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27.05.2023 - C64 game 'Ooze: The Escape' released
'Ooze: The Escape' is a port of the Spectrum version to C64 by Haplo (maker of 'Tenebra' and 'Caim'). Help Ooze navigate through various corridors and laboratories, using its gravity-reversing powers to overcome obstacles and avoid the robotic guards in an attempt to escape from this dangerous subterranean complex. The game features many improvements such as: - Vastly improved graphics, sprites and sprite overlays. - Tons of new animations. - Improved screens and game-play. - A minimap. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).

27.05.2023 - 'Island Rescue' for Commodore PET released
Island Rescue ported from the C64 version created by Eleanor Rice and DR. C. F. Cannon. Find food and water and attempt to be rescued from an island. You can get the game as free digital download.

27.05.2023 - 'Tapper' for Amiga finally released
'Tapper' is a true arcade classic from Bally Midway, which was already available on nearly all 8-Bit machines in the 80s. Now the game was ported to Amiga (need OCS with 1mb Chip Ram). You can get it as free download on the Indie Retro News webpage.

26.05.2023 - PDF Retro magazine REV'n'GE issue #146 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.

25.05.2023 - 'Galaxian500' beta - Video preview of 'Galaxian' port for Amiga
Galaxian transcode port for OCS Amigas. Still glitches and bugs, missing sounds, but gameplay is pretty much 100%.

24.05.2023 - Games That Weren't looks at Total Recall V1 on the Commodore 64
After the recent recovery of Total Recall V1 on the Commodore 64, Games That Weren't shares the full story about how the search began for the game, and how we ended up with its recovery some 23 years later (33 years after it was cancelled!). Frank Gasking then introduces coverage of the preview, talking through some of the game play features and differences with the Zzap!64 preview screens that you may not have noticed.

23.05.2023 - Amiga port of 'Flying Shark' - Level 5 video preview
This video shows V1.8 of the WIP port of the arcade 'Flying Shark', which is currently under construction. If you want, you can download a demo version of the game here (see video description), though without shown level 5 of the video.

22.05.2023 - GTW64: Total Recall V1 for C64 found!
Lost for 33 years, we are pleased to announce the recovery of the original abandoned development of Total Recall for the Commodore 64! So happy to finally see those old Zzap!64 screens in motion after years of searching! Read the full story and also find a download by clicking the link above.

21.05.2023 - One-Line Bouncing Ball: Commodore 64 BASIC - video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
Besides the famous 10 PRINT, one of my favourite type-in programs from the Commodore 64 User's Guide is "More Bouncing Balls" in which a ball bounces off the borders of the screen. Inspired by Josip Retro Bits' 2-line version of this program, Robin attempts to squeeze it down to one line, with some other diversions along the way.

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.