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Scene World Podcast #200

Scene World Podcast is a podcast about the Commodore scene. In this episode: A conversation with Mark Cale about System 3's Last Ninja Collection. Mark Cale is a founder of System 3, and worked on games like International Karate and The Last Ninja.

2024-10-11 - 12:20:00 - Week: 41 - Item number: 12825 - Category: Commodore, Podcast

Aster - Plus/4

Aster is a game for the Commodore Plus/4 computer developed by KiCHY and Coby. The game was made in the year 1993, but was kind of lost. In the game you must travel across 5 levels to save the galaxy. To make progress, you must touch the blue vases to open doors.

2024-10-11 - 12:19:00 - Week: 41 - Item number: 12824 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Game

GoGoGo - Amiga

GoGoGo is a new (mini) game for the Amiga computer, developed by Paweł Tukatsch (code), Sergiusz Lurka (pixels) and Marcin Białobrzewski (music). The game works well on any Amiga, the graphics are mono, but you can activate a colour version.

2024-10-11 - 12:18:00 - Week: 41 - Item number: 12823 - Category: Amiga, Game

Tiburoncy - C64

Tiburoncy is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Juan Castiñeira (code), Adrian Bonnette (pixels) and Esteban Trujillo (music). In the game Tiburoncy must rescue his friends who are trapped by the fishing boats. The game was a competitor for the game-competition at the Flashparty 2024 meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2024-10-11 - 12:17:00 - Week: 41 - Item number: 12822 - Category: C64, Game

BeeBase v1.1

BeeBase is a relational, programmable database system with graphical user interface for the Amiga computer. The features are: GUI, shared access, many data-types, programmable, query, logging, SQLite3 file format, import / export and a comprehensive manual.

2024-10-11 - 12:16:00 - Week: 41 - Item number: 12821 - Category: Amiga, Program

FairLight TV

You can now watch a new episode of the FairLight TV YouTube channel. In this video: An interview with Matcham of Network.

2024-10-11 - 12:15:00 - Week: 41 - Item number: 12820 - Category: Commodore, Podcast

The forum at C64forum.com is all about the Commodore C64 computer.

The History of Commodore computers poster.

Formula - Music mix

Retro Ravi made a live music mix with two Amiga computers and .mod files for the PT1210 Weekender 2024.

2024-10-11 - 12:14:00 - Week: 41 - Item number: 12819 - Category: Amiga, Music

Retro Relix - Games System

You can now watch a new video from the Retro Relix YouTube channel. In this video the Commodore Games System, with a review, a fix for the cartridge door fix, modern modifications and a review of the games.

2024-10-11 - 12:13:00 - Week: 41 - Item number: 12818 - Category: C64, YouTube

Kickstart Amiga Group meeting

You can watch a new video from the Retronaut YouTube channel. In this episode: The September 2024 Kickstart meeting in Ottershaw with Commodore, Amiga and other retro computers.

2024-10-11 - 12:12:00 - Week: 41 - Item number: 12817 - Category: Amiga, Event

Manbiki Shounen - C64

Manbiki Shounen is a game for the Commodore C64 computer, based on Commodore PET version made by Hiroshi Suzuki in the year 1979. The C64 version is built from scratch by KWAYNE in the Basic programming language. The game has now more colours and joystick support.

2024-10-11 - 12:11:00 - Week: 41 - Item number: 12816 - Category: C64, Game

Dethrace - AmigaOS 4.x

Dethrace is a new game for the Amiga computer. The game is based on the game Carmageddon from the year 1997. The original game is developed by BSzili, and the Amiga version is from Marek Glogowski.

2024-10-11 - 12:10:00 - Week: 41 - Item number: 12815 - Category: Amiga, Game

DragonSlayer - Plus/4

DragonSlayer is a new text adventure game for the Commodore Plus/4 computer developed by JimmyCoupe. In the game you must slay the dragon. The disk version has an bitmap intro-picture.

2024-10-11 - 12:09:00 - Week: 41 - Item number: 12814 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Game

Adoom3 - AROS

Adoom3 is a new game for the AROS. The game Adoom3 is an AROS conversion of the dhewm3 project, which is an implementation of Doom 3.

2024-10-11 - 12:08:00 - Week: 41 - Item number: 12813 - Category: Amiga, Game

Portal Buster - C64

Portal Buster is a new fast action game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by drmortalwombat (code & pixels) and Crisps (music). In the game you must battle your way through a gigantic 32k pixel-wide level to find and destroy the end boss.

2024-10-11 - 12:07:00 - Week: 41 - Item number: 12812 - Category: C64, Game

WHDLoad v19.0

WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. In this new version many small errors were removed and new functions were added.

2024-10-11 - 12:06:00 - Week: 41 - Item number: 12811 - Category: Amiga, Program

Mega Run - C64

Mega Run is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Back2the8bit. In the game you are an android whose megablaster weapon has been stolen by some evil creatures. In the game you have to run across 3 levels in order to rescue your weapon.

2024-10-11 - 12:05:00 - Week: 41 - Item number: 12810 - Category: C64, Game

rePlayer - PC

With rePlayer, you can play a lot of old school music format from the old times, such as the Amiga (which was the original purpose of this player), Atari, C64, Nintendo, Sega, etc. The rePlayer software is developed by Arnaud Neny, and is available for Windows 10/11.

2024-10-11 - 12:04:00 - Week: 41 - Item number: 12809 - Category: Amiga, Program

Cosmic Combat DX - C64

Cosmic Combat DX is a game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Alf Yngve, Richard Bayliss and Hugues Poisseroux. This version has a new title screen and a new score panel for a more old retro arcade feel.

2024-10-11 - 12:03:00 - Week: 41 - Item number: 12808 - Category: C64, Game

2 Tiny Cowboys - Amiga

2 Tiny Cowboys is a new game for the Amiga computer, developed by Lord_Santa. In the game you must jump, run and shoot your way through the levels, while avoiding a wide variety of enemies.

2024-10-11 - 12:02:00 - Week: 41 - Item number: 12807 - Category: Amiga, Game

Santa Paravia & Fiumaccio / Dungeon - VIC20

Santa Paravia & Fiumaccio and Dungeon are two game for the Commodore VIC20 computer, developed by Tokra. The games are based on the games for the Commodore CBM/PET computer and use the VIC-40 / FAT-40 program which provides 40 columns.

2024-10-11 - 12:01:00 - Week: 41 - Item number: 12806 - Category: VIC-20, Game

Flip-Flop - C64

Flip-Flop is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Pararaum (code), Wil (music), Logiker (pixels) and DamienG (charset). The game was release date the Vintage Computing Carinthia $2C meeting.

2024-10-11 - 12:00:00 - Week: 41 - Item number: 12805 - Category: C64, Game

Spillhistorie - Dune II - Amiga

You can read an interview with Bob Koon, who is working on a new Amiga version of Dune II. Bob was part of the original Westwood team that created the groundbreaking real-time strategy game Dune II, which is considered the first modern game in the genre. His main task was converting the game to the Amiga.

2024-10-04 - 12:19:00 - Week: 40 - Item number: 12804 - Category: Amiga, Interview

Sprite Castle - The Empire Strikes Back

O'Hara has made a new podcast. The subject of this episode is the game The Empire Strikes Back (1988 / 2022) for the Commodore C64 computer.

2024-10-04 - 12:18:00 - Week: 40 - Item number: 12803 - Category: C64, Podcast

Amiga Arcade Machine

Stef from the Belgium Amiga Club has built an arcade cabinet to play Amiga games. You can read a blog on how he build the arcade, and it has the following features: An iMac from 2015, Batocera.linux, WHDLoad, custom MDF cabinet, custom vinyl stickers, joystick, keyboard, Bluetooth and a soundbar.

2024-10-04 - 12:17:00 - Week: 40 - Item number: 12802 - Category: Amiga, Hardware

FairLight TV

You can now watch a new episode of the FairLight TV YouTube channel. In this video: Bacchus talks about compression on the Commodore C64 computer, including an explanation from Øyvind Aasheim (Matcam) about the TimeCrunch program.

2024-10-04 - 12:16:00 - Week: 40 - Item number: 12801 - Category: Commodore, Information

Ignition v1.30 - AmigaOS 4.x

Ignition is a modern spread sheet for AmigaOS 4.x. Changes in this version: Improvements for the GUI, printing, replacing text, converting number to another base, the select-function and the 3D column diagram.

2024-10-04 - 12:15:00 - Week: 40 - Item number: 12800 - Category: Amiga, Program

JSCBMLoader

With the JSCBMLoader you can load software onto a Commodore C64 or VIC20 computer via a web browser, with the help of a small adapter with a microcontroller. The JSCBMLoader loads D64, PRG and T64 programs and has support for the EPYX fast-loader.

2024-10-04 - 12:14:00 - Week: 40 - Item number: 12799 - Category: Commodore, Hardware

Versatile Amiga Test Program v6.28

The Versatile Amiga Test Program is developed for all Amiga computers. The available tests are: Screen, Audio, Sprite, Blitter, CD32 joypad, Keyboard, CIA, ROM, CPU, FPU, RTC, Memory, Address-line, Real Interrupt, Interrupt Request, Disk-drive, Parallel-port and Serial-Port.

2024-10-04 - 12:13:00 - Week: 40 - Item number: 12798 - Category: Amiga, Program

Campaign Manager 2024 - C64

Campaign Manager 2024 is a game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Anderson Hudson. The game is based on a type-in game from the COMPUTE! Magazine. Play with up to 4 friends to get your candidate to the White House!

2024-10-04 - 12:12:00 - Week: 40 - Item number: 12797 - Category: C64, Game

Baccarat - AmigaOS 4.x

Baccarat is a new game for the Amiga computer, developed by Juan Carlos Herrán Martín. Play in this virtual Casino the card-game Baccarat just like special agent 007 Sean Connery.

The AROS version of Baccarat.

2024-10-04 - 12:11:00 - Week: 40 - Item number: 12796 - Category: Amiga, Game

Linus Akesson - SID music on the C64

You can watch a new YouTube video from Linus Akesson. In this video, Linus makes 8-bit SID music on a Commodore C64 computer with standard BASIC, poking numbers into memory and hardware registers.

2024-10-04 - 12:10:00 - Week: 40 - Item number: 12795 - Category: C64, Music

PETSCII Lumberjack - Plus/4

PETSCII Lumberjack is a new game for the Commodore Plus/4 computer, developed by Kornel Kolma. You can play against the computer or against another player. The goal is to chop down as many trees as you can within a limited time.

2024-10-04 - 12:09:00 - Week: 40 - Item number: 12794 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Game

A500 RGBtoHDMI

Retro Supplies is now selling the low-profile A500 RGBtoHDMI converter designed and built by LinuxJedi. This board gives a pixel-perfect HDMI output from your Amiga 500 using a Raspberry Pi Zero.

2024-10-04 - 12:08:00 - Week: 40 - Item number: 12793 - Category: Amiga, Hardware

Wolfgang Kierdorf - Turbo Chameleon v2

A new YouTube video from Wolfgang Kierdorf is now available. In this episode: Wolfgang is using the Turbo Chameleon 64 v2 from Individual Computers.

2024-10-04 - 12:07:00 - Week: 40 - Item number: 12792 - Category: C64, Hardware

Raster Master

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.

2024-10-04 - 12:06:00 - Week: 40 - Item number: 12791 - Category: Amiga, Program

Commodore Z - VIC20 Dual Serial Cart

The VIC20 Dual Serial Cart Mk I is a way of providing the Commodore VIC20 computer with two high-speed serial ports with independently configurable baud rates at RS232 voltage levels. The baud rates are: 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 9600, 19200 and 38400.

2024-10-04 - 12:05:00 - Week: 40 - Item number: 12790 - Category: VIC-20, Hardware

Greaseweazle Tools v1.20

Keir Fraser has released updates for the Greaseweazle hardware. The recent changes are: Improvements for flux write, write delays, index mask, Thomson MO/TO, DMK, EDSK, gw delays, read and write.

2024-10-04 - 12:04:00 - Week: 40 - Item number: 12789 - Category: Amiga, Hardware

Propaganda #35

Propaganda is an English diskette magazine for the Commodore scene. In this edition the following articles: Editorial, News & Gossip, an interview with MAT64, C64 cracking groups, FM-YAM digis, The ghost story, ICG artifact, jukebox, Fjälldata 2024, Pågadata 2024 and X'2024.

2024-10-04 - 12:03:00 - Week: 40 - Item number: 12788 - Category: C64, Magazine

The Industrious Rabbit - Blitter

You can now watch a new video from The Industrious Rabbit. In this episode Topaz walks through the memory copy capabilities, with a small demo for the blitter, copper, and sprites.

2024-10-04 - 12:02:00 - Week: 40 - Item number: 12787 - Category: Amiga, Information

Chip SID show - 71

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

2024-10-04 - 12:01:00 - Week: 40 - Item number: 12786 - Category: C64, Music

7-Bit - SUM firmware update

7-Bit has released a new firmware update for the Sum family of devices. Changes in this version: Improvements for keyboard layout (<, >, #, ^, Home & End).

2024-10-04 - 12:00:00 - Week: 40 - Item number: 12785 - Category: Amiga, Hardware

The Lost Pixel

The Lost Pixel is a new game for the Amiga computer, developed by the Amiga Factory. The game is a conversion of the original game made by Bitmagine Studios. In the game Pix went back in time and has to play game from 30 year ago. Collect all the coloured points of each game and return to the present.

2024-09-27 - 12:19:00 - Week: 39 - Item number: 12784 - Category: Amiga, Game

George's Channel - C116

You can watch a new YouTube video from George's Channel. In this video George will show the Commodore C116 computer.

2024-09-27 - 12:18:00 - Week: 39 - Item number: 12783 - Category: C16, C116, Plus/4, Information

IMP3 - Amiga

IMP3 is a music player for the Amiga computer, developed by Pawel Nowak. But you can do more with IMP3, the features are: Stream and play MOD, SID, MP3, DBM, XM, AHX, access online Amiga software and demo scene libraries, WHDLoad games and demos, SysInfo, GoShell, chat, screenshots, Discord channels and an internet speed test.

2024-09-27 - 12:17:00 - Week: 39 - Item number: 12782 - Category: Amiga, Program

C64Studio - v7.9

C64 Studio is an assembly development environment which is dependent on VICE. You can write assembly code and test this with the VICE emulator. In this version: Improvements for Assembler, Images, File manager, BASIC, ARM, Print, Binary editor, Sprites editor, Map editor, Charscreen editor and the Charset editor.

2024-09-27 - 12:16:00 - Week: 39 - Item number: 12781 - Category: Commodore, Program

Tertris - AmigaOS 4

Tertris is a new game for the Amiga computer. The original game is developed by Adam Idris and the Amiga version is made by Andrea Palmatè. This game uses RayLib and so require a graphic card with RadeonHD or RadeonRX driver installed.

2024-09-27 - 12:15:00 - Week: 39 - Item number: 12780 - Category: Amiga, Game

Olympic Skijumper - C64

Olympic Skijumper is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer. The game is developed by Frostbyte (code) and jab (pixels). The game was released at the PsykoZ 2024 meeting.

2024-09-27 - 12:14:00 - Week: 39 - Item number: 12779 - Category: C64, Game

Beyond a Steel Sky - Amiga

Beyond a Steel Sky is a new game for the Amiga computer written in the Scala MM400 programming language. The game is developed by quantumcodemonk and is one of the games for the AmiGameJam 2024. You are Robert Foster, and you need to find a kidnapped child in Union City.

2024-09-27 - 12:13:00 - Week: 39 - Item number: 12778 - Category: Amiga, Game

PETSCII Lumberjack - C64

PETSCII Lumberjack is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Kornel Kolma. You can play against the computer or against another player. The goal is to chop down as many trees as you can within a limited time.

2024-09-27 - 12:12:00 - Week: 39 - Item number: 12777 - Category: C64, Game

Amigos: Everything Amiga

You can listen to new episodes of the Amigos: Everything Amiga podcast: RVF Honda, The Viking Child, A Conversation with Tony Warriner and King & Balloon.

2024-09-27 - 12:11:00 - Week: 39 - Item number: 12776 - Category: Amiga, Podcast