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01.04.2023 - Amiga game 'AmiSnakes' released
This is a beta version of snake-game for an Amiga, which you can download and play/test for free. Features: - Single player or Two players mode (split screen), - 6 different worlds, - adventure story mode. What is missing yet: - game oves screen, - end game screen, - rewriting map screen in adventure mode, - there will be better graphics in the future.

01.04.2023 - C64 game 'Space Station 23' released
'Space Station 23' is an action adventure by Vector6 Games, which you can get as digital download for a bargain (name your own price). Story: Space Station 23 has been hit by an asteroid and it's partly destroyed. The space station is also invaded by a nasty species of aliens. Joe Phoenix is back from the jungle and is now sent to the rescue. His mission is to collect resources to restore the full power of the space station and evict and kill all the aliens. Features: - 10 levels (3 exterior themed and 7 interiors themed). - 240 different rooms to explore. - save/load game

01.04.2023 - Commander X16 2023 update - Video from 'The 8-Bit Guy'
Nearly six months ago 'The 8-Bit Guy' made a video telling you the Commander X16 was nearly done and ready to be produced. But it needed a bit more funding. This worked so well, that one hundred instead of fifty machines could be made as first production run for hardware and software developers. This video shows how this went plus more information and updates on the whole project.

31.03.2023 - Plus/4 game 'MineDetector' released and free for download
There's a new minesweeping galore for Plus/4 to challenge in the city, and its name is MineDetector! The powerful and long running LUMYDCTT IDE and compiler application created by Charlemagne shows its muscles again with a classic game where to avoid the mines buried in a field.

31.03.2023 - C64 game 'Missile Defence' released and free for download
'Missile Defence' is another take on 'Missile Command', a 1980 shoot 'em up arcade video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. This version was made by Dr.Mortal Wombat, the maker of Minotrace, Ball and Chain, Gates of the Ancient, Plekthora. You control three anti ICBM missile launch sites, if you run out of missiles or launch sites or the enemy missiles you are out of luck until the end of the stage. Target and fire your missiles using the joystick in port 2 or the 1351 mouse in port 1.

30.03.2023 - 'Games That Weren't 64' (GTW64) - March 2023 updates
By complete fluke, GTW has matched last month’s tally of updates, with 1 new entry and 20 updates for the C64 GTW archive. This includes a rare screenshot from the C64 edition of D-Day and also an original TAP image preserved for Money Minefield.

29.03.2023 - Tiki Project - New C64 game - Preview 2
This second 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 adds an additional enemy from Level 1-1 of the original arcade game to see how it looks and given it a new colour palette and overlay to enhance its look. Both the snail and crab look quite close to the originals. It's limited to just two frames of animation for both, to keep number of sprites in my sprite bank to a minimum. Both enemies are the same sprites just multiplexed. No collision detection so far yet in this preview.

28.03.2023 - Amiga game 'Xevious1200' released as Beta version
Xevious is a vertically scrolling shooter arcade video game developed and published by Namco in 1982. 'Xevious1200' is the transcode from the original arcade game (multiple Z80s) to 68K assembly for Amiga 1200 (as the name suggests). The core transcode is 100% complete. One "last" gameplay bug to be confirmed. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price). Features: - identical game play to the original arcade game, including the pseudo-random number generation. - original dipswitch options supported (except cocktail cabinet mode). - all original graphics and colours reproduced perfectly on Neo Geo target. - 1 or 2 players supported. - high score load/save

27.03.2023 - WIP C64 game 'Rocky & Co' - Video 2 uploaded
This is the second video showing work in progress of the next Icon64 title 'Rocky and Co' for C64. This time: Stage 1 is alive.

27.03.2023 - A brand new AMIGA Keyboard? Review of the new Keyboard from Simulant - video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast'
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (10MARC) Doug will be unboxing the new AMIGA branded keyboard from Simulant. It will be tested on a PC and on an USB enabled Amiga 4000.

26.03.2023 - Rambler for C64 playthrough - video from 'GRay Defender'
Complete playthrough of the new Commodore 64 game, "Rambler" by Stepz

25.03.2023 - Plus/4 port of 'Time and Magik' released
Time and Magik is a trilogy of interactive fiction games by Level 9. The individual games were initially released separately in 1983-1986. In 1988 the three games were revised, expanded and re-released together as a compilation. Like 'Gnome Ranger' (see below), 'Time and Magik' was also ported from C64 by Csabo/LOD.

25.03.2023 - Plus/4 port of 'Gnome Ranger' released
Gnome Ranger is a text adventure game designed by Peter Austin and released by Level 9 in 1987 for several platforms, including the C64, which this port is of course based on. The manual included with the original C64 game is called The Gnettlefield Journal. The game contains copy protection, which asks for a word from the manual. Page 26, Line 1, Word 8: THE

24.03.2023 - RGN Review: Devil's Temple (Commodore Amiga)
Game review of Devil's Temple - Son of the KungFu Master for the Commodore Amiga.

23.03.2023 - C64 game 'Rambler' released and free for download
Rambler, a free Commodore 64 game by stepz. Collect all the stars on each screen and then reach the exit. Use powerups to help you along the way. Can you beat all 11 screens?