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16.03.2021 - Amiga game 'Galactica' released
Galactica is an Amiga version of the strategical Linux game Konquest. The goal is to dominate every single planet in the galaxy, defeating your opponent. The game runs on the Workbench screen. Galactica is FREEWARE, but If you like this game, you may donate some funds..

16.03.2021 - TEOS - Commodore 64 char mode OS - Status #5
There is a new video of the TEOS project, a multitasking char based OS for the C64, demonstrating an important feature of graphical user interfaces and also enhancements to file operations.

15.03.2021 - 'Battle Kingdom' for C64 out now!
Psytronik Software in association with ICON 64 proudly present BATTLE KINGDOM - An exciting new C64 action adventure game! Travel back to the days of yore and do battle in a kingdom besieged by mighty dragons and other dark forces. Can Sir Bob help the hapless townspeople who's normally tranquil kingdom has been overrun by evil wraiths, undead souls, savage beasts and evil dragons!

14.03.2021 - Lode Runner on Commodore PET
There is a clone of the Apple II Lode Runner game for the Commodore PET. You can download the game, or play it online at Norbert Landsteiner's PET archive.

14.03.2021 - Amiga 4000 Adventures: Celebrating 4000 Subscribers! Episode 89- new video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (10MARC)'
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast Doug is celebrating his 4000'th subscriber by giving a demo of my beloved Amiga 4000! Come join him as we talk about the history and then tear into the machine to see what makes it tic. He also is celebrating his 4096'th subscriber with a new HAM6 picture! How appropriate...

13.03.2021 - VIC-II Kawari: FPGA based VIC-II replacement for the C64- new video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
The VIC-II Kawari Project from Randy Rossi 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.

13.03.2021 - Another preview video for WIP C64 game 'A Pig Quest'
'A Pig Quest' is an upcoming Commodore 64 game, planned to be released in summer 2021. Brought to you by: Antonio Savona, Mauricet, Aldo Chiummo and Gaetano Chiummo.

13.03.2021 - DJ-player software for C64 SID-files 'DS/DJ-2000 mk1' (Alpha) released
DS/DJ-2000 mk1 is a DJ-player software for SID-files. It was first inspired on social media where someone wished for a native SID player that could mute channels. And then it grew from there, and obviously took a lot of inspiration from PT-1210 on the Amiga. This is a barely usable alpha version. It is headed for a major rewrite, but the developer wanted to share it as it is now.

12.03.2021 - Battle Kingdom (C64) - New 2021 Game - video by 'RetroGamerNation'
As recently reported: 'Battle Kingdom' for C64, an action adventure game, is soon to be released. Pre-orders will open on 15 March 2021. This video is a little showcase of it.

11.03.2021 - CDTV Repairs - Commodore Amiga CDTV Trash to Treasure (pt2) - new video from 'RMC'
CDTV repairs are the order of the day today. How do we take the CDTV apart, does it go back together!? And how do we repair the CDTV CDROM drive? In this RMC Trash to Treasure restoration series I'm hoping to get to the bottom of all these questions and with any luck, have a working Commodore Amiga CDTV at the end of it! We're also joined by Jane Whittaker for an interview from a developers perspective and some fun stories of Commodore history.

11.03.2021 - Release of 'Battle Kingdom' for C64 announced
'Battle Kingdom' is an exciting new C64 action adventure game! Travel back to the days of yore and do battle in a kingdom besieged by mighty dragons and other dark forces. The game will be available to buy on March15th 2021 as a collector's edition in a stunning full colour printed glossy box that contains the C64 game on 5.25" floppy disk with fantastic artwork by Trevor Storey. A Premium+ disk edition and Budget disk version of the game will also be available along with a tape version.

09.03.2021 - New C64 game 'Alisa' released
This game is the end result of a learning process. The developer started of learning graphics and then the rest. So the gameplay came last and it might not be the greatest fun you'll ever had. It's very basic, fully written in Basic (compiled with Mospeed) and can be downloaded for a bargain, though.

08.03.2021 - 'TEOS' - Commodore 64 text based OS in the making'TEOS' - Part 4
Here is a new video, that shows a demonstration with the current changes and features of the TEOS project, a multitasking char based OS for the C64.

08.03.2021 - New Amiga find at 'Games That Weren't' - Pac-Land V1
Ok, before you start shouting - yes, Pac-Land was indeed released on the Commodore Amiga, and it was pretty terrible too. However, it seems that things could have been very different indeed, when contributor Hank highlighted a video on YouTube showcasing a very different and much improved version.

08.03.2021 - Amiga 2000 Adventures: Let's build an Amiga 2000: Featuring the TerribleFire 534 Accelerator. - new video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (10MARC)'
Welcome to Part Three of the Let's Build an Amiga 2000 series. This week we are finishing things up with a nice, new Terriblefire 534 Accelerator and some more RAM!