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08.03.2025 - Amiga game 'Trapped in the Tomb' released
'Trapped in the Tomb' is a platformer game for Amiga (ECS, 0.5mb Chip, 0.5mb Slow, 68000). It is a reminiscent of the game Fred released by Quicksilva from 1984. Escape from a tomb to the surface by finding crystal skulls that will unseal the closed passages. The tomb is never the same twice - each time you enter, the artifacts are hidden in different locations, and your journey begins from a new starting point. You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer. A boxed version is also available for purchase.
'Trapped in the Tomb' is a platformer game for Amiga (ECS, 0.5mb Chip, 0.5mb Slow, 68000). It is a reminiscent of the game Fred released by Quicksilva from 1984. Escape from a tomb to the surface by finding crystal skulls that will unseal the closed passages. The tomb is never the same twice - each time you enter, the artifacts are hidden in different locations, and your journey begins from a new starting point. You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer. A boxed version is also available for purchase.
07.03.2025 - Last Commodore 64 Revision Repair - video by 'Jan Beta'
Jan is trying to repair a 250469 Revision B Commodore 64 board with some interesting faults.
Jan is trying to repair a 250469 Revision B Commodore 64 board with some interesting faults.
06.03.2025 - Video: Bad Dudes vs Dragonninja Amiga AGA WIP port - level 5 (train)
'Bad Dudes' is a side-scrolling cooperative beat 'em up developed and released by Data East as an arcade video game in 1988. Now there is work in progress going on to port the game to Amiga (AGA). This video shows fully working train level, featuring awesome music by no9.
'Bad Dudes' is a side-scrolling cooperative beat 'em up developed and released by Data East as an arcade video game in 1988. Now there is work in progress going on to port the game to Amiga (AGA). This video shows fully working train level, featuring awesome music by no9.
05.03.2025 - Video: QUOD INIT EXIT IIo / preview #8
QUOD INIT EXIT IIo is a platformer with original mechanics, a few puzzle elements and an unprecedented graphical engine, that you can download as a playable preview from here. Update: Finally one more zone (i.e. level) of the game is complete! Enter the mad scientist's TOWERS! (Yes, it's also a tribute to a certain famous C64 game.) Making this zone has been even tougher than the other ones due to the fake 3D perspective, which increases the already extreme complexity of drawing the tiles, designing the map and writing the zone-specific code.
Moreover, the maps of the CLIFFS and FORTRESS zones has been made bigger and better and all the rest received quite a number of improvements too!
QUOD INIT EXIT IIo is a platformer with original mechanics, a few puzzle elements and an unprecedented graphical engine, that you can download as a playable preview from here. Update: Finally one more zone (i.e. level) of the game is complete! Enter the mad scientist's TOWERS! (Yes, it's also a tribute to a certain famous C64 game.) Making this zone has been even tougher than the other ones due to the fake 3D perspective, which increases the already extreme complexity of drawing the tiles, designing the map and writing the zone-specific code.
Moreover, the maps of the CLIFFS and FORTRESS zones has been made bigger and better and all the rest received quite a number of improvements too!
05.03.2025 - C64 Weekly #24 (Commodore 64 Scene Updates) - video by 'BastichB 64K'
Links to all shown games, demos and music in the video description.
Links to all shown games, demos and music in the video description.
04.03.2025 - One Giant Pixel? Exploring $D020 and VIC-II/6510 Timing- video by '8-Bit Show And Tell'
The VIC-II video chip in the Commodore 64 has a control bit that will cause the screen border to cover the entire screen, filling the whole screen with whatever colour is currently in the border colour register, location 53280 or $D020. This sort of makes the entire screen one giant pixel, but of course it's much more complicated than that when you start considering constant dynamic interaction between the 6510 CPU and the VIC-II. There's actually a lot that can be done with just that one colour register, and when we start modifying it and counting CPU cycles, we can learn a lot about how the system works.
The VIC-II video chip in the Commodore 64 has a control bit that will cause the screen border to cover the entire screen, filling the whole screen with whatever colour is currently in the border colour register, location 53280 or $D020. This sort of makes the entire screen one giant pixel, but of course it's much more complicated than that when you start considering constant dynamic interaction between the 6510 CPU and the VIC-II. There's actually a lot that can be done with just that one colour register, and when we start modifying it and counting CPU cycles, we can learn a lot about how the system works.
03.03.2025 - Lost, Abandoned and Unreleased Games with Frank Gasking - Games That Weren't - video by 'The Retro Collective'
GamesThatWerent.com has been archiving unreleased, abandoned and lost video games for over 25 years. Today we meet its founder, Frank Gasking, who takes us through his journey and some of his favourite rediscovered games in the archive.
GamesThatWerent.com has been archiving unreleased, abandoned and lost video games for over 25 years. Today we meet its founder, Frank Gasking, who takes us through his journey and some of his favourite rediscovered games in the archive.
03.03.2025 - 'Ghosts'n'Goblins' for Amiga AGA - demo for download released
There is a small demo available of the great arcade classic Ghosts'n'Goblins, ported to the Commodore Amiga (AGA) with the Scorpion Engine. This demo includes only the 1st level of the game, was created as an exercise with the S.E., and makes no claim to be complete or perfect. It was created to see how GnG could be on the Amiga by breaking free from the limitations of the Amiga 500 classic.
There is a small demo available of the great arcade classic Ghosts'n'Goblins, ported to the Commodore Amiga (AGA) with the Scorpion Engine. This demo includes only the 1st level of the game, was created as an exercise with the S.E., and makes no claim to be complete or perfect. It was created to see how GnG could be on the Amiga by breaking free from the limitations of the Amiga 500 classic.
03.03.2025 - Gameplay of New Amiga Games from February 2025 - video by 'Retro Gaming Dino'
Presentation of new games for the Commodore Amiga released in February 2025, with lots of information about the games and download links in the video description.
Presentation of new games for the Commodore Amiga released in February 2025, with lots of information about the games and download links in the video description.
03.03.2025 - Amiga Kit A600GS Computer - The Definitive 10MARC Review - video by '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast'
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (10MARC) Doug is reviewing the awesome new A600GS computer from AmigaKit and showing you how to add games and entire operating systems. Buckle up, this is a long one!
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (10MARC) Doug is reviewing the awesome new A600GS computer from AmigaKit and showing you how to add games and entire operating systems. Buckle up, this is a long one!
02.03.2025 - Amiga RGB2HDMI - Adding Audio to HDMI! - video by 'RobSmithDev'
In this video Rob shows you a very simple mod you can perform that will add audio to the HDMI video picture you get from the RGB2HDMI adapter board for the Amiga. There's also a some fun with an Arduino and using it's special Input Capture mode so we can accurately measure if there is any lag introduced into the audio OR video signal as a result of using this mod.
In this video Rob shows you a very simple mod you can perform that will add audio to the HDMI video picture you get from the RGB2HDMI adapter board for the Amiga. There's also a some fun with an Arduino and using it's special Input Capture mode so we can accurately measure if there is any lag introduced into the audio OR video signal as a result of using this mod.
02.03.2025 - Video: Ultimate Violence WIP v0.01 - Amiga Game Development - A500
Ultimate Violence is a multiplayer 3rd person shooter. It will expand on Extreme Violence 2 by adding additional game modes and new gameplay mechanics. New features shown in this video are: zombies, zombie generators and map loading.
Ultimate Violence is a multiplayer 3rd person shooter. It will expand on Extreme Violence 2 by adding additional game modes and new gameplay mechanics. New features shown in this video are: zombies, zombie generators and map loading.
01.03.2025 - Protovision Shop: Now available - Matt Gray’s original Reformation Last Ninja 2 Remix CD
Matt Gray, the master himself, re-arranged one of his most epic C64 game sound tracks, Last Ninja 2, about 10 years ago. Now his original Last Ninja 2 Remix CD is available again - directly from the Protovision shop! Physical CD - supply is limited to 100 pieces for now. And for the first time, audio excerpts of all tracks are available for you to listen on Youtube before you order your CD. Enjoy a trip down memory lane with re-created scenes from Last Ninja
Matt Gray, the master himself, re-arranged one of his most epic C64 game sound tracks, Last Ninja 2, about 10 years ago. Now his original Last Ninja 2 Remix CD is available again - directly from the Protovision shop! Physical CD - supply is limited to 100 pieces for now. And for the first time, audio excerpts of all tracks are available for you to listen on Youtube before you order your CD. Enjoy a trip down memory lane with re-created scenes from Last Ninja
28.02.2025 - C64 game 'Evil Dungeon III - Curse of the sorcerer' released
'Evil Dungeon III - Curse of the sorcerer', the third part in the 'Evil Dungeon' series by Gregor Schillinger, is a RPG-based fantasy story dungeon crawler for the C64, available in German and English language. Part 3 offers: a brand new fantasy story, a new maze, enemies, objects and puzzles,
a complete redesigned UI, font and new graphical items,
exclusive theme and background music by Nordischsound (Benjamin Dibbert), new magical powers, intro and outro as optional audiobook included (separate mp3 files). You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer. A boxed version is available here.
'Evil Dungeon III - Curse of the sorcerer', the third part in the 'Evil Dungeon' series by Gregor Schillinger, is a RPG-based fantasy story dungeon crawler for the C64, available in German and English language. Part 3 offers: a brand new fantasy story, a new maze, enemies, objects and puzzles,
a complete redesigned UI, font and new graphical items,
exclusive theme and background music by Nordischsound (Benjamin Dibbert), new magical powers, intro and outro as optional audiobook included (separate mp3 files). You can get the game as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer. A boxed version is available here.
28.02.2025 - Sky Shapers - New Amiga Shoot'em Up - video by 'RetroGamerNation'
Video game showcase of Sky Shapers by Digilicious Nibbles for the Commodore Amiga.
Video game showcase of Sky Shapers by Digilicious Nibbles for the Commodore Amiga.
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