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29.12.2021 - Commodore Amiga 1000 Restoration - new video from 'The 8-Bit Guy'
The 8-Bit Guy started to work on an Amiga documentary about two years ago and one of the things he needed for it, was an stock Amiga 1000. He only had one that was modified. Finally, he now got a stock machine as donation, but it needs some restoration service.

29.12.2021 - New C64 game 'Lane Crazy' announced as free digital download coming January 2022
Blazon - Games Division is very proud to present to you Lane Crazy. A fun little vertical scrolling hi-score attack party game. This game is guaranteed to drive you crazy if you keep on losing constantly. Lane crazy features the following: - Complete loading screen presentation. - Front end presentation with options screen added. - Hi Score table (including a hi score saver, if playing on D64/disk). - Stylish in game graphics. - Quirky music. - 8 levels of crazy ball rolling fun. - PAL and NTSC compatible.

28.12.2021 - 'Sonic the Hedgehog V1.2' - another update for the C64 game of the year released
The recently released C64 port of "Sonic the Hedgehog" from the SEGA Master System has been updated again. This new versiona few more bugs that were found: - Fixed hang on SuperCPU during SEGA logo, - Fixed checkpoint behaviour after using a continue, - Fixed special stages appearing after a boss fight, - Fixed Sonic’s idle time check

27.12.2021 - PDF Retro magazine REV'n'GE issue #129 for download
REV'n'GE (Retro Emulator Vision and Game) is an Italian and English language PDF magazine, not only for Commodore fans, that mainly focus on game REViews.

26.12.2021 - 'Doomball' for Plus/4 released
Like for the C64, also the Plus/4 got it's port of DoomBall, a Commodore PET conversion of 'POLF: the game of balls and holes' by David Given. Search the maze for the ball and move it into the hole. The game is free for download.

26.12.2021 - C64 game 'Doomball' released
DoomBall is a conversion of POLF: the game of balls and holes for the Commodore PET by David Given. Search the maze for the ball and move it into the hole. The game is free for download.

25.12.2021 - V1.1 of 'Sams Journey Season Special' for C64 released
There is a little update for the freshly available 'Sams Journey Season Special'. Version 1.1 offers some modifications at the beginning of the level, for everyone who experienced V1 as too difficult. Furthermore there was added Sam's Journey Controls documentation. Get the digital download directly here.

25.12.2021 - Sonic the Hedgehog on Commodore 64. Really. - new video from 'retrobits'
Ep 52 : Thirty years after debuting on the Sega Genesis, Sonic finally arrives on the C64 and you won’t believe your eyes!

25.12.2021 - New retro book Kickstarter campaign - 'From Vultures to Vampires Vol 2'
From David John Pleasance and Trevor Dickinson. 25 years of Copyright Chaos and Technology Triumphs Further almost unbelievable tales of the Amiga - a computer that refuses to die. Following on from the highly acclaimed 'Commodore - The Inside Story' and 'From Vultures to Vampires Volume 1', in Volume 2 we go for the period 2005 - 2021. It is the continuing story of even more incredible change of ownership battles and outstanding technology breakthroughs. The truth that all Amiga fans deserve to be told. It's all here and a great read. Treat yourself or treat someone you love.

25.12.2021 - New C64 homebrew game 'Curse of the Vampire'
'Curse of the Vampire' is a C64 V2.0 Basic text adventure with procedurally generated game world. Ban and stake the vampire to break his curse. You can get the game as digital download for free.

24.12.2021 - Soulless 2 - unboxing and gameplay - new video from 'Scene World Magazine'
Merman is back with another unboxing video! Soulless 2! This time he takes a close look at the Collector's edition of Soulless 2 - The Armour Of Gods by Psytronik. The Collector's Edition includes the game disk, soundtrack CD, poster and more. An essential purchase for your good old homecomputer!

24.12.2021 - C64 game 'Sams Journey Season Special' released and free for download
Sam celebrates his 4th birthday on the Commodore 64! Thanks to all our fans and supporters who made this possible! This season special is a gift for experts who enjoy a fiscal challenge! To get through this and collect all 40/10/03 items, you'll need to use every single move Sam has in stock. Original facebook post (german).

24.12.2021 - 'Defiance' - new game for Plus/4 released and free for download
'Defiance' is a Puzzle Shooter and inspired by a VIC-20 game called Avalanche. Move your ship left and right while shooting the falling blocks with the correct color. Use up and down to change color. The game speed constantly increases. Shooting same colored blocks in a row scores more points, and shooting 4 in a row reduces speed.

24.12.2021 - A Very Commodore 64 Christmas Special - new video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
Join Robin as he shares some of his favourite Christmas-themed Commodore 64 demos & games, and also shows the 3 C64 Christmas song videos he has made over the years, with some behind-the-scenes info.

24.12.2021 - New C64 game 'GøbLiN' - playbale preview released
There is a 9 level preview of 'GøbLiИ' from Pond Software available as digital download. The game is based on Goblin and features more animation frames, new enemies, new graphics and music, new levels, a new title screen and game complete screen, etc. It should work fine on both NTSC and PAL. The full game will be released sometime in 2022.