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25.05.2020 - New C64 game 'AngiePuffy Quest' released
This little platformer called 'AngiePuffy Quest' was just released at itch.io and can be purchased for bargain as digital version (.d64). Help AngiePuffy to get back her animals that were stolen from her farm by some villains (how nasty, isn't it?). Collect all the keys you can find to open the locks holding them captive.

25.05.2020 - Video shows prototype of a C64 tank game
This video shows WIP version of a game engine, that, even in it's early stage, already reminds of the NES classic 'Super Tank'. Hopefully the developer will work and progress more on this...

25.05.2020 - Mini PET announced - a modern take on the Commodore PET 2001
'The Future was 8bit' has just announced the release of a new retro computer, called the Mini PET, which is a fully functional 6502 based computer, compatible with a Commodore PET 2001N-32. It presents one quarter of the size and the tenth of the power consumption of the original 40-year-old computer. Mini PET can be pre-ordered in the 'TFW8b' Shop.

24.05.2020 - Commodore PET: Smooth Scrolling Wedding Banner - new Video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
Jessica and Michael are getting married, and are bringing their PETs to the wedding reception. So Robin from '8-Bit Show And Tell' does some cross-assembly on his Commodore 64 to make a smooth-scrolling banner for them, and go into excessive detail on how it all works.

23.05.2020 - WIP C64 game 'Marios Cement Factory' getting closer to completion
Originally 'Mario's Cement Factory' is a 1983 LCD game developed and published by Nintendo under their Game & Watch series and is currently being ported to C64.

22.05.2020 - 'Retro Format' - another Kickstarter magazine with retro computer content in the making
'Retro Format' is a professionally printed, A4 sized magazine covering a wide range of retro computers and consoles and will cover the following contents: Guides to various computer and consoles systems - new Game Reviews for old hardware, Amiga, Atari, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MS-Dos, Sega Master System, Nintendo Entertainment System and many more systems - latest news happening in the retro scene - retro inspired games - future classics, where we review a game that we think will be remembered as a classic - blast from the past reviews, where old games are reviewed from a modern viewpoint. Classic Movies and television section.

22.05.2020 - New on Kickstarter - The FUSION 2021 Annual
The FUSION Annual 2021 magazine covers, or fuses, content on all types of gaming including retro, modern, Indie, table top and even toys and the Fusion 2021 Annual follows suit with a huge variety of content that would appeal to everyone who likes playing games. The annual is 120 pages in length and A5 in size, hardback and is colour throughout with high quality 135gsm glossy paper inside just like our Crash and ZZap! 64 Annuals.

22.05.2020 - Improved demo version for Amiga port of the oldie game 'Tapper' released
'Tapper' is a true arcade classic from Bally Midway, which was already available on nearly all 8-Bit machines in the 80s. Now the game will be ported to Amiga. The game is still in development, but now there is an improved demo version for download that can be played.

22.05.2020 - Commodore 128 Keyboard Repair - new video from 'Jan Beta'
Because the RETURN key on a Commodore 128 stopped working, 'Jan Beta' decided to investigate why and while he tries to fix it, he finds an unusual way to solve the problem.

21.05.2020 - cynthCART, dubCRT and sd2iec available again in the Protovision C64 Shop
Protovision has recently announced, that they have restocked a number of popular items like cynthCART, our cableless sd2iec variant and the dubCRT music cartridge. So... happy shopping :-)

21.05.2020 - New c64 game in progress
Carl-Henrik Skarstedt, the maker of 'Space Mogul' is currently working on a 512k cartridge game, which looks a lot like an open world, strategic simulation in the style of Pirates. You can see the progress of the engine in his videos. The latest shows the inclusion of a dialogue system.

20.05.2020 - Video shows pseudo mode7 racer engine concept for C64
This footage is from spring 2019 and was recently reuploaded. It shows a demo of a racing game engine, that reminds of games like 'Mario Kart'. It's running on real c64 with Easyflash cartridge (which banks in up to 1MB of read-only memory without own external computing capabilities) and looks great. Let's hope the developers go further with this...

17.05.2020 - 'Aztec Challenge' for Amiga CD32
This video shows the first level of a CD32 remake of the ancient C64 hit 'Aztec Challenge'. It offers: 50fps 3D precalc anim, Hires sprites, Cutscene cinematics, exclusive new remix of Aztec Chllenge's music on CD. And probably the best thing: the developer announces, that he maybe will make other levels, so give him some positive feedback.

16.05.2020 - New C64 Core and Firmware 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 ...

16.05.2020 - Working LEGO Commodore Blocky Brix Drive! SD2IEC floppy disk drive - new video from 'Retro Recipes'
This time 'Perifractic' from 'Retro Recipes' is going further in his attempts to brick the Commodore world. Now he want's to see, if it's possible to build a working Commodore 64 SD2IEC SD Card disk drive out of LEGO!