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21.08.2023 - Amiga game 'Holiday' (V1.05b) released
'Holiday' is a Point 'n click adventure with photos for Amiga (OCS/ECS). You arrive at your Spanish resort in 1988 and unpack. The weather here is hot and humid; with the air smelling sweet like ripe bananas. Your task during the next 11 days is simply to survive. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

20.08.2023 - Video shows lost Plus/4 game project 'Wipeout' - preview version for download available
Here we have an attempt of a plus/4 version of a Wipeout (PSX) like game. The developer deleted all the sources, but at least the executable (prg) versions survived and can be downloaded (see video description).

19.08.2023 - Amiga game 'Frogger500' Beta 1 released - free for download
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.

18.08.2023 - C64 game 'Kielbasa Empire' - demo version available
Kielbasa Empire is a C64 game, in development since about September 2021. It is supposed to be about farming crops, feeding pigs and turning them into sausage. You can get a playable demo as digital download.

18.08.2023 - Video shows Amiga game 'Tony' - demo version 1.2 available
TONY is a platform Puzzle game in monochrome colours. You can get the playable demo as digital download here.

17.08.2023 - Amiga game 'Boxx 3 Remake V0.2' released - free for download
Like it's predecessor, Boxx 3 Remake is a platform game for the Amiga (Minimum system: A500/1MB). The original game from 2017 is now now remade with Scorpion Engine and has upgraded graphics. Programming/level design/gfx: Lemming880. Graphics update: Koyot1222

15.08.2023 - VIC-20 Penultimate+2: Programming, Games, Utilities, RAM Expansion and More - video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
Another hour+ video packed with everything else the Penultimate+2 can do for your Commodore VIC-20. We demonstrate using the file browser and auto-detect RAM expansion capabilities to play games from an SD2IEC drive that require 0K, 3K, and 35K expansions. We demonstrate use of ALL the utilities built-in: VICMON machine language monitor, VICKIT assembler, Super Expander BASIC enhancement, BASIC 4 disk commands, CBM Command disk manager, VIC Forth, VICTERM (special appearance by Michael Doornbos of imapenguin.com with his KIM-1 clone), diagnostic tools and even more. We wrap up with my latest thoughts on VIC-20 RAM expansion and why it came to be this way. I've also collected a huge number of links while researching this episode which can be found below.

14.08.2023 - Ultimate64 and Ultimate 2+L Firmware update 3.10j - video from 'GRay Defender'
In this video 'GRay Defender' performs the Firmware update on the Ultimate 64 and Ultimate 2+L hardware boards.

14.08.2023 - Commodore PET game 'PETaxian' released - free for download
'PETaxian' is a Galaga game in the style of the old C64 version for Commodore PET. The game is currently in "a sort of finished state" (i.e has a workable game loop) but may never end up completely polished. It could have fit into the 16k PET with some trimming of the code, but the developer didn't wanted to remove too much. It plays well on 3032 and 4032 machines.

14.08.2023 - Tiki Project - New C64 game - Preview 4
The fourth preview of the re-imagining of the Tiki character from The New Zealand Story in a brand new C64 game being developed by Robert Wilson. In summary, background graphics, collision detection, introduction of new game mechanics, extra enemy on screen amongst other things are touched on in this video.

13.08.2023 - Commodore 64 Breadbin Saved from the Flood - video from 'Jan Beta'
Jan is trying to restore a Commodore 64 that was stored in a flooded basement.

13.08.2023 - RogueCraft for the Amiga Game Jam Review - video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast'
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (10MARC) Doug is reviewing the great new game "Roguecraft" from Badger Punch Software for the Commodore Amiga.

12.08.2023 - C64 game 'The Last Effort' released
In 'The Last Effort' you're playing as dissapointed in life police officer whos duty is to check drivers for illegal documents. Since your wife is terribly sick you need to earn 15 thousand bucks for her treatment. And you you have to break the law if you want to save her. But you have only 99 hours to do it. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

12.08.2023 - C64 game port 'Bill & Ted's Excellent Game Boy Adventure' released - free for download
No way! Yes way. This, my friends, is the conversion of the legendary Bill & Ted Game Boy action-puzzle game by LJN/Beam Software to the Commodore 64.

11.08.2023 - Game Changer: The VIC-II Kawari for the C64! - video from 'retrobits'
A look at the development process behind this new FPGA-based Video Interface Chip replacement for the Commodore 64 and a look at its features and capabilities.