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16.04.2023 - Interested in buying J-CIA and other C64 replacement chips?
By filling out a form on the survey website of hardware developer Jani Laatikainen (click link above), you will be informed when the chips come available and where you can buy them. These are replacement parts for Commodore CPU, CIA & VIC-II ic's. It is not a pre-order and does not bind you to anything. The information collected here is only used to find out the interest of these parts and to inform you when the parts come available.

14.04.2023 - C64 Round Up: April 2023 - Games, News, Pixels! - video from 'RetroGamerNation'
The April 2023 edition of the RGN Commodore 64 (C64) Round Up featuring the latest game releases, pixel art, demo and add-on items.

14.04.2023 - C64 game 'Kick of the Spear' released
'Kick of the Spear' is a fast-paced 1 and 2 player fighting game for the Commodore 64 that features: - Large high resolution sprites. - 6 individual characters. - Championship Tournament. - 1 & 2 player VS mode mixing any combination of the 6 fighters. - Digi speech. - High score list. You can get the game as digital download for small money.

14.04.2023 - 'Sulphur Eye' - 3D adventure for C64 and Plus/4 released
'Sulphur Eye' is a Freescape driven 3D Construction Kit game. Original game by Tomáš Zanvit, translated and documented version by O'Dog/LXT. The game is available as freedigital download.

13.04.2023 - C64 game 'Serpland' released
Serpland is a game in the style of the old snake maze arcade from 1982, but the freedom of movement is much more limited, there is a temporal timer and puzzle elements have been inserted: sometimes it is not enough to collect all the fruits or stones to overcome the level. The game features 40 levels with a final end screen and you can get it as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

13.04.2023 - C64 game 'NewsStand' (v1.0.1) released - free for download
NewsStand is a new game for C64 (made by AGPX and Phobos), in which our hero Joseph has to collect the money in order to buy cassette tapes with the legendary games for the C64. In Italy, in the 80s, these cassettes were sold on newsstands and it was a thrill every time to return home and try them all. In memory of those magical moments, this game was made. It is available as digital download for free in English and Italian.

12.04.2023 - C64 game '8MIDAS' released - free for download
'8MIDAS' is a game inspired by Arcade classic Amidar. It was made by PCH of Unreal and released at the Revision Party 2023. It contains 40 levels, 40 flying through space , 8 bosses, animation, parallax background and much more.

11.04.2023 - Space Station 23 (Commodore 64) Review - video from 'BastichB 64K'
Review of the latest C64 release By Vector 5 Games (April 2023) for Space Station 23.

10.04.2023 - Protovision Shop: 'Brotkasten GOLD CD' - Back in Stock
Protovision has just received another limited number of copies of the Brotkasten GOLD CD. This great compilation of emulators, games, demos and disk-mags from the 90s sold out real quick when it was added to the Protovision Shop back in February. So don’t miss out again, place your order now before they are gone.

10.04.2023 - Early Rev. 3 Amiga 500 Restoration Continued - video from 'Jan Beta'
Jan continues with the restoration efforts on the early revision 3 Amiga 500.

10.04.2023 - PiStorm32 Lite for Amiga 1200 - Installation guide and review - video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast'
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (10MARC) Doug is reviewing and providing an installation tutorial for the awesome PiStorm32 Lite for the Amiga 1200. Will this card live up to the hype, or will he pan it like he did in his original PiStorm review a few years back?

10.04.2023 - Amiga game 'Boxx 4' released - free for download
Boxx 4 by Retroguru and Lemming880 is the latest incarnation of the Boxx, a platform game that was originally made in 2014 for the Commodore Amiga. But it was made with Backbone so it had poor performance. In 2022, the game is ported to the much better Scorpion Engine and runs a lot smoother. After a a teaser/demo version was given out in November 2022, Boxx 4 now was officially released at Revision Party 2023.

09.04.2023 - C64 game 'Snake vs Bomb 2 - Canyon Chaos' released - free for download
The New Dimension is very proud to present to you Snake VS Bomb 2. It is a fun exciting sequel to be participated in the Retro Programmers Inside (RPI) and Phaze101 Retro Snake Jam, Snake vs Bomb 2 features the following: - Loading bitmap with loading music. - Front end presentation with credits and info screen. - Active hi score table (and saver if playing the D64 version). - Plenty of music. - Retro arcade style sound effects. - In game 3D look parallax scrolling . - Eight fast-paced levels. - Compatible with theC64 mini, theC64 and theVIC20 (In C64 mode). - PAL/NTSC compatible

09.04.2023 - C64 game 'Shisen Sho' (100%) released and free for download
Shisen-Sho, sometimes referred to as 'Shisen', 'Four Rivers' or simply 'Rivers,' is a Japanese tile-based game which uses Mahjong tiles, and is similar to Mahjong solitaire. This C64 version of it was made by Scrap/GP and you can download it as digital download fro free.

08.04.2023 - Commodore 1804 Monitor - Timeline and Repair - video from 'Retro Hack Shack'
Here is a Commodore 1802 monitor that Aaron from 'Retro Hack Shack' recently acquired. 1802? Yes! Let's look at the different monitors Commodore made and then get this one running like new again.