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25.09.2021 - Video shows preview of WIP Amiga port 'Mrs Pacman'
After 'Pacman 500', 'jotd' is now working on 'Mrs Pacman' port for the Amiga 500.

25.09.2021 - Tetris clone for Amiga 'Crazy Columns' Version 1.03 released
Jochen Heffer's 'Crazy Columns' is a clone of the classic Sega-Genesis game Columns for one or two players, which can be played with joystick or keyboard. V1.03 is now available in German or English as free download. The input in the highscore has been revised. Now the input is not terminated when pressing the fire button or the corresponding keys. Only at the last position of the name, the input is completed.

23.09.2021 - Video shows 'DaemonClaw' (Amiga) Update: September 23 2021: hugely enhanced level 2 graphics and more!
In this video we see the beautiful environment graphics enhancements made for level 2 of 'DaemonClaw: Origins of Nnar', which brings far more color to the icy level and introduces much more parallax scrolling. 'DaemonClaw: Origins of Nnar' is a 16-bit side scrolling arcade-style action game being made by BitBeamCannon using Construct 3. The game adheres to Amiga specs and may eventually have a classic Amiga port as well.

22.09.2021 - 'Gates of the Ancient' for C64 Review by BastichB 64K
A video review on this excellent new C64 space trading/action game from DrMortalWombat.

21.09.2021 - Super Mini Mail Call 0001: Tons and tons of Commodore 3D printed goodies - new video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
Adrian is unboxing one package from one person per video in his is the new mail call video format.

20.09.2021 - Amiga 600 - FURIA card upgrade and other mods - new article on retrohax.net
In this post 'Drygol' just wants to show how he usually mod A600s. Involved are: - FURIA accelerator card. - Optional Active cooling system for FURIA. - FlashROM mod. - AMSIDER + SD2IDE. - A600/A1200 S-Video mod. - New KB membrane. - GOTEK + 3D printed chassis. - SLOW RAM upgrade. - The mouSTer, a multisystem and ultimate USB adapter for mice and pads.

20.09.2021 - How the Demo Scene Works! - new video from 'The 8-Bit Guy'
A few weeks ago, 'The 8-Bit Guy' took the longest roadtrip of his life. He and a friend drove 16 hours from Ft. Worth to the Chicago area, so they could attend the 'Vintage Computer Festival Midwest', one of the largest meetups of computer fans and unlike gaming conventions this meetup is all about computers of the past....

20.09.2021 - New Video for WIP Amiga game 'Super Metal Hero' - a Level from Episode 3
There is a new video that shows the progress so far of the neoretro game 'Super Metal Hero', which is currently in the making.

19.09.2021 - 'Kung Fu Flash' Firmware v1.27 released
'Kung Fu Flash' is a cartridge for the Commodore 64 by Kim Jorgensen that packs a punch. It can emulate different cartridge types, load PRG files and use D64 disk images. Just place your desired CRT, PRG or D64 files on a FAT formatted microSD card and use the built-in launcher to execute them. New in this update: - Add simple diagnostic tool. It is started by pressing the menu button for 2 seconds (until the LED turns off) and is intended to help debug stability problems on some C64 models. The tool can also be started in a USB only mode if Kung Fu Flash refuses to start at all. In this mode debug data is send via USB only and the C64 should start normally (boot to Basic). This mode is started by pressing both the special and menu button for 2 seconds, then releasing the menu button followed by the special button

19.09.2021 - Amiga port of 'Jackal' is on its way - second demo version available and ready for download and play
Jackal, also distributed under the title of Top Gunner, is an overhead run'n gun-style shoot-'em-up video game by Konami released for the arcades in 1986. The player must maneuver an armed jeep in order to rescue prisoners of war (POWs) trapped in enemy territory. Jackal was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) on September 1988 in North America. This project attempts to port the NES version with some graphical improvements on the Amiga (OCS-ECS) platform.

19.09.2021 - Update on the VIC-II Kawari by Randi Rossi
The VIC-II Kawari Project is a modern FPGA based replacement for the C64. It completely replaces the original chip but offers near perfect compatibility but additional capabilities like HDMI output and 80 column text. Randi has finally a working PCB. He is hand assembling a fleet of test devices and they will be heading off to beta testers.

17.09.2021 - Commodore VIC-20 Tape & Datasette Rescue - ChickenHead Chronicles - new video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (10MARC)'
This week on The ChickenHead Chronicles We are returning to my Roots: The Commodore VIC-20. Recently in eBay Doug found a really cool Tape Cassette case from an Estate Sale that still had about 70 VIC-20 tapes in it. Join him as we talk about the Datasette, the history of the tapes and the legacy that he was trying to preserve.

17.09.2021 - Amiga game 'Pacman 500' released
This is a (successful) attempt by jotd to create a 1:1 port of the famous arcade game on Amiga 500 using 100% 68k assembly. The display is 4:3 so scores, lives, bonuses are on the side rather than on top/botton. The gameplay layout is 1:1 vs the original, though. Requires: - Any kickstart, 1MB memory (could be reduced to 512k with lower quality sounds). The game can be obtained as digital download for free.

16.09.2021 - C64 Joystick-Controlled Sprites in Assembly PART TWO - new Video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
Finally, the follow-up video to the original "Commodore 64 Joystick-Controlled Sprites in Assembly and BASIC" video from September 2019! We explore a better approach to reading the joystick using the shift method. Also shown: how to display and move all 8 sprites using indexing, changing their colour and appearance, and also a more advanced topic of scaling the ROM character set up by a factor of 3 to turn the Commodore characters into big sprites.

15.09.2021 - PDF Retro magazine REV'n'GE issue #125 for download
REV'n'GE (Retro Emulator Vision and Game) is an Italian and English language PDF magazine, not only for Commodore fans, that mainly focus on game REViews.