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21.09.2024 - DesTestMAX: A revolutionary new diagnostic ROM for the C64 - video by 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
It's not often Adrian sees a testing tool for the C64 that moves the needle, but he feels that the DesTest MAX ROM is one such test that should help more people fix more Commodore 64 computers.

21.09.2024 - Amiga - Dr. Dangerous: Secrets of the Temple of Xol'Tan (LONGPLAY)
This video shows a longplay of 'Dr. Dangerous: Secrets of the Temple of Xol'Tan', a recently released platform game for Amiga.

21.09.2024 - Amiga game 'Beyond a Steel Sky' released - free for download
Beyond a Steel Sky is a port of the 2020 adventure video game developed and published by Revolution Software. This Amiga version is written with Scala MM400 and it's a point and click game, very similar to the game Myst. It should run on almost any Amiga with at least 4 MB RAM (more is better), a minimum resolution of 640*512 (with at least 16 colours) , AmigaOS 3.x and a copy of Scala or Scala Player.

20.09.2024 - Amiga (AGA) game 'The Lost Pixel' released
The Lost Pixel is an addictive platformer in which you will visit several of the most iconic games of all time. The game was originally made for PC but got now ported to Amiga (AGA) by using Redpill. You can get it as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

18.09.2024 - Finishing the Classic Amiga 500 Project - video by 'Jan Beta'
Addressing the flaws that Jan's "Classic Amiga 500" build had and finishing the project (for now).

18.09.2024 - Video: Dungeonette (Amiga) - WIP Alpha 2 Preview
Another preview of the new Amiga dungeon crawler 'Dungeonette' that is currently in the making by Mutation Software.

16.09.2024 - Hydrogenese - Preview of a game missing for 35 years on the C64
Missing for 35 years, a preview of the long lost Hydrogenese on the Commodore 64 has finally been recovered by CBA/SCS+TRC. A brilliant early look at what could have been an amazing space shooter!

16.09.2024 - C64 Weekly #3 (Commodore 64 Scene Updates) - video by 'BastichB 64K'
Links to all shown games, demos and music in the video description.

13.09.2024 - Amiga game 'Dr. Dangerous' released
'Dr. Dangerous: Secrets of the Temple of Xol'Tan' is a nice looking platform game for Amiga, made with Scorpion Engine, which was released today. You can get it as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

13.09.2024 - Amiga game 'Elevator Action 500' - Alpha release for download
'Elevator Action 500' for Amiga is a remake of Elevator Action, a platform shooter game released in arcades by Taito in 1983. The game is still in alpha stage (missing music, missing sounds, missing / wrong colors, no ADF), but already playable. You can get it as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

11.09.2024 - 'Games That Weren't 64' (GTW64) - Stargate (C64) saved after 40 years!
Following on swiftly from the amazing recovery of Monster Muncher on the VIC-20, GTW64 now has the Commodore 64 edition of Stargate by Atarisoft for you. A long lost development by Tom Griner which has been part of our search for many years now.

11.09.2024 - Commodore 64 Arcade Multiversion : SPECIAL #2 - video by 'BastichB 64K'
2nd look back at some of the biggest multiversion arcade releases on the Commodore 64 featuring another 8 games.

10.09.2024 - Soft-Patching C64 ROMs for Benchmark BASIC: 6510 Assembly Code Walkthrough - video by '8-Bit Show And Tell'
Today we'll look through the Commodore 64 6510 assembly language source of the Benchmark BASIC utility. Even if you have no interest in the benchmarking aspects, we'll cover a wide variety of development techniques, including: use of the Turbo Macro Pro assembler, soft-patching the C64 ROMs, fixing the ?OUT OF MEMORY error, great resources for understanding the BASIC and KERNAL codebase, how location 1's memory control really works, how to use BASIC's floating point math routines, and even more.

09.09.2024 - C64 Weekly #2 (Commodore 64 Scene Updates) - video by 'BastichB 64K'
Links to all Games, Demos and Music in the video description.

08.09.2024 - Video: 'Leisure Suit Larry 1' - C64 version WIP!
The engine is already well advanced, but still needs a lot of work and fine-tuning. Already features: - The parser understands over 1000 words. The response time is very fast. -12 word parser. - ByteCode Engine to process inputs. - No AGI engine! - Text output routine with automatic line breaks and page turning. - Inventory accessible with fire button. - Control characters for manual line breaks, page scrolling as well as control characters for switching between page turning and line scrolling. - and much more.