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08.10.2026 - 'Centipede' for Amiga released
Atari's classic 1980s hit Centipede for OCS/ECS/AGA Amiga computers. Shoot the advancing centipede to progress through the levels. Watch out for spiders, fleas and scorpions! Everything from the arcade original is present, also with high score saving to disk. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

07.10.2026 - 'Fishing Derby - Amiga Edition' released
Fishing Derby – Amiga Edition is an enhanced remake of Activision's 1980 Atari 2600 classic, written in 68000 assembly and enhanced for the Commodore Amiga (OCS, ECS or AGA). The rules are the 2600's, with Amiga presentation: a dithered sky gradient with drifting clouds, shimmering ripples, rising bubbles, fishermen who crank their reels, and a great white that bites, chews (longer for bigger fish) and then heads over to bother the other side.

07.10.2026 - 'Tetris' arcade port for Amiga released
Tihis is the 1988 Atari Games arcade Tetris, faithfully converted to Amiga (1 MB, OCS/ECS/AGA)classic machines. Same rules, same speed, same random pieces, same music: the original arcade program, converted to run natively. Available as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer, not only for Amiga, but also for PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 and Mega Drive / Genesis

07.10.2026 - Video: Rolling Thunder Amiga AGA port WIP
Rolling Thunder is a 1986 run and gun video game developed and published by Namco for arcades. It was released by Atari Games in North America. Now developer jotd666, who already delivered a lot of great arcade ports like Commandom, Ghosts'n'Goblins, Track'N'Field, Bad Dudes vs Dragonninja, Gyruss and more, is working on an Amiga port. Current status: some graphical glitches and sprite priorities but the logic is here.

07.10.2026 - C64 game 'U-Boat Raider' released
In 'U-Boat Raider' you take command of a World War II U-boat in the dangerous waters of the North Atlantic. Patrol for merchant convoys, line up your targets through the periscope, and launch torpedoes before their escorts close in. Every attack carries a risk. Destroyers hunt you with sonar and depth charges, battleships return fire, and hidden mines threaten your route to resupply. Choose your targets, aim carefully, and know when to dive. Featuring classic C64 graphics, SID sound effects, and joystick controls, U-Boat Raider challenges you to sink 550,000 GRT of enemy shipping and return from patrol.

07.10.2026 - 'Star Trek Judgement Rites' arrives on Amiga (via Interpreter)
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary was the first game of a two game adventure series from Interplay. This first part was released for Amiga AGA in the 1990ies. The second part, Judgment Rites, was never released. This download is the interpreter, which you can get for some bucks (name your own price) to support the developer, and to play this game on your Amiga you'll also need the 68k-Macintosh-Version of this game. The ISO you'll find on Macintosh Garden or Macintosh Repository as Toast-Image in a SIT archive.

06.10.2026 - C64 game 'Gate Game' released
'Gate Game' is a logic puzzler for C64. Switch gates to control the flow of electricity. You can get them as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

06.10.2026 - VIC-20 game 'QueenStrike20' released
'QueenStrike20' brings fast, frantic fixed-screen arcade shooting to the 32K Expanded Commodore VIC-20. Inspired by the evolution of classic early-1980s space shooters, QueenStrike20 goes far beyond simple formation shooting with full 8-direction movement, enemy capture mechanics, multiple special weapons, changing attack formations, reverse-scrolling stages and increasingly aggressive enemy behaviour. You can get the game as digital download for a fair price to support the developer, but you are also able to download a free demo version to test it first.

06.10.2026 - 'Tricky Tetris' - game for C64 and Plus/4 released
Tricky Tetris is a complete Tetris game for the Commodore 64 / Plus/4 and Ultimate 64, created by Zsolt Tarczali in 2026. It has everything you would expect from Tetris: falling pieces, levels, hold, line clearing, high scores and increasingly fast gameplay. But there is one important difference: the game occasionally plays tricks on you. You can get them as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

06.10.2026 - Protovision Shop: Galencia is back
The acclaimed Galaga-inspired C64 action shooter Galencia by Jason Aldred is fully back in stock – including the disk version! All boxed editions are packed with a 16-page full-color manual, a glass-surface coaster, a small metal bee, and a sticker. If you want the ultimate package, grab one of the special editions bundling the cartridge with the disk – plus a space amulet to keep your luck up in the later levels. All editions are PAL and NTSC compatible and include digital images of the tape and disk versions.

06.10.2026 - C64 game 'Loukoumas' released
'Loukoumas' is a new platformer for C64, about a plump, overweight European Shorthair with short legs, enormous eyes and an unappeasable love of cured meats that has been woken by a rumble in his own stomach. You can get them as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

06.10.2026 - New at AMIGAstore.eu - Framethrower 600 for Amiga 600 with PiStorm
Framethrower is a video output solution that works as a scandoubler, capturing the native 15kHz signal and automatically switching between OCS/ECS and RTG screen modes. Framethrower eliminates the need for multiple video outputs by providing both modes through the Raspberry Pi HDMI connector.

05.10.2026 - Plus/4 game 'Skool Daze' released - free for download
'Skool Daze' was a major classic on the ZX Spectrum and C64, and the school mischief simulator has finally arrived on the Plus/4 as well. Step back into school as Eric, a mischievous pupil with a catapult and a report card that needs fixing! Attend lessons, dodge angry teachers, uncover the safe combination, and cause plenty of classroom chaos along the way. This Commodore Plus/4 adaptation brings Skool Daze to life with refreshed graphics, new music, and lively sound effects. Can you outsmart the staff before the punishment lines pile up?

05.10.2026 - C64 game 'Necrosis' released
'Necrosis' is a new platformer for the C64. It started on the night shift at St. Jude's Infirmary. By midnight, the wards were full of the dead - and the dead were hungry. You wake alone on a gurney. Three people are still alive somewhere in the dark: a nurse on the wards, a priest who went down into the catacombs, and a nun ringing the chapel bell in Blackmoor Cemetery. Fight, run and climb your way out through the infirmary, the undercroft and the graveyard. Save who you can. Do not get bitten. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain to support the developer.

05.10.2026 - C64 game 'FablePhobia: The Wrong Map' released
'FablePhobia: The Wrong Map' is a short story-driven C64 adventure and the third part, set in the strange world of Fablephobia, It is focused on atmosphere, dialogue and simple choices. Alice and Pippa find an old map. They don't know where it came from or what it is trying to show them. As new places begin to appear on it, they decide to follow them and see where the map leads. Their journey takes them through several unusual places, with strange encounters, odd situations and a few decisions along the way. You can get them as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.