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WinUAE 2.9.0 beta 20

Beta 20: – A2630 rom was not unmapped completely (only first half) – CSMK3/CSPPC/BPPC Amiga reset bit should stop the PPC before reseting the system to prevent random hangs. – CSMK3/CSPPC/BPPC switching off maprom programmatically (not hard reset) didn’t restore original KS ROM. – Added preliminary CDTV-CR emulation. Boots to title screen, preferences screen also works. Only clock and 4k…

Retro Asylum Podcast 98

In this episode, Sam (mrsid), Steve (press play on tape) and Paul (the drisk) talk about the history of the budget game kings, Mastertronic. They talk about the key games, milestones in the companies history and there is also a “History of Mastertronic” PDF available. PDF: Mastertronic Book – Retro Asylum.pdfWebsite: http://retroasylum.com

Radio Awesome Live on SLAYRadio with GurtyGurt!

Friday 10h October 2014, 19:00 USRT: GurtyGurt – Radio Awesome   – It’s Friday! and time for some more RADIO AWESOME! madness with your favourite Aussie DJ GurtyGurt! Get ready for your favourite Commodore Remixes with a twist of lemon! STRAP IT ON! Listen: SLAYRadioWebsite: Commodore is Awesome, SLAYRadio

Cult of C64

I’ve never understood the fascination with the C64. I know it was a sexy beast with a whopping 64 KB of RAM (amazing at the time), but I can’t believe that three decades later people (myself included) are still talking about C64. Some even hold on to these dinosaurs in order to play games — possibly the best graphics and…

Vitno Updates

We welcome our new staff member Frank Olvera to Vitno and CiA.Frank has written a new article already which can be found in the articles section of the menu bar. Frank has also written a book ‘Under the Thelian Sky‘ which you can purchase here. Three new Atari ST games have been added to the Atari ST games section. Links page…

Lemmings – The Ports Book Coming Soon!

‘Lemmings – The Ports’ by Justin Castle will hit Kickstarter early in 2015! 300 Pages –  full colour throughout. Hardback Edition 8.5″ x 8.5″ (21.6cm) Square.  PDF Version available too. 100gsm Quality Paperstock 30,000+ Words 1,000+ Screenshots 100+ High Quality DSLR Box Shots. DMA Design Interview – Mini Interview with 2 original members of the DMA Design team. Level Map/Sprite Images – hundreds of images of…

CSDb Latest Releases

Latest releases over at CSDb are as follows: Game over 1, Disastrous Load Error, Edge of Nothing, So You Died. Man Up!, Tales of the Arabian Nights +32D, PIC2SPR V1.2a, Ciphoid 9 +6DIH 101%, Pink Orgasm 2.0, PIC2SPR V1.2, Leon’s Palace, The Alien Ninja. Source: CSDb

WHDLoad Updates

WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. The following installers have been added until 03-10-2014. 2014-10-03 new: Cracker Journal 16 (Alpha Flight) done by StingRay (Info,Image) 2014-10-02 new: Cracker Journal 15 (Alpha Flight) done by StingRay (Info,Image) 2014-10-01 improved: Megademo (Joy, Magnificient Force, The Jungle Command) 3 more blitter waits added, 2 more Bplcon0…

WinUAE 2.9.0 beta 18

– “Pause emulation when xyz” option remained forever stuck in pause mode if PPC CPU was active. – PearPC PPC emulation removed. – Freezer cartridge ROMs had disappeared from GUI. – Freezer cartridges didn’t work. – Force Direct3D mode if hardware RTG board + PPC enabled. DirectDraw has glitches. (Will also have glitches in non-PPC mode but there is no…

AmigaOS 4 / MorphOS: VoxelNoid

[youtube Yl8LX6TjDQ4 nolink] VoxelNoid is a Breakout clone and “takes the classic break-out theme to a new level by integrating an amazing 3D voxel appearance into the game-play.” There is also a two player mode where you can send “penalty-bricks to his playfield whenever you blast away 2 of your own bricks.” VoxelNoid is available for free, donations are very…