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24.03.2020 - New C64 puzzle game 'Luma' released on itch.io
Luma is a laser based sliding puzzle game for the Commodore 64. Slide batteries, lasers and mirrors around to light the targets within the given shift count. With 128 levels Luma will keep you occupied for hours and test your puzzling skills to the max.

22.03.2020 - Preview for WIP C64 game 'Chiller 2' available for testing
'aNdy/AL/Cosine' is currently working on a prequel of the oldie C64 game 'Chiller' and has now decided to spread a little bit of love and cheer by releasing a 2 level demo version of 'Chiller 2'! The game has not undergone extensive play testing, so some may find it a little hard...

21.03.2020 - C64 game 'Wormhole' now available as digital download on itch.io
'Wormhole' is a side-scrolling jump 'n shoot game for the legendary Commodore 64. Equipped with a rocket-driven Hazmat suit, you have to make your way through the research facilities, go through the wormhole and rescue a Professor.

21.03.2020 - Trailer of the game 'Tiny little Slug' for Amiga uploaded
This is Tiny Little Slug, a new Amiga game released in 2020. The game borrows elements of the Metroidvanian genre but with a catch: You can't hurt the enemies and have to maneuver around them. The game is available on Floppy, CD-ROM for the CD32 and as HDD installation.

21.03.2020 - 'Games That Weren't 64' update for March 2020
There's an update at GTW64, with a number of 8 new entries and 29 updates that we've been adding since the last. Entries that were added: Bugs in buggyland, Civilization, Elevator, King Of The Air, Labyrinth, Milliways: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Sagan om ringen, Warcraft 64.

21.03.2020 - Free stuff from 'Fusion Retro Books'
With the Corona virus effecting people's life across the globe, many of us are in self-isolation with time on our hands. To fill the time, 'Fusion Retro Books' offers free PDF copy of the Fusion 2020 Annual and in addition, Issue 9 and Issue 10 of the magazine as well. Also for the first time, a PDF of the 8-Bit Kids by Amicom is available and can also be given to you for free as well.

21.03.2020 - New on Kickstarter - 'Blast Annual 2020: Volume 1'
And another crowdfunding campaign for retro computer lovers: 'Blast Annual 2020: Volume 1', will be a new A4, print only, multi format retro gaming publication, that will cover lots of topics around retro gaming on machines like Amstrad CPC, Atari 2600, Commodore Plus 4, Commodore 64, MSX, NES, SMS, ZX Spectrum, ZX SPECTRUM NEXT and a whole lot more.

21.03.2020 - And another video in the series from 'Retro Recipes' - Finalé! Can we become ELITE? C64 Longplay Part 3
Perifractic still plays 'Elite' on C64, tying to become a space ace. This is the third and last video in this special 'Elite' longplay series and it's time to wake from stasis for the fun finale; you won't want to miss how this ends!

21.03.2020 - New video from 'Adrian Black' - Does the $3 GAL-PLA work with Epyx FastLoad? (Bonus fastload comparisons)
This video will answer the still open question, if the $3 GAL-PLA will also work with the EPYX Fastload Cartridge (see previous video from Adrian, where he builds the GAL-PLA in case you haven't seen it)? Thanks to viewer Isaac for a donation of one of these carts, let's test it! Also, some bonus Fastload speed comparisons!

21.03.2020 - A second run of re-released Amiga games from Mutation Software announced
You might remember the news about the return of Mutation Software... well, the games launched a few weeks ago as planned and all 3 games sold out in a matter of hours. Now Mutation Software is hard at work doing a second run that will be ready early next month.

21.03.2020 - New crowdfunding campaing - AMIGA 2020 - A documentary film by Steven Fletcher
'AMIGA 2020' is a new Kickstarter campaign: The year is 2020 and the Amiga computer is 35 years old and going strong. WavemStudios is looking at new developments and interview Amigans worldwide.

20.03.2020 - 'C64-WiFi-Modem-User-Port' by Sven Petersen as Rev. 2 released on GitHub
'C64-WiFi-Modem-User-Port', as the name suggests, is a user port add-on for an 8-bit Commodore 64 home computer that enables you to connect your retro machine to BBS. It is based on the ESP8266 (NodeMCU v3) and contains level shifters to translate between the NodeMCU 3.3V level and the User Port 5V level. This prevents stressing the User Port due to a level mismatch.

20.03.2020 - C64 Studio 6.4 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).

20.03.2020 - Free games for C64 and VIC-20 at 'Double Sided Games'
In times like these, one also could need (besides TP :-) some game fodder for our beloved retro machines to overcome boredom during quarantine. For this reason 'Double Sided Games' gives out free digital copies of their games 'L'Abbaye des morts' (C64), 'Vegetables Deluxe' (C64) and 'Fire' (VIC-20).

19.03.2020 - Next video from 'Retro Recipes' - Peri Plays ELITE! - Part 2 - Commodore 64 Longplay
It's time to wake from hypersleep for an even more fun journey into deep space as we get closer to becoming ELITE! This is part 2 of Commander Gavyn Sykes' try to become an 8-bit space ace...