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23.12.2023 - Amiga game 'Castlevania AGA' - December update released - free for download
A remake of the 1987 original but with visuals inspired by Castlevania Chronicles and other non-8 bit titles in the series. The goal was to provide a playable and pure version of the original Castlevania but with an Amiga flavor. The new update adds stages 16 to 18, now featuring the iconic fight against Dracula, the final boss, in the clock tower. Pressing F6 key during gameplay skips to world 6.

23.12.2023 - Amiga game 'Super Delivery Boy - The Holiday Shift ' released
It's Holiday Season again and when it comes to deliver presents for good, Santa disappears like snow under the sun, so all the hard work is on the poor Super Delivery Boy. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

23.12.2023 - 'Games That Weren't 64' (GTW64) - GTW64 Christmas update 2023
This update includes some very special prototypes from the disks of the late Archer Maclean, who sadly passed away last December. Furthermore covered: - Traffic Signs title recovered. - 3 K-Tek full games preserved. - Four Hungarian games saved. - Polar Bear in Space prototypes. - 6 new entries added plus 20 entries updated

23.12.2023 - 'Evening Star Enhanced' - C64 redux game released - free for download
'Evening Star' is a vector graphics train simulation game that was published by Hewson Consultants in 1987 for C64 and other 8-bit systems as sequel to the game 'Southern Belle'. This new enhanced version by Grue od Beyond Force offers, besides small touches and polish, a bunch of speed enhancements: - C128 2Mhz mode in the borders. - REU support for Gfx Buffer and copying it to the bitmap. - speed code for places it needs to be. - Pixel plotting integrated into line drawing routine. - Game math speed improvements. - Smoke drawing routine rework. - overhauled 3D engine and objects into a more optimized form.

23.12.2023 - Video: What's on the dev pad? - Quasimodo's Christmas Caper R4 - Part 1
Welcome to the first part of a new feature called What's on the dev pad?. Part 1 looks at the first game from rwx designs called Quasimodo's Christmas Caper for C64, which is being updated for Release 4.

23.12.2023 - 'NeonWorld' - Shoot-em-up hobby-project for the Amiga - Demo available for download
'NeonWorld' is a WIP Shoot-em-up for Amiga 500 that is currently in open development on GitHub. A downloadable demo version as .adf is also available.

23.12.2023 - Amiga game 'Tetris1200' released
'Tetris1200' is the transcoded version of Atari Tetris arcade for 68020/AGA Amiga. Music is kind of emulated, missing some drums & sfx but really good. You can get the game as digital download for a little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

22.12.2023 - 'Yeti Mountain' for C64 - Official Game Trailer
A lot of you are looking forward to playing our upcoming release of Yeti Mountain for the C64. While the team behind the game carry out their last stages of testing, check out the official video trailer for the game.

21.12.2023 - 'Trainyard' - game for C64, PET and Commander X16 released
'Trainyard' is a logic / puzzle game where you control the switches to get your trains to the right stations. You can get the game for all three systems as free digital download.

21.12.2023 - This Function Destroys Programs: MS-BASIC's VAL() - video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
There's a bug lurking in the VAL() function of most early implementations of Microsoft BASIC that has the power to corrupt your program. We demonstrate it on the Commodore 64 and VIC-20, but it's present on many other 6502-based machines, as well as Z80 and even 6809 computers as discovered by many helpful people on the internets. We then attempt to explain why the bug happens: it's the result of a kind of nasty hack using Microsoft BASIC's evaluation routine combined with the particular edge case when an overflow error occurs.

21.12.2023 - Games That Weren't' recovery - 'Stuntman Seymour' for Amiga
A bit of a surprise now for Amiga fans: Games That Weren’t has recovered a Codemasters title which hasn’t been known about until today, and missing for 30 years...

20.12.2023 - C64 game 'Kick of the Spear 2: Return of Anubis' released
Kick of the spear is a fast-paced 1 and 2 player fighting game for the C64 that features: - Large high resolution sprites. - New AI Engine. - Scrolling Arena. - Story mode with Platformer. - (crt) Cartridge file. - 1 & 2 player VS mode. - Digi speech. - 6 individual characters. - Instruction/Game Manual. You can get the game as digital download for a little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

20.12.2023 - Protovision Shop: C64 games Lester and Inbread now available
Protovison added two new cartridge games from Bobr Games to our Shop. Lester is a fantastic metroidvania style of game with bright console style graphics that make it one of the stronger 2023 releases. Inbread is the latest title from Kark Hörnell, a very well presented time management style of game that sees prepare sandwiches for customers.

20.12.2023 - VIC-20 game 'Liquidator' released - free for download
'Liquidator' is for Commodore VIC-20 without Memory Expansion (tested only on XVIC). The aim of the game is to prevent a meltdown in a nuclear reactor by sealing the leak (red fields) in the reactor with concrete blocks. As the liquidator, you have to master this almost impossible task to prevent the catastrophe. There are a total of 10 levels (reactor leaks) for 1 to 2 players.

20.12.2023 - Preview Video: Welcome Back Stranger #03 SuperMiniJu BOSS - game for Amiga
Video shows Demo BOSS Level 01 - Fight the Monkey King and exit this level. Game footage Not Final. Read video description for more info.