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18.12.2022 - 'Snake Games are the Best Games' released for VIC-20
You are a hungry snake. Eat all the food, which includes cherries, grapes, blueberries and bugs, to grow longer. Some food leaves a nasty yellow mushroom. Don't eat mushrooms! Get the right combination of food and you will be rewarded with a Green Jelly bonus, the most excellent of all the Jellies. You can get the game as digital download for free. However, you can also purchase the game on tape, to load into a real VIC-20, from The Future Was 8Bit for little money.

18.12.2022 - Amiga game 'Goblinking Eduard' released and free for download
'Goblinking Eduard' is a little 2 player Amiga game for children. 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. 

17.12.2022 - Combined C64 Diagnostics & Dead Test Cartridge - video from 'Jan Beta'
Jan is building a combined Dead Test/Diagnostics cartridge for the Commodore 64

17.12.2022 - Commodore 64 on MiSTer FPGA with real disk drives! - video from 'retrobits'
A deep dive into the features of the Commodore 64 core on the MiSTer FPGA with SNAC2IEC build and test.

17.12.2022 - Browsing the 2023 ZZap64 Annual - video from 'GRay Defender'
In this video we take a quick look into the new CHATGPT bot by openai and see how well it can produce code for the Commodore 64.

17.12.2022 - What's Next from Retrogames Ltd? My 2023 Prediction, and Why - video from 'Commodore Computer Museum'
What will be the next Retrogames Ltd release after TheC64 Mini, TheC64, TheVIC20, TheA500 Mini?

17.12.2022 - Long awaited C64 game 'Terrestrial' finally released
Terrestrial is a multi-part C64 sci-fi action adventure in the vein of Beach Head and Raid over Moscow, featuring 9 different mini-games combined into one epic arcade adventure! Take on the role of Captain Havoc as he battles against the invading alien hordes! You can get the game as digital download for little money, but it is also available as a basic/premium physical Collecor's Edition in a stunning full colour printed glossy box on 5.25" floppy disk or cartridge for pre-prder (shipping in February 2023).

17.12.2022 - C64 game 'Pik n Mix' released
'Pik n Mix' is a platformer game, where the player has to stun enemies with paint balls and then eat them. When you have gained enough weight, all players must step on the switch to open the door to the next level. The player who wins the race to the door first wins the level and gets a bonus.  You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

16.12.2022 - C64 game 'Scout the Stray' released
In 'Scout the Stray' the player will have to control Scout, a stray dog, who has to go through different mazes munching on the bones scattered in them and avoiding being captured by the dog catchers who are chasing him. The game has 32 levels, runs PAL and NTSC and you can get it for a bargain (name your own price).

16.12.2022 - C64 Round Up: December 2022 featuring Terrestrial - new video from 'RetroGamerNation'
The December 2022 edition of the RGN Commodore 64 (C64) Round Up featuring the latest game releases, pixel art, demo and add-on items.

16.12.2022 - New at AMIGAstore.eu - 'IDE68K + GottaGo FastRAM 8MB'
For Amiga 500/1000/2000/CDTV. Designed to be installed on top of the CPU socket, IDE68K + GottaGoFastRAM provides 8MB of Autoconfig Fast RAM and Autoboot IDE controller to your Amiga 500, 1000, 2000 or CDTV. Compatible with Kickstart 3.2, 3.X, 3.1, 2.05, and with our modified Kickstart 1.3 (available as option)

15.12.2022 - 'The Daring Rescue of Pacuvia the Sheep' - Adventure for C64 and Amiga released
The Daring Rescue of Pacuvia the Sheep is a short, bizarre, traditional interactive fiction game for C64, Amiga, MS-Dos, Windows and Tandy Model 100. Your character is an operative of a mysterious “Agency”, on a dangerous mission: rescuing the bioengineered sheep called Pacuvia from the clutches of a guy too idiot to understand what he's got. The game is either in English or Italian language and free for download.

14.12.2022 - Video: Cecconoid - Amiga Port - Dev Update December 2022
This video shows a preview of the Amiga port of the retro inspired shoot em up Cecconoid, which was already released for PC, Nintendo Switch and Android. Cecconoid is obviously inspired by Raffael Cecco’s 8bit classic Cybernoid and furthermore Eugene Jarvis’ Robotron, and will take the player through a giant ship that is under attack by robots.

14.12.2022 - Amiga game 'AmiBlock' released and free for download
AmiBlock is a logic game modeled on the recently released Wood Block Puzzle and was also written in Blitz Basic 2.

13.12.2022 - Amiga Future magazine - Issue 160 available for pre-order
The Amiga Future magazine is available as either a single issue or by subscription, either with or without a cover CD in german or english language. Content for #160: - Show Reports: Amiga 37, Amiga Meeting 2022, Finkenbach 2022. - Previews: Playfield, Reshooot Proxima 3. - Reviews: Minky, Aquabyss, Devils Temple, DAPlayer, Aminet News, A Hobbyist's Guide to THEA500 Mini, Hollywood Plugins, AmigaOS 4 SDK, Apollo Manticore, AKReal, Warp 1240. - Special: Trevors Soapbox, Amiga Future Raffle, Amiga Future 25 Jahre Part 1, Demoscene. - Workshops: myBlockTetris. - Others: Editorial, Contents, News, Imprint, Readers CD content.