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05.08.2024 - Amiga 4000 as a Daily Driver EP 1 - Indivision MK3 Woes... - video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast'
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast ‪(10MARC‬) Doug is setting up my Amiga 4000 as his "Daily Driver" machine to see just what he can do with it to replace his main PC... Alas his Indivision MK3 Slicker Fixer has decided to stop working.... Can he save it? Watch and see!

04.08.2024 - Video: Dungeonette (Amiga) WIP July 2024
Rough cut project update 3 weeks into coding in July 2024.

03.08.2024 - Hacking C64 Frantic Freddie to reach "World -1": Infinite Lives, Bug Fix, Level Skip - video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
Robin was going to make a video about fixing the music player code in the C64 game Frantic Freddie so it would also work on the Commodore 128. But changing a bunch of $D5 bytes to $D4 really didn't seem all that interesting to him anymore. While he was contemplating this, patron James Poll pointed out a little glitch in the 2nd Interlude that suddenly became VERY interesting...

03.08.2024 - GEOS 128 REU Autoboot Mysteries Unraveled - video from 'retrobits'
How can the Commodore 128 boot into GEOS without a cartridge or disk?

03.08.2024 - C64 game 'Splatch!' released
In 'Splatch!' from Vector5 Games you are a little, white rabbit; lost and hungry. You are in a garden and can smell carrots; once you've eaten one you want more and more. The problem is that the acorns will fall on your head and the squirrels and butterflies will attack you if you don't dodge them in time. Collect all the carrots before time runs out or you will starve. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain to support the developer.

02.08.2024 - C64 game 'Mineshaft Gap' released
Mineshaft Gap is a real-time strategy game for the C64 where you control up to 32 independent bunker dwellers in their strive for a better future. The game was made by Dr. Mortal Wombat, who already brought us great games like Metal Mayhem, Roguebot, Minotrace, Ball and Chain, Gates of the Ancient, Plekthora. You can get the game as digital download for little money to support the developer.

01.08.2024 - C64 game 'Huestack' V2.0 released - free for download
'Huestack V2.0' aka 'The Chromatic Challenge' is the C64 adaptation of the popular mobile sorting games. Version 2 features 120 new levels, an enhanced highscore system, fresh music, and various other improvements. As always, there are no retry limits or time constraints, so sit back, relax, and enjoy!

01.08.2024 - Long-lost Andy Warhol portrait of Blondie singer Debbie Harry discovered
A long-lost Andy Warhol portrait of Blondie singer Debbie Harry created on an on an Amiga 1000 in 1985 that has been hanging in rural Delaware, is going up for sale, we hear, for potential millions.

31.07.2024 - Let's fix a Commodore with nothing but super basic tools - video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
Adrian is going to fix this 8-bit computer with no special Commodore test tools, no oscilloscope and no expensive desoldering tools.

30.07.2024 - 'SNK vs CAPCOM' for C64/C128 - update 2 available as download
Within this link you can find another update for C64 version of SNK vs CAPCOM and a specific version of the same game for C128, that implements the stage scrolling deal. The C128 version can be written in a standard 1Mb EasyFlash or KungFu Flash cartridge. For the Kung Fu Flash, it requires the WarpSpeed capability in the cartridge firmware in order for the game to run properly.As for all the previous versions, the C128 version can get other updates as well, so stay tuned.

29.07.2024 - Amiga game 'Metro Siege' - Demo version available
Metro Siege is a 2 player co-op beat 'em up that is in the making for a while. Now you can play a demo version of it. Clean the streets by taking on the rival gangs that are fighting for control of the city in this 2-player beat em’ up coming soon to modern platforms and classic Amigas.

26.07.2024 - Video: Amiga - Droid Special Edition (FULL BETA 2)
As it was recently been reported through the EAB forums, the 1990's coverdisk game of 'Droid' for the Atari ST, is being converted over to the Commodore Amiga by junosix: A decent run-and-gun style platformer with Metroid-ish elements!

24.07.2024 - Video: Avalan - C64 - work in progress
Upcoming C64 game 'Avalan', which is currently in development for C64 by Icon64. Still sound FX to add and bugs to fix.

23.07.2024 - 'Galaga500' - Amiga port of old arcade classic released
Galaga was a shooter arcade video game developed and published by Namco in 1981. This newly released port is a transcode from the original arcade game Z80 to 68K assembly. It is fully playable with sound and all game bugs fixed (now a few graphical minor bugs remaining). The game is still slow at 25FPS on a plain A500 or even A1200 but running good on a fastmem-equipped amiga, it will run at 50FPS. You can get it as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

18.07.2024 - C64 game 'Silly Life' released - free for download
In the platformer game 'Silly Life' you are trapped in a strange world in which toys have come to life. For some reasons, they all want to kill you. But the Jack in the Box is your friend.