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Pong Machine | Jörg Heyltjes from the Technische Maschinenfabrik released a new game. This time he made a new version of the classic game of Pong. The game Pong was developed by Atari in the year 1972 and was the start of the video game industry. This version can be played with 2 players.

Giana's Return v1.0 | The unofficial sequel to the classic Giana's Sisters has now reached version 1.0. In this version the following changes: Palette changes for all tilesets, Four new in-game enemies, Levels are now 320x240 pixels, Modified trainer, New configuration menus for: Music volume control, SFX volume control, Key and Joypad/Joystick configuration. Besides version for Amiga OS4, AROS and MorphOS there are also versions for Dreamcast, Ubuntu, GP2x, Wiz, Caanoo, Pandora, NetBSD, Windows and Mac OSX.

Joe The Serif | This is a game that was released a long time ago in Hungary. The game was available for the Commodore C64 and the C16/Plus4. Pudva preserved this game and you can download it and play it.

C64 Endings | We are going to end this year with a few new C64 endings. The web page C64endings has added 11 new game endings. The new endings in the month of December are: Astro chase (First Star Software), Android 2 (Ocean Software), Alien 3 (Virgin Games), Bad Blood (Origin Systems), Confuzion (Interceptor Software), Graffiti Man (Rainbow Arts), Spy vs. Spy (First Star Software), Snowman (CP Verlag), Tales of Boon (X-Ample), Uninvited (Mindscape) and Xmas Crazy (The New Dimension).

Games That Weren't | GTW 64 has a Xmas update with the following games. Putty from System 3 (1991), Undead (1990), An preview of Pulse by David Green (1990), Scimitar from Cyberdyne Systems (1990), More demos of Deadlock from System 3 (1990), Music recovered of Armalyte 2 from Thalamus (1990), Graphics found of Half Life from Cyberdyne Systems (1990), Music recovered of Savage Platforms and bits founds of Turn Change from Commodore Scene / Mike Berry (1996).

WHDLoad | WHDLoad offers a way to play diskette games from your hard-disk. New in this update: Lemmings - Holiday demo (Psygnosis), Sleeping Gods Lie (Empire). Improved or updated: Lemmings - X-Mas 1991 (Psygnosis), 688 Attack Sub (Electronic Arts), Defender Of The Crown 2 (Commodore), Battle Chess (Interplay), Space Quest (Sierra), James Pond - Underwater Agent (Millennium), Adventure Construction Set (Electronic Arts), It Came From The Desert / Antheads: It Came From The Desert II (Cinemaware), Indiana Jones and The Fate of Atlantis (Lucasfilms Games), Sidewinder (Arcadia Software), Mental Image Game Disk 2 (Mental Images), Power Drift (Activision), Anarchy (Psygnosis) and Action Fighter (Sega).

Theater of War - VIC20 | Ghislain released a new game for the Commodore VIC20. It is a tactical strategy game where you play the role of a German general on the Eastern Front in Russia. It is 1943 and the Germans lost the battle for Stalingrad. The German troops are regrouping for the next battle. You have to plan your strategy carefully, because your units have strengths and weaknesses. The game has a two-player option.

Melting Ice | Iceout made a very small game. He made a clone of Snake, but he used not more than 512 bytes. Snake is one of the oldest computer games and was originally released in 1976 by Gremlin Industries. The game was available on almost every computer and became famous after Nokia placed the game on its mobile phones.

UFO: Alien Invasion - Amiga OS4 | UFO: Alien Invasion is now available for Amiga OS4. In this game you are in the year 2084 and you lead a secret organisation that defends Earth from an alien enemy. You can build bases, prepare your team and go to battle.

Sprite Invaders - VIC20 | Robert Hurst released a clone of a classic arcade hit. The game is written in ca65 assembler and uses the VIC Software Sprite Stack. To play the game you need a Commodore VIC 20 with 8k RAM expansion and a joystick. You can download the game including the sources from Robert's web page.

Nanako in Classic Japanese Monster | The game Nanako for the Commodore 64 is finished. The game was originally released by the Mojon Twins for the ZX spectrum and the Amstrad CPC. The C64 conversion is from the INSIDE development team. The code is from Algarbi, the graphics are from Almighty_God and LInus did the music. You can watch a video on YouTube. You will also find the download link there.

ELIZA 65 | King Durin released a new version of the famous ELIZA computer program. The original ELIZA program was written by Joseph Weizenbaum in 1966. ELIZA is a computerised psychotherapist. The program analyses the input of the user and gives advice to the user.

Cube | kas1e made a Amiga OS4 version of the game Cube. Cube is a First Person Shooter (FPS) game and has more than 100 maps. The game has many outside maps and can be played in single or multiplayer mode. Because Cube is very small and efficient it will run good on older video cards. kas1e is also working on a Amgia OS4 version of Cube 2.

Nyaaaah! - 15th Anniversary Edition | Richard Bayliss made an anniversary version of his game Nyaaaah! The game is a Shoot 'em up and its made with the help of SEUCK. Snodge the Biblet is back in his final adventure. His cyan Biblet friends have been captured by the new evil king. Snodge needs to rescue his friends but he will encounter the evil Biblets, an underwater stage, caves and a death-saw challenge.

1,000 Kung-Fu Maniacs! | Alf Yngve, Richard Bayliss and Jon Wells have been working on an new game for the Commodore C64, named 1,000 Kung-Fu Maniacs! The game is a side-scrolling beat'em-up, and is also a parody game. You can view and read more about the game on YouTube.

SuperTuxKart v0.6.2 | SuperTuxKart is a 3D kart racing game. In the game you can see the great lighthouse or drive through the sand and visit the pyramids. Race underground or in space, watching the stars passing by. The game is available for AROS, Linux, MacOS and Windows.

Quod Init Exit - C64 | Simone Bevilacqua (saimo) released the final version of his game Quod Init Exit. In the game you are a little pig, and you need to eat all the food you can find. The game has excellent graphics and is fun to play. You can download the game from the Commodore Scene Database (CSDb) web page.

Mafia v1.3 | TheRyk released an English version of the German game Mafia. He also fixed the game for NTSC computers. In the game you want to reach the top of the Mafia. This road to the top is long and hard and you need to do many nasty things to reach your goal.

C64 Endings | The web page C64 Endings has added new game endings last month. The latest additions are: Cholo, Deliverance: Stormlord 2, Ghostbusters 2, Oink!, Pastfinder, Square Scape 2, Transformers - TBTSTE and Werewolves in London. On this web page you can read how the game ends and look at the screen-shots or the YouTube movies.

Uwol - Plus/4 | Uwol: Quest for Money is a new game for the Commodore Plus/4. The game is a conversion from the original game on the ZX Spectrum. The game was converted by KiCHY and the music was composed by Csabo. In the game you need to grab as many coins as you can. But be aware of Franky, Vampy, Wolfy and Fanty. You can download a d64 or tap version or watch the game on YouTube.

SuperTux - Amiga | SuperTux is a classic 2D jump and run sidescroller game in a style similar to the original Super Mario games. The features of SuperTux are: 9 Enemies, 26 Playable levels, Configurable joystick and keyboard input, New music, Completely redone graphics. The game can be downloaded from the OS4Depot web page.

Break-Out! - VIC-20 | Robert Hurst has released a Commodore VIC-20 version of the classic Atari classic game BREAKOUT. The game is written machine language and requires a VIC-20 with a 8 kByte RAM expansion. You can play the game with a paddle but it can also be played with a joystick (auto-detection). The game has also a two player mode. You can read more about the game on the Denial web page.

VVVVVV - C64 | Paulko64 released a pre-view of his new game VVVVVV for the Commodore C64. The game is a conversion from the Adobe Flash game for Windows and MacOS. The game is a maze game where you can run and jump. But if you jump something strange happens. You can download and try-out the preview from the CSDb web page.

Hostile Breed | The web page Amiga Games that weren't has found a new game called Hostile Breed. The game was made in 1992 by Jo Walker (Graphics), Rob Stevens (Programming), Sonix Systems (Music and Sound effects) but was never released. The game-play is both tactical and action-based. You must protect your base but you can also fly to the threat and attack it. You can read more information and download the game on the Amiga Games that weren't web page.

Minestorm | Tristar and Red Sector Incorporated released a new game called Minestorm. Minestorm is a Commodore C64 conversion of the famous Vectrex game from 1982. The game was made by Peiselulli (Code), Linus (Music), Peiselulli and Yazoo (Graphics) and Benson (Crack). Minestorm is a Asteroids-type game and can be played with the joystick.

Balls to the Walls | Jonathan Andrews (DrewSoft) released a new game for the Commodore VIC-20. Balls to the Walls is an action game where you break through barriers. The game has 34 screens and can be played with a VIC-20 and a 16 kByte expansion or a emulator. If you succeed to get all 34 levels you can play them again at greater speed.

The SEUCK Vault | The SEUCK-Vault web page has collected new SEUCK games: Xenonoid (ICU/Exact), Casanova (Rainer Dohnem, Frank Wankum), Spitti's Search (Sönke Rahn - 1989), 2112 - The Battle for Planet Earth (Alf Yngve - 1992), B-Raid (Al Dukes - 1989), Fight Driver (Holger Holstem - 1988), Underground (Hol Soft - 1988), The Way of the Ghost (Matthias Zint - 1988). If you like to make SEUCK games yourself don't forget to enter your game in the vertical SEUCK Competition of The SEUCK Vault.

WHDLoad | WHDLoad offers a way to play diskette games from your hard-disk. New in this update: The Clue! (Neo),Khalaan (Rainbow Arts), Das Boot (Three-Sixty), Day of the Pharaoh (Rainbow Arts), Mikro Mortal Tennis (Skywards Software), Kajko I Kokosz (Seven Stars) and Humans III: Evolution - Lost in time (Gametek). Improved: Operation Firestorm (F1 Licenceware), Never Ending Story 2 (Linel), Back To The Future 3 (Imageworks/Konami), Eye of Horus (Logotron), Art Of Chess, The (SPA), Infestation (Psygnosis), Kajko I Kokosz (Seven Stars), Baal (Psyclapse) and Rogue Trooper (Krisalis).

C64 Endings | The web page C64 Endings has added 10 new game endings last month. The latest additions are: Transformers, Crush, Castle Master 1 and 2, Co-Axis, Storm Warrior, Cybernoid, Elven Warrior, Garfield: Winter's Tail, Mr. MWino and Rasputin. On this web page you can read how the game ends and look at the screen-shots or the YouTube movies. The web page has now more than 530 endings and is still growing.

Maziacs | Maziacs is a new game for the Commodore Plus/4. This game was originally released in 1983 for the ZX Spectrum and was programmed by Don Priestley. Now the game is converted by Kichy and ASN for the Plus/4. In the game you need to find a treasure in a big maze. You need to find food for energy and swords to fight the monsters.

Bionik Granny Returns | Richard Bayliss released a new version of the 1984 game Bionik Granny. In this game Granny has to clobber people in the street to get her hands on coins. But beware of people throwing things or shoot at Granny. The game has 8 levels and can be played on the Commodore 64.

Uwol, Quest for Money C64 | A new game for the Commodore C64 from the Mojon Twins. The game was released for the ZX Spectrum and the Mega Drive in the past, but now there is also a C64 version. In the game you need to grab as many coins as you can. In the game there are four area's: the driveway, the laboratories, the rooms and the basement. But there are some enemies you should be aware of, they are called Franky, Vampy, Wolfy and Fanty.

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