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19.04.2022 - 'Nixy the Glade Sprite' for C64 re-released
Nixy's adventure is now available on the on the Commodore 64. Help Nixy cleanse the Glade and return peace to her home. Search the darkest corners of the forest and restore the Gaia Stones power. All new map and graphics. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price)
Nixy's adventure is now available on the on the Commodore 64. Help Nixy cleanse the Glade and return peace to her home. Search the darkest corners of the forest and restore the Gaia Stones power. All new map and graphics. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price)
18.04.2022 - Running Mac OS on your Amiga in the 1980s - new video from 'The 8-Bit Guy'
One of the amazing things we could do with our Amigas back in the day was to emulate an Apple Macintosh. In a previous episode the 8-Bit Guy showed you how you could emulate a PC, if no very well. However emulating a Macintosh, was a very different story...
One of the amazing things we could do with our Amigas back in the day was to emulate an Apple Macintosh. In a previous episode the 8-Bit Guy showed you how you could emulate a PC, if no very well. However emulating a Macintosh, was a very different story...
18.04.2022 - New at AMIGAstore.eu - 'OSSC HDMI Scan Converter'
HDMI converter for retro computers and consoles. The OSSC (Open Source Scan Converter) is a video digitizer and scan converter designed primarily for connecting retro consoles and computers to modern HDMI monitors and TVs. It supports RGBs, VGA, RGsB, VGA, and YPbPr inputs (composite video and S-Video is not supported). Another notable advantge of OSSC against other solutions is the very low latency (less than 2 input scanlines). Currently OSSC more quatliy and afordable solution to connect retro devices like Amiga Computers to modern HDMI monitors and TVs.
HDMI converter for retro computers and consoles. The OSSC (Open Source Scan Converter) is a video digitizer and scan converter designed primarily for connecting retro consoles and computers to modern HDMI monitors and TVs. It supports RGBs, VGA, RGsB, VGA, and YPbPr inputs (composite video and S-Video is not supported). Another notable advantge of OSSC against other solutions is the very low latency (less than 2 input scanlines). Currently OSSC more quatliy and afordable solution to connect retro devices like Amiga Computers to modern HDMI monitors and TVs.
18.04.2022 - Gamebase 64 collection: Version 18 released
Spring time again! And today, there is indeed a lot to celebrate. Gamebase64 version 18 is online, now including a whopping 29000 entries! GameBase is what's known by the emulation community as an "Emulator Frontend". It is basically a program that makes running games on various emulators very easy, so that you don't have to remember lots of command line parameters and config settings.
Spring time again! And today, there is indeed a lot to celebrate. Gamebase64 version 18 is online, now including a whopping 29000 entries! GameBase is what's known by the emulation community as an "Emulator Frontend". It is basically a program that makes running games on various emulators very easy, so that you don't have to remember lots of command line parameters and config settings.
17.04.2022 - C64 game 'The Great Giana PETSCII Sisters' released
'The Great Giana PETSCII Sisters' is, as the name suggests, a PETSCII remake of the 'The Great Giana Sisters' game from 1987, which means all game graphics and player figure are made from CBM character set. Even the intro is remade in PETSCII and is furthermore accompanied by a nice remix tune of the famous Chris Hülsbeck title music.You can get the game as free digital download.
'The Great Giana PETSCII Sisters' is, as the name suggests, a PETSCII remake of the 'The Great Giana Sisters' game from 1987, which means all game graphics and player figure are made from CBM character set. Even the intro is remade in PETSCII and is furthermore accompanied by a nice remix tune of the famous Chris Hülsbeck title music.You can get the game as free digital download.
17.04.2022 - C64 game 'Strikeback' released
'Strikeback' is a new shoot'em up by Sarah Jane Avory (Briley Witch Chronicles, Neutron). Our friendly country has been invaded! It's up to you to pilot our latest drone and strike back at our enemy using both bombs and AA missiles. Cats need aid, so on bonus stages drop aid packages for them for bonus points. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price)
'Strikeback' is a new shoot'em up by Sarah Jane Avory (Briley Witch Chronicles, Neutron). Our friendly country has been invaded! It's up to you to pilot our latest drone and strike back at our enemy using both bombs and AA missiles. Cats need aid, so on bonus stages drop aid packages for them for bonus points. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price)
17.04.2022 - C64 game 'We Are Stardust' released for download
'We Are Stardust (The C64 WASD game)' is a game for the Commodore 64 included on the physical versions of the LukHash album with the same name: "We Are Stardust". This game has until now only been available as a physical game, but is now available as a free digital game. This digital version is slightly modified and has a new loading tune composed by Lukhash. If you want to obtain the physical version, read article for more information.
'We Are Stardust (The C64 WASD game)' is a game for the Commodore 64 included on the physical versions of the LukHash album with the same name: "We Are Stardust". This game has until now only been available as a physical game, but is now available as a free digital game. This digital version is slightly modified and has a new loading tune composed by Lukhash. If you want to obtain the physical version, read article for more information.
17.04.2022 - Nintendo Wii NunChuck Converter for the Amiga? Episode 122 - new video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (10MARC)'
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast Doug is reviewing the new converter from our friends at RetroBargains and Trumouse.com that lets us use the Nintendo Wii Nunchuck as a two button joystick! This cool little device also works on Commodore 64 and other 9 pin joystick port computers.
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast Doug is reviewing the new converter from our friends at RetroBargains and Trumouse.com that lets us use the Nintendo Wii Nunchuck as a two button joystick! This cool little device also works on Commodore 64 and other 9 pin joystick port computers.
17.04.2022 - WIP Amiga game 'Creeping Me Out: Hex Night' - Demo 1.1 released
'Creeping Me Out: Hex Night' is going to be an action platformer in the vein of Turrican & Castlevania, made in Scorpion Engine. this freshly released Demo 1.1 is a more polished version of the demo released a year ago. This is a short demo, with 20ish minutes of play time, more if you look for secrets. It has a few levels, a couple of bosses, some bonus stage content, really just a taster for the final game. This demo is again, of the "high spec" build so has slightly odd requirements for an Amiga game. (2MBChip, 1MBFast, probably an 020+) - watch this space for information about lower spec builds in future.
'Creeping Me Out: Hex Night' is going to be an action platformer in the vein of Turrican & Castlevania, made in Scorpion Engine. this freshly released Demo 1.1 is a more polished version of the demo released a year ago. This is a short demo, with 20ish minutes of play time, more if you look for secrets. It has a few levels, a couple of bosses, some bonus stage content, really just a taster for the final game. This demo is again, of the "high spec" build so has slightly odd requirements for an Amiga game. (2MBChip, 1MBFast, probably an 020+) - watch this space for information about lower spec builds in future.
16.04.2022 - What's wrong with these two "black screen" VIC-20 motherboards? - new video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
On today's video, Adrian is going to repair a couple VIC-20 motherboards that aren't working. Both show a black screen as he found in a recent SMMC video. Let's figure out what's wrong with these and get them working again!
On today's video, Adrian is going to repair a couple VIC-20 motherboards that aren't working. Both show a black screen as he found in a recent SMMC video. Let's figure out what's wrong with these and get them working again!
16.04.2022 - C64 game 'Escape From Mystery Mansion' released
'Escape From Mystery Mansion' is a little text adventure. Already written in 1985 in BASIC, it was optimized in 2022 and is now available for free download.
'Escape From Mystery Mansion' is a little text adventure. Already written in 1985 in BASIC, it was optimized in 2022 and is now available for free download.
13.04.2022 - 'Games That Weren't 64' (GTW64) April 2022 update
For April 2022 there have the following new additions and updates for the GTW64 site, including yet another unfinished Tetris game that has been recovered. A large chunk of 12 new entries are for titles which may have been released, but have not yet been digitally preserved and made available in places such as Gamebase64 plus 26 updates were also added.
For April 2022 there have the following new additions and updates for the GTW64 site, including yet another unfinished Tetris game that has been recovered. A large chunk of 12 new entries are for titles which may have been released, but have not yet been digitally preserved and made available in places such as Gamebase64 plus 26 updates were also added.
13.04.2022 - Amiga game 'SkillGrid v1.2' released and free for download
SkillGrid for Amiga 1200/4000/CD32 is an endless score-attack vertical shoot 'em up featuring frenetic, tactical gameplay and comprising of a variety of different sub-games, boss battles and sophisticated scoring mechanics. FEATURES: - Original gameplay based on shooting at enemies and catching/dodging of cells. - 3 parallax layers (2 of which generated procedurally) scrolling at variable speed. - 1 fixed layer for the HUD and other effects. - Real transparencies with 8 bit alpha channel. - Real-time palette changes. - Beautiful tiny sprites. - Pixel-perfect collision detection. - High quality prog-rock music in the form of lossless-packed 8 bit stereo 28.9 kHz samples. - Speech warnings. - Audio channels allocated dynamically for one-shot sounds. - Variable afterburner sound frequency, depending on the ship vertical speed and the scrolling speed. - ... all running at steady 50 Hz. - Single load from any media. - Hiscore saving
SkillGrid for Amiga 1200/4000/CD32 is an endless score-attack vertical shoot 'em up featuring frenetic, tactical gameplay and comprising of a variety of different sub-games, boss battles and sophisticated scoring mechanics. FEATURES: - Original gameplay based on shooting at enemies and catching/dodging of cells. - 3 parallax layers (2 of which generated procedurally) scrolling at variable speed. - 1 fixed layer for the HUD and other effects. - Real transparencies with 8 bit alpha channel. - Real-time palette changes. - Beautiful tiny sprites. - Pixel-perfect collision detection. - High quality prog-rock music in the form of lossless-packed 8 bit stereo 28.9 kHz samples. - Speech warnings. - Audio channels allocated dynamically for one-shot sounds. - Variable afterburner sound frequency, depending on the ship vertical speed and the scrolling speed. - ... all running at steady 50 Hz. - Single load from any media. - Hiscore saving
13.04.2022 - K&A Plus Magazine #20 released and ready to be ordered
Komoda & Amiga Plus, or K & A+ for short, is a paper magazine dedicated to Commodore's range of home computer systems produced between 1977 and 1994. 82 pages (A4) on chalk matt paper offer in issue #20: - REVIEWS: The Briley Witch Chronicles, Incaman, Sonic the Hedgehog, Polar Bear in Space, Shadowlands... and more. - ARTICLES: Project 'Retro Activation', MEGA65, Arcade Classics Muzeum, A500 CPU replacement... and more. -
INTERVIEWS: Gregory Naçu interview - (the developer of C64 OS)
Komoda & Amiga Plus, or K & A+ for short, is a paper magazine dedicated to Commodore's range of home computer systems produced between 1977 and 1994. 82 pages (A4) on chalk matt paper offer in issue #20: - REVIEWS: The Briley Witch Chronicles, Incaman, Sonic the Hedgehog, Polar Bear in Space, Shadowlands... and more. - ARTICLES: Project 'Retro Activation', MEGA65, Arcade Classics Muzeum, A500 CPU replacement... and more. -
INTERVIEWS: Gregory Naçu interview - (the developer of C64 OS)
11.04.2022 - A500 Mini - Not Quite There Yet - new video from 'RetroGamerNation'
Review and how to guide to the A500 Mini.
Review and how to guide to the A500 Mini.
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