An updated version of the game Iowa Jack and the Crystals of Chaos for the Commodore C64 computer is now available. The game is developed by Richard J. Derocher and the music is from Richard. Take on the role of Iowa Jack - adventurer, tomb raider and pilot for hire - and head off in search of a legendary treasure in this old school text adventure game.

A new edition of the Italian Commodoriani magazine is now available. In this edition: Mayhem In Monsterland, Lemmings, Retroedicola Lemmings Amiga & C64, Commodore 65, Dario Robaldo, Fan Art and Curiosita.

Mingo wrote a blog (German language) about Easter Eggs in games, programs and computers from Commodore and Amiga.

You can watch a new video from the Pixel Playback YouTube channel. In this episode: The history of the Commodore C64. The iconic 8-bit home computer that transformed gaming, personal computing, and digital culture. Discover how bold engineering, affordable pricing, groundbreaking SID sound chip, VIC-II graphics, and massive software libraries turned the Commodore C64 into a global phenomenon.

AGPX Game Maker is a program that allows you to create games for the Commodore C64 computer and is developed by AGPX. The program is compatible with the AGPX Graphics Maker, and makes use of a simple BASIC language to create the game. Changes in this version: Improvements for naming of the generated file and compatibility with the latest version of Oscar64, more disk drive functions and fixed a bug in the ActorsMap.

Rob O'Hara has made a new podcast, and it is the 100th episode of Sprite Castle. Rob will talk about the Commodore C64 and reflect on the history of the podcast.

A new edition of the English and German Amiga magazine Amiga Future is now available. In this edition: Playfield, Aminer, Speed Haste, Burgertime, Black Magic, Rocket Attack, Ramses, Aminet, AmigaOS 3.2.3, Mechanical Keyboard Amiga 1200, Samba, 3D - Amiga, Trevors Soapbox, Cinemaware, Amiga HAM-E, 40 Years Amiga (2), Reset Amiga 500 & 2000, Electric Black Sheep Compendium, Blockhead, Blockhead II, AmiArcadia, Baccarat, Blackjuan, CardsMakingKit, CompareDirs, Deark, FractalNova-1.1, ReportPlus, Siete Y Media, iGame-v2.5.2, uae, HLE Poker Card, Untangle, Video Slot Machine, Ageocadv0.78b, Galactica, MCE, MorsConv-3.0, BlockOut II, BreakHack, EasyRPG, Lite-XL, MoonDesk, ProTrekkr, ReportPlus, ScummVM, Shifty-Pills and Wetris.

If you want, you can now convert your SIDBlaster into half an exSID. The modifications are: cutting a connecting to the microcontroller, make a new connection with a piece of wire and flash the new firmware.

LOAD is a German pdf-magazine for retro computer users. In this edition: Kenbak-1, Micro-Expander S-100 Bus, Micro Craft Dimension 68000, IBM System /23 Datamaster, PERQ-1, Computertechnik Müller, Sony Vaio S 3D, Tatung Einstein TC01, Apple ///, IBM Terminals, Microvax 2000, DEC VAXmate, NeXTstation Mono, Sharp, Kyocera 85, Fluxcopy, Chip-9, BCM64 & Oscar64, FutureOS - Amstrad CPC, Schneider CPC, ESP-8, Bare Metal Speccy, Kosmos CP1, Busch Microtronic Lerncomputer, Microtronic Phoenix, Fischertechnik Computing and IOMEGA.

The LOAD magazine is available at the APC&TCP shop.

A new edition of the VCGN Monitor magazine is now available for download (English & Dutch). In this edition: PET 2001 emulator (on-line), FAST-40 (VIC20), VS64 - The C64 Development Environment, the Idun Project (C128), TCBM2SD (Plus/4), Aira Force (Amiga), BassoonTracker (PC), 64'er BASIC 3.5 for the C64, Soft-tips, the Scratchpad, Commodore and Amiga news, Classifieds adds and the events for the rest of the year.

The Dutch version of the VCGN webpage.

Xenomorph is a new game for the Amiga computer, developed by juande3050. The game is also one of the games for the Amigawave Redpill Contest. Xenomorp is inspired by Alien Breed, although a darker, more tense setting was sought. Because the graphics are dark and low-contrast, it's difficult to distinguish the Alien, so you have to be very careful not to get too close to one without realizing it.

You can now watch a new video from the Piers Rocks YouTube channel. In this episode: A drop-in ROM replacement for vintage 8-bit computers that solves the fundamental limitations of existing solutions. Built around an STM32F4 microcontroller, SDRR delivers true flexibility, replacing 2364, 2332 and 2316 ROMs, through software configuration while fitting in the exact footprint of the ROM socket.

Hundra is a new game for the Amiga computer, developed by the Amiga Factory. The game is based on the 8 bits game for the Amstrad, ZX-Spectrum and MSX computers. This game has new AGA graphics, with 64 colours, parallax backgrounds, lighting effects, particle effects and other features. In the game you must help Hundra to rescue her father Jorund, king of the Vikings of the North.

A new version of the Penultimate cartridge for the Commodore VIC20 computer is now available. Like the original Plus 3, this has a built-in SD2IEC, but it now uses a full size SD card, the drive LEDs are visible through the top of the case and the cable IEC cable can now be removed. Other features: 280 kB RAM (8 x 35 kB), turbo loader and DOS wedge at start-up.

SwitcherBoy is a new game for the Amiga computer, developed by Tecniman (code & pixels), Fermix (music) and Tolkien, Jorger, Zener, Daphy and PolloHacker (help & test). In the game you must flip the switches to get the exit to open, but avoid all your enemies.

A new YouTube video from Jan Beta is now available. In this video, Jan shows the Chat64 cartridge which gives you a plug & play instant chatroom on your vintage home computer (C64, Atari and ZX-spectrum).

The Chat64 web page.

A new version of WinUAE is now available. In this version: Custom chipset rewrite (Agnus/Alice and Denise/Lisa), Low level keyboard emulation, added PCI Matrox Millennium, Millennium II, Mystique, Mystique 220, 512kWOM A1000 512k WOM expansion and the RIPPLE IDE controller. Many improvements and other updates.

You can watch a new video from the Retro Gaming Dino YouTube channel. In this episode new games for the Commodore C64 computer: Tantooman, Zzapped In the Butt, Dominion, Space Invaders 2, The Catacombs of Cherubim, Space Fight, Jump Bird, Lyoberon Mecha, Mad Moggy, The Trolley Problem, Baba Jaga, Fugger, SNK vs CAPCOM, Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo, Decade of Ruin, Turbo, Herra 47, Dungeon, ROGUEish, Croc: Legend of the Gobbos and Motorcycle Road Trip.

Lite XL is a lightweight text editor written in Lua and SDL2 and can be used on AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS 3. Recent changes: Compiled with SDL3 v3.2.14 for AmigaOS 4 and v3.2.8 for MorphOS. This version with SDL3 is slower than the previous version, the author is working on the problem. If you have a slower system, stay with the previous version.

A new version of Sparkle is now available for the Commodore C64. This trackmo loader for the C64 is developed by Sparta.

A100 is a new puzzle game for the Amiga computer, heavily inspired by the mobile game 1010! by Gram Games. The game is developed by Kevin Saunders (pixels), Krzysztof Odachowski (music), Frank Neumann (code), Frank Wille and Keir Fraser (additional code).

You can now listen to a new episode of the Chip SID show with Max Hall. In this 60 minutes podcast the best classic and new SID music.

A new version of KickSmash32 is now available. KickSmash32 is a Kickstart ROM replacement module for the Amiga 1200, 3000 and 4000 computers, developed by Chris Hooper. The features are: Programming via the Amiga or via USB (Linux), and a configurable bank switching of 8 banks.

It is now possible to pre-porder the Immortal Joystick V2. The specifications are: Die cast aluminium alloy enclosure, Sanwa joystick / buttons, auto fire circuit, DB9 connector, left- and right-hand version and wired to the Atari standard.

Cloanto released a new version of the C64 / Amiga Forever emulation package. In this version: Virtual printers (EpsonQ, MPS 803, CBM 8026, PostScript/PDF) with retro printing options, touchscreen input and handheld device support for bridging classic computing with modern interaction. Hundreds of smaller new features and refinements also made it into these new versions.

Amiga Forever 11: Value-, Plus- and Premium Edition.
C64 Forever 11: Free Express-, Downloadable Plus- and Boxed Plus Edition.

Taito released the original Space Invaders arcade game in 1978, and as a high school student Satoshi Matsuoka created a masterpiece replica of Space Invaders for the Commodore PET in 1980. Originally for the PET/CBM Series of computers, and now available on C64 with this port by Milasoft. Featuring: Shields that resemble the original SI2, Respawning aliens that come back to life, Colour, Sound FX by Richard Bayliss, Built-in cheats, Loading picture by Andy Green and Smoother bullets.

You can now order your boxed version of the game Dr. Dangerous - Secrets of the Temple of Xol'Tan for the Amiga computer. This version has new difficulty levels Easy, Medium and Hard. Four new levels expand the adventure and the music has also been reworked by Barry Leitch and ZEKAVEO. The game is now available in English, German, French and Spanish.

There is an update available of the High Voltage SID Collection. There are now 59, 886 SIDs in the collection. In this update 623 new SIDs, 72 better rips, 280 SID credit fixes, 10 SID model/clock info's, 12 tunes identified and 29 tunes moved. You can download the update from the HVSC web page.

APC&TCP are releasing merchandising for the celebration of 40 Years Amiga. Depending on whether we receive further requests or have other good ideas, there will be more "40 Years of Amiga" products available throughout the year.

Wilfred Bos released an update of SID Known. This version is compatible with the latest HVSC. SID Known is a tool which you can use to identify SID tunes from SID and PRG files.

With the Multi-game Character Editor you can edit character files, saved games and high score tables for more than 120 Amiga games.

Relive those classic gaming sessions of old with this Pitfall diorama set. Make Harry swing across the crocodiles or run to jump the snakes. All obstacles and treasures are included to make your favourite scenes from the game. Print multiple character bases to hold all your pieces when not being used in the scene.

cyberTRON is a game for the Amiga computer, developed by Gustaf Stechmann. Gustaf made the game in 1992 to promote the use of his 4-player adapter for the Amiga. The game is written in Blitzbasic and is similar to others TRON games. But when you push the fire button it activates turbo-boost. But in turbo mode, you can not change directions and your trail becomes semi transparent.

The GTW64 webpage has had an update. New: Stephen Hendry Snooker and Ifigonia. Update: 3 2 1 quiz game, Castle Capers, Commando 86, Covermount casualties, Crystalopis, Drive, Elevator, Intruder, Jeeps, Mega Games, Mindstone, Night Walker, Psyclapse, The Last Stuntman, Ultra Games and Unknown Educational game.

A new video from the CRG YouTube channel. In this video: The replacement of the electrolytic capacitors in an Amiga A600 computer. Besides the replacing the capacitor, also a defective CIA-B and an Op-Amp were replaced.

Lftkryo performed live at the Wood Chip Fest with his C=TAR. Wood Chip Fest is a small 8-bit music festival in Denmark.

GrafX2 is a drawing program for the Amiga computer, dedicated to pixel art and low-colour graphics. This program is dedicated to everybody who knows what a single pixel is. The changes in this version are: Updated to the latest version, recompiled with libpng14 (text) and solved a problem with "save as".

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

Tribbles 2025 is a game for the Commodore VIC20 computer, developed by Anders Persson. The aim of the game is to eat as many stars, hearts and diamonds as you possibly can to get. New in this version: Computer opponents, 2 to 8 players, ask for tips on your next move, and you can start the game at any level.

NUFLIX Studio is a system to convert images into C64 executables that try to reproduce the original as closely as possible given the limitations of the graphics hardware. The program is developed by Patai Gergely, and has two main parts, the converter and the editor.

Snork is a utility for monitoring and logging function calls to system libraries on AmigaOS 4, developed by kas1e. It's designed for developers and advanced users who need to debug applications or analyse system behaviour.

Pixcen is a graphics tool for the PC. You can use it on a Windows computer to make graphics for the Commodore C64 computer. The program is developed by John Hammarberg.

AmiKit in a Box is a fully prepared Raspberry Pi 5 (4 GB RAM) in a case (with AmiKit-Logo), complete with SD-card (128 GB), power supply (27 W), HDMI cable and active cooling. A digital download of AmiKit is included, with 2 years of free updates.

DatassetteAudioAdapter is a simple adapter that allows connecting any audio source to the Datassette port of a Commodore VIC20, C64, C128 or Plus/4 computer.

You can now listen to a new episode of the German AMIGA Podcast (German language). In this episode: The ARC - Amiga Ruhrpott Convention 2025.

La Casa is a new text adventure for the C64 DTV. The game is developed by TSM, and is available in the English and Italian language.

Krogharr is a new game for the Amiga computer, developed by Tigerskunk. The evil Chieftain Pilsator stole the beer from Krogharr's home village, and now Krogharr is on a holy mission to retrieve what was taken, and bestow revenge upon the hordes of enemies Pilsator sends across his way.

Remute (Denis Karimani) made a new music album for the Amiga computer. The album will be available on the Amiga's 40th birthday. The songs are: Doppelganger, Gatekeeper, Zone, The Ripper, Simulator,Yes, Sky High, Realm Of Desperation, Time To Regenerate, Aguirre, All-in, Fuck You Up, Syncing Out Of Existence and Revert.

Michael Steil wrote a blog about the Final Cartridge III for the Commodore C64 computer. He explains in detail how the freeze functionality works in the Final Cartridge III.

If you have played ASM - The Computer Game, you probably did not reach a 100% score. You can now read how to get that 100% score with a walk-through, beginner's tips, screenshots and maps of all the rooms. And the game will be available in English language in the near future.