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07.05.2024 - C128 game 'Castle Quest' released
'Castle Quest' is an old school text adventure game. Your quest: rescue the kidnapped princess! The game was already released for C64 and VIC-20. This version is for the Commodore 128 in 80 column mode and you can get it as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

07.05.2024 - Video: Galaga Amiga WIP - Intro
Galaga Amiga ECS port intro running for a short time, with glitches.

06.05.2024 - Night Mission Pinball Extended (Commodore 64 ) Review - video from 'BastichB 64K'
Review for this new 2024 update of the original 1982 C64 game Night Mission Pinball.

06.05.2024 - PiStorm EMU68 Update! Use WPA2 encrypted WiFi on your Amiga PiStorm - video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast'
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (10MARC), Doug is demonstrating (and showing you how to set up) the new Alpha version of the WiFi interface for the EMU68 enabled PiStorm.

05.05.2024 - Amiga game 'King And Balloon' released
In 'King And Balloon' the player battles with attacking colored balloons, protecting his king wile destroying as many balloons as he can. This game is a 1:1 arcade port of the game King&Balloon by namco from 1980 for the Amiga 500. The game is written in 68k assembler, based on the original Z80 code and you can get it as digital download for a little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

05.05.2024 - C64 game 'Warzone' released - free for download
Welcome to Warzone - an epic battle for dominance! In this C64 game two players take the helm of rival nations locked in a relentless war for supremacy. Command your forces on two distinct fronts: the strategic map and the tactical battlefield. Victory is within reach for the player who can decimate all enemy production facilities and ultimately seize control of their headquarters.

04.05.2024 - This Game Cheats? Hal Labs' LeMans for Commodore 64 (Part 3) - video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
Finally we dig into the disassembled code of LeMans, with a focus on the time-keeping and scoring routines that are directly tied to this game's very flexible definition of a second. Can we conclusively show that this game cheats? Along the way we find a really neat trick for detecting multiples of 20,000 points, and other conventional and unconventional approaches to C64 game development. LeMans is one of the launch titles of the Commodore 64 and Commodore Max, released back in 1982, and it was developed by Hal Laboratory, possibly by Satoru Iwata himself.

02.05.2024 - 'Silhouette Threat' - game for AGA Amiga - Level 2 as playable demo released
'Silhouette Threat'is a WIP action platformer for the Amiga 1200 or Amiga 4000 using Scorpion Engine. Now the next revision of a playable demo was released, which you can download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

02.05.2024 - Video: 'Zombie Survivor' - New Amiga game testbed #3
'Zombie Survivor' is a WIP shooter made in AmiBlitz3 for Amiga. The Game is in early development, things can change. More info and download link for demo version to test here.

01.05.2024 - Timo's Castle (Commodore 64) Review - video from 'BastichB 64K'
Review for a new C64 game called Timo's Castle.

01.05.2024 - C64 game 'Timo’s Castle' released
'Timo’s Castle' is a single-screen platformer with 8 lovingly designed levels. You are Timo McClane, the Scottish Prince of a noble house. Despite breaking with royal traditions, you reluctantly inherited a country estate with a small castle after your parents died under mysterious circumstances. Together with your girlfriend, Amber, you embark on the task of restoring the neglected castle. The game is available as digital download or on disk and cartridge as a boxed Collector's Edition.

30.04.2024 - 'Impossible Mission Revised' for C64 released
Impossible Mission Revised is based on the AUS version original. It is a bold move to start to improve on a perfect computer game, you might think what on earth could be improved. But there are a lot of changes and improvements that went into this version, far too many to list, just read the production note on the download page...

29.04.2024 - C64 Reloaded MK2 Build - video from 'GRay Defender'
In this video, 'GRay Defender' pieces together a Commodore 64 Reloaded MK2 motherboard and case from Individual Computers.

29.04.2024 - Plus/4 and C16 game 'Sidelsa B' final version released - free for download
In 'Sidelsa B' (aka Sidelsa rev.B. Extended) for Plus/4 and C16 (16K) you have to to clean up all bricks/prizes in each level. Contact with aliens/bricks/prizes decresase your health, but aren't lethal unless you stay still in contact. There are 5 levels. Then restarts from level 1 but difficulty increases. There are three rounds of difficulty.

29.04.2024 - 'Games That Weren't 64' (GTW64) - GTW64 April 2024 update
It is a big week, as GTW celebrates 25th Anniversary of Games That Weren’t. 2,500 entries now in the GTW64 archive! The April 2024 update lists 6 new entries (Bacillus, Beat Em Up, Bruce Lee 2, Galencia Khaos Sphere, Infared, Strider USA) and furthermore 24 updates are added.