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21.05.2023 - Amiga PiStorm32 Lite - New AGA Speedup - Does it help? - video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast'
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (10MARC) Doug is looking at the latest update for the PiStorm32 Lite board that speeds up AGA Chipset and CHIP RAM access - but does it help?

20.05.2023 - What makes the Commander X16 so great? - video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
The Commander X16 is a "modern" retro computer which promises to finally realize David Murray's goal of being the upgrade to the Commodore 64 that everyone wanted. Let's take a deep-dive look at it and see what makes it tick, and see if it's any good.

20.05.2023 - 5 Obscure Games You've Never Heard of - video from 'Commodore Computer Museum'
5 Obscure Commodore 64 Games You've Never Heard of, that you must play this weekend! Do you want to play something different on your Commodore 64 this weekend, here are my choices of games you've probably never heard of but are well worth playing!

20.05.2023 - Amiga game 'Forest of Illusion' in the making
There is a video showing a preview of 'Forest of Illusion' on Amiga, made with Scorpion Engine. It's work in progress and rated as Beta 0.01 by the developer, but it already looks great.

19.05.2023 - CyberPunks 2 (Commodore Amiga) - video from 'RetroGamerNation'
Game review of CyberPunks 2 - Next Generation by Mutation Software.

19.05.2023 - Deathflood : Dungeon of Doom (Commodore 64) Review- video from 'BastichB 64K'
Review for the newly released (May 2023) Commodore 64 Platform/Action game Deathflood by Windigo.

19.05.2023 - Amiga game 'Poker Nights: Tropical Heat' released
This is the 2nd release in the VTO - Poker Nights series for the Amiga. The Strip Poker game was originally published by VTO (Verlag Teresa Orlowski) in 1993 for PC only. In "Tropical Heat" you will play against 3 new VTO stars and you can get it as digital download for a bargain (name your own price). The game features: - 3 new opponents with different skill level. - more than 75 pictures in HAM6 format. - animated strip sequences. - playable from harddisk. - new title screen & logo. - new icons with 8, 64 or 128 colours. - 2 different languages (English/German). - Tooltype Trainer-option (Custom5). - Quitkey (F10)

18.05.2023 - Amiga game 'Skinvaders' released
'Skinvaders' is an Invader clone for Amiga made with AMOS (free source code included), that uses up to 6 different skins for gameplay. You can get it as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

18.05.2023 - Videos showing previews of 'Temptations' port for Amiga CD32
'Temptations' is a platform game originally made for MSX by Topo Soft in 1989. Now developer S0Y, who is working on a CD32 port by using Redpill, has released two preview videos showing level 3 and level 4. Besides there is a demo version available, which you can download and play.

17.05.2023 - Amiga Tank Mouse Repair - video from 'Jan Beta'
Jan is fixing the early model tank mouse that came with the revision 3 Amiga 500 he has been working on in previous episodes.

16.05.2023 - Street Fighter 1 - A500 Update May 2023
This video shows an update for the Street Fighter 1 project, made with Scorpion engine, which is currently in development. Take a look on the preview of all stages.

16.05.2023 - Video show preview of WIP game port 'Rastan' for the Amiga 500
Here's Rastan for the Amiga, made using the Scorpion engine, with lots of new pixel art and stuff. It's running on an Amiga 500 with 512kb chip/512kb slow ram. Well, emulated but still. So far the developer got the first level pretty much finished.

15.05.2023 - GP Cars (Commodore 64) Review - video from 'BastichB 64K'
Review for the newly released (March 2023) Commodore 64 racing game GP Cars by LHS.

14.05.2023 - Tiki Project - New C64 game - Preview 3
This third 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 shows new features plus there is a developer's chat, discussing changes from the previous version, giving some insight into the arcade, Amiga and C64 versions of the original TNZS game and his thoughts.

13.05.2023 - C64 game ' Deathflood - Dungeon of Doom' released - free for download
In 'Deathflood - Dungeon of Doom' you are locked deep down in a dark dungeon full of evil creatures, traps and a constantly rising flood. Your main goal is quite simple: To escape this hostile place alive. There are additionals objectives, hidden secrets, some nasty pitfalls and several choices to make. The game Features: - Three worlds with unique graphics, foes, gameplay and soundtracks. - 19 very individual levels, most with several paths to finish. - Choose between two heroes with different strenghts. - Multiple game goals and game endings. - PAL/NTSC support. - Protopad support. The game is free for download as digital version, but you can get a physical copy as nice boxed version by poly.play soon.