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TOSEC | TOSEC has been updated. TOSEC, or The Old School Emulation Center, is a group of people dedicated to the preservation of games and other programs for home computer and console systems. In this update: 174 new, 292 updated and 64 removed.

Blood and Honour, Aidaars Revenge - C64 | There is a new game available for the Commodore C64. The game Blood and Honour, Aidaars Revenge is made by Chris Yates and Skull (program), Wiklund (music) and Indyjr (graphics). In the game you must free your beautiful bride from the evil sorcerer. For the game is a design for a diskette sleeve and a cassette inlay available.

CrossCrabTris 1.0 | KeHo Software released a thinking game for the Amiga. The game is made by Achim Kern, and is programmed in the Hollywood programming language. The game is a mix between a crossword puzzle, Scrabble and Testris. The game is available for MorphOS (ppc), AmigaOS4, AmigaOS3 and AROS.

WHDLoad | WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard-disk. Improved: Fire and Brimstone (Microprose). New: California Games (World of Wonders), SWIV (Skid Row), Pinball Dreams 2 (Skid Row), Collection (Razor 1911), Super Off-Road (Paradox), Project X Special Edition (Ministry), Fatal Mission (Robin Burrows), Test Drive 2 (Black Monks), Rock 'n Roll (Newcomer Rainman Crew, Paranoimia), Début: Planet Simulation (Pandora), The Paranoia Complex (Magic Bytes) and Intro (Code Killers).

Word Me Up XXL 1.5 | Word Me Up XXL is a mix between an arcade game and a memory game. You can try a demo or buy the complete game. In this version: More help available. New transition effects between screens. New users management, 12 users can play and save their games. Two new characters available: Lisa and Miss Shen. Four new levels and 27 avatars included. The game is available for AmigaOS 4.x and MorphOS.

SOAP Rewound Edition | Snake on a Plane Rewound Edition is a game for the Commodore C64. The game is made by Ned Ryker (Code, Graphics) and the music is from Fredrik. The sequel to Snake on a Plane has less compiled BASIC and much more assembler code.

C64 Endings | The web page C64 Endings has added 5 new game endings last month. The latest additions are:Arc of Yesod (Thor), Blinky's Scary School (Zeppelin Games), Demon Blue (Microvalue), Giant's Revenge (Thor) and Strike Force Cobra (Piranha).

F7 Cars Target | You can find a new Commodore 64 game on the TND web page. Roberto Ricioppo made the game with the help of SEUCK (Shoot'Em-Up Construction Kit) and the music is from Richard Bayliss. The game is called F7 Cars Target, and it combines a shoot 'em up and a race game.

Prince of Persia - C64 | Mr. SID released a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is an conversion of the classic game Prince of Persia for the Apple II, made by Jordan Mechner. Later the game was converted to the Amiga, Atari, Nintendo, Sega, Playstation and many other computers. Making a C64 version is difficult because the game need a large amount of memory. The EasyFlash cartridge with its 1 MByte of memory makes it possible to store all the data. You can play Prince of Persia with an real C64 and the EasyFlash cartridge or use the VICE emulator.

The Last VIC - VIC-20 | Orion70 made a new game for the Commodore VIC-20. The game The Last VIC is an conversion from the Commodore C16 game Earth Defender, made by R. Adling. The game uses the hi-res 160x192 graphics from Mike's Minigrafik extension. In the game you need to defend your home planet. You must destroy all the bombs with your canon. The game can be played on a real VIC-20 with 8KByte extra RAM or an emulator.

Blitz - Andriod | Caffeine Kid released a classic Commodore VIC-20 game for Andriod. The game Blitz was original written by Peter Calver for the Commodore PET and was named Air Attack. The game was later converted by Simon Taylor and published under the name Blitz. In the game you need to destroy a city with a small airplane. You can use your bombs to destroy the building but don not fly into the buildings.

Wars for the Conquest of Space - C64 | Wars for the Conquest of Space is a new game for the Commodore C64. Roberto Ricioppo made the game and graphics and the music is from Richard Bayliss. The game is made with the help of SEUCK (Shoot'Em-Up Construction Kit). In the game you have to fight with your NEXUS 773783 star ship against the evil forces in space.

WHDLoad | WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard-disk. Improved: Castle Master (Incentive Software/Domark) and Bart vs. the World (Virgin). New: Games: Winter Edition (Epyx), King Pin demo (Team 17). Alien Breed 3D demo (Team 17) and 8-Bit Jungle (Unstable Label).

BattleTanks - Amiga | Kas1e is working on a Amiga OS4 version of the game Battle Tanks. You can try the game but it has a few bugs at the moment. The sound is disabled, the game sometimes freezes or crashes and the icons are not that beautiful. Battle Tanks is a fun game, where you can choose one of three vehicles and eliminate your enemy using the whole arsenal of weapons. The game is open source, multiplayer and cross-platform (Amiga, Windows, Linux and Mac).

Panic Analogue (Preview) - C64 | The group Goin' Sideways is working on a new game for the Commodore C64. Panic Analogue is fast game for one or two players, and it uses paddles. It is not possible to play the game with a joystick, so get out your paddles out of storage for this new game. The game will be released in the near future.

Dunjon Battler - C64 | Dunjon Battler is a new game for the Commodore C64 made by Jeffrey Ouelette. In the game you need to find the chalice of ultimate power. Destroy the monsters and collect the treasure chests. Drinking from the chalice will give you immortality. But at what cost? If you completed the first challenge you can access the second quest from the title screen.

SymbolRechnen v2.0 | SymbolRechnen is a new game for the Amiga made by Achim Kern with the help of the Hollywood programming language. In the game you need to solve the puzzles by addition, subtractions , multiplications en divisions. This game is available for MorphOS (ppc), AmigaOS4, AmigaOS3, AROS and Windows.

C64anabalt - preview | Paulko64 is working on a new game for the Commodore C64. This time he is doing a remake of the popular game of Canabalt. The game was originally designed in Flash and for iOS by Adam Saltsman (Adam Atomic). In the game you need to run as far as you can. You run on the roofs of buildings and need to avoid all kinds of trouble. The game play of C64anabalt is very good and the game is very addictive.

Edge Grinder - C64 | The game Edge Grinder for the Commodore 64 is now available as a .d64 image. The game is made by T.M.R, the graphics are from Smila and Ste'86 and the music is made by Odie. The game about scoring points, blowing things up and grinding the walls. The alien craft attacks in waves and have varying strength values. You will need to learn these attack formations in order to succeed.

Takeover - VIC20 | Takeover is a game for the Commodore VIC-20 made by Orion70. The game is a conversion of the C64 version made by Humphrey Walwyn in 1984. In this strategy game you must try to take over the government. You must defeat the evil president Xerxes by taking over as many buildings as you can. To play the game you need a VIC-20 with 16 kByte extra RAM or an emulator.

Swords - Plus/4 | A unknown game was discovered for the Commodore C16 or Plus/4. Swords is a cool arcade adventure game, which seems to be inspired on Robo Knight. You need to find your way through a manor. You must find the lost swords and the secret chamber full of gold. The game was made by Attila Kardos in 1988.

Red Wizard Island v0.24 - Amiga | You can try a new game for the Amiga called Red Wizard Island. The game can be played on a AGA Amiga, e-uae, uae or WinUAE. In the game you are the Red Wizard and you need to go to the king. Your first challenge will be to get off the island. But Vikings are guarding the shores!

The Lost Caves 6 | The Lost Caves 6 is a new edition of the classic Boulderdash game made by schlonkel. The Lost Caves 6 was official released on Gamescom 2011 in Cologne, Germany. TLC 6 has 24 caves and 6 intermission. A few examples of the new caves are: Collectors Digest, Don't Let Them Escape!, Fireworkers, Nuclear Fuel, The Bridge, Difficulty Pushing, 7 Chambers Of Fun and Time For Party! You can order TLC 6 on diskette or you can download it as a .d64 image.

Gamebase 64 - v8 | The team of Gamebase 64 released version 8. The total is now more than 22,500 entries, 1500 more then the previous version. The goal of Gamebase 64 is to preserve all software that was made for the Commodore 64 computer.

WHDLoad | WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard-disk. New in this update: Rings Of Medusa Gold (Starbyte), Virtual Karting 2 demo (Fabio Bizzetti) and Gloom (Black Magic). Updated: Five-A-Side Soccer (Croteam), Castle Master (Incentive Software/Domark), Worms - The Director's Cut (Team 17), Battle Squadron (Innerprise) and Misja Harolda (MarkSoft).

Games That Weren't | There are new games added to the GTW web page: Civilization, Dive Bomber, Dinnamic Donkey Duo, Erik the Destroyer, Elusive, Giana Strikes Back, Game#3, Imperial Bodyguard, Pimple Panic, Robin Hood, Shian: Tiger Style, Shian: Wu Dang, Samba 2, SAW Wars and Zach Townsend Puzzler.

Shoot 'Em Up Destruction Set 2 | Psytronik Software presents Shoot 'Em Up Destruction 2, another stunning compilation of games produced by the Shoot 'Em Up master, Alf Yngve! SEUDS 2 includes the following four games: Super Tau-Zeta, fight your way through the cosmos. Bloodwheels, drive your armored vehicle through the desert, jungle and an evacuated city. 2,000 Kung-Fu Maniacs, combat the Kung-Fu Maniacs and other assorted foes on your epic quest! Trojahn, is an adventure in which you are on a quest to rescue your beloved Elena from an evil Minotaur!

Diamond Hunt 2 | Greyhost (Rob) has released a game for the Commodore VIC-20. He wrote the game many years ago in BASIC, but he now re-wrote the game in machine language with the help of CBMprg Studio. It is an arcade/maze type of game. Grab the diamonds and escape before the monsters get you. Increasing difficulty as you progress (more, faster, and smarter monsters).

C64 Endings | The web page C64 Endings has added 5 new game endings last month. The latest additions are: Grand Prix Simulator II (Codemasters), Garfield: Big Fat Hairy Deal (The Edge), Galaxy Force (Activision), Herobotix (Hewson / Rack-it), Time Trax (Mind Games).

MegaGlest 3.5.2 - AROS | Krzysztof Smiechowicz made a AROS version of the MegaGlest strategy game. MegaGlest is an open source 3D strategy game, where you control the armies of one of seven different factions: Tech, Magic, Egyptians, Indians, Norsemen, Persian or Romans. In the game you must establish settlements, defend yourself and gather resources. The game is also available for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X and FreeBSD.

The Marlo Files - C64 | Binary Legends made a updated compilation of two text adventure games. Join Sammy Marlo, Private Eye as he searches for stolen paintings in the Caper museum and goes on the trail of a missing scientist in Dial M for Marlo. The games were created with the Questwriter text adventure creator. Instructions on how to play the games are included on the disk. Also in case you get stuck while playing the games, full solutions are also included.

Realms of Quest I: Anniversary Edition | Ghislain released a special edition of Realms of Quest I. In this version the following changes: User-friendly instructions, Unique names for each of the 36 magic spells, Better interface, display and text. The game can be played on a unexpanded VIC-20 + disk drive or with a Commodore VIC-20 emulator. Instructions and a Book of Beasts can be read from the main game menu.

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