Category: Commodore Amiga

Piracy, Police Raids and BBS’s – Beast from Quartex/RID Podcast

“Don’t copy that floppy”.  Those who followed this advice issued by the Software Publishers Association were certainly in the minority, and the supporting music video didn’t exactly help the cause.  Here in the UK it was the full page adverts from FAST (Federation Against Software Theft) who tried to scare us into binning any pirated software and grass up our…

Retro Revisited: Sword Of Honour (Amiga)

Among the many titles I played on my Amiga 500, one of those that I remember most vividly is Sword Of Honour. A curious blend of martial arts combat and graphical adventure that takes inspiration from games such as The Last Ninja series by System 3, the game would prove to be something of a labour of love for the small…

WinUAE Version 4.0.0 Beta 6 Released

WinUAE Version 4.0.0 Beta 6 has been released. Download from the link below and don’t forget to check all the new features in the release notes. Have fun! :-) Download: winuae_4000b6.7z Download: winuae64_4000b6.7z Release Notes: eab.abime.net Website: winuae.net

Latest Amiga WHDLoad Updates

WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. The following installers have been added up to 2018-04-26. 2018-04-26 improved: Amazing SpiderMan (Paragon/Oxford Digital/Empire) another version supported (Info,Image) 2018-04-25 improved: Crystal Hammer (reLINE) unlimited lives and reset hiscores added, dma wait patched, quitkey works on 68000 (Info) 2018-04-23 improved: Coala (Empire) copy protection screen completely skipped,…

Gameplay trailer unveiled for Scourge of the Underkind, a new game for the classic Amiga!

Amiga gamers who have been following the progress of the new title from Eleventh Hour Games might be excited to learn that a new gameplay teaser video has been uploaded to YouTube by the project’s principle artist, Wayne Ashworth. The clip demonstrates the general pace, core mechanics and some of the features that you can expect to find in the…

Zzap!64 Annual 2019 Kickstarter Launch, Sneak Peak Now Available

Fusion Retro Books are pleased to announce that are collaborating with Future Publishing to produce the Zzap!64 Annual 2019 and are ready to go to Kickstarter to help with the funding of costs associated with printing of the publication and compensation of content contributors. Zzap!64 was the magazine that every Commodore 64 owner went to for honest, frank reviews of…

Scene World Podcast Episode #46 – User Group Meetings with Robert Bernardo

Robert Bernardo is a very known figure in the American Commdore scene, being the head of the “Fresno Commodore User Group”, we have been in touch with him since we started with Scene World 18 years ago – time to talk to him and hear about his side of our Commodore User World and Sphere! Enjoy listening to his experiences!…

Kickstarter success for Brian Bagnall’s new book, Commodore: The Final Years!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1462758959/commodore-the-final-years-book Brian Bagnall recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to secure funding for his new book, Commodore: The Final Years. This will be the third and final book in Bagnall’s Commodore trilogy (previous titles include Commodore: A Company on the Edge and Commodore: The Amiga Years), charting the computer giant’s golden years from 1987, starting with the launch of the Amiga…

Amiga Mania, Amiga Event Hosted by Retromania! (19th May, Gaia, Portugal)

We were contacted a couple of days ago by Ricardo from retromania.pt about an upcoming Amiga event called Amiga Mania. Today Ricardo has shared all the important details you will need if you decide to make an appearance there. Hi you guys, Retromania is preparing to hold an Amiga Party in Portugal in May. We are going to officially announce…

Emubee’s Amiga X project aims to capture the spirit of Commodore’s classic computing line!

Fans of the Commodore Amiga might be excited to learn that there appears to be a new project in the works, aiming to bring back the classic Commodore computer in a new, convenient package. The project has been conceived as a new endeavour by a small group of employees based at Emubee, a Norwegian company specialising in retro emulation consoles and…