LEVEL UP is a gaming and eSports festival that brings the gamer community together in the real world. The event is in Salzburg, Austria with modern games and a Retro Area with: APC&TCP - Home of Amiga Future, Digital Talk, DragonBox Shop, Dr. Wuro Industries, RETURN Magazin, Kautzner Computer Museum and Vintage Computing Carinthia.

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You can watch a YouTube Video about the uHELD64 v4. In this video, the uHELD64 v4 is tested with the C64 demo "Remains" from Booze Design. The internal 1541 is used as the disk drive.

For all the 8-bit fans a special song from Japanese artist Natsume Mito, that is called Eight Bit Boy.

Ooze: The Escape is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Haplo (code) and Andy Johns (pixels). In the game, you must help Ooze navigate through various corridors and laboratories in an attempt to escape from the dangerous subterranean complex.

A new YouTube video from Wolfgang Kierdorf is now available. In this episode, Wolfgang is building a USB adaptor to connect an Amiga keyboard to a PC, Raspberry Pi or MiSTer.

Tynemouth Software has written a blog about the repair of a Commodore C64 computer. The problems were faulty RAM chips, a non-working 7812 voltage regulator and a faulty 7406 chip.

Othello 1k is a new game for the Commodore Plus/4 computer developed by Gaia. The game is based on the Commodore VIC20 version from Anders Carlsson and is only 1 kilo byte is size.

Superhirn is a new puzzle game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Gregor Schillinger. In the game, you must find a secret colour code within 10 guesses.

You can now watch a new video from the RobSmithDev YouTube channel. In this episode, Rob repairs an Amiga A590 hard disk for the Amiga A500 computer.

The YouTube channel Nybbles and Bytes makes videos about retro computers. In this episode: Smooth Scrolling.

Seq is an Amiga MIDI sequencer program for the Amiga computer, made by Tuomas Hokka. The program features quick editing and can be used with live performances.

Wilfred Bos released a new version of ACID 64 Player Pro. Changes in this version: Improvements for: Ultimate, SIDBlaster, zoom, load, search and touch displays.

Thomas Wenzel released an update of his music player for the Amiga. AmigaAMP is a GUI based MPEG audio player, but it can also play AIFF, WAV and FLAC files. Changes in this version: Improvements for scanning the play list.

SID-Device is a cross-platform Network SID Device, developed by Wilfred Bos, that emulates the Commodore C64 sound chip, a.k.a. SID chip (6581/8580). It runs in a local network or on your own machine.

ZuluSCSI is a SCSI to SD-card interface. The ZuluSCSI can emulate a SCSI (1 & 2) hard disk or CD-ROM drive and stores the data on a SD-card.

GeoUTools is a collection of utilities to help to use the Ultimate II+ cartridge from within GEOS. The utilities are: GeoUTime, GeoUMount and GeoUConfig. This program is developed by darkvision, MarkusC64 and xlar54.

Retrohax has written a blog about what is possible for the RAM configuration on an Amiga A500 (revision 8A) computer.

You can join the online meeting of the Commodore Users Europe this Saturday evening (03-06-2023 / 19:30). The meeting is free and is held via Zoom. The topics are: 3D game Amos creator - Matthew Anderson, Lair of the Lich King - Micah Bly, Amiblitz - Sven Drog, giftopetscii - Arturo Dente and the GEKKO C64 Emulator - Gennaro Gekko Coda.

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Raster Master is a Sprite/Icon/Map editor for Windows that generates RayLib code / Put image and map code for AmigaBASIC, Amiga C and Amiga Pascal. Raster Master is developed by RetroNick.

The demo portal C64.ch has added new demos for the Commodore C64 computer. The new files are Deathstar Battle Music, Postmortem, Miami Vice Theme Remix, Artax Music Rip, Frogger, Infinity Digi Muzak, Ghost'n Goblins Remix, The Power, In the Army Now, Geld oder Leben, Quark, Rambo II and many more.

You can listen to new remixes on the AmigaRemix webpage. The following Amiga music was added to the webpage: Full Contact Menü Remix, Chinaware Turkey, Rockstar ate my Hamster Cracktro, Lotus 3 - Track 5 - Miami Ice, Desert Dawn, Wizball - Drabness to Splendour, Turrican 2 - Final Challenge, Superfrog - Ancient level, Bundesliga Manager Professional and Guitar Stardust Space Debris Slinger Medley.

The web page C64.com had an interview with Markus Klein. Markus is a music composer and remixer for the Commodore C64 and Amiga computers.

You can now listen to a new episode of the Zapped to the Past podcast. In this episode:The Golden Breadbin Awards of the year 1988, with: Best Visuals, Crapcade Conversion, Worst Game, Best Audio, Craziest Concept, Licenced Catastrophe and Best Game.

Skinvaders is a new game for the Amiga computer, developed in AMOS by Electric Black Sheep. The game is based on the classic arcade game Space Invaders but you can change the appearance of the game. You can use one of the six skins that come with the game or use your own pictures.

Retrohax has written a blog about building a new Commodore C64c computer with a new case, Mechoboard64 keyboard and an Ultimate 64.

A new YouTube video from Jan Beta. In this video: The repair of a tank mouse for the Amiga computer.

FREEZE64 is a fanzine for Commodore 64 gamers and hackers. In this edition: Cybotron, Ashley Routledge - Gaplus, Castle Quest, Darrell Etherington, Kick of the Spear, Grab-It, Pokes & Codes and Tran.

The program ham_convert is written by Sebastian Sieczko and can convert a normal jpg, gif or png image to one of the graphic modes of the Amiga. Its main use is to produce high-quality hold-and-modify (HAM) images.

The C64 Music Player Identifier is a cross-platform utility to identify Commodore 64 music players in SID files. This program is developed by Wilfred Bos, and is inspired by the SIDId tool written by Cadaver of Covert Bitops.

Virtual Dimension has made a video (German language) about replacing the power supply in an Amiga 4000 computer with a modern PC power supply.

Rob O'Hara has made a new podcast. The subject of this episode is the game Beach-Head II (1985) from Access Software for the Commodore C64 computer.

The website for Amiga38 has been update with the latest news about the meeting. The Amiga38 meeting is not only an Amiga-party but also a demonstration of new developments for the Amiga computer.

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The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high-quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: GEOS Fontpack1, 1701 Monitor advert, System V Amiga UNIX - Using Amiga UNIX Draft, GeoWorks, GEOS 1.2 User's Guide, The Works Platinum Edition, Brainpower, Entrepreneur, Decision Maker and Project Planner.

You can listen to new episodes of the Amigos: Everything Amiga podcast: Blobz - A Splattering Good Time, Unravelling the Magic of LOOM - An Epic Journey, Xevious - The First-Ever AI-Powered Game and Moonstone.

A new version of the game Fix-It Felix Jr. is now available. In the game, you must stop Ralph from destroying an apartment block. The game is free to download, but every donation will go to UNICEF. Changes in this version are, support for Easyflash, hi-score save, improvement for music and pixels.

On the web page Flashtro.com you can see many cracker intros within your browser. The original intros from the Amiga, Atari-ST, Dreamcast, PC, Playstation etc. are converted to the browser. The most recent flashtro's are: Flashtro - Cyberpunks 2, The Predators - Wings of Fury, Insane - Flying Shark, Adept - Bomber Bob, Resistance - Relaxator, Dual Crew - Infestation, Zero Defects - Resolution 101, Zero Defects - Cracktro and TSK_Crew & Alcatraz - The Final Day.

You can watch a new video from the Commodore History YouTube channel. In this video, the upgrade of a Commodore 1700 REU from 128 kB to 512 kB.

WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. New: WHDLoad V18.9 and CyberPunks 2. Update: Suspicious Cargo, Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny, Wizkid, Big Time Sensuality, Wembley International Soccer, Dark Castle, Escape from Colditz, CyberPunks 2, Total Eclipse, Vixen / She-Fox and Max Rally.

You can now watch a new video from the GadgetUK164 YouTube channel. In this video, he will replace all the electrolytic capacitor in an Amiga CD32 computer.

You can now watch a new episode of the FairLight TV YouTube channel. In this episode: Bacchus is looking at the modems that were used in the past.

A new YouTube video from Wolfgang Kierdorf is now available. In this episode, Wolfgang is installing an IDE controller in an Amiga 500 computer.

Mark Sawicki has made a new video for his YouTube channel. In this video, Mark will repair a number of Commodore disk-drives.

Ben from the Nordischsound YouTube channel is making SID music on the Commodore C64 computer. The latest addations are: Pinball Fantasies, Nina Chuba - Wildberry Lillet, Atlantis Rising, Harry Belafonte - Banana Boat Song and The Great Giana Sisters.

A new version of the uLightBox64 is now available. The uLightBox64 is a modern version of the Commodore C64 motherboard. This new version has 34 RGB LEDS that can be controlled by a C64 program or via SID music.

A demonstration video of the uLightBox64 on YouTube.

On the Amiga Future web page you can now find all the Amiga Joker magazine in the download section. All 75 magazines are available from November 1989 until November 1996 including 5 special editions.

The Idun is a new cartridge for the Commodore C128 computer. The cartridge will connect a Raspberry Pi to the C128 and the features are: Virtual diskdrive, RAM expansion, VDC options, Telnet BBS, SID player and LUA integration.

A demonstration video of the Idun cartridge on YouTube.

You can now watch a new episode of the FairLight TV YouTube channel. In this episode: Bacchus is looking at the Action Replay cartridge for the Commodore C64 computer.

iGame is a frontend to launching WHDLoad games for the Amiga. It is implemented as a MUI application. The program is developed by Emmanuel Vasilakis and it can be used on AmigaOS 2.04, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. Changes: Added igame.data and NList. Improvements for the status messages.

Deathflood - Dungueon of Doom is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by WindigoProductions. In the game you are locked deep down in a dark dungeon full of evil creatures, with traps and a constantly rising flood. Your main goal is quite simple: To escape this hostile place.

Mednafen is a multi-system emulator for AmigaOS 4. This emulator can emulate the following retro computers: Apple II, Atari Lynx, Neo Geo Pocket, WonderSwan, GameBoyNES, SNES, Virtual Boy PC Engine, SuperGrafx, PC-FX, Sega Game and the Sony PlayStation.