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Amiga Future #125 English/German Amiga Magazine Released!

Issue #125 of Amiga Future, The English and German Amiga magazine has been released. In this edition: Editorial, News, Spielfeld, Easter Egg, Lords of Doom, Boxx3, Tunnels and Trolls, Bubble Ghost, CD32 X-Men: Mind Games, AmigaOS 4 Update 1, SDK Browser 2.1, Amiga 1200 case, MuiBase, Insider – Sonny Bonds ein Cop packt aus, Trevors Soapbox, Commodore UK (2), Demoscene, Amiga…

Floppy Days Podcast 70 – Michael Tomczyk (Vic-20)

A new episode of Floppy Days Podcast is now available. In this episode; New Acquisitions Ultimate 1MB – http://lotharek.pl/product.php?pid=67 “Atari DOS 2.5:1050 Disk Drive Owner’s Manual” – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_DOS “Art of Atari” book by Tim Lapetino – http://www.amazon.com/dp/1524101036/?tag=flodaypod-20 News BASIC 10-liners contest – http://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputerium/basic-10liners-2017 RetroChallenge 2017/04 – http://retrochallenge.tuxdriver.com/ Upcoming Shows VCF East – http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/, March 31-April 2, 2017, InfoAge Science Center,…

The Quest for 80 Columns on the Commodore 64

The 8-Bit Guy takes a look at 4 different ways to achieve 80 columns display on the Commodore 64. [youtube BJzOErvJwZs nolink] YouTube: The 8-Bit Guy

The Retrogaming Times Issue #7

The Retrogaming Times is a Retro Computer Magazine (English language) for all retro computer fans. In this edition; Prepare to Qualify Upcoming Events More C64! Street Fighter II: The World Warrior Apple IIGS Super Mario Bros. Nintendo 64 Controller CoolBoy 198 in 1 VZ-200 & VZ-300 Retrogaming Dealers Trivia Recap See You Next Game. Website: classicplastic.net

The story of Commodore and the 8-bit generation, Leonard Tramiel, TEDxMidAtlantic

With his father, Leonard Tramiel helped create the Commodore, one of the first personal computers. He also led Atari after his father bought the company in 1984. In this sit-down interview with TEDxMidAtlantic curator Dave Troy, Leonard shares the story of the Commodore, Atari, and why science education is more important now than ever. Fresh out of graduate school, Leonard…

AmigaAMP Version 3.21 Released (PPC/OS4)

A new version of Thomas Wenzel’s AmigaAMP has been released for the Amiga. AmigaAMP is a GUI based MPEG audio player, which can also play AIFF, WAV and FLAC files. Changes in this version: Improvements for connection pop-up, long filenames, calculating plug-in data and de-visualization routine (high resolution and peak-dots). Download: AmigaAMP3.lha Website: amigaamp.de

C64 Studio 5.1 has been Released

New Features: Add: Action to jump to next warning/error message Add: Support for VICE 3.0 remote debugger, now works with binary mem dump => way faster memory reads! Add/Fix: Total rewrite of BASIC key mapping, now it should do what’s on the tin. Add/Fix: Replace all now works with selection, open documents and whole solution Add: !media supports spritedata for…

Slipstream, New Space Galaxy Shoot ’em up for the Commodore Plus/4!

Slipstream is a new game for the Commodore Plus/4. A fast-paced 3D space shooter where you must fight enemy forces in five different galaxy locations. Released by: Bauknecht (BKN) Distributed by: Psytronik Software (Psytronik) Coded by: Mader, Stephan (Mad) [youtube 7D_kWrBnXTY nolink] Download: slipstream.zip Source: plus4world.powweb.com

Hoxs64 v1.0.9.1 Released

David Horrocks has released a new version of Hoxs64 emulator. Improvements for SID, 1541, load, save, Ultimax and CPU opcodes, SHS, SHA, SHY, SHX & ARR. Download: hoxs64.net

C64 endings Latest Updates

Latest updates from Vinny over at c64endings.co.uk are as follows: FREEZE64 issue 7 ready to buy Endzone by Alternative Software Dark Star by Mastertronic Castle Master 2: The Crypt by Domark Website: c64endings.co.uk