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15.08.2020 - All in One Amiga Featuring the UnAmiga board - 10MARC Episode 75 - new video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (MARC)'
Happy Two Year anniversary to me! This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast I am showing off my new creation - an All in One Amiga using the UnAmiga FPGA Amiga board from Edu Arana. Using an existing 4:3 monitor, some screws and some nice speakers, I put together an A1200 equivalent system that is quite portable. Take a look!

14.08.2020 - Amiga Future magazine - Issue 146 available for order
Amiga Future magazine #146 can be ordered right now. Available in german or english language. Reviews: Sword of Sodan, Xenomorph, Missile Command, Mini Zorro, Ludicrus, RTFG, BlitzWays, Aminet News, OS4 Depot News, AmiCygnix 1.6, Red Pill, Pass Pocket. Special: Trevors Soapbox, Making of... Freds Journey, Speedrun: King's Quest: Quest for the Crown, AmigaOS 3.1.4 - These are our tools, Monitors for the Amiga, The adapter question, Demoscene. Others: Editorial, Contents, News, Imprint, Letters to the Editor, Readers CD content. Workshops: Lüttje Bookholler.

14.08.2020 - MW ULTRA Trailer
The new C64 smash hit MW ULTRA is now available. Watch this trailer for a sneak preview in game play. MW ULTRA is Metal Warrior 1 retold in the most advanced Metal Warrior game engine ever. Take control of Ian in this epic interactive action adventure game as he unravels a conspiracy taking place around him and inside his mind.

13.08.2020 - WIP Amiga game 'Tiny Bobble' available as downloadable Beta release
'Tiny Bobble' is a complete new Bubble Bobble arcade port for Amiga 500 (PAL) + 512 Kb. It has nothing to do with the original Amiga version. A first beta version can now be downloaded. The game is fully playable and feature complete, and just needs beta testing.

13.08.2020 - 'Komoda & Amiga plus' magazine issue 16 released
New issue #16' of Komoda & Amiga plus' - the paper magazine for all Commodore machines lovers - has been just released as paper and digital version and is ready for ordering (in English or Polish language). You will be taken on an exciting journey to the present and past world of Commodore and Amiga. You will see what the editors of K&A plus have prepared for you this time...

12.08.2020 - C64 game 'Jumpin' Jalopies' (Full Version) released
'Jumpin' Jalopies' was originally made for the Reset 4k craptastic game coding competition. This version includes loading music, loading picture, Petscii Instructions, a Megastyle intro and a bug fixed version of the game. Everything linked together into one file. Aim of the game: The city's parking garage is almost full, and the only available parking spot is located on the top floor, Use your Jalopy's hydraulics and jump between all the floors in the parking garage. This must be done without crashing into the other vehicles in the garage. Can you reach the only available parking spot before the other drivers takes it?

12.08.2020 - 'Games That Weren't 64' update for August 2020
New update at GTW64, namely 11 new entries added: Ball Breaker, Black Tiger V1, Bushfire, Counting Bees, Eskape, Fighting Survivor, Humpy64, Nuclear War, Spin Out, The Last Commando, The Magic Garden Talking Book Series. Also there is hell lot of 33 updates added...

12.08.2020 - A smashed C64, a C128 to SCART adapter, a W65C02S to 6502 adapter and a replica C64 - new video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
Adrian Black presents his Mid-Week Mini Mail Call issue #13! With neat assortment of stuff like: Broken C64 and mini repair-a-thon, low cost C128/CGA to SCART adapter, W65C02S to 6502 CPU adapter board, Rob Taylor's C64 SixtyClone

12.08.2020 - Impromptu Commodore 64 & other Commodores Unboxing (no bananas sorry) - Video by 'Bread Box Commodore Computer Museum'
Content: "I am working on a couple C64 projects and these boxes of Commodore Computer items turned up today and I needed the space...and I was itching to open them, I am so weak, I couldn't resist opening them, so here you go, I did a quick very impromptu unboxing video."

11.08.2020 - Amiga 1200 - S-Video mod and refurb - new article on retrohax.net
This time it is Amiga 1200 which is a super cool retro computer sought by a lot of folks nowadays. Obviously, 'Drygol' from retrohax.net bought this unit in a non-working state. It was a bit dirty, with some scratches on the case but as it later turned out, required a bit more work inside.

11.08.2020 - C64 Kick Assembler Quick Setup Guide - video by 'GRay Defender'
This video will quickly walk you through setting up a development environment for use by either Sublime text editor or VS code editor. Together we will install all the required components and configuration to get you started writing code in Assembly Language for the Commodore 64!

10.08.2020 - C64 game 'Boxymoxy' released
'Boxymoxy' is a fiendish (or felineish?) puzzle game for the C64 and unlike anything else you have ever played. Inspired by Lobo's cat Gelsomina, with a little Sokoban and a tiny dash of Angry Birds thrown in for flavour, 'Boxymoxy' is a game about moving cats and smashing skulls using the power of logic. Featuring 60 challenging puzzles, unique gameplay, a player performance-graded progress system with on-cartridge saving, 15 digitally-sampled and distinct meows from 12 cats and full PAL/NTSC compatibility, Boxymoxy is guaranteed to keep you entertained for hours in the purr-suit of that perfect or even under-par score! Simply put, it's the cat's whiskers!

10.08.2020 - C64 game 'Grid Prix' released
Grid Pix is a Picross/nonogram puzzle game for the Commodore 64, playable on real hardware or an emulator. Reveal the picture hidden within each grid by using number clues to work out which pixels should be painted. An in-game tutorial allows you to get to grips with the basics in no time. With 100 addictive puzzles of increasing difficulty to solve, Grid Pix puts your logic skills to the test and brings a totally unique gaming experience to the C64.

10.08.2020 - New in the Protovision Shop: Pi1541 IO Adapter
The Pi1541 is a real-time, cycle exact, Commodore 1541 disk drive emulator that can run on the Raspberry Pi 3B, 3B+ and 3A+. Simply put your games, demos and programs in .d64 format onto a microSD card or USB flash drive and load it from the Pi1541 like a real Commodore 1541/1581 disk drive - with maximum compatibility (much more compatible than sd2iec).

10.08.2020 - 'Helix Colony' - new VIC20 game by Fabrizio Caruso
It is the year 1999. Earth has entrusted you to establish the Helix Colony in the Procyon system. Explore the planet. Build gamma mines. Protect your crew. You have sixty days. Requirements: Unexpanded VIC-20, Joystick