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Spillhistorie - Kristjan Hatlelid | You can read an interview on the Spillhistorie webpage with Kristjan Hatlelid. Kristjan is a game developer and is known for his game Frantic Freddie, but he worked on many other games making music, sound effects and copy protections.

The 8-bit files podcast | You can listen to a new podcast from The 8-bit files. In this episode of the podcast: C64C Ultimate, Time Extension, Tom's Hardware, DreamSTer, MiSTer Monitor and Super Potato.

Demoscene.cz | Demoscene.cz is a worldwide archive of demos, intros, and size-coding. Curated by machine and craft, built for discovery. The website has a connection with pouet.net, so you will never miss a new production. The supported platforms are: Amiga, Commodore C64, Atari, ZX Spectrum and PC/DOS.

Pixcen Deluxe v1.0.9 - PC | Pixcen Deluxe is a Commodore C64 pixel editor for Windows. It is designed for pixel artists, game developers, and demo sceners who need artwork that can survive the realities of VIC-II colour limits, memory layouts, sprites, character sets, FLI modes and export pipelines.

Commodore.software | The web page Commodore.software has had an update with many new items: Compute!'s Gazette - GEOS Files, COMPUTE!'s Second Book of Commodore, GEO, Mapping Promal and Advanced Symbolic Math 128.

Aurena - PC | Aurena is a modular music player and library manager for people who care about their music collection, from FLAC to Commodore 64 SID, on your desktop, your phone and your hi-fi. It supports the SID chip (cycle-accurate playback), HVSC & STIL, 100+ tracker / module formats (MOD, XM, IT, S3M, AHX/THX/HVL, TFMX, etc.) and the AY sound chip (ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC).

Commodoriani #26 | A new edition of the Italian Commodoriani magazine is now available. In this edition: An interview with Simone Battaglioni, Defender of the Crown and Amiga Prisma.

Oktalyzer | Martin from the website flashback.cz has developed a social media platform called Oktalyzer. Oktalyzer brings you community, private encrypted chat, music, cinema, games and events into one native app, with no tracking, no ads and no feed deciding what you see. There is also a section for Amiga MOD/XM files and a demo-scene archive. The app is still in development, but you can join the Beta group or take a look at the Oktalyzer website.

Starcade - PET/CBM, VIC20 & C64 | Starcade is a four games in one package for the PET/CBM, VIC20 and C64 computer, developed by Milasoft.

Asteroidz: Pilot your spacecraft through a dangerous asteroid field and destroy as many asteroids as possible. Your objective is to survive for as long as you can while earning the highest possible score.

Stellar ambush: Earth is under attack by wave after wave of hostile aliens. Destroy the invading forces before they overwhelm your defenses. The aliens do not remain safely in formation. They may break away, dive toward your position and attempt to bomb your ship. Think of it as Space Invaders on Red Bull.

Hive Dive: Enemy ships rapidly zoom toward and away from the player, making them difficult to target. Boss ships may also dive from the formation and attempt to capture your spacecraft with a tractor beam. Be careful trying to recover your ship back from the Boss, one wrong shot and it could be gone forever.

Space Walkers: Save your base from the space walkers, large, mechanized machines intent on destroying your base. Use your radar to scan for walkers and drones that seek to attack you.

Luigi Di Fraia - IECHost | Luigi Di Fraia has added more functionality to his IECHost device. With this device you can connect a Commodore IEC disk drive via USB to a PC. Changes in this version: Improvements for detecting shifted tracks and an update of the manual.

HomeComputerMuseum Retro Center | The HomeComputerMuseum in Helmond, The Netherlands is opening a retro store on September 25th, 2026. The store will have a repair facility for retro and new computers, the sale of retro and refurbished computers, a Commodore store, HomeComputerMuseum merchandise, parts and upgrades for retro computer, books, videos, cables, tools and electronic parts.

Pitstop Retro Magazine #2 | Pitstop Retro is an independent digital retro gaming magazine dedicated to the people who still create, play, and love games for classic computers and consoles. In this edition: The Tale of Sir Galahad, The Adventure of Node, Petal Panic, Rex: Into the Shadow Realm, Pitfall Returns, Eclipse, Jessica Steel: Bloodmonger, Sprint 1, The Voyage of the Beano, Comchinko, Infe2tation, Gravity Snake, Chrome Horizon, Head Over Heels extended, The Raillord, Mort & Phil, Adrian and a Friend in Need, Vector Dreams, Daimyo, The Experiment and The Secret of Baron Wood.

Compute's Gazette - 08-2026 | A new edition of Compute's Gazette is now available. In this edition: 1MHz Aviator, Networked Gorillas, Milasoft - Castle Smash, Game reviews, Lost and found: PET Adventures games, Dialed Back: Looking for Love at 1200 Baud, Printing from the C64 Ultimate, Structured Assembly Language and CG Relay Server.

Flashback.cz | Flashback.cz is a news website for retro computers. The website has been updated to a new CMS and is now also available in the English language. You can read about the news, reviews, demo-scene and magazines (Czech / English language).

LOAD #12 | LOAD is a German pdf-magazine for retro computer users. In this edition: Die Big Five, Apple I, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, ZX81 reloaded, C64 Überspannungsschutz, Serielle Verbindung zum Amstrad PCW, EACA Video Genie, 50 Jahre Intel 8085, Der Zilog Z80 wird 50, Apple TV 1, Sinclair QL Usermeeting 2025, Wii Homebrew, Selbstbau, Raspberry Pi Pico 2, Color Maximite 2, PicoMiteHDMIUSB Selbstbau, PicoMiteVGAPS2 Selbstbau, VersaTerm selbst gebaut, Die IC Tiefbaufassung, Fluxcopy und Fluxteen, Der Mikroprozessor CP3F, Der CMOS Batterie Guide, Die SGI Reality Engine, MFA Computer begreifen, MFA Entwicklungsgeschichte, OpenBSD als Bootserver, NetBSD auf DEC Alpha, Linux auf alten Rechnern, Emulatoren im Browser and Classic Computing 2025.

Flashtro | On the web page Flashtro.com you can see many cracker intros within your browser. The original intros from the Amiga, Atari-ST, Dreamcast, PC, Playstation etc. are converted to the browser. The most recent flashtro's are: The Wizards - the Temple of Elemental Evil and High Tech Imports - fleet Dict.

Nordischsound | Ben from the Nordischsound YouTube channel is making music with retro computers. The latest additions are: Sonic, Deus Ex - UNATCO, Lemmings, Chrono Trigger and Airstrike.

Commodore History -Commodore Basic | You can watch a new video from the Commodore History YouTube channel. In this episode: Dave uses HESMon and shows what BASIC does with the bytes of your program from tokenization, memory layout and the mechanism that makes GOTO fast.

CVBS / S-Video - HDMI | This universal CVBS S-Video to HDMI video converter can be used with vintage computers such as the Commodore C64, C128 and the VIC20. This converter is developed by Edoardo kinmami and is a low cost, high quality and compact solution for connecting CVBS and S-Video signals to HDMI monitors (720p).

CrustyBASIC - PC | CrustyBASIC is a BASIC cross-compiler for 70s/80s systems and newer. It compiles BASIC source into native machine code. It runs on Windows, MacOS and Linux. Currently supported machines are: Apple ][, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64, C128, VIC20, Plus/4, TRS-80, Nintendo NES and MSDOS. The program is developed by Telengard in the Rust programming language.

Castle Smash - CBM/PET & C64 | Castle Smash is a new game for the Commodore CBM/PET and C64 computers The game is developed by milasoft64 and can be played with up to four players on keyboard or with joysticks. It is a classic four-castle showdown, where you must defend your fortress and demolish everyone else's.

Komoda & Amiga Plus 30 | Komoda & Amiga Plus is a printed and a pdf magazine (English and Polish language) for the Commodore user. In this edition: Impossible Mission III, Traps N'Gemstones, Orbital Mission, Terra Cresta 2026, 6502 Assembly (7), Scientific Calculator on C64 in BASIC, Amiga in the Hands of the Famous, Bedtime for Democracy: A demoscene requiem (1), Interview: Raistlin / Genesis Project and much more.

Commodore.software | The web page Commodore.software has had an update with many new items: Compute!'s Gazette - GEOS Files, Easy Programming for the Commodore 64, Compute!'s Telecomputing on the Commodore 64, Compute!'s The Complete 64, Compute!'s Reference Guide to Commodore 64 Graphics, Compute!'s Speedscript and Compute!'s Second Book of Commodore 64.

Compute's Gazette 13 | A new edition of Compute's Gazette is now available. In this edition: Bobby Prince, Synapse Software, Hardware, User Guide, Games, Gorillas, Viridian Descent, Commodore Clips, Commodore Corner, GEOS Column, Little Blue Box, Stan Veit, Atari, FujiNet, Mega65, 8088-486 and Tandy Land.

The Retro Hour - Ant en Nic Caulfield | The Retro Hour is a professional Podcast made by Dan Wood & Ravi Abbott. The Retro Hour aims to help the world understand the European gaming industry. In this episode: Documentary makers Ant and Nic Caulfield, the team behind From Bedrooms to Billions, The Amiga Years and The Rubber-Keyed Wonder, as they return to celebrate one of the most iconic home computers ever made: the Commodore 64.

VCGN - Monitor 2026-01 | A new edition of the VCGN Monitor magazine is now available for download (English & Dutch). In this edition: EconoPET, VIC20 ROMRAMCart, C64 Smart Supply, Wedge80, 1551-RAMBOard, ACEBasic, Quopus Commander, Commodore 1530 Boombox, Soft-tips, the Scratchpad, Commodore and Amiga news, Classifieds adds and the events for the rest of the year.

Owarix PET/CBM, VIC20, C64 & Plus/4 | Owarix is a new game for the Commodore PET/CBM, VIC20, C64 and Plus/4 computers, developed by orac81. Owarix is a version of one of the oldest known two player games, Oware or Mancala. Boards dating back to Ancient Egypt and Rome have been found, and some finds possibly date the game back as far as 6000 BC.

Pitstop Retro Magazine #1 | Pitstop Retro is an independent digital retro gaming magazine dedicated to the people who still create, play, and love games for classic computers and consoles. In this edition: Amigoonis, Princess Amelia, The War of the Worlds, Cocytus Ruins, The City of Gold, Ultra Blazer '26, The Morning Star, Ghosts 'n Goblins, Bubble Duck, Thunder Bird, Broken Altars, Ducklings Rescue and Glow Point.

Flashtro | On the web page Flashtro.com you can see many cracker intros within your browser. The original intros from the Amiga, Atari-ST, Dreamcast, PC, Playstation etc. are converted to the browser. The most recent flashtro's are: High Tech Imports - fleet Dict, Cape 64 - The Sinners, Factor 4 - Midnight Resistance, The Supply Team - IK+, LSD - Championship Manager 93 and Interpol - Flashback.

Compute's Gazette 12 | A new edition of Compute's Gazette is now available. In this edition: Hedley Davis, Bil Herd - C128, Pixelated Sexiness, Soldering on, The Gazette Wire, Ormanauta, Lost & Found, Yeti Mountain, Zool - Amiga, Commodore corner, GEOS column, Dailed Back, Contents corner, Atari, FujiNet, Mega65, Tandy Land, What disk drive is that, Slider bars, USA250.BAS, CLOCK.BAS, Financial Cookbook, Micro Missions, User groups and Retro Event Calender.

FairLight TV | You can now watch a new episode of the FairLight TV YouTube channel. In this episode: Bachus talks about cracking game on tape and diskettes for the Commodore and Amiga computers.

The Taylor and Amy Show - 6502 breadboard | You can watch a new video from The Taylor and Amy Show YouTube channel. In this episode, Taylor and Amy are going to build a 6502 computer on a breadboard.

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