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Saga 1.7 | Saga is a conversion of the 1981 TSR board-game Saga: Age of Heroes, for up to 6 players. Players can be controlled by human or the Amiga. In Saga you must defeat evil monsters, win fabulous treasures and rule great kingdoms. In this version changes are a Historical score graph and bug fixes. Saga 1.7 is available for Amiga OS3 / OS4 and MorphOS and the following languages are supported English, German and Italian.

Amigian Software heeft ook een update gemaakt voor het spel Africa voor Amiga OS3 en OS4. Africa is ook een conversie van een bordspel voor meerdere spelers. In dit spel heb je de controle over het noordelijke gedeelte van Afrika.

The SEUCK Vault | The web page about SEUCK games has made a big update with 40 new games for the C64. A few examples are: 3D Spacewar, Alien Blast II, Amadeus, Ardant, The Armageddon Files, Banana Jones, Base 3, Fireflash, Invasion from outer space, Lard, Space Opera, Stink Warz, Usurper, Bottom, Contura, Vios and many more. And Martin Pugh added more than 200 SEUCK games with trainers.

Sideways Seuck Competition 2011 | The result of the Sideways Seuck Competition 2011 are revealed. The winner is Alf Yngve with the game Forgotten Forest. The results are: 1 - Forgotten Forest - Alf Yngve. 2 - Heroes of Midgard / Anthony Burns. 3 - Action Def / Christian Siege. 4 - Flawshow / Anthony Burns. 5 - Missile Madness / Alf Yngve. 6 - Escape from the Annoying Chavs / Joshua Green. The winning game will be professional released with specially made music, a loading picture and a cover design.

Manhole - Amiga | Lee Hurley made a game for the Amiga. He made a conversion of the Nintendo LCD game Manhole from 1981. In the game you must close all the manholes before pedestrians fall in the open holes and disappear in the sewers. The game is made in AmigaBASIC and then compiled with the AC-Basic Compiler.

Realms of Quest II - VIC20 | Ghislain released an enhanced version of Realms of Quest II. It is now 20 years ago that the original Realms of Quest I computer role-playing game was released. This anniversary version has new graphics and a mini game. Instructions on how to play the game can be accessed from the main game menu.

Bit Fox - Plus/4 | Roepipi made a new game for the Commodore Plus/4. The game is written in BASIC but it is not slow. Can you beat this coloring game? It will take about 10 minutes to play the game. Roepipi also made a technical description of his BASIC game.

The Keep - VIC20 | The Keep is a new First Person game for the Commodore Vic 20. Make your way to floor 256 before your lamp expires! Choose from a fixed series of maps, or random maps. The game can be played on a un-expanded VIC-20 with the keyboard or the joystick.

C64 Endings | The web page C64 Endings has added 6 new game endings last month. The latest additions are: Bill & Ted's excellent adventure (Capstone), Hammerfist (Activision), KGB Agent (Pirate Software), Lunar Blitz (T.M.R./Cosine), Mermaid Madness (Electric Dreams/Firebird) and Operation Fireball (Alternative Software).

SEUCK Vault | The Seuck vault has 39 new entries. A few examples are: Horace Takes A Trip, Raid 3 - Total Fire, Intense - Reborn Again, Billy the Dragon, China Raiders, Retaliator, Utopium, Computer Conflict, Middle East Madness, Slap 'n Tickle, 109, Boche, Headgames, Smash Telly and Space Heat. All the games can be downloaded from the web page.

WHDLoad | WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard-disk. New in this update: Mysterious Worlds (Playstone Design), S (Skarla), When We Ride On Our Enemies (Skarla) and Shaft 7 (Bomb). Updated: Turrican 3 (Factor 5 / Rainbow Arts), Leavin Teramis (Thalion), Alien Breed 3D (Team 17), Dennis (Ocean) and Puzznic (Ocean).

Let's Compare | Let's compare is a series of videos about classic computer games. In the videos from the Gaming History Source channel you can see all the classics games but on different computers or consoles. A few examples of the games are Pole Position, Congo Bongo, Crystal Castles, R-Type, Donkey Kong, Zaxxon, Burger Time, Bubble Bobble and many more. The computers used for the games are the Commodore VIC-20, C64, Amiga, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amstrad, Gameboy, original arcade machines and many more.

Chang's Adventure - C64 | Chang's Adventure is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is made by The Mad Scientist (Hokuto Force). In the game you need to find the treasures, fight the enemies and find a boat to escape the island.

Lode Runner - Plus/4 | Kichy made a Commodore Plus/4 version of the platform game Lode Runner. The original game was developed by Douglas E. Smith in 1982. The game was released by Brøderbund in 1983 for many 8-bit computers like the Commodore VIC-20, C64, Apple II, ZX Spectrum and the Atari. In the game you must must collect all the gold, but be aware of the guards. The game includes an editor for making your own levels.

Cube 2 - AROS | Krzysztof Smiechowicz made an AROS version of the game Cube 2 : Sauerbraten. Cube 2 is an First Person Shooter with fast game-play and beautiful 3D graphics. Cube 2 for AROS is the first game that uses the advanced capabilities and features of AROS 3D sub-system. The game comes with a configuration tool to optimize the game for the available video card.

Valley of Treasures - C16 | Valley of Treasures is an adventure game for the Commodore C16 and Plus/4. This adventure is a conversion from the Commodore C64 version. The conversion is made by Kichy and the original is from Charles Gray. In the adventure you need to find five treasures to complete the game.

A C64 game | Endurion (Georg Rottensteiner) is writing a blog about making a game on the Commodore C64. He explains every step he takes and you can look at the assembly code for each step. At the moment he is at step 12, but it will take about 36 steps in total to complete the game. Every step includes the assembly code (ACME cross compiler) and part of the program (.prg).

Escape From Psylon - Plus/4 | The game Escape From Psylon is a game for the Commodore Plus/4 that was released in the year 1989. Now after many years it is found again and you can play it. In the game you need to escape from a big maze with your tank. You must collect 45 puzzle pieces on 3 levels and assemble them into a big picture. The game was made by Csaba Nemes and Gábor Nagymáthé.

Deff-Ender - C64 | Deff-Ender is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is made by Pavel Loda and is one of the games in the Sideway SEUCK competition 2011. In the game you must fly with your laser equipped aircraft through four battle zones. You have to fight against the aliens and try to rescue the humans.

Worm Wars v8.67 - Amiga | Worm Wars is an advanced Tron / Snake-style arcade game for up to 4 simultaneous players. There are 36 types of creature and 32 types of Power-Up objects. There is also a level editor for making your own levels. New in this version: When killing creatures, it briefly shows the points they are worth. Improved rabbit movement. New bonus level: hunt the rabbits. Worm Wars is available for: AmigaOS 2-3, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and Windows.

Action Def - C64 | Action Def is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is made by Christian Siege and is one of the games in the Sideway SEUCK competition 2011. In the game you go on a secret mission. You need to defeat the guards but be very careful where you walk. The game is not easy and you need to be precise and concentrated to play this game.

Escape From the Annoying Chavs - C64 | Joshua Green made a new game for the Commodore C64. The game, Escape From the Annoying Chavs, is one of the games in the SEUCK 2011 competition. In the game you are Richard and you want to go to your local pub after work. But you have to walk through many dangerous streets. You better take some coconuts with you for your protection. The music in the game was made by Richard Bayliss.

Fortis v1.2 | Fortis is a game for MorphOS. The game has 36 levels in 3 stages. The game increases in difficulty when you get to higher levels. It has great sound effect, a weapons store, changeable back-grounds, diversity of enemies, pick-ups in the bonus levels, three language interface and much more. New in this version: Better management of CPU usage. USB joystick / joypad support. Compiled with MorphOS SDK 2.0.

C64 Endings | The web page C64 Endings has added 14 new game endings last month. The latest additions are: Congo Bongoby (U.S. Gold), Cylu (Firebird Software), Dragon Skulle (Ultimate), Extreme (Digital Integration), Fire and Forget 2 (Titus Software), Fearless Fred (Americana Software), Metro-cross (U.S. Gold) On The Farm, On The Farm 2 (Achin Volkers), Rocket Roger (Alligata Software), R.M.S. Titanic (Electric Dreams), Speedball 2 (Image Works), Spellbound (Mastertronic) and Toki (Ocean).

Forgotten Forest - C64 | Alf Yngve made a new game for the Commodore C64. The game, Forgotten Forest, is one of the games in the SEUCK 2011 competition. In the game you have to go through a dark and spooky forest. You have a flame thrower with you, to fight against the dangerous creatures. The music in the game was made by Richard Bayliss and the loader was done by Martin Piper.

Games That Weren't | There are new games added to the GTW web page: New York Crisis by Jason Daniels, 6 Kingdoms of Babylon by Crystal Software and Electronics, Bombmania by Winkel Software and Bomber Clot by Ewen Gillies. There are also games updated: Autoguard, 9 Lives of Fritz the Cat, Barry the Seahorse, Colony, Crucial Bros, Kick Off 2 Cartridge and Moon Gods.

Walkthroughs | Always wanted to play a game to the end? On this web page you can find out how to do it. At the moment there are 378 walkthroughs of games available. The latest addition are Elvira 2 and Runaway. There is also a discussion forum and you can send in your own walkthrough.

Frantic Freddy - C64 | There is a new game available for the Commodore C64. This game is a conversion of the game Frantic Freddy for the Colecovision and Spectravideo that was released in 1983. The conversion was done by encore and the graphics were made by Joe. In the game a building is on fire. You are the fireman Frantic Freddy and you need to put out the fire. And do not forget to save the cats in the windows.

Lady Kakerlak - C64 | Jörg Heyltjes from the Technische Maschinenfabrik released 5 extra levels for his game Lady Kakerlak. This game is inspired on the game Ladybug and can be played on the Commodore C64. You can also make extra levels yourself with the built-in editor.

Klix - Amiga | KeHo Software released a thinking game for the Amiga. The game is made by Achim Kern, and is programmed in the Hollywood programming language. In the game Klix you need to push stones into a target template. This game is available for MorphOS (ppc), AmigaOS4, AmigaOS3 and AROS.

Chang's Adventure | Chang's Adventure is a new game for the Commodore C64. But it is not finished yet. The game needs 100 maps and you can make one or more of these maps. With the program Chang Mapper you can make your own maps and send them in to the maker of the game. The competition is open from 7th June until 22nd June 2011. A manual (English) for Chang Mapper is included with the program.

WHDLoad | WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard-disk. New in this update: Legacy (Hexodus), Web of Terror (Impressions). Updated: Apprentice (Rainbow Arts), Demon Blue (MicroValue), Creatures (Thalamus), D/Generation (Mindscape), Conflict: Europe (PSS). Fixed: Misja Harolda (MarkSoft), Cannon Fodder 2 (Sensible Software).

Sheepoid - C64 | Sheepoid is a new game for the Commodore C64. The Neon Vortex is under attack from strange and bizarre psychedelic experiences from outer space! You have to guide two micro sheep against the Neon Vortex invaders. You can buy the game from Psytronik as a tape or disk game.

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