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Sprite Castle - Congo Bongo

Rob O'Hara has made a new podcast. The subject of this episode is the game Congo Bongo (1983/5) from Sega for the Commodore C64 computer.

2024-05-03 - 12:21:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 12352 - Category: C64, Podcast

Tech Time Traveller - KIM-1 repair

You can now watch a new video from the Tech Time Traveller YouTube channel. In this episode the repair of a Commodore KIM-1 computer.

2024-05-03 - 12:20:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 12351 - Category: KIM-1, PET, CBM, Repair

Rotor Rampage is a fresh and exciting video game designed specifically for the Commodore PET and Commodore C64 computers. The game is developed by Ken McIlveen and Dave Duke. The features are: Joystick and sound support (PET & C64), map-editor and disk & tape versions.

An introduction to the game on YouTube.

2024-05-03 - 12:19:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 12350 - Category: KIM-1, PET, CBM, Game

AmiArcadia - v32.4

AmiArcadia is a emulator of early game consoles like the PHUNSY, Elektor TV Games Computer, Interton VC 4000, Emerson Arcadia 2001, Central Data 2650 and others. Ami Arcadia is available for the 68k Amiga, Amiga OS4, MorphOS and Windows.

2024-05-03 - 12:18:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 12349 - Category: Amiga, Emulator

Impossible Mission III (preview) - C64

ICON64 is working on version 3 of the game Impossible Mission. You can watch a short video of the work in progress on YouTube.

2024-05-03 - 12:17:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 12348 - Category: C64, Game

AmiKit XE 12.5

A new version of AmiKit is now available as a download. The changes in this version are: WinUAE, Startup, SonosController, AmigaGPT, AmiSSL, HEIF Converter, IsoMount, DOpus5, JPEG2000, PCX, SysVars, Demos, AmigaAMP, AmiKick, Codesets Library, DOSBox, Identify Library, iGame, Image2PDF, Infinite Music Player, Mnemosyne, RNOEffects, ScummVM, Discord and YAM.

2024-05-03 - 12:16:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 12347 - Category: Amiga, Program

AmigaPortal.de is a German forum for the Amiga user. The sections of the forum are: Hardware, software, games, emulation, pixel, video, MorphOS, PC, tutorials, music, internet and an English section.

Amiga Future is a (printed) magazine for the Amiga user.

Martin Piper - SEUCK Left scrolling

You can now watch a new video from the Martin Piper YouTube channel. In this episode: Martin is showing how he adapted SEUCK for the Commodore C64 computer so it can scroll to the left, instead of down or right as the previous releases did.

2024-05-03 - 12:15:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 12346 - Category: C64, Program

CBMCAL - CBM/PET, C64 & C128

CBMCAL is a new BASIC program for the Commodore CBM/PET, C64 and C128 computers. The features are: Month and Day view, an integrated help screen and it saves the calendar entries on diskette.

2024-05-03 - 12:14:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 12345 - Category: Commodore, Program

Bronx - C64 & Plus/4

Bronx is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Carmine. The game is a conversion of the ZX-Spectrum game, by Gian Battista Aicardi (1988). The game is available in the Italian and English language.

The Commodore Plus/4 version of the game.

2024-05-03 - 12:13:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 12344 - Category: Commodore, Game

RobSmithDev - Amiga Break

You can now watch a new video from the RobSmithDev YouTube channel. In this episode, Rob is testing a device that can stop or slow-down your Amiga computer.

2024-05-03 - 12:12:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 12343 - Category: Amiga, Hardware

ANT&TEC - 1084 repair

You can now watch a new video from the ANT&TEC YouTube channel. In this episode: Repairing a Commodore 1084 monitor that has a broken power-switch.

2024-05-03 - 12:11:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 12342 - Category: Commodore, Repair

Yawning Angel Retro - AMOS

You can watch a new video from the Yawning Angel Retro YouTube channel. In this episode: How you can use an IFF file as a screen.

2024-05-03 - 12:10:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 12341 - Category: Amiga, Information

Castle Belmar - C64

Castle Belmar is a new text-adventure for the Commodore C64, developed by Geir Straume (code) and Lobogris (translation). The game is available in the English and Spanish language.

2024-05-03 - 12:09:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 12340 - Category: C64, Game

Multi-game Character Editor - Amiga

With the Multi-game Character Editor you can edit character files, saved games and high score tables for more than 100 Amiga games.

2024-05-03 - 12:08:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 12339 - Category: Amiga, Program

Formula V20 '85 - VIC20

Formula V20 '85 is a racing computer game for the Commodore VIC20 computer, developed by Huffelduff. You can choose from seven different racing teams and four different circuits. Join a single race or compete in the world championship. You will need a 24 kB RAM expansion and a joystick to play the game.

2024-05-03 - 12:07:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 12338 - Category: VIC-20, Game

Game.X - Amiga

Game.X is a game for the Amiga computer, developed by Franck Charlet. The game can be played on an Amiga AGA with 2 MB of RAM and a 14mhz CPU.

2024-05-03 - 12:06:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 12337 - Category: Amiga, Game

RMC - PC20-III

In this episode of the RetroManCave YouTube channel: The design, producing and building a new motherboard for the Commodore PC20-III computer.

2024-05-03 - 12:05:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 12336 - Category: Commodore, Hardware

Amiga-HDDLW

The Amiga-HDDLW is a project to convert a PC-disk drive into a HD disk drive for the Amiga computer, including detection for HD diskettes. The modification is possible for the Sony MPF920-E and TEAC FD-235HF disk drives.

2024-05-03 - 12:04:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 12335 - Category: Amiga, Hardware

Chip SID show - 67

You can now listen to a new episode of the Chip SID show with Max Hall. An hour long classic and new SID music.

2024-05-03 - 12:03:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 12334 - Category: C64, Music

Amiga Bill - Podcast

You can now watch a new episode from the Amiga Bill podcast. In this episode: An interview with Ravi Abbott about Kickstart 02, Amiga news and the games Grind by Pixelglass and Phoenix by JOTD.

2024-05-03 - 12:02:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 12333 - Category: Amiga, Podcast

Games That Weren't 64

The GTW64 webpage has had an update. New: Bacillus, Beat Em Up, Bruce Lee 2, Galencia Khaos Sphere, Infared and Strider USA. Update: ABC, Arthur, Breaker, Bushido Warrior, Chart Breaker, Euchre for Four, Field of Fire, Goremium, Habitat, Horror Drive, Koshimo, Lotya, Mindsmear, Orbital Run, Piracy, Quest for Cyrus, Starfighter One, Starglider 2, Super Elite, Super Pinball, Super Stardust, Time Scanner V1, Twintris and Ultra Games.

2024-05-03 - 12:01:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 12332 - Category: C64, Game

Retronaut - Fastlane Z3 & BlueSCSIv2

You can now watch a new video from the Retronaut YouTube channel. In this episode: Using the Fastlane Z3 and the BlueSCSIv2 in an Amiga 4000 computer.

2024-05-03 - 12:00:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 12331 - Category: Amiga, Hardware

Hasty Climber - C64

Hasty Climber is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed in the BASIC programming language by Massimo Bonucchi. In the game, you must climb the building to get to the balloon, avoiding the closed windows.

2024-04-26 - 12:19:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 12330 - Category: C64, Game

Retro Commodore

The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high-quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: Klett Software Pricelist and Catalog, Plot&Fit - Projektet, Physik mit dem C-64, Brinch Elektronik Prisliste Jan 1990, BMP Commodore Club nr 1 1989, Installation af Harddiske i A600 & A1200, Amiga Priceslists and Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manual Libraries and Devices Revised and Updated.

2024-04-26 - 12:18:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 12329 - Category: Commodore, Book

TankX - Amiga

TankX is a 1-7 player game for the Amiga computer, developed by K-P Koljonen. In the game you can fight with other players or against the computer, the game is inspired by the MS-DOS game Tankkk.

2024-04-26 - 12:17:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 12328 - Category: Amiga, Game

C64 Take-away podcast 60

A new episode of the C64 Take-away podcast is now available. In this podcast: Vandahlia - Robocop 3, AMJ - Selfmade Executable, Eivind Sommersten - Blue, Linus - Sheds on a Sea-Girt Isle, SoundLogic - The Beginning, Dr Future - Plastic Pop, Dan Tootill - Crazy Comets, Reyn Ouwehand - Flimbo's Quest, Eivind Sommersten - Stableraster, ROTY 2023 Awards, Datahits Rewound and Remix64 on Discord.

2024-04-26 - 12:16:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 12327 - Category: C64, Podcast

Amigos: Everything Amiga

You can listen to new episodes of the Amigos: Everything Amiga podcast: Lure of the Temptress - The complete review, Rainbow Islands Review - A pixel-perfect port?, F17 Challenge - Formula One Racing from Team 17! and Final Fight Enhanced - The complete review.

2024-04-26 - 12:15:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 12326 - Category: Amiga, Podcast

Stray Pointers Podcast - Jim Brain

You can now listen to a new episode of the Stray Pointers Podcast. In this episode, an interview with Jim Brain from Retro Innovations.

2024-04-26 - 12:14:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 12325 - Category: Commodore, Interview

Flashtro

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: Abyss - Import, The Breakfast Club - Dugger, Haddoc - Great Courts ex, Subway - Powerdrome, The Breakfast Club - Super Hang On, Subway & Scoopex - Dragons of Flame, Subway - Trainer, Spreadpoint - Face The Music and Skid Row - Intro.

2024-04-26 - 12:13:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 12324 - Category: Commodore, Demo

Image2PDF - Amiga

Image2PDF is a program to convert images like PG, PNG, BMP, IFF/ILBM, GIF, TIFF or PCX to a PDF file. But it can also convert a PDF file to an image file. Image2PDF is developed by Bernd Assenmacher, and is available for Amiga OS3, OS4 and MorphOS.

2024-04-26 - 12:12:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 12323 - Category: Amiga, Program

8BitDo Retro Keyboard - C64 Edition

8BitDo Retro is now selling a mechanical keyboard in the style of the Commodore C64 computer. The features are: Windows 10 or Android 9.0, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB, 87 keys, key-mapping, rechargeable battery and joystick.

2024-04-26 - 12:11:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 12322 - Category: Commodore, Hardware

VDC Screen Editor 2 - C128

Xander Mol released a new version of his VDC Screen Editor for the commodore C128 computer. Changes in this version: Multiple VDC text screen modes, including 80x50 (PETSCII), import and export functions and VDCSE2PRG program generator now supports all screen sizes / screen modes.

2024-04-26 - 12:10:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 12321 - Category: C128(D), Program

Zapped to the Past

You can now listen to a new episode of the Zapped to the Past podcast. In this episode: 4th Dimension: Insects In Space, Wild Streets, Fighter Bomber, Super Wonderboy, Pro Mountain Bike Simulator, Neutralizor and 4th Dimension: Head the Ball.

2024-04-26 - 12:09:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 12320 - Category: C64, Podcast

WHDLoad

WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. New: Larrie and the Ardies and De Profundis. Update: Globdule, Turrican 3, Inviyya, Tornado, Zener Drive, After Burner 2, Turbo Out Run, Fusion, Hard Drivin', Alien Breed 2 and Second Samurai.

2024-04-26 - 12:08:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 12319 - Category: Amiga, Game

Nordischsound

Ben from the Nordischsound YouTube channel is making SID music on the Commodore C64 computer. The latest addations are: Timo's Castle, The Weeknd - Blinding Lights, Dua Lipa - Houdini, Terranigma - Prime Blue, Sea of Stars / The Messenger: Glacial Peak and Nordischsound Mixtape - 8-Bit Chiptune Covers and more.

2024-04-26 - 12:07:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 12318 - Category: Commodore, Music

Amiga Future #168 - preview

A preview edition of the English and German Amiga magazine Amiga Future is now available. In this edition: Interviews: David John Pleasance, Steve Quartly and Paul Huxham, Special SmallWeb, Planetary Void, Parallax-Scrolling on the Amiga, Final Fight, Ghosts of Blackwood, Subbuteo, Donkey Kong, PhotoFolio, Compression, AmigaOS 3.2 - The Manual, Redit, SimpleIDE, Trevors Soapbox, Amiga 4000TX and the Amiga 1222 Plus.

2024-04-26 - 12:06:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 12317 - Category: Amiga, Magazine

8-Bit Show - Sky Travel

Robin Harbron made a new YouTube video. This time he talks about the C64 astronomy program Sky Travel. He also takes a look at the prediction of the recent solar eclipse, with the help of the 20 MHz CMD SuperCPU Accelerator.

2024-04-26 - 12:05:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 12316 - Category: C64, Program

Amiberry v5.7.0 - Raspberry Pi

Amiberry is an Amiga emulator for ARM-based SoCs, such as the Raspberry Pi, Odroid XU4, ASUS Tinkerboard, etc. Amiberry can emulate the A500, A1200, CD32 and Amiga's with a 68040 and a graphics card.

2024-04-26 - 12:04:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 12315 - Category: Amiga, Emulator

FREEZE64 - 67

FREEZE64 is a fanzine for Commodore 64 gamers and hackers. In this edition: Good Kniight, Andrew Braybrook (Paradroid), Doughboy, Cops 'n' Robbers, Sabre Wulf, Saucer Attack, Gridlock, Bounder, Keith Wood (Mr. Dig, Arena 3000, Pengon & Space Shuttle), Fragile Gamebert, Back To The Future 2, Blagger, FRAK! and Karl Hörnell (Inbread).

2024-04-26 - 12:03:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 12314 - Category: C64, Magazine

Seq v2.11 - Amiga

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.

2024-04-26 - 12:02:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 12313 - Category: Amiga, Program

YARC - C64 repair

You can watch a new video from the YARC (Yet Another Retro Channel) YouTube channel. In this episode: The repair of 10 Commodore C64 computers.

2024-04-26 - 12:01:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 12312 - Category: C64, Repair

The 8-Bit Manshed - Amiga 500 repair

You can watch a new video from The 8-Bit Manshed YouTube channel. In this episode: The repair of the legs on an IC's in an Amiga 500 computer.

2024-04-26 - 12:00:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 12311 - Category: Amiga, Repair

Prince of Persia - VIC20

Prince of Persia is a new game for the Commodore VIC20 computer, developed by Pedro Bermejo. To play the game you will need a 35 kB RAM expansion and a disk drive, a joystick is optional. There are 9 levels and the final scene with the Princess.

You can watch the game on YouTube.

2024-04-19 - 12:19:00 - Week: 16 - Item number: 12310 - Category: VIC-20, Game