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04.06.2024 - VIC-20 game 'Future Fighter' released
'Future Fighter' is a small and simple space shooter for the unexpanded VIC-20. Shoot enemies and get points. If the enemy reaches the bottom of the screen, you lose points. If you loose all your points, you die. You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

03.06.2024 - Video: Galaga Amiga 500 WIP #2
Galaga Amiga ECS port update: a lot of glitches and issues but trajectories are good, and it's beginning to look like the real deal.

03.06.2024 - VIC-20 game 'Tesla Frogger' released - free for download
Welcome to the year 2024 on an alternate timeline! All the cars in the world are now Teslas. Something went wrong in a Neuralink experiment, and Elon has turned into a frog. Help Elon cross the road safely and guide him over a river of logs and tortoises to reach the Tesla HQ gardens.

02.06.2024 - Amiga game 'Castlevania AGA' - June update released - free for download
'Castlevania AGA' is a remake of the 1987 original but with visuals inspired by Castlevania Chronicles and other non-8 bit titles in the series. The goal was to provide a playable and pure version of the original Castlevania but with an Amiga flavor. New in June update: Added a proper Simon Belmont (specially made for this version), options menu with music test feature to enjoy the soundtrack and other fixes and improvements.

02.06.2024 - Amiga 500 Desktop Video - Genlocking like it's 1990 - video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast'
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retrocast (10MARC) Doug has filmed the entire episode through a Progressive Peripherals ProGen Genlock.

01.06.2024 - 1970s Commodore Scientific Calculator Restoration - video from 'Jan Beta'
Jan is refurbishing a Commodore scientific calculator from 1975.

31.05.2024 - Video: Loony Ledges WIP v0.3C - Amiga Game Development - A500
This is game was made a long while back on PC, but was never released. Now it gets ported to the Amiga and it should be released this year.

31.05.2024 - C64 Round Up: June 2024 - Tony, Breadbox, Timo's Castle & More! - video from 'RetroGamerNation'
The June 2024 edition of the RGN Commodore 64 (C64) Round Up featuring the latest game releases, pixel art, demo and add-on items.

28.05.2024 - Lazer3D Commander X16 Official Case Assembly - video from 'GRay Defender'
In this video 'GRay Defender' unboxes and assembles the Lazer3D Commander X16 Official case.

27.05.2024 - Amiga CD32 Arcade Game Compilation - video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast'
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (10MARC), Doug is previewing a new compilation of 1980's Arcade Games for the CD32. Join him as he covers the included games and have a bit of a play on most of them. Be sure to send JOTD some money for his hard work!

25.05.2024 - C64 game 'Shift' released
Step into the monochromatic and mind-bending universe of Shift, where black and white landscapes hide more than meets the eye...where inside is outside, and light and dark don't differ! Shift by Haplo (maker of 'Tenebra', ''Ooze: The Escape' and 'Caim') contains 36 levels (plus one secret level) and is compatible with PAL and NTSC machines. You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

24.05.2024 - Tony : Montezuma's Gold (Commodore 64) Review + Developer Interview - video from 'BastichB 64K'
Review and developer interview for the newly released Tony : Montezuma's Gold for the Commodore 64 by Monochrome Productions.

23.05.2024 - C64 game 'Die Kaufmannsgilde' released - free for download
Die Kaufmannsgilde is a board game like, turn based business simulation. You play an aspiring merchant in medieval Germany, trying to become a member of the powerful merchant guild. This game requires quick short-term decisions when trading various goods and strategic sense in order to win enough votes for yourself in the guild council. You can get the game as free download, but it is also available as boxed version.

21.05.2024 - WIP Amiga game 'Settle the World' - Bugfix Update - May 2024
Settle the World is a turn-based building and trading game with a focus on local multiplayer (up to four players on one Amiga computer), which you can download for free. The bugfix update is finished and is recommended for everyone who is still playing on the April 2024 version. In addition to fixing bugs, the movement system of units has been reworked. Units can now move a little more, and the player should now receive the message about too few movement points much less frequently.

20.05.2024 - 10x Faster Than C64 BASIC? Hare Basic - video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
Hare Basic is a fast, limited instruction set, integer-only basic interpreter (not a compiler) for Commodore 64 and VIC 20, created by Aleksi Eeben and released for free download in May 2024. Join Robin as he shows you what he has learned about the language, as we walk through the code of some of the included example programs, and the small game he wrote with it.