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11.06.2023 - 'Tenebra 2' for Amiga released
After the port of the first part, Haplo (maker of ''Ooze: The Escape' and 'Caim') now also released C64 and Plus/4 game 'Tenebra 2' for Amiga. It's an atmospheric puzzle game with rogue-like elements on 35 levels. The Amiga version comes in two flavours; the classic 8-bit looks (non-interlaced) and the enhanced looks (interlaced). You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

07.06.2023 - WIP C64 game 'Awesome Slam Sibs Infinite' - Actual Gameplay vs AI on the REU-only Ghosts'n Goblins level.
Here is another work in progress video from Awesome Slam Siblings, a port of the party game Super Smash Brothers. This time we see a complete unedited match between a human player and an AI opponent in Awesome Slam Sibs Infinite. Apart from showcasing the current state of the AI, this video also showcases the newly created Ghosts'n Goblins playfield.

06.06.2023 - C64 game 'Dragon'n Princess' released - free for download
'Dragon'n Princess' is an enhanced text adventure with authentic PETSCII graphics and atmospheric SID music and multiple endings. The kingdom's sworn enemy, the dragon, has been finally caught. As the prince it's your job to execute him. However, something feels off about the dragon...

05.06.2023 - Video: 'Rogue Declan: Zero' Amiga WIP (2023/06/05) game
More gameplay footage of an in-development twinstick roguelite shooter for Amiga.

05.06.2023 - Adding four IDE Channels and a CD-ROM to my Amiga 4000 - video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast'
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (10MARC) Doug is installing an adapter that gives you four IDE channels on the Amiga 4000 and adding a CD-ROM Drive. Join him as he covers the hardware and software required to get it working.

04.06.2023 - New at AMIGAstore.eu - 'PiStorm 600'
For Amiga A600. PiStorm is an adapter which uses a Raspberry Pi to provide a CPU accelerator, RTG graphics card, hard disk interface, Wifi, and others enhancements. CPU relocator, Raspberry Pi 3A+, and a pre-configured SD card are available as option. If you want to 1MB of CHIP RAM, please check our Trapdoor Memory Expansions for Amiga Amiga 600.

03.06.2023 - C64 game 'Dr. Maria' released - free for download
Short Futures present 'Dr. Maria', a pill flipping puzzling production for the Commodore 64. Experimental viruses have mutated and are trying to escape from the research lab. Help Doctor Maria use her pills to destroy all the viruses before they spread. The game was available first to ZZAP! 64 subscribers on the issue 14 cover disk, now it was released to the public as free digital download.

03.06.2023 - VIC-20 game 'Supa Vidya Poker - Black Lodge Edition' released - free for download
Supa Vidya Poker' for VIC-20 (+16k) is, as the name suggests, a Poker game, but with a back story: You are an agent of the F.B.I. and you have been tasked with investigating the disappearance of another agent of the bureau. After a long and winding road your search has led you to a place called the Black Lodge. You now have to play a game of video poker. Get a full house and keep the code, it could become useful later (literally for use in another game).

02.06.2023 - C64 Round Up: June 2023 - The Games Keep on Coming! - video from 'RetroGamerNation'
The June 2023 edition of the RGN Commodore 64 (C64) Round Up featuring the latest game releases, pixel art, demo and add-on items.

02.06.2023 - Polar Bear in Space! (C64) Review - video from 'BastichB 64K'
Review for the Commodore 64 Platform/Shooter 'em Up game Polar Bear in Space! version 2 which is also getting a new physical cartridge release.

31.05.2023 - WIP C64 game 'SnakeEscape64' - Beta version free for download
'SnakeEscape64' is a new C64 game in progress, where your goal is to escape each room. There are infinite rooms. But each room is a little more difficult then the previous. You play it fast or slow. It is up to you which strategy you choose. Do you want to get to the highest level, or make the most points?

31.05.2023 - 'Games That Weren't 64' (GTW64) - May 2023 updates
OK, so not as big an update as last month, but still a sizable one none-the-less, and with two very important additions. A total of 14 completely new entries too to further increase the size of the C64 archive, along with 11 updates overall and two very special findings! Many of the new entries are for titles which may well be out there, just not yet preserved. Can you help find them?

31.05.2023 - The Ultimate II+L Cartridge - The Best C64 Cartridge Money Can Buy? - video from 'The Retro Shack'
Is this the best C64 Cartridge Money Can Buy?

29.05.2023 - Amiga game 'Galaxian500' - Beta version for download
This Galaxian transcode port for OCS Amigas is now available as downloadable Beta version for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

29.05.2023 - One Bad Byte Broke This Game: Commodore 64's "Livingstone, I Presume?" - video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
"Livingstone, I Presume?" is a puzzle platform adventure that had me entranced as a kid. Unfortunately, the Commodore 64 version I played always crashed at a particular point well into the game. I thought it was a bug in my pirated copy, but later I've learned even the original store-bought version had the bug. Today we take a look at the game and the cause of the crash, and see if we can fix it and get further into the game.