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Spyders - 8032 / SuperPET

Spyders is a new game for the CBM/PET 8032 / SuperPET computers. The game is developed by milasoft64, and is based on the original CBM 4032 version from Mr. NOP.

2024-02-16 - 12:10:00 - Week: 7 - Item number: 12113 - Category: KIM-1, PET, CBM, Game

DLH's Commodore Archive is a web page for Commodore documentation. You can find magazines, books and manuals. The latest additions are: Touch-Up (MiGraph), How to Program the Commodore 64, Creative Sound & Graphics on your Commodore 64, GeoJournal, BASIC Scientific Subroutines Volume I & II and Software for your Commodore 64 & Vic-20 Software Manual Vol 1 1984.

2024-02-16 - 12:09:00 - Week: 7 - Item number: 12112 - Category: Commodore, Book

Lüttje Bookholler - AmigaOS 4

Lüttje Bookholler is an easy-to-use program for your personal finance. It can also import your bank account via a CSV file. The program is developed by A. Pankalla.

2024-02-16 - 12:08:00 - Week: 7 - Item number: 12111 - Category: Amiga, Program

C64.ch

The demo portal C64.ch has added new demos for the Commodore C64 computer. The new files are: Braindeath-Tune2, Centurion, In Bad Mode, Lasershow, Blazon Energy, BID by BID Filter, The Great Escape, Casino Poker, Cola and Ice, Crypt - Dirart 2, Chain-intro, Flutterby, S.O.S., Polonus - Dirart, Blazon - Dirart 9, Coca Cola, A Short One, Glass Feelings, The Christmas Demo and Merry Christmas.

2024-02-16 - 12:07:00 - Week: 7 - Item number: 12110 - Category: C64, Demo

GadgetUK164 - A4000 repair

You can now watch a new video from the GadgetUK164 YouTube channel. In this video, Chris is showing how to repair an Amiga 4000 computer with a leaking battery and bad electrolytic capacitors.

2024-02-16 - 12:06:00 - Week: 7 - Item number: 12109 - Category: Amiga, Repair

C64 - Polish Pixels in Video Games

PolishPixels started an Indiegogo project to publish a book about the world of Commodore 64 game development in Poland, spotlighting legendary game developers and the vibrant demo scene.

2024-02-16 - 12:05:00 - Week: 7 - Item number: 12108 - Category: C64, Book

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

The Denial forum is a forum for the Commodore VIC20 computer.

D64.co v1.2.2

A new version of the D64.co application is now available. D64.co is an online data visualizer for digital copies of Commodore 64 floppy disks, called D64s. The D64.co application is developed by keith Greene.

2024-02-16 - 12:04:00 - Week: 7 - Item number: 12107 - Category: C64, Program

Wayfarer - MorphOS v7.3

Wayfarer is a web browser for MorphOS, based on a recent branch of WebKit. Changes in this version: An update to the WebKitGTK 2.42.5, and improvements for JSString, network, URL bar and Screenshot.

2024-02-16 - 12:03:00 - Week: 7 - Item number: 12106 - Category: Amiga, Program

Blockout255 - C64

Blockout255 is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Pararaum & Wil (code), Logiker & Wil (idea & help). The game reached the second place in the Mixed Game Competition at Lovebyte 2024.

2024-02-16 - 12:02:00 - Week: 7 - Item number: 12105 - Category: C64, Game

The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor - C64, C128, Plus/4, Mega65 & Amiga

The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor is a text adventure game for the Commodore C64, C128, Plus/4, Mega65 and Amiga computers. The game is developed by Stefan Vogt.

2024-02-16 - 12:01:00 - Week: 7 - Item number: 12104 - Category: Commodore, Game

Tiny Quest - C64

Tiny Quest is a new BASIC text adventure game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Richard J. Derocher. In the game, you must rescue the kidnapped princess.

2024-02-16 - 12:00:00 - Week: 7 - Item number: 12103 - Category: C64, Game

BreakThru - Amiga

BreakThru is a new game for the Amiga computer, developed by acidbottle. The game is a conversion of the original by Data East from the year 1986. Your Mission: To retrieve the PK430 secret fighter plane stolen from your country and fly it back.

2024-02-09 - 12:19:00 - Week: 6 - Item number: 12102 - Category: Amiga, Game

Pekka Demo - C64

Aleksi Eeben made a demo for the presidential election in Finland. This demo is to support Pekka Olavi Haavisto, a Finnish politician of the Green League.

You can also watch this demo on YouTube.

2024-02-09 - 12:18:00 - Week: 6 - Item number: 12101 - Category: C64, Demo

Amiga Future: New downloads

The Amiga Future website has new (full) downloads available: Font Machine and XDVE CD.

2024-02-09 - 12:17:00 - Week: 6 - Item number: 12100 - Category: Amiga, Program

Cavern 512 - C64

Cavern 512 is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Iceout. The game is only 512 bytes in size.

2024-02-09 - 12:16:00 - Week: 6 - Item number: 12099 - Category: C64, Game

Bo Zimmerman - Amiga 2500UX

Bo Zimmerman wrote a blog about the restoration of an Amiga 2500UX computer. The Amiga 2500UX is based on the Amiga 2000 with an A2630 CPU accelerator (68030 CPU & MMU), an A2091 SCSI hard drive card and the AMIX operating system.

2024-02-09 - 12:15:00 - Week: 6 - Item number: 12098 - Category: Amiga, Blog

Bwack - C64 tape pulse time visualizer

Bwack has made a new YouTube video. In this video, he shows how to build a C64 tape pulse time visualizer.

2024-02-09 - 12:14:00 - Week: 6 - Item number: 12097 - Category: C64, Hardware

MEGA65 - Expansion board

There is a new video available from the MEGA65 YouTube channel. In this episode: The complete soldering and assembly process for a prototype of the MEGA65 expansion board that Paul is working on.

2024-02-09 - 12:13:00 - Week: 6 - Item number: 12096 - Category: 8-Bit NextGen, Hardware

Hey Birt! - Electrolytic capacitors

A new video from the Hey Birt YouTube channel is now available. In this video, Birt is talking about replacing electrolytic capacitors in retro computers.

2024-02-09 - 12:12:00 - Week: 6 - Item number: 12095 - Category: Commodore, Repair

Yawning Angel Retro - AMOS

You can watch a new video from the Yawning Angel Retro YouTube channel. In this episode: A look at the commands that are available for using screens in your AMOS programs.

2024-02-09 - 12:11:00 - Week: 6 - Item number: 12094 - Category: Amiga, Information

Rock n' Bolt Enhanced

Rock n' Bolt Enhanced is a game for the Commodore C64 computer. The game is enhanched by Grue (code) and Trurl (pixels), and is based on the original game by Activision from the year 1985.

2024-02-09 - 12:10:00 - Week: 6 - Item number: 12093 - Category: C64, Game

RobSmithDev - A2000 Upgrade 2 MB Chip RAM & ECS

You can now watch a new video from the RobSmithDev YouTube channel. In this episode, Rob will show you how to install 2 MB of chip RAM to an Amiga 2000 computer and upgrade the ECS system.

2024-02-09 - 12:09:00 - Week: 6 - Item number: 12092 - Category: Amiga, Hardware

Corescape C64

Corescape is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer developed by drmortalwombat. In the game, you are trying to escape from the evil galactic empire. Battle your way out through eight stages in a constant race forward. Collect additional lives and credits on the way out.

2024-02-09 - 12:08:00 - Week: 6 - Item number: 12091 - Category: C64, Game

Furnace - PC

Furnace is a chiptune tracker for the PC (Linux, MacOS and Windows). Furnace can make chiptunes for almost every 8/16 bit retro computer including the Commodore PET, VIC20, C64, Plus/4 and the Amiga.

2024-02-09 - 12:07:00 - Week: 6 - Item number: 12090 - Category: Commodore, Program

CBM prg Studio v4.2.1

Arthur Jordison has released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: A few new features and bug fixes.

2024-02-09 - 12:06:00 - Week: 6 - Item number: 12089 - Category: Commodore, Program

Retro Hack Shack - Micro SX64

You can now watch a new video from the Retro Hack Shack YouTube channel. In this episode: The build of the Micro SX64. The Micro SX64 is build from an old portable TV, C64 mini, USB floppy drive and a USB keyboard.

2024-02-09 - 12:05:00 - Week: 6 - Item number: 12088 - Category: C64, Hardware

Donkey Kong 500 - Amiga

Donkey Kong 500 is a new game for the Amiga computer, developed by jotd666 (code), no9 (music), Mark (pixels) and Jeff Willms, Kef Schecter & anon (Z80 reverse engineering). The game is a conversion from the original by Shigeru Miyamoto (Nintendo) from the year 1981.

2024-02-09 - 12:04:00 - Week: 6 - Item number: 12087 - Category: Amiga, Game

Dodo Sampler - C64

Dodo Sampler is a sample playback synth for Commodore C64 computer, developed by Aleksi Eeben. Dodo uses 8-bit raw samples and uses the Mahoney "8-bit" DAC for the output (4-24 kHz). Dodo plays in tune on both PAL and NTSC machines.

2024-02-09 - 12:03:00 - Week: 6 - Item number: 12086 - Category: C64, Program

Petsciinoid - C64

Petsciinoid is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Freshness. The game is based on the classic arcade game Arkanoid, but this game is only 512 bytes in size and uses PETSCII for displaying the game.

2024-02-09 - 12:02:00 - Week: 6 - Item number: 12085 - Category: C64, Game

Tynemouth Software - VIC20 Multi-Part Games

Tynemouth Software has written a number of blogs about converting games that originally had multiple parts to a one part game. The game converted are: Vegas Jackpot, Operation Ganymed, Outback, Rock Man and Cops'n'Robbers.

2024-02-09 - 12:01:00 - Week: 6 - Item number: 12084 - Category: VIC-20, Blog

Cruisin for a Bruisin - C64

Cruisin for a Bruisin is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Docster (code), Rotteroy (pixels & music), Six (linking) and Optic Freeze (test). Jump from platform to platform and collect the colours Red, Green, Blue, Yellow and Purple to score points.

2024-02-09 - 12:00:00 - Week: 6 - Item number: 12083 - Category: C64, Game

Flashback.cz

Flashback.cz is a news website for retro computers. The website has been completely redesigned and it is now active again. You can read about the news, reviews, demo-scene, and magazines (Czech language).

2024-02-02 - 12:20:00 - Week: 5 - Item number: 12082 - Category: Commodore, Web page

Retro Commodore

The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high-quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: A few newsletters for dealers, Commodore 64 Software Bonus Pack, Comal 80 til Commodore 64, Amiga game manuals: Uridium 2 Deep Core, Ishar 3, Putty & Sierra Soccer and C64 game manuals: Grafitti Man & History in the Making.

2024-02-02 - 12:19:00 - Week: 5 - Item number: 12081 - Category: Commodore, Book

Amigos: Everything Amiga

You can listen to new episodes of the Amigos: Everything Amiga podcast: PD Platforming Pac-Man - Plat-Man, Harlequin - The strangest Amiga game, Savage - Three rage-filled games in one and Rock Star Ate My Hamster - The definitive review.

2024-02-02 - 12:18:00 - Week: 5 - Item number: 12080 - Category: Amiga, Podcast

LineJewels - C64

LineJewels is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer. The game is developed by la1n.ch in the Basic programming language, and it only uses PRINT to display the game. The game is also available for the Atari XL, MS-DOS (GW-BASIC), Amstrad CPC, MSX and the BBC Micro.

2024-02-02 - 12:17:00 - Week: 5 - Item number: 12079 - Category: C64, Game

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: Flashtro - Ami-HERO, Flashtro - Spheroid and Flashtro - Stuntman Seymour.

2024-02-02 - 12:16:00 - Week: 5 - Item number: 12078 - Category: Commodore, Demo

The Taylor and Amy Show - C128

You can watch a new video from The Taylor and Amy Show YouTube channel. In this episode, Taylor and Amy are going to talk about the Commodore C128 computer.

2024-02-02 - 12:15:00 - Week: 5 - Item number: 12077 - Category: C128(D), YouTube

AmiCube F1200

You can now watch a new video from the AmiCube YouTube channel. In this episode: An introduction to the AmiCube F1200. The features of the AmiCube F1200 are: FPGA design, AGA support, miniITX, MIDI, 64 MB RAM, RTC, Wi-Fi, USB and Mouse / Joystick via DB 9 connectors.

2024-02-02 - 12:14:00 - Week: 5 - Item number: 12076 - Category: Amiga, Hardware

The Art and Development of 8-Bit Games with Polar Bear in Space!

The Art and Development of 8-Bit Games with Polar Bear in Space is a new book from Silvan Reinhold. The book has information on: Graphics, animations and special effects, Player, enemy, and object behaviour and interaction, Sound and music design principles, Early designs and concept drawings, Evolution from original idea to finished product, Accessibility, testing, and optimization considerations.

2024-02-02 - 12:13:00 - Week: 5 - Item number: 12075 - Category: C64, Book

WHDLoad

WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. New: Subconscious, Challenger, Imaginations, Made in Croatia, Stolen Data 9 & 10 and Stuntman Seymour. Update: Menace, Début: Planet Simulation, Dylan Dog: The Murderers, Graham Gooch World Class Cricket, Challenger, Summer Games, Virocop, Kelly X and Cruise For A Corpse / Croisière pour un cadavre.

2024-02-02 - 12:12:00 - Week: 5 - Item number: 12074 - Category: Amiga, Game

8-Bit Show - INPUT bug

Robin Harbron made a new YouTube video. This time he talks about the INPUT bug on the Commodore VIC20 and early C64 computers.

2024-02-02 - 12:11:00 - Week: 5 - Item number: 12073 - Category: Commodore, YouTube

Nordischsound

Ben from the Nordischsound YouTube channel is making SID music on the Commodore C64 computer. The latest addations are: Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me), Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God), Holiday Island: Main Theme, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown - Main Theme and Nordischsound - Where Nostalgia Thrives.

2024-02-02 - 12:10:00 - Week: 5 - Item number: 12072 - Category: Commodore, Music

Report+ v8.46

Report+ is a utility for the Amiga computer. The features are: Bug reporting tool, Edit A3000/A4000-type battery-backed memory. Edit the manufacturer and product ID registries. View IFF/RIFF-files, Batch processing on icon files and an ASCII-converter.

2024-02-02 - 12:09:00 - Week: 5 - Item number: 12071 - Category: Amiga, Program

BASIC 10Liners - 2024

BASIC 10Liners is a competition for making a game in BASIC with only 10 lines of code. The rules are: The computer system must be 8-bit, the BASIC is line orientated and there is no machine code allowed. There are three categories: 80, 120 or 256 characters per line.

2024-02-02 - 12:08:00 - Week: 5 - Item number: 12070 - Category: Commodore, Event

GadgetUK164 - Amiga VGA adapter

You can now watch a new video from the GadgetUK164 YouTube channel. In this video, Chris is building and testing a VGA adapter from sparxUK for the Amiga computer.

2024-02-02 - 12:07:00 - Week: 5 - Item number: 12069 - Category: Amiga, Hardware

Arctic retro - C64 repair

You can now watch a new video from the Arctic retro Youtube channel. In this video the repair of a Commodore C64 computer.

2024-02-02 - 12:06:00 - Week: 5 - Item number: 12068 - Category: C64, Repair

Bepop Retro - PC

Bepop Retro converts an 8-bit mono wav or raw audio file to a 4-bit file for playback on C64, VIC20, PET, Atari 2600 and Game Boy. The Bepop Retro program is developed by Aleksi Eeben.

2024-02-02 - 12:04:00 - Week: 5 - Item number: 12066 - Category: C64, Program

vAmiga v 2.5

vAmiga is a Commodore Amiga 500, 1000, or 2000 emulator for the Apple Macintosh computer. Improvements in this version for Snapshot, Sprite DMA, SPRxCTL and the Serial-bus.

2024-02-02 - 12:03:00 - Week: 5 - Item number: 12065 - Category: Amiga, Emulator

VirtualC64 v4.7

Dirk Hoffmann has released a new version of his VirtualC64 emulator. This emulator can turn your Mac (OS X) into a Commodore C64.

2024-02-02 - 12:02:00 - Week: 5 - Item number: 12064 - Category: C64, Emulator

Amiga Future #141 - online

This older edition of Amiga Future is now online available. In this edition: Editorial, News, Playfield, Gamescom 2019, Evoke, Armin Niggemann, JetHunt, Backlash, Mr. Sture, AmigaAMP, Chrono Quest, DTFTP, IBrowse, Amiga Forever, MorphOS Camp, Aminet News, TF328, TF330, Vampire V4 Standalone, Shogo, Trevors Soapbox, Demoscene and Hollywood APK Compiler.

2024-02-02 - 12:01:00 - Week: 5 - Item number: 12063 - Category: Amiga, Magazine