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14.07.2023 - Fastloaders : C64 Rocks Special - video from 'BastichB 64K'
A look at the band the Fastloaders latest album release "C64 Rocks" with a review and full interview with Jarle Olsen of the band.

10.07.2023 - Amiga game 'Pengo500' released
Pengo is an arcade video game developed by Coreland and published by Sega. Now an Amiga port is finished, which is a transcode from the original arcade game Z80 to 68K assembly. You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

10.07.2023 - Cracking a C64 Game From Cassette: Livingstone, I Presume? - video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
In a previous video we took a look at the crash in the Commodore 64 port of the Operasoft game "Livingstone, I Presume?", unraveling the cause of the crash and coming up with a live-patch to fix the problem. This time we learn how to "crack" the game from the original cassette so we can patch the game and save it to disk permanently fixed, rather than having to re-patch the game every time it's loaded. Check the video description for links to everything I reference.

10.07.2023 - C64 game 'Charade' released
'Charade' is a little puzzle/quiz game based on the film of the same name with Cary Grant! Choose the correct knobs to further the story! Spacebar selects, arrows move cursor. Mystery to solve so make sure you select the correct dial. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

09.07.2023 - Commodore 16 and 1551 drive unboxing
This week on "The ChickenHead Chronicles" Doug is unboxing some awesome Commodore "TED" class equipment and software.

06.07.2023 - A New Amiga Show in 2023? Kickstart 01 - Retro Road Trip - video from 'RMC'
A new Amiga show in 2023? Madness surely? Today Neil takes a trip to Nottingham to see what Kickstart is all about. We'll meet the usergroups, the traders and the man behind the idea, and we find out, is it any good?

05.07.2023 - Big Commander X16 Update! - video from 'The 8-Bit Guy'
This video shows an update of the manufacturing of the Commander X16 and also addresses some of the misinformation that is going around...

04.07.2023 - 'Tomato Worm' game for Plus/4 and VIC-20 released - free for download
'Tomato Worm' is a brand new from javierglez: Tomato Worm. It's an implementation of the puzzle game by the same name, original written by GuerraGames. Puzzle through 64 levels in this nibbler style game by guiding your ever-growing worm; make sure to eat all the tomatoes before you run out of room to move. The Plus/4 disk image for download also contains the VIC-20 version.

02.07.2023 - WIP C64 game 'Rocky & Co' - Video 6 uploaded
Yet another video showing work in progress of the coming Icon64 title 'Rocky and Co' for C64.

02.07.2023 - Amiga WIP game 'Rastan' - demo for download available
After the first WIP video of Rastan for Amiga, there is now a demo available for download. Released in arcades in 1987, Taito’s Rastan was one of the best fantasy action-platformers of its time. Now, after eight months down in the basement, the Amiga version of Rastan emerges. This is a demo of the first level, featuring remastered sprites and brand new, reimagined backgrounds, all running on a stock Amiga 500 with 512kb extra ram!

01.07.2023 - 'Dagon's Erwachen' - German version of RPG 'Dagon's Awakening' for C64 released
'Dagon's Awakening', a action adventure/RPG Dagon's Awakening by Vintage Computing Carinthia was recently released as Community Edition at the Vintage Computing Carinthia $1F. This version features several improvements over the cartridge version and has the story and the game contents changed so that the game is self-contained, while the cartridge version requires a physical postcard item to play the game properly. And right now you can get the game also in German language as free digital download.

01.07.2023 - High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC) #79 released
The HVSC Team is thrilled to announce a significant milestone in their ongoing quest to preserve and celebrate the rich legacy of SID music. Today, they unveil an impressive update to the collection, featuring a staggering 920 new SID tunes and 45 meticulously fixed tracks. With this latest addition, the HVSC collection now boasts an astounding total of 57.576 SID files!

30.06.2023 - C64 game 'Alien Invaders Plus!' released - free for download
Fond memories of playing the Odyssey2 (Philips Videopac G7000) with friends and family as a child, led developer Codey/Second Dimension to the decision to port this gem. So here it is. Left-arrow for the classic O2 reset, btw.

30.06.2023 - New footage (31) for WIP Amiga game 'Souverän Soccer'
'Souverän Soccer' is a (wip) Super Formation Soccer (SNES) like game for unaccelerated stock Amiga 1200 / CD32 and compatible machines (Amiga AGA 020, 14 MHz, no Fast RAM, 50 fps). Lots of stuff has happened during the past months, the highlights being: - about 30% wider goals! - optional radar! - no glued ball anymore, real dribbling!

30.06.2023 - Amiga demo game 'Monkey lad' released - free for download
'Monkey lad' is a scroll platform game with a monkey as actor. It was made by 'Toolkitman', who found it as demo and compiled it for release. Currently 'Toolkitman' is working on 'Gothic Vania' (see below). He also released some more Amiga mini games currently on his itch.io page.