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25.10.2020 - Planet X2.1 – Available Now to Order
The cartridge based real-time strategy game Planet X2.1 is now available to order from the Protovision Shop. Planet X2.1 is an enhanced version of the original game from The 8-Bit Guy, containing a number of improved features. Grab your copy now!

25.10.2020 - Scene World Magazine Video interview with Stello Doussis
He is a veteran graphic designer, coder and composer, mostly recognized for for the cool soundtrack of Game Boy Color games such as “Happy Hippo” for the Kinder Surprise brand! In this interview he talks about how he started with is love for game music, learned how to code, do graphics and finally was able to turn his love for music into an employment to make a living. He also covers his steps working on music on the C64 for the cracking and demoscene.

25.10.2020 - Planet X2.1 (C64) - 2020 Enhanced Release of Planet X2 - video by 'RetroGamerNation'
Video show case of Planet X2.1 for the Commodore 64 (C64). This is a cartridge release of Planet X2 with enhanced features.

23.10.2020 - Comprehensive THEVIC20 Games Guide, Including the Commodore 64 Games - Video by 'Bread Box Commodore Computer Museum'
Retrogames Ltd have done it again! They have released another Commodore Computer great...the Commodore VIC-20, the first home computer to sell 1 million units, the first to sell 2 million units, the first home computer under $300...the list goes on. In this video we look at every game that is included with TheVIC 20.

22.10.2020 - New at AMIGAstore.eu - Workbench 3.1 SD-HC Edition
From 4 to 32GB. AmigaOS 3.1 preinstalled in SD-HC card. Suitable for all Amiga computers with an IDE to SD adapter (available as option) or a SCSI to SD or MicroSD adapter. Available in 4, 8, 16, and 32GB. The card supplied is a MicroSD (SDHC) with SD adapter, and it is compatible with SD and MicroSD slots.

21.10.2020 - C64 game 'Halloweenie' released and free for download
Short Game made for Halloween for TheC64Maxi/Mini/Real C64 or Emulator. Game is short but Hard, Basic Run and Dodge all Hazards and Watch out for The Masked Guy and Friend, No Weapons, No Magic just a Girl that has to try to survive and Escape, No Score, No Lives, Just Survive.

21.10.2020 - 'Planet X2.1' for C64 - Look at what Protovision has been working on!
If you think the Commodore 64 cannot handle real-time strategy games, think again. When The 8-Bit Guy presented Planet X2 in 2017, it was the first game of its kind for the C64 and it sold more copies than any other C64 game in that year, even though also Sam's Journey was released in the same year (well, END of the same year)! Planet X2.1 is a collaboration product between Protovision and The 8-Bit Guy: our development team has taken up Planet X2 and brought it to the next level, with in-game music and sound effects, improved graphics and an achievement system, amongst other things.

20.10.2020 - Amiga Future magazine - Issue 147 available for order
Amiga Future magazine #147 can be ordered right now. Available in german or english language. Content: Interviews: Davide Bucci, Marcin Rönndahl. Reviews: uMario, Eight feet under & Two days to the race, Super Wormy, Tiny Booble, Smarty And The Nasty Gluttons, Aminet News, Amiga Power - The Album with Attitude, Keyboard Foil/Membrane Replacement, A314, Book: The Silicon Valley Story, Book: Spielkonsolen und Heimcomputer (Game consoles and home computers). Plus specials, workshops and more.

20.10.2020 - C64 game 'Top-hole Golf' V1.4 released
'Top-hole Golf' is a 3D golf game for the Commodore 64. Written in 6502 assembly by Matthew Clarke. As the author states, it still has bugs and glitches; there's only one course; and the game freezes when you finish the round. But you can play a full eighteen holes now and most of the features work. There's half of a manual here.

20.10.2020 - The Many Secrets (and Bugs) of Bruce Lee for the Commodore 64 and Other 8-Bits - new Video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
Today we explore the many secrets, oddities, and bugs in Bruce Lee for the Commodore 64, and other 8-bit versions.

19.10.2020 - Video shows update on WIP C64 game 'Wild Wood'
There are news about a major 'Wild Wood' update. See video for preview of one of the horizontal chase levels in action and the launch of our website.

18.10.2020 - New Minimig-AGA Core for MIST Board available
The MIST board was designed to implement classic 16 bit computers like the Amiga and Atari ST(E) as System-on-a-Chip using modern hardware. But it equally well supports 8 bit systems like the Atari XL, ZX81, ZX Spectrum, C64, Atari VCS, Atari 5200, Colecovision, Apple II, Sega Master System, NES, Odyssey2 and more ...

18.10.2020 - C64 Round Up: October 2020 - video by 'RetroGamerNation'
The October 2020 edition of C64 Round Up takes a look at some of the latest new releases, news items and game announcements for the Commodore 64

18.10.2020 - A quick look at the 8 Bit Annual 2019 Edition - video by 'GRay Defender'
And another ... in this video 'GRay Defender' takes a quick look at the 8bit Annual 2019 Edition, which he has only just recently received.

17.10.2020 - Still Programming the Commodore 64 ebook by Jens Thomsen - video by 'GRay Defender'
A quick look at the ebook "Still Programming the Commodore 64" and the C64 game Cave Diver 2 The Sequel by Jens Christian Ingvartsen Thomsen.