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Gemdalus v1.1 - Amiga | Gemdalus is a game for the Amiga computer, developed by RETREAM. Gemdalus is an arcade game which challenges the player to pick up all the gems scattered around the mazes.

Return #62 | Return magazine is a German printed magazine for classic computers and consoles. In this edition: 40 Years Amiga, Graphic Tricks - Amiga, Amiga games 1997-2008, Superman, Sega Saturnday 1995, Jack the Nipper 2, Aqua Rush, Marble Madness, Emulators, Computer Museum Ome, Japan, Atari 7800+, Xbox 360, Saturn Clean Power and Dr. Dangerous.

Jan Beta - C64 repair | A new YouTube video from Jan Beta is now available. In this video, Jan shows how to repair a Commodore C64 computer by looking at the symptoms, checking voltages and using a diagnostic cartridge.

The Settlers II Gold Edition - Amiga | In 1993, The Settlers made a major impact on Amiga gaming and created a whole new genre: the city-building strategy game. The Settlers II, was released in 1996, but unfortunately, the king of home computers missed out on it. Almost 30 years later, this gaming history is finally being corrected. With an official licence from Ubisoft Entertainment, The Settlers II Gold Edition will be available natively for the Amiga on October 18, 2025.

ARC Javmaster - Mimic Spartan | You can watch a new video from the ARC Javmaster YouTube channel. In this episode the Mimic Spartan, which is an Apple II clone that uses a Commodore C64 computer for the keyboard. This hybrid system allowed users to switch between the two 8-bit platforms in one machine.

Starfall Defenders - Amiga | Starfall Defenders is a new game for the Amiga computer, developed by EntwicklerX. Starfall Defenders is a classic tower defence game that features unique towers and enemies. It also has an in-game shop system that allows players to purchase better towers, upgrade existing ones, and buy special items like the Atom Bomb, Splash Bomb, and Air Supply.

Commodore.software | The web page Commodore.software has had an update with many new items: Microtext 64 v2.60a, Microtext 64 User Guide, Amiga Gamer's Guide (1), NuBASIC4, V-Forth 5.0, Computers and Chaos for All Amiga, Amiga 1000 Rejuvenator Manual, SupraDrive Operator's Manual, SupraDrive 500XP Hardware Manual, Simon's Mostly Reliable Guide to the Commodore Tape Format, Simon's Mostly Reliable Guide to Kernal I/O, Simon's Mostly Reliable Guide to Interrupts, Final Expansion 3 User Guide v2.1, Denise 2.6, 64Mon v1.03, Crazy Demonstration, Crazy Documentation, Forbidden Forest Manual, Die Hard 2 - Die Harder Instructions, The Blue Book for the Commodore Computer and The Castles of Dr. Creep Instructions.

Hall of Light | An update for the Hall of Light web page: Decimal Dungeon, Chambers Of Shaolin, Zdzislav: Hero Of The Galaxy 3D, Plutos, Karateka, Impossible Mission 2025: The Special Edition, Star Wars, River Raid Reloaded, R.E.R.O., Qix: The ''Computer Virus'' Game, Pengo (Arcade), Joust, Moon Patrol, Xenophobe, Winter Games, Summer Games, Rampage, Klax, Ikari Warriors, Ghostbusters II, Double Dragon, Commando, California Games and Summer Games II.

CGSC v1.47 | The CGSC (Compute's Gazette Sid Collection) has had an update. The COMPUTE!'s Sidplayer is a music system, created by Craig Chamberlain and Harry Bratt, for the Commodore C64 computer. The aim of the Compute's Gazette Sid Collection is to preserve as many of those Sidplayer music files in one location as possible. The current collection contains 16601 MUS, 4383 STR and 5593 WDS files.

MorphOS Storage | An update for the MorphOS Storage web page: Tilt-n-Roll, chocolate-doom_3.1.0.lha, XORSearch-1.11.4.lha, AmigaGPT_2.8.1.lha, Ballion_1.0.lha, AmiArcadia_34.72.lha, Julius_1.8.0.lha, ByteGuard_1.1.0.lha, unshield-1.6.2.lha, vmsbackup-4.3.lha, RetroArch-Cores.lha, WebRadio_3.2.lha, loderunner-ng_0.1.1.lha, FrozenLiquid_1.3.lha, Lite-XL_2.1.8r1.lha, fheroes2_1.1.10.lha, mirrorcheck-src-1.0.lha, mirrorcopy-src-2.5.lha, Iris_1.47.lha, Wayfarer_10.4.lha, VAMP_3.25.lha, SDL3-3.2.18.lha, Doom64EX-Plus_4.2.0.1.lha and UHCTools_2.1.lha.

C64.ch | The demo portal C64.ch has added new demos for the Commodore C64 computer. The new files are: Thrash-Metal - Graphics, Thinking, The Nude II, Three girls II, Fozy - Graphics, Laxity, Softrunner Group, Ariston+Samples, I'm Sorry, Mask 5, Walsall, Telephone Demo, Exodus, Beyond the stars, The Newcomers, Cradle Song, Wooden Heart, Deadline!, Tribute to t0m3000, GP 2025, Samurai Slice, Mermaid, Patacaisse and Playboy.

Dodge These Balls - Amiga | Dodge These Balls is a new game for the Amiga computer, developed by EntwicklerX. The game is a mini-game in which you have to dodge the grey balls with a red ball for as long as you can. These increase in number over time, making the game more difficult and inevitably leading to a collision. The longer you last, the more points you get.

Lispirito - C64 | Lispirito is a LISP implementation for memory-constrained systems. It is developed by Hammurabi Mendes, and works from MOS 6502 to modern ARM/Intel 64-bit machines. A version for the Commodore C64 and the Mega65 are now available.

GadgetUK164 - Amiga external Gotek | You can now watch a new video from the GadgetUK164 YouTube channel. In this video: The build of an external Gotek disk drive replacement for the Amiga computer.

Sidplaywx - PC | Sidplaywx is a GUI player for Commodore C64 SID chip tunes aiming to provide a modern & comfortable SID tune playback experience on the PC. The program is developed by Bytespiller, and is available for Windows and Linux.

vAmiga v4.3 | vAmiga is an Amiga 500, 1000 or 2000 emulator for the Apple Macintosh computer. Changes in this version: The file system navigator now includes a boot command for managing boot blocks.

Decade of Ruin - C64 | This is a demo version of the game Decade of Ruin for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Alex Logachev. The demo version has only one level and no sound. Try to protect humanity from unknown threat, people simply call them Demons. Fight enemies with 8 different weapons, explore maze-like levels, look for the keys and secrets and communicate with other desperate people.

David Hunter - IEC RTC | David Hunter developed a Real Time Clock for his Commodore VIC20 computer. The project uses an Arduino Uno and a Dallas DS3231 RTC. The software uses an IEC driver from Lars Pontoppidan. Because this RTC is a device on the IEC-bus (12) you can also use this on the Commodore C64, C128 or Plus/4 computer.

Snake vs Bomb 2 - v1.2 - C64 | Snake vs Bomb 2 is a game for the Commodore C64 computer. This is an updated version and now has a power up system, and is also the cover-game in the Zzap! 64 Micro Action #27. Your task is to guide your snake safely along a road across a Canyon. You can eat the fruit, but if any part of the snake hits a bomb, the game is lost.

Kyvos v1.2.2 | Kyvos is a user-friendly frontend for Qemu, designed to streamline the creation of AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS emulated environments on Linux, macOS, and Windows. Changes in this version: Support for MorphOS (Pegasos 2), AmigaOS 4 (Sam460) and AROS i386/x64.

VirtualC64 v5.3 | Dirk Hoffmann has released a new version of his VirtualC64 emulator. This emulator can turn your Mac (OS X) into a Commodore C64.

The Retro Hour - Andy Davidson | 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: An interview with Andy Davidson, the creator of the legendary game Worms.

Tynemouth Software - 6540-010 ROM replacement | Tynemouth Software has written a blog about the PET 2001 6540-010 character ROM replacement. This updated version has a miniature switch that makes it possible to switch between two character sets (BASIC 1 and BASIC2/4).

RetroMagazine World #24 | A new edition of RetroMagazine World is now available. In this edition the following articles: FPGA (2), Fortran - C64, Power C - C64/128, Libdragon Development (2), SGDK, Identity Cases (1), PunyInform, Tribute to Doriath, Dracula X (Saturn), Briley Witch Chronicles 2 (C64), Yeti Mountain (C64), Corescape (C64), Magical Pop'n (Snes), The Adventure of Little Ralph (Playstation), Hunter Girls (MegaDrive), Seraphima (ZX), Hermano (GameBoy),Tetris 1200 (Amiga 1200), Breaktru (Amiga), Final Fight Enhanced (Amiga), Dottie Flowers (Snes), Turbo Outrun (Plus4), Pac-Man Arcade (ZX), The Mandarin II (Amstrad CPC), Sergio Kidd (GB Color), Duck Hunt (Amiga) and Keystone Kapers (C64).

THEC64 Mini - Black Edition | THEC64 Mini will be available in October as a black edition, with 25 new (recent) games. The new games are: A Pig Quest, Caren and the Tangled Tentacles, Galencia, Good Kniight, Grid Pix, Guns 'n' Ghosts, Hessian, Hunter's Moon Remastered, It's Magic 2, Joe Gunn: Gold Edition, Knight 'n' Grail, Metal Warrior Ultra, Millie & Molly, Nixy and the Seeds of Doom, Ooze: The Escape, p0 Snake, Pains 'n' Aches, Planet Golf, Rocky Memphis: The Legend of Atlantis, Runn 'n' Gunn, Sam's Journey'n' Shadow Switcher, Spinning Image, Steel Ranger and Yeti Mountain.

EmuTOS - Amiga | This is an EmuTOS boot floppy for the Amiga computer. EmuTOS runs on Amiga hardware, and behaves just like on Atari computers. The Atari OS calls have been implemented using the Amiga hardware. But only programs that use the OS will work fine, programs that use the hardware (games, demos...) will not work.

Florida Man - C64 | Florida Man is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by NSkimN8r (code, pixels & music) and Rave (pixels). Aliens have invaded Florida. You must help Florida Man to make his way through each level, gather artifacts, and leave together with his pet alligator. The alligator will assist against the aliens, giant pythons and porta-potties.

Qoud Init Exit IIo - C64 (EasyFlash) | Qoud Init Exit IIo is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer with an EasyFlash cartridge. All the toilets in Suinio have been turned into countless potties that have been scattered all over the place. Help Zampo to collect all op them and restore the normal state of Suinio.

Amiga Future - Amiga40 | At the Amiga 40 meeting, there will be a special edition of the Amiga Future magazine, that each visitor will receive free of charge. This edition will have a special section where programmers can showcase their programs / games. Each programmer can publish a text and screen shot to describe their program / game.

U64 CLI | U64 CLI is a program for the Ultimate products, developed by KEF. The features are: telnet, ftp, http, capture of audio and video, keyboard emulation, auto start of files (crt, mod, prg, sid) and images (d64, d71, d81, t64).

GadgetUK164 - Amiga 1200 repair | You can now watch a new video from the GadgetUK164 YouTube channel. In this video: The repair of an Amiga 1200 computer with many faults.

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