothly on an A500 - but it should be OK on an A1200 (future updates should be a lot more optimal). Graphics are mostly from the Sega arcade version, though it's temporarily using the Quickclaw and Rhonda sprites from the NES 30th anniversary Super Pitfall hack as neither character appeared in the arcade machine. Music from modarchive.org. The developer wants to put it aside for a while and come back to it in future. Asides from optimization and polish, it'd be cool to add levels exclusive to the arcade machine and other editions later on, as he states.

07.02.2021 - WIP Amiga game 'Tinyus' - Beta version released
After Tiny Invaders, Tiny Galaga and Tiny Bobble aBYSs announces: 'Tinyus', a faithful Amiga OCS port of the Arcade Gradius/Nemesis videogame. Now a beta version of it was released and you can test it.

07.02.2021 - C64 Praise Be The Spiral!! - video by 'GRay Defender'
Shallan50K on Twitch recently concluded the create a Commodore 64 Spiral challenge. The idea was to write as small a program as you can to create the image displayed. Many people, myself included, spent many hours trying to conquer the problem. Join me to see my solutions as well as the top 5 winning solutions on our corner of the internet.

06.02.2021 - 'VirtualC64 v4.0' has been released
VirtualC64 turns your Apple Macintosh into a Commodore 64. Both PAL and NTSC are emulated with a strong emphasis on PAL emulation accuracy. Due to cycle-accurate emulation, a high emulation accuracy is achieved. Now v4.0 is finally ready.

06.02.2021 - Commander X16 Visual Design Update: Case/Keyboard/Manual/Website! The modern retro computer - new video from 'Retro Recipes'
Here's a fun interim update on the exterior design elements of The 8-Bit Guy's Commander X16 "modern retro computer"!

06.02.2021 - 'Turbo Rascal Syntax Error' V0.12 released
'Turbo Rascal Syntax error' (Turbo Rascal SE, TRSE) is a complete suite (IDE, compiler, programming language, image sprite level resource editor) intended for developing games/demos for 8 / 16-bit line of computers, with a focus on the MOS 6502, the Motorola 68000, the (GB)Z80 and the X86. TRSE currently supports application for the C64, C128, VIC-20, PLUS4, NES, Gameboy, PET, ZX Spectrum, TIKI 100, Amstrad CPC 464, Atari 2600, 8086AT, Amiga 500, Atari 800, BBC Micro, Mega65 and the Atari ST 520. With the benefits of a modern IDE (error messages, code completion, syntax highlighting etc) and a bunch of fast built-in tools, it has never been easier to program for your favorite obsolete system.

06.02.2021 - C64C Future Proofing & Restoration - new video from 'Jan Beta'
'Jan Beta' is doing some restoration work and future proofing on a 250469 short board Commodore 64C.

04.02.2021 - New footage for WIP Amiga game 'Duckstroma' uploaded
This video shows work in progress for 'Duckstroma', a game is built using Scorpion Engine. It should work on a stock Amiga 500, when it's finished.

04.02.2021 - 'Turbo Sprint' for Amiga - Beta Version 1.4 released
This is a time limited release of the port of 'Super Sprint' to the Commodore Amiga AGA Platform. The intention of the release is to get play testing and hardware compatibility feed back - or feed back in general about the game. There is a time limit of 5 minutes in game play before the game will Guru/Crash - this is intentional as to not make it obvious to remove the time limit.

04.02.2021 - WIP Amiga shooter 'Inviyya' - new preview video released
This video shows more footage of the coming game 'Inviyya', which will be a horizontal SHMUP for the line of classic Commodore Amiga computers. Inviyya will feature 6 levels, couple of special weapons, 3 layer parallax scrolling and nice music and sfx.

03.02.2021 - New at AMIGAstore.eu - Amiga 600 1MB Chip Memory Expansion + RTC
New trapdoor memory expansion for Amiga 600. This expansion lets you to add 1MB of CHIP RAM to your Amiga 600. The on-board Real Time Clock is available as option. It is also the perfect complement to our 4MB Fast RAM Memory Expansion.

03.02.2021 - TheC64 Firmware Update 1.5.2 from Retrogames - Best yet? - Video by 'Bread Box Commodore Computer Museum'
February 2021 what a great start to the year an update packed with features. In this video youtuber 'Bread Box Commodore Computer Museum' will look at one of the new games HESSIAN and how to use the feature of JOYSTICK PORT SWITCHING on TheC64.

03.02.2021 - 8-Bit Book Club: Jim Butterfield's Machine Language for the Commodore 64, 128.. Revised - new Video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
Continuing on with the "Book Club" series, it's Jim Butterfield's classic tutorial on machine language for Commodore computers.

02.02.2021 - THEC64 firmware update v1.5.2 available
A new firmware upgrade for THEC64, THEC64 Mini and THEVIC20 is now available. Changes and additions: - [All models] Adds joystick port selection by pressing and holding joystick menu button and then pressing joystick A for port 1 or joystick B for port 2. - Adds C64 only Classic mode added to THEC64 Mini. - Adds disk swapping added to THEC64 Mini. - [All models] Adds Commodore REU support with 512K, 2MB or 16MB as filename flags or CJM parameters. - New games for THEC64 Mini: Hessian (C64) and PET Snake (C64). - New games for THEC64: Hessian (C64), PET Snake (C64), City Crusher(VIC20) and Mine Sweep (VIC20). - New games for THEVIC20: Hessian (C64), PET Snake (C64), City Crusher(VIC20) and Mine Sweep (VIC20)