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25.10.2023 - A PETSCII Message from "Hooked On A Feeling" Blue Swede Singer Björn Skifs - video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
There's a PETSCII-encoded secret message on the cover of the 1984 solo album from Björn Skifs, who is famous as the singer of "Hooked On A Feeling" covered by his band Blue Swede that was a #1 hit song in 1974, and again in 2014 as part of the "Guardians of the Galaxy" soundtrack. We take a look at the record, including a survey of the writers of all the songs (a very accomplished group!) and then set about decoding the message with a trusty Commodore 64.

25.10.2023 - 'Project - Quest : Chapter IV' for Amiga - Level 4 of the game is ready to play
'Project - Quest' is an 8-way scrolling top down fantasy shooter game for Amiga, made with Project Horizon engine. System requirements: - HDD - ECS or AGA - 2.0Mb chipRam (at least 1.5 free). You can download the game here. This video shows level 4, featuring:- level code: DARK. - smaller and not complicated map, but nice. - 2 new enemies.

23.10.2023 - Amiga game 'Frogger500' - Final version 1.0 realeased
As the name suggests 'Frogger500' is a 1:1 arcade port of the game 'Frogger' by 'Konami' from 1981 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 bargain to support the developer. Features: - Original artwork (x/y-flip by code). - Original gameplay including bugs. - Based on the original music and remasterd by NO9. - Trainer included (Highscre is disabled when in use).

23.10.2023 - New Amiga Game - 'Bunny's Revenge - Hop to the Top!'
This video shows a preview of a brand new game for the Amiga, coming this Halloween. Hop to the Top - Bunny's Revenge is a turn-by-turn procedulally generated puzzle game with over 68 billion levels! More info in video description.

23.10.2023 - My Dream Computer is Finally on Sale! - video from 'The 8-Bit Guy'
Another Commander X16 update video, this time with good news for anyone who wants to buy one...

23.10.2023 - The AmiWest 2023 Report - The biggest Amiga show in the USA! - video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast'
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (10MARC) Doug is reviewing the really fun AmiWest 2023 Amiga show in Sacramento California!

22.10.2023 - Amiga game 'El Capitan Trueno' released - free for download
'El Capitan Trueno' is an adventure puzzle game. made with REDPILL. It should run fine on 030 (not tested on 020 yet). The game can be download for free from Aminet (also available as WHDLoad version).

21.10.2023 - C64 game 'Laserscape' released
'Laserscape' is a logic/puzzle game for the C64. The object of the game is to color all the colorable floor tiles to the same color as the door. You must do this by avoiding moving lasers. Features: - 20 levels, - groovy music, - password system. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain to support the developer.

20.10.2023 - Amiga Future magazine - Issue 165 available for order
The Amiga Future magazine is available as either a single issue or by subscription, either with or without a cover CD in german or english language. Content for #165, which will be will be in stock on Sunday 05 November, 2023: - Trade show reports: Amiga 38. - Previews:.Playfield, Roguecraft. - Reviews: Board game vs Amiga version - Kingmaker, Reshoot Proxima 3, Ooze - The Escape, ASM – The Game, Aminet News, Pleiades 3D, Holiday, Rogue Declan Zero, AAMP, Rastan, Amiga Cherry Keyboard, Mediathek. - Special: Trevors Soapbox, Data Transfer, Just Like in the '90s - Using a Null Modem Cable, A1222+ Part 2, Demoscene. - Workshops: Pagestream Part 3. - Others: Editorial, Contents, News, Imprint, Readers CD content.

20.10.2023 - C64 game 'Evil Dungeon II' released
'Evil Dungeon II - Alrik's revenge', the sequel to Evil Dungeon by Gregor Schillinger, is a RPG-based fantasy story dungeon crawler for the Commodore 64 coded in BASIC V2 in German and English language. The story of Alrik, a young adventurer who is seeking revenge for his parents who got killed by a group of orcs. Again he has to explore a deadly maze full of monsters, adventure and secrets! The game is available as digital download or as boxed Collector's Edition.

20.10.2023 - New footage of WIP Amiga game 'Chaos Guns' - v8.69 (2k23)
'Chaos Guns', which is an Alien Breed inspired game is work in progress since 2016. The game is made for AGA Amigas.

18.10.2023 - Converting PC Disk Drives to Amiga - video from 'Jan Beta'
Jan is talking about modifying PC standard floppy disk drives to work with Amigas and other systems that use Shugart drives.

16.10.2023 - The Enormous Electronic Arts Logo Easter Egg Hunt 1983-1992 - video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
After sharing some VCFMW and Electronic Arts history, David Youd and Robin discuss EA's original logo which is (despite many schoolyard arguments) a cube, sphere, and tetrahedron and definitely probably not the letters E, O (or C), and A. They then start looking at the cover art for Electronic Arts releases from 1983 to 1992, and find that those very symbols (or their 2d equivalents of square, circle, and triangle) are hidden in many games.

15.10.2023 - Amiga game 'Rogue Declan' V1.1.0 released
The Rogue Declan Big Post-Jam Update is here. And it's a big one. It's practically a new game and you can get it for little money.to support the developer. New in this one: - Over 100 changes since the jam version. - Four new play modes. - Improved in game music and effects including a brand new track. - Lair Rooms: face only dragons, snakes or tanks! - Two more ranks to aim for. - Hard difficulty. - Fixed seed mode and/or enter your own seed. - Balance improvements in the normal game. - Numerous bugs fixed and rough edges smoothed. - Easter Eggs!

12.10.2023 - Test and try: How many broken breadbins do we have today? - video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
On today's Test and Try episode, we have three mystery Commodore machines (C64 and VIC-20) which were given to me. Let's test them out to see which will need repairs and which work? Adrian went into this assuming that all 3 machines were dead...