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30.11.2025 - Amiga port of 'Phantasy Star 2' - Amiga 500 demo for download
Phantasy Star II is a science fantasy role-playing video game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesi in 1989. Now there is WIP for porting it to Amiga by using Scorpion Engine. Finally the Amiga 500 demo version is available and successfully tested on real hardware too! You can get the game in current state as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer

30.11.2025 - Levitating Amiga Boing Ball… For the 40th Anniversary! - video by 'RobSmithDev'
In this video Rob is going to re-design the original floating boing ball to fix something that always annoyed him. It's not the fact that it doesn't bounce, its the fact that it should spin at a slight angle, not perfectly vertical.

30.11.2025 - Video: Escape From PETSCII Castle - A First-Person Shooter for Commodore C64 - Preview 4
New footage showing the current gameplay of the soon-to-be-released first-person shooter game for the Commodore 64 - Escape From PETSCII Castle. An adaptation of a PET release of the same game, which itself was inspired by Wolfenstein 3D. Current version features: two different enemies (sprites with masking behind walls), items for pick up as you go along - ammo, health, gold, keys and different weapons - knife, pistol, rifle and machine gun (for now graphics from amazing Grey)

30.11.2025 - Plus/4 game 'Stab 'N Dash' released - free for download
'Stab 'N Dash' by Csabo and KiCHY, featuring a stunning title screen by The Sarge, is a "Rush 'N Attack" / "Green Beret" inspired no-longer-untitled side-scrolling action stabber. Armed only with your trusty knife, fight through hordes of enemies across 4 stages to rescue the prisoners. The game also has 256k support: on machines with (at least) 256k RAM, it will function as a single-file game; no loading after the initial load.

29.11.2025 - I can rebuild this Amiga 1200 - video by 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
This late model Commodore Amiga is quite bruised and battered, but Adrian thinks he has what's needed to get it running again.

29.11.2025 - 'Aztec Challenge Bugfix' for C64 released - free for download
The old classic game Aztec Challenge got an complete overhaul by Grue/Extend/Beyond Force that includes a vast number of fixes and tweaks that make the game much more playable but also some improvements including changes, e.g. you now can choose to play as the heroine, that is also presented on the cover art of the game.

28.11.2025 - Amiga game 'Submarine Attack' full version released
'Submarine Attack' for Amiga 1200 is an update of the arcade classic game Depth Charge. You control a destroyer at the top of the screen which you can move left or right and fire depth charge missiles on enemies. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

28.11.2025 - Amiga game 'Tank Attack' released
'Tank Attack' for Amiga 1200 is a 2 Player death match Tank Game played on a single screen with bouncing bullets. You have 10 bullets - use them wisely - more bullets can be obtained by collecting the B power up tile. You can get the game as digital download for a little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

28.11.2025 - New C64 Games from November 2025 - video by 'Retro Gaming Dino'
Presentation of new games for the Commodore 64 released in November 2025, with gameplay footage, lots of information about the games and download links in the video description.

28.11.2025 - Amiga game 'Arpegio' released
'Arpegio' is a simple shoot'em'up game for Amiga (AGA and OSC) that was made for AmiGameJam 2025 in Scorpoin Engine. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

27.11.2025 - Sherwood for the Commodore 64 - Great new 2025 C64 release - video by 'RetroGamerNation'
Game showcase of Sherwood for the Commodore 64 (C64). Expected release date is 1 December 2025.

26.11.2025 - Plus/4 emulator YAPE 1.2.7 released
YAPE is a decent no-nonsense Plus/4 emulator thats being developed for 10+ years. It is available in Windows as well as multiplatform editions. Another batch of bugs have been fixed and some new functionality was added, too. Here are the details: - new 64-bit 'Developer' build with trace window instead of the old 32-bit one, - more informative trace window, - new asynchronous keyboard input mode (positional mapping) as a fallback for DirectInput, - added option to turn off legacy (old MMSYSTEM based) joystick support, - improved TV vertical retrace emulation, - proper CRC checksum for 1581 disk headers (drive ROM no more patched), - better aspect ratio with multiline menu bars, - SID card detection via paddle port, - saving to video without sound now works, - IEC folder directory bugfix, - tape play & stop button sense regressions, - odd tape load error caused by long pulses

26.11.2025 - Amiga game 'Santastic' released - free for download
Santastic is a platformer game for Amiga, where the players assume the role of Santa Claus, whose mission is to deliver presents to children awaiting gifts in various regions of a snowy landscape. Each level presents unique challenges, hazards, and pportunities for discovery.

25.11.2025 - Amiga game 'Wings of Fear' - full game released
'Wings of Fear' (V2) is a shoot'em'up for Amiga (AGA), made with Scorpion Engine, where you control a Sopwith Camel double Decker on a secret mission to find a hidden german base during WW1. Features: 6 main Levels including 2 bombing missions, 6 bonus Levels, 5 Bosses, 5 different locations, 5 tunes, 78 colours, 3 different pickups. You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

25.11.2025 - 'Capture C16' - game for C16 / Plus/4 released - free for download
'Capture C16' is a challenging puzzle, and difficult to beat when one plays against the computer. The game was originally written in Dartmouth BASIC in 1976 for mainframe and teletype terminal, and appeared in People's Computers magazine in the July/August 1977 issue. This new C16 version is based on a PET version from Oglesby's 1980 book "PET Games and Recreations". It has added color and sound, and it's converted for C16 PETSCII characters and video RAM.