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06.08.2020 - 'Mini Flash Cartridge' and 'Joyswitcher / Joyport protector' back in stock at the Protovision Shop
Are you looking for an easy solution that allows you to switch the joystick ports any way you like without any fuss or risk? If so then check out the 'Joyswitcher / Joyport Protector' device that is restocked at the Protovision Shop. Furthermore restocked is the 'Mini Flash Cartridge'. This handy and easy to use device allows you to story a program of your choice onto the cartridge.Here are the direct links: Mini Flash Cartridge - Joyswitcher / Joyport protector

05.08.2020 - Amiga 600 SD to IDE HDD LED Always on Explanation and Fix - new video from 'Jan Beta'
'Jan Beta' explains and fixes the issue of the permanently lit HDD LED in his Amiga 600. After installing an SD to IDE adapter in his Amiga 600, the HDD activity indicator LED stayed on permanently. He investigates the issue and shows some possible solutions in this video.

05.08.2020 - 64 Commodore 64 Cartridges: Expansions, Interfaces, Utilities, Games - new Video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
This time Robin from '8-Bit Show And Tell' takes a look at 64 of his C64 cartridges, from fast loaders, speech synthesis, video, RAM, to CPU upgrades, disk and modem interfaces, and of course games.

04.08.2020 - GoADF! 3.0 released
The shareware programm (7 Euro) GoADF! can read and write ADF files and, among others, can mount them as virtual drives. New features: new option for convert images from ADZ/ADF/DMS to HFE, support XVS library - now GoADF! detect bootblock viruses while loading the image, and will check all sectors on demand, optimizing procedures for loading and analyzing images, when write disk to ADF, GoADF! uses the name of the source volume that is mounted as default filename and checks if the file extension is present, if not it automatically append.

03.08.2020 - C64 game 'Dodonuts Extended' released
This special edition of the game comprises the extended edition of the game, the original 4k competition release, documentation and a custom loader on a .d64 image ready to use in a Commodore 64 emulator or on actual hardware (including hardware, THEC64 and THEC64 mini, emulators and more). This game is both PAL and NTSC compatible.

03.08.2020 - New Amiga game 'Atarenium Falcon' announced
Here we are with another Amiga game. This time you will face evil Amigans Empire and their treacherous leader Great Miner as Captain Tramiel - brave and cunning commodore of Atarenium Falcon. Prototype space vessel with built-in powerful processing unit - Atari Falcon powered by eco pea-coal. The game is still in demo stage. Final release to follow... when it's done.

02.08.2020 - Protovision Shop announces: 'MW ULTRA' ready for pre-order
'MW ULTRA' is a reboot of the original 'Metal Warrior' game released in 1999. The game retells the original story in an expanded setting with new features like - Completely overhauled game engine - Immersive story telling - Cut-scenes - Fast paced combat action and much, much more. 'MW ULTRA' is a gem of a game and features action, adventure and other game elements in a skilled blend of technical perfection. It received a score rating of 97% from Retro Gamer Nation (Sam's Journey scored 98%).

01.08.2020 - Unboxing goodies from Germany and a C64 fix - new video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
A viewer sent Adrian a package packed full of Commodore goodness all the way from Germany. In Part 1, let's take a look at everything and fix a black screen C64.

01.08.2020 - C64 Studio 6.5 released
C64 Studio is a .NET based IDE. The program supports project based C64 assembly or Basic V2. The internal assembler is using the ACME syntax. C64 Studio allows you to compile to raw binary, .prg, .t64, .d64 or cartridge format (.bin and .crt for 8k, 16k, MagicDesk). Additionally to this C64 Studio comes with a charset, sprite and media editor (tape and disk).

01.08.2020 - Article: Crash And Burn: The Amiga ST Story
This long and informative article from 'Steve Lord' under his series 'Tales From The Dork Web' (Issue #14 ) is about the interdependence between Amiga and Atari. This issue's story isnâ't about technology. It's about the people behind it. It's a story of avarice, hatred and an unbridled lust for revenge that descended into a war of attrition.

01.08.2020 - Full version of Amiga title 'Smarty And The Nasty Gluttons' released - available for download
Eero Tunkelo is most delighted to release the full version of 'Smarty And The Nasty Gluttons'. The development of the game started back in 1992 but was halted after a few years due to difficulties in finding a publisher for the game - partly related to Commodore losing it's share of the home computing market. Approximately 25 years passed until Eero Tunkelo felt inspired a gathering and the idea of completely wrapping up the project and releasing a full version in ADF format.

01.08.2020 - How did Ghostbusters know your bank account balance?! - new video from 'Retro Recipes'
1984's Ghostbusters game was one of the first ever to let you save a game that you could reload on any copy in the world! Who you gonna call to find out? Perifractiiiiic mwahahaha!

30.07.2020 - My Ultimate FPGA Desktop for Retro Gaming - Part 1 - video from 'RetroManCave'
In the Cave it's about time a MiSTer got the love it deserved, and so 'RetroManCave' presents to you his ultimate FPGA Desktop machine. An attempt to get the absolute most out of the MiSTer experience.

30.07.2020 - Video shows freshly compiled preview of long lost Amiga title 'Dragon Slayer'
A few months ago it was told, that Christian Haller, programmer of the unreleased 'Dragon Slayer' on Amiga, had found his sources and was going to try to rebuild the game. Well, now there is a a video revealing that this reconstruction was successful. Fingers crossed that a playable ADF will emerge at the end of this preservation project.

30.07.2020 - Discount available on 'Grade B' boxed editions in the Protovision Shop
Protovision Shop has a small number of boxed versions that contain minor cosmetic flaws (for example scuff marks) on either the insert or the outer box. Everything else inside these boxes are complete and work perfectly. The 'Grade B' boxes currently available include 'Galencia', 'MAH', 'It's Magic 2' and 'Space Moguls' and can be purchased at a reduced price.