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28.02.2023 - WIP Amiga game 'Creeping Me Out: Hex Night' - Demo 1.5 released
'Creeping Me Out: Hex Night' is going to be an action platformer in the vein of Turrican & Castlevania, made in Scorpion Engine. Demo 1.5 is now available! It's functionally the same as 1.4 with a few bug fixes.. But also adds a separate AGA build with some optimisations and new backgrounds and effects!

27.02.2023 - C64OS Part 3: Backdrops, RTC, PRG aliases - video from 'GRay Defender'
This is the third video covering the C64OS. This one covers creating custom backdrops, setting up the real time clock, and creating program aliases.

26.02.2023 - C64 game 'Blockie' finished and released
Richard Bayliss has been working hard the past few months to finish off an abandoned Columns clone which was infamously released into PD and onto Commodore Format’s covertape in an incomplete form around 30 years ago. This has now been fully completed and you can download a playable version of the game, with proper scoring and with the ability for the game to end.

26.02.2023 - Audio Sampling on the Amiga 1000 - Feat: PerfectSound, FutureSound and Aegis Audiomaster III - video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast'
This week on 10 MinuteAmiga Retro Cast (10MARC) Doug is covering two audio samplers and a great audio package for the Amiga 1000 (although the information relates to all Amigas) We look at the Progressive Peripherals PerfectSound, the FutureSound sampler and Aegis AudioMaster III.

26.02.2023 - PDF Retro magazine REV'n'GE issue #143 for download
REV'n'GE (Retro Emulator Vision and Game) is an Italian and English language PDF magazine, not only for Commodore fans, that mainly focus on game REViews.

26.02.2023 - C64 game 'Accuse' released
After the minimal Cloak of Darkness demo game, developer Marco Giorgini decided to reimplement another "classic" little IF game, using his storytllr64, a WIP C64 graphic text adventure engine. This time he has selected Accuse, by David A. Wheeler, a 2007 (vaguely) Cluedo-like replayable game, released under GPL 2 or later license. A murder, in a mansion, with three suspects, three potential murder weapons, and five locations, and you, a detective with "powers", able to understand if a specific accusation is correct or not. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

25.02.2023 - Redux version of 'Sir Knight' released for Plus/4 and C16
Sir Knight is your noble knight who has been asked by King Arthur to rescue the beautiful Princess Ethel imprisoned in Black Skull Castle. Original game written by Chris Robbins for Tynesoft Computer Software. This redux version now fits into 16K and will run on a stock Commodore 16 (the original was 32K) and is available as free digital download. It also includes the following new features: - Screen flicker/raster fix. - All new music and sfx. - Overlapping soft sprites. - Number of levels extended from 14 to 30. - Level names and numbers. - Checkpoint at level 16. - New, extended hi score table and screen. - NTSC fixed. - Cheat modes included. - Joystick control and choice of keys. - New graphics and end screen. - Reason for death shown. - Extra life every 20,000 points

24.02.2023 - C64 game mod 'Seawolf II' released and free for download
Sea Wolf is a shooter arcade game manufactured by Midway, originally released for arcades in 1976, ported to C64 and released under the name 'Seawolf'.by Commodore in 1982. 'Seawolf II' is a modded version of it by Oziphantom/Protovision. So what is added/changed: - Ugly sprite clipping in the borders replaced with smooth scroll. - Animated waves like in the arcade. - Joystick/paddle selection. - Removed flicker for software sprites. - Added 3 more ships from the arcade (C64 original had just 3). - Changed torpedoes to resemble those of the arcade (as far as technical limitations allowed...). - Updated sound effects. - and much more other stuff...

24.02.2023 - ChatGPT Tells Me 50 Facts About Commodore Computers - How Accurate? - video from 'Commodore Computer Museum'
Everyone is talking about ChatGPT and now It tells me 50 facts about Commodore Computers...how accurate will it be? Will we learn something new about our favourite brand of Computers? Let's check out the 50 facts ChatGPT AI came up with.

24.02.2023 - Retro Remakes #3 (Eye Of The Beholder (C64) + Eye Of The Beholder (DOS) ) - video from 'BastichB 64K'
A look back at the original Eye of the Beholder game on MSDOS System and a look at the newly released Commodore 64 version.

23.02.2023 - C64 Scout The Stray Gameplay - video from 'GRay Defender'
Let's take a look at the new game by Luca Carminati, 'Scout the Stray'.

23.02.2023 - The Forgotten Commodore 900, we look at a rare prototype - video from 'RMC'
Neil has got a Commodore 900 prototype in The Cave today and it's a rare beast indeed. One of only 50 known to have been made and we don't know how many of those still exist. Today we're going to learn all about it and have a look inside

22.02.2023 - 'Quasimodo's Jungle Adventure' - New C64 game - Preview 2
Welcome to the 2nd preview of Quasimodo's Jungle Adventure, a brand new C64 game being developed by Robert Wilson. This game will be the third spin-off game to Hunchback Redux (currently in development) featuring Quasimodo. For those who may not have guessed, this game is going to be my re-imagining of the Atari VCS classic Pitfall! by David Crane.

22.02.2023 - New at AMIGAstore.eu - 'AmigaOS 3.2.1 CF card'
Pre-configured CF card with AmigaOS 3.2.1 installed for all Amiga models. Stickers are professionally printed (no handmade). You only can order this product if you have a genuine license. Extra Kickstart ROMs are also available for purchase on the AMIGAStore.eu website.

21.02.2023 - C64 game 'Flodder' released and free for download
Flooder is a logical game where the goal is to colour(flood) the whole grid in the same colour. Starting point is the upper left corner and you spread the flood by choosing the colours of adjacent tiles.