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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.

18.12.2023 - C64 game 'Fragile Gamebert' released
Get ready for the upcoming Gamebert Awards! The Gamebert trophy is made of fine glass and needs to be transported from the factory to the ceremony venue before it starts. Time is running out, and we need someone reliable to handle this task. Are you up for it? Join us in ensuring the safe delivery of the Gamebert trophies to the ceremony! You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

17.12.2023 - Amiga game 'Meetball' released - free for download
'Meetball' is a multiplayer bat & ball breakout game for Amiga 500 (PAL only) + 512KB slow mem (if you want music). Highlights: - 1-4 simultaneous players. - Supports joystick(s) with parallelport adapter or keyboard (see FAQ). - Timerbased brickdrops. - In-game "shop"

17.12.2023 - Amiga game 'Santas Present Drop 3' released
'Santas Present Drop 3' is rapid pased game for Amiga! OCS/ECS, 1MB Chip ram, HD Installer available! Whilst flying over the Alps, Santa's Gift-o-Matic 5000 exploded scattering presents all over the mountains. Luckly however, Santa had his skis with him. Your job is to guide Santa to collect as many presents as possible within the time allowed. This fun game comes with full AMOS source code and a tutorial can be found on YouTube and you can get it as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

17.12.2023 - The Wodem: Serial WiFi Modem For The Amiga Review - video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast'
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (10MARC) Doug is reviewing a neat new Serial Port WiFi modem! The "Wodem" - THis little beauty is sold by Alinea computers and works on most Amigas with at least a 68020 CPU - join in as we walk through setup and configuration and then we test it out with some real world applications.

16.12.2023 - Fully testing a C128D: I do everything wrong but I get there in the end - video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
Adrian has this dingy and neglected C128D that he has never even tested or turned on. So let's test this machine and put it through its paces and see if it works or needs some repairs.

15.12.2023 - C64 game 'Santa's Troubles' released
'Santa's Troubles' is single screen platform arcade game where you help Santa Claus recover all the gift packages stolen by the criminals. Once Santa Claus has snuck into the thieves' den, he will have to move inside the building avoiding the enemies and collect the packages bringing them to the fireplace from which he entered. You can get the game for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

15.12.2023 - C64 Round Up: December 2023 - Bumper Xmas Edition - video from 'RetroGamerNation'
The December 2023 edition of the RGN Commodore 64 (C64) Round Up featuring the latest game releases, pixel art, demo and add-on items.

14.12.2023 - 'Yeti Mountain' - Upcoming Protovision Game for C64
Protovision is very pleased to announce the next game - watch out for the story driven, multi-genre Yeti Mountain! This full scale C64 game is Russel Mills‘ debut title (with lots of involvement of other Protovision folks) and it turned out wonderful! The rpg-skiing-platform-action game is spread out across three distinct episodes as you set out to Yeti Lodge Resort to investigate the suspicious disappearance of your best friend Chris. Yeti Mountain will also become our Gold Cart Release in 2024.

14.12.2023 - C64 game 'The Secret of Monkey Island - Das Geheimnis der Affeninsel' released - free for download
This is not a port of 'The Secret of Monkey Island' but a re-created, fanmade, menu driven graphic adventure made with the D42 adventure system that let's you finally experience the adventures of Guybrush Threepwood on your C64. Filled with nicely transferred original graphics and musics and all the characters and spots we will expect on Melee island...

13.12.2023 - Why 38911 Bytes Free? Commodore 64's BASIC RAM - video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
The Commodore 64's famous blue-on-blue boot message says "38911 BASIC BYTES FREE". But it's supposedly a 64K RAM system, so where did the rest of the RAM go? Is it a scam? We go through the origin of the name Commodore 64, discuss how 64K of RAM was a pretty big deal in 1982, and then get into the details of the C64 memory map. Then we track down why we have 1 or 3 bytes less than a full 38K of RAM, depending on who you ask.

11.12.2023 - C64 game 'Stranded Cats' - public demo version for download
Stranded Cats is a multiplayer (split-screen) adventure game for the Commodore 64. The offered release was previously a Patreon exclusive download, but is now available for everyone. It is only a demo, it's missing audio and might have a few graphical glitches here and there. It will be turned into a full game in the future.

10.12.2023 - 'Doomed PETSCII Pacman' - Plus/4 version released - free for download
'Doomed PETSCII Pacman' is a unique Pac-Man variant that mixes in Doom gameplay elements. After we saw a release for C64 in September this year, we now got the Plus/4 version. Released under the label pexi.io in collaboration with PleasureBytes Games. Music by Neil Brennan.

10.12.2023 - Protovision Shop: New stock item - 'WiC64' plus several restocked products
Looking for something that will give you full access to the internet from your Commodore machine? The WiC64 is a wireless modem interface that plugs into your user port and works in parallel mode with 8 data lines, 2 handshake lines and one control line – speeding up data transmission by a factor of 20! Also restocked: cynthCart64, LumaFix64, LumaFix128, TFC3+ and C128 RGBi to RGBa adapter.

09.12.2023 - C64 game 'Santa's Workout III' released
It's Christmas Eve. Santa has to deliver the gifts, but be careful, so you don't wake up the kids or pets! Santa will fall from the chimney and your task is to find the Christmas tree somewhere in the house. You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.