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03.02.2023 - After 3 years, brand new C64 keycaps are here! - video from 'retrobits'
The extraordinarily convoluted story of how new Commodore 64 keys came to be.

03.02.2023 - Video: Taito Tiger-Heli - Amiga Port (early work in progress)
This video shows an early preview of a possible Amiga port of Tiger-Heli. Created with Scorpion Engine.

03.02.2023 - Protovision Shop: 'A Pig Quest (GOLD edition)' and 'Lykia – The Lost Island Cartridge version' ready for pre-order
A Pig Quest is an action adventure game spread out across 5 worlds and shines with its care for detail. The game contains so many pigs that it will be released on our new 1MB carts! Pre-orders for the limited GOLD edition are now open. To be eligible to order this special edition, you must be a Protovision supporter via Patreon, Tipeee or the Protopad campaign or you purchased more than 250 Euros of items from Shop. The regular edition pre-orders will open February 14.

Furthermore Protovision is very pleased to be able to open up pre-orders for the standard cartridge version of Lykia - The Lost Island. Receiving broad critical acclaim upon its digital release, Lykia is a fully immersive exploration game featuring over 580 screens, more than 40 interactive characters and 25 outstanding SID tracks. The game is so big that it will be one of the first games to be released on a 1MB Cart!

03.02.2023 - Top 10 Commodore 64 Clone Games - video from 'BastichB 64K'
BastichB's favorite 10 C64 clone games + a roundup of the rest and 2 profiles on UK software clone kings Anirog and Interceptor Micros.

02.02.2023 - Protovision Shop: 'Brotkasten GOLD CD' - available again
Here is something special to add to your retro gaming collection. The Brotkasten GOLD CD is a great compilation of emulators, games, demos and disk-mags that was previously sold throughout Germany in the late 1990s. The CD has a German based user menu and works on Windows, Amiga and PC-Geos!

01.02.2023 - The Evolution64 - Is it worth the money? - Video from 'The 8-Bit Guy'
'The 8-Bit Guy' is taking a look at the Evolution64 - or short EVO64 - which is a new C64 replica mainboard. EVO64 was developed by Dr. Stefano (aka Auro) out of an interest to combine many of the best features that have become available for the Commodore 64, into a sleek and fully integrated system, built using modern manufacturing processes, but still remaining completely true to the original system’s heritage and architecture.

01.02.2023 - Test and Try: Corroded Amiga 500 Rev 5 (w/512k ROM upgrade and S-Video out) - video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
Welcome to another video in the test and try series. This time we have an Amiga 500 and Digifex Corp VIP box. The computer actually looks a bit worse inside than Adrian was led to believe, so he cleaned it up. Also it's a Rev 5 board so it needs a modification to accept larger 512k ROMs.

01.02.2023 - C64 game 'Veggies vs Undead' released and free for download
And another one from Dr.Mortal Wombat, the maker of Minotrace, Ball and Chain, Gates of the Ancient, Plekthora. This time it's a game that reminds us of the classic tower defense title Plants vs. Zombies from Electronic Arts. The zombies are on the loose, in fact they are already in front of your property. The only thing standing between your brain and their insatiable appetite is your front yard. Luckily, you've just purchased an assortment of powerful flower seeds. Plant them quickly and skillfully to protect your home.

01.02.2023 - C64 game 'Balls like a Frog' released and free for download
'Balls like a Frog' is a Puzzle Bobble style tile-matching game and the newest release from Dr.Mortal Wombat (Minotrace, Ball and Chain, Gates of the Ancient, Plekthora). You, as a loveable little amphibian, have stumbled upon the temple of Blaf. This disturbance has made you aware of the Sun god being trapped inside one of the temples, where he is kept encased in stone. While at this temple you see that it tries to destroy you with spheres on a path, so you must get firing and bust those balls before they reach the skull and end the frog's hopping life.

31.01.2023 - Jack Tramiel's Home in 2012 Virtual Tour - Founder of Commodore Home 1992-2012 - video from 'Commodore Computer Museum'
A virtual tour of Jack Tramiel's home September 2012. Jack, who passed away in April 2012, was the founder of Commodore International, Commodore Computers, before he eventually moved onto Atari.

30.01.2023 - PDF Retro magazine REV'n'GE issue #142 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.

28.01.2023 - C64 Activision Achievement Patches! Why haven't you heard about this before now? - video from 'Commodore Computer Museum'
Why haven't you heard of Activision Patches for the Commodore 64? What patches could you achieve in 1984-1985 on your Commodore 64?

28.01.2023 - Star Trek Voyager (1995) TV Series Intro, done by Commodore Amiga - video from 'Commodore Computer Museum'
In 1995 Star Trek Voyager hit the TV screens, did you know some of the graphics on the intro (credits) were done with a Commodore Amiga (other images of the ship were models). In this quick video the footage of Voyager created on Amiga are highlighted. The amazing thing about all this is the usual computers that did this sort of work cost $100.000+ and the Amiga (around $1.000) was able to do the same job!

27.01.2023 - Amiga game 'Fynn and Thorin' released
Like the previous game 'Goblinking Eduard' by the same developer, 'Fynn and Thorin' is a little 2 player children's game he made for his two sons. There are different versions: Version 1 needs an Amiga with Kickstart 1.3 and 1 MB Ram. It is only in German. Version 2 needs an Amiga with Kickstart 3.1 and 1 MB Ram. It is in german and english. Version 3 is for Amiga CD 32. It is in English. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

27.01.2023 - C64 SD2IEC Speed Enhancer tests - video from 'GRay Defender'
In this video 'GRay Defender' runs some basic unscientific speed tests on the Ultimate64 using DolphinDos and JiffyDos.