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01.02.2024 - Amiga game 'BreakThru' released
BreakThru is an aracde game produced by Data East in 1986, where you pilot a military vehicle, equipped with super jump capability, through enemy territory. As announced previously, the game was ported to Amiga (with at least 1MB Chip and 1MB of either chip, fast or slow RAM) using Erik Hogan's amazing Scorpion Engine. You can get it now as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

31.01.2024 - 'BreakThru' from Data East - Amiga Port by Acidbottle - Coming Soon!
BreakThru by Data East, ported by Acidbottle with Scorpion Engine. Music by J.M.D. Out soon, classic arcade action on Amiga Computers. Minimum recommended spec: OCS/ECS/AGA Amiga, 1MB Chip with 1MB Fast/Slow, 020 CPU.

28.01.2024 - I made a fully automatic C64 Stereo Jukebox with Python! - video from 'retrobits'
3 ways to create a playlist of chiptunes on your Commodore 64 with the SD2IEC, Ultimate64/UII+ REST API, or disk images!

27.01.2024 - 'Final Fight Enhanced' for Amiga released
Final Fight is a series of beat 'em up video games by Japanese publisher Capcom, which began with the arcade release of Final Fight in 1989. 'Final Fight Enhanced' takes place in its own universe separate from the Capcom timeline, and features some changes which blend elements from different iterations of the series. System Requirements: - ECS or AGA Amiga, - 2MB of Chip Ram, - 512KB of Slow or Fast RAM, - 2-Button Controller. Download link is in the video description.

26.01.2024 - Video: C64 game 'Seawolves' - Tech Demo 1
Some final play-testing of Seawolves on the Commodore 64, showing gameplay from its Wingman Mode. More info to the game here.

25.01.2024 - 43-Year-Old INPUT Bug Fixed: From C64 to VIC-20 - video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
The Commodore VIC-20 and earlier versions of the Commodore 64 have a bug in their BASIC INPUT statement. If the programmer-specified prompt is longer than a screen line, then the prompt gets stored along with the user's response in the variable. In the case of a numeric variable, this causes an endless ?REDO FROM START error loop...

25.01.2024 - Video 'Trojan' for AGA Amiga (WIP) - January 2024 update
Trojan is a side-scrolling action game developed by Capcom, originally released as a coin-operated arcade game in 1986. In 2022 work has been started for an Amiga (AGA) Version, made with the Scorpion Engine. This video is a sneak preview of the current state of the project. The game still has several details missing, particularly the behavior of normal enemies and the various bosses.

24.01.2024 - Video: 'Donkey Kong' Amiga port - all 4 screens
See all 4 screens of 'Donkey Kong' for Amiga (WIP), which is shown in this play, some sounds are playing too.

24.01.2024 - 'Colour Space Invaders' v1.0 for Commodore PET released
This is, as the name suggests, a coloured version of Space Invaders for the Commodore PET. The IRQ has been fixed to work on different PET models (30xx, 40xx). You can get it as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

20.01.2024 - C64 game 'Bre4Kout' released
Bre4Kout is a simple game written in BASIC V2.0 for the Commodore 64 inspired by Breakout and Arkanoid. You can get it as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

20.01.2024 - Video: Outrun for AGA Amiga - development update 180124
This video shows Outrun on Amiga 1200 using WinUAE. No accelerators, chip RAM only.

20.01.2024 - Protovision Shop: Get your Commodore working again with our PLA replacement chips
Is your precious Commodore not deserving the best and is in need of a highly compatible PLA drop-in replacement chip? Well the good news is that the Protovision Shop has restocked its supplies of the PLAnkton PLA replacement (for C64) and the PLAnkton TED/+4 (for TED/264 series computers).

20.01.2024 - Video: 'Donkey Kong' Amiga port - early tests
Running on ECS emulated Amiga for now, transcoded from an already commented disassembly (for a change), which speeds up porting tremendously.

19.01.2024 - Protovision Shop: 'ARMSID' Back in Stock
Are you looking for modern day SID solutions for your C64? Well, you will find that Protovision has what you need. The ARMSID is back in stock and available to order now. Get your C64 sounding the best it can before stock sells out fast.

19.01.2024 - Amiga game 'Wizonk!' - test version released
Enter the arena and fight off three friends (or enemies) with a range of mystical powers! The aim of the game is to be the last spellcaster standing, by any means necessary. This is the first multiplayer test for Wizonk, supporting 2-4 players, either using a parallel port Multitap or two players on joystick with two on keyboard (currently a bit janky) - Wizonk’s core multiplayer component is free (pay what you feel), but in time there will be an enhanced, more fleshed out Wizonk+ with a single player / cooperative campaign, available commercially.