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25.06.2020 - New on AMIGAstore.eu - Wicher 608 Fast RAM expansion for Amiga 600
Wicher 608 RAM expansion has been designed to be installed inside Amiga 600 and. It supports up to 11MB of Fast RAM. Printed instructions are available as option. Features: - Amiga A600 compatible - RAM memory: 16MB (AmigaOS can use just 11MB) - PCMCIA friendly - MAPROM function - Recommended Kickstart version: Kickstart 3.1.

23.06.2020 - SID Anthology: 'To Be On Top' Soundtrack by Chris Huelsbeck as EP Vinyl Edition
This is a crowdfunding project offering a limited special collector's edition golden colored vinyl record (plus Digital Download) for the SID Anthology series, the definitive collection of Original Sound Version recordings from the Commodore C64 by Chris Huelsbeck! To Be On Top was Chris' most ambitious game and music project on the C64. Combining a semi autobiographical adventure game-play with state of the art C64 music that even included sampling was an enormous task at the time. The goal was to create a game where you could arrange your own music piece and try to get to the top of the charts.

23.06.2020 - 'City Crusher' - Arcade Edition for VIC-20 released
This is a Coin-op "like" version of a Vic-20 Game called City Crusher (1983, published by Your Computer). Requirements: VIC-20 + 3Kb RAM, or VICE / THEC64. Download (as .d64) is free.

23.06.2020 - Restoring Satoru Iwata's VIC-20 Easter Egg - new Video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
Before he was President of Nintendo, before HAL Laboratory, Satoru Iwata was a Commodore fan who programmed games on his Commodore PET 2001. When he started with HAL, he made a Galaxian clone called Star Battle for the VIC-20 which was released in 1981. In that cartridge he hid a credits screen which hasn't been fully revealed until now, 39 years later.

21.06.2020 - C64 game 'The Isle Of The Cursed Prophet' released
The award-winning ICON 64 team are back with an absolute gem of a game for the Commodore 64. Embark on a sombre quest to resurrect your dead wife by uncovering the secrets hidden on the mysterious Isle of the Cursed Prophet. This is an enthralling arcade adventure game that oozes mystery and atmosphere from the moment you first set foot on the island.

21.06.2020 - Amiga game 'Golden Wing' – Deluxe Collectors Edition ready for pre-order
This Deluxe Collectors Edition is presented in a professionally produced box. The Deluxe Collectors Edition contains the following items: - Golden Wing game on 3.5â" floppy diskette - instruction booklet - badges and Stickers - glossy A4 single-sided poster. 'Golden Wing' is a 2D shooter written by Fernando Cabrera (code), Toni Galvez (graphic) and METUNE & Estrayk (sound) which runs on every Amiga equipped with at least 1 MB RAM.

20.06.2020 - XSidplay2 V2.1.9 released
XSidplay2 is a QT based SID music player for WIndows and Linux. Sid emulation uses Libsidplayfp 2 that has both Resid and ResidFp engines (ExSid support is being added). It customizes HVSC information in STIL and song length DB, it shows CGSC lyrics, the player used by the song, the A4 note frequency table used by the player.

20.06.2020 - Learn all about the MEGA65 – Exclusive interview with the head of the project, Paul Gardner-Stephen
As we know, the pre-sale for the MEGA65 machine Dev kits starts. The first 100 units will be likely sold out, but the interested in the project sky-rocketed and more people want to know more about it. To help to fill the gap, the creators of the blog 'Vintage is the New Old' (ViTNO) interviewed Paul Gardner-Stephen, the head of the MEGA65 project.

20.06.2020 - New Amiga game 'Amigo The Fox' - six-level alpha demo released
This new Amiga game started as port of DOS Mario and was made with 'Scorpion Engine'. Due to obvious reasons, it was altered, redesigned and renamed. Honestly: Who needs a plumber, when we can have a fox :-) The game should run on Amiga 500 bare minimum, but A1200 is recommended.

20.06.2020 - Amiga 4000 Repair Part 1: Recapping and RAM issues galore! - New video from 'Adrian Black'
In 'Adrian's Digital Basement' we'll follow Adrian's attempts in recapping and repairing his Amiga 4000. It started with a flashing green screen, can he get this machine working? This is part 1, part 2 coming coon!

20.06.2020 - Retro Funboxing: SX-64, Handheld Emu, VCS, Flashback, Amiibo, Amstrad, C64 A/V | June 2020 - new video from 'Retro Recipes'
This time: Join Ladyfractic, Puppyfractic, & of course that other guy, for a funboxing of kind donations sent to Retro Recipes including a Commodore SX-64 & Atari VCS games.

20.06.2020 - Unreleased C64 game 'Mirage' added to GTW64
A surprise on GTW64 to kick off the weekend for you all, with the full and unreleased C64 game 'Mirage' that was never released by Mark Clements. Mark was better known for his Summer and Winter Camp music, but also did a lot of coding work too, including a few games. 'Games That Weren't 64' (GTW64) is a digital preservation project and archive of unreleased/incomplete/cancelled games and prototypes for the Commodore 64 computer.

20.06.2020 - Flash Memory and SSD IDE Drive solutions for Amiga 1200 and Amiga 600 - 10MARC Episode 70
This week in the '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (MARC)': Reviewing three different Flash memory options for our beloved Amiga 600 and Amiga 1200 Computers. The traditional CF card interface, a Disk On Module or DOM, and a really cool 2.5" SSD IDE Hard Drive! Who is the fastest? Tune in to find out!

19.06.2020 - New old C64 games as compilation disk for free
Coder 'Peiselulli', who is well known in C64 world for his 'Boulder Dash' clone called 'Flaschbier' since the 80s, has now released a compilation disk with a collection of his non commercial games from the last decades. Some pretty nifty stuff is offered here, namely: Flaschbier, Double Digger, Fort of Narzod, Spike, Minestorm, Jars Revenge and Kong Arcade. Some games are updated versions with minor bugfixes. And the best thing: The disk is free for download.

17.06.2020 - Pre-Ordering for the MEGA65 Developer's Kits (DevKits) is nigh!
The MEGA65 seems to be finally at the super-exciting end of things where things are starting to happen more quickly. And that includes this week, when pre-ordering of the DevKits will open over at Trenz Electronic. Make sure you read on...