Category: Commodore Amiga

Scene World Video interview with Mike Clarke

Mike Clarke is a famous composer who former worked for Psygnosis. Among his most known works are the musics for Last Ninja 2 on the Amiga or e.g. Lemmings 2 on the SNES. He speaks about his experience of doing “a little bit of everything” as a composer, coder, manager, etc from the C64 throughout the Amiga, SNES, etc. Lot’s…

Retro Revisited: Maupiti Island (Amiga)

In this retrospective, we’ll be revisiting what I consider to be one of the most remarkable games that I was fortuitous enough to experience on my Commodore Amiga. Developed by French studio Lankhor and published in 1991, Maupiti Island is the second – and last – in a series of crime-themed adventure games starring the studio’s fictional detective, Jérôme Lange. Set…

Bad Ninjas vs Rick & Joe, Amiga, Final Version Released!

Back in May we shared some News about a new work in progress Amiga game called “Bad Ninjas vs Rick & Joe, a game created using the RedPill game creator engine. You can read more about the game here and here. Good News today as Vicente Jose Gimeno‏ announced on Twitter that the game has finally been released! Lanzamos nuestro…

Creating Fire & Ice for Amiga, as told by Andrew Braybrook!

Anyone self-respecting Commodore Amiga owner must surely be familiar with Graftgold, arguably one of the most prominent and talented British software houses during the 1980’s and 1990’s. Among the talented programmers and artists to work alongside Steve Turner was Andrew Braybrook, author of critically acclaimed Uridium for the Commodore 64, and many other titles; he runs and maintains a personal…

Inside the Amiga Demo Scene with Judge Drokk – Founder of Anarchy

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Retro Revisited: Elvira – Mistress of the Dark (Commodore Amiga)

Of all the games I owned for my Commodore Amiga, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, remains one of the most memorable. Based on the character of Elvira – portrayed by Cassandra Peterson – the game follows in the footsteps of the 1988 comedy horror film released a couple of years earlier, although the game’s story is completely separate to that…

WinUAE Version 4.0.0 Final Released! The Worlds Greatest Windows Amiga Emulator!

Toni Wilen has released WinUAE 4.0.0 Final. WinUAE is currently the best Amiga emulation available to date and if used alongside Classic Workbench and WHDLoad you can achieve a really great Amiga hard drive experience like the picture above. Download from the link below and don’t forget to check all the new features in the release notes, have fun! :) Download: WinUAE Website Release Notes: English…

Retro Revisited: The Adventures of Robin Hood (Amiga)

In today’s retrospective, we’ll be looking back at one of the most memorable games from my childhood, The Adventures of Robin Hood. Developed by Steve Grand and Ian Saunter for MS-DOS PCs and converted to the Amiga by Alan McCarthy in 1991, this was one of the very first games I ever got to experience on my Amiga 500. As you…

WinUAE 4.0 Public Beta 13 now available to download

Those of you following the development of WinUAE 4.0 can now download a copy of beta release 13, having been released for testing by Toni Wilen in the ongoing development thread over at the EAB forums. This is likely to be one of the final beta releases made available, with the final public release expected somewhere within the next 7…

Pixelglass Games releases Worthy, a new game for OCS Amigas!

They say that diamonds are a girl’s best friend, a mantra that Pixelglass Games has taken to heart in Worthy, it’s newest game just released for OCS Amiga computers! The objective of the game is to guide your would-be Romeo around a series of mazes, collecting as many gems as possible. Only by filling your pockets with these precious gems…