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14.02.2025 - The Rise and Fall of Amiga Format (1989-2000) - video by 'The Retro Collective'
Amiga Format was the magazine of choice from 1989 to 1994 for Neil of 'The Retro Collective', and provided him with fondest memories of all computer magazines. A teenager discovering 16-bit computing, the games and the applications and creativity tools that AF introduced him to. Today he rediscovers the issues he owned, and looks at what happened after he stopped buying the magazine.

14.02.2025 - C64 Quickload Episode #02 - Latest News & Releases for Commodore 64 - video by 'RetroGamerNation'
The C64 Quickload is your concise guide to the latest news and releases for your Commodore 64 delivered in a quick format magazine style presentation.

12.02.2025 - C64 Weekly #21 (Commodore 64 Scene Updates) - video by 'BastichB 64K'
Links to all shown games, demos and music in the video description.

11.02.2025 - Video: Amiga - Rastan 0.33 (Full Demo)
Released in arcades in 1987, Taito’s Rastan was one of the best fantasy action-platformers of its time. Now, after eight months down in the basement, the Amiga version of Rastan emerges. This is a demo of the first level, featuring remastered sprites and brand new, reimagined backgrounds, all running on a stock Amiga 500 with 512kb extra ram!

11.02.2025 - C64 game 'Paper Toss' released - free for download
Paper Toss is the new one button game by Codey/Excess and a port of an online game. You can play with a joystick in port 1 or 2 or SPACE on the keyboard. Try to throw the paper balls into the trash can. After 3 points the difficulty will increase more and more. After a failed attempt the game is over. Game will create a file and save the highscores. Press the M key to choose between music and sfx only.

11.02.2025 - C64 game 'Safe Zone' released
Safe Zone is an Arabic-style board game that is somewhere between Halma and a sliding puzzle. You play against a computer opponent who is quite good at the game. The aim of the game is to move all 8 of your pieces within the inner 4x4 spaces of the safe zone. Whoever achieves this wins. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

10.02.2025 - Gideons Logic Ultimate 1541 II Review - and fun Commodore 128 stuff! - video by '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast'
This week on "The ChickenHead Chronicles", Doug will be talking about the Commodore 128 DCR, and discussing why he chooses that to highlight Gideons Ultimate 1541 II cartridge. Join him as we explore not only the features of this awesome device, but learn a bit about the Commodore 128 too!

08.02.2025 - Amiga Boot Selectors - video by 'Jan Beta'
Jan is talking about boot selectors for the Amiga, showing off a DIY method and the FireFloppySwap500, which is a deluxe solution.

07.02.2025 - Amiga game 'Bolminok's Kingdom' released
'Bolminok's Kingdom' is an isometric dungeon crawler for AGA Amiga (2MB Chip mem) where you as player are on a path to a forgotten cave rumored to be filled with gold beyond your deepest imagination. You can get the game as digital download for a small price to support the developer.

06.02.2025 - C64 game 'Mike Mech 2' released
'Mike Mech 2' is a platformer game from LC-Games.The aim is to guide Mike, the on-board mechanic, inside the various cargo holds (four in total) and activate all the levers present in them. The player has the option to move through the rooms by jumping from platform to platform, using ladders, or riding elevators that move vertically or horizontally. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

04.02.2025 - C64 Weekly #20 (Commodore 64 Scene Updates) - video by 'BastichB 64K'
Links to all shown games, demos and music in the video description.

03.02.2025 - Ladybird (Commodore 64) Review - video by 'BastichB 64K'
Review for Icon 64's Ladybird for the Commodore 64.

03.02.2025 - Amiga as a Daily Driver, Ep 2: YouTube and Social Media on a 68K Machine - video by '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast'
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (10MARC) Doug is continuing his mini series on using the Amiga as a daily driver...with some surprises! He changed over to the Amiga 1200!

03.02.2025 - Plus/4 game 'Docster's Digger' released - free for download
'Docster's Digger' is a Plus/4 port of a C64 game from 2019. In this single screen arcade game you move grave keeper Docster around the cemetery while trying to fill in the holes before the dead Viking come crawling up out of them.

03.02.2025 - Plus/4 game 'Alpha Man' released - free for download
'Alpha Man' for Plus/4, which was recently released for C64, is BASIC conversion of Soleau Software's shareware MS-DOS game, originally developed by William Soleau in 1992. In this game you control Alpha Man on a 11x7 grid where the object is to push blue blocks with letters on them over tiles marked with the same letter.