Category: Commodore Amiga

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…

Bomb Jack Beer Edition For Amiga, Beta 5A Released!

Beta 5a of Graeme Cowie’s Bomb Jack Amiga remake, “Bomb Jack Beer Edition” has been released. For more information about the game, check through our older posts and the EAB thread link below. It’s been close to a couple of weeks since I last posted so I thought it best I provide a progress update and to let you know…

WinUAE Version 4.0.0 Beta 2 Released

WinUAE Version 4.0.0 Beta 2 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_4000b2.7z Download: winuae64_4000b2.7z Release Notes: eab.abime.net Website: winuae.net

Best of the Demoscene: Desert Dream by Kefrens for Commodore Amiga

Not content at merely bringing you the very best news from the retro gaming and computing scene, we’ve also been adding plenty of new content to our YouTube channel as well! We’ve been busy uploading videos that showcase some of the best and brightest creations from the demoscene in high quality for your enjoyment, and we simply couldn’t pass up the…

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 2018-04-10. 2018-04-10 fixed: Dynamo (Code Masters) access fault fixed, ext. mem size increased to 512k, interrupts fixed, 68000 quitkey support, 3 blitter waits added (v2), built-in cheat can be enabled by pressing C (Info) 2018-04-09 improved: Elvira – Mistress…

RGDS Podcast In Association With CiA Presents DJ Yoda, A Fantastic New Amiga Music Disk!

Aaron White has sent over his latest chip-tunes music disk, titled “DJ Yoda”. The Amiga .adf file contains seven well known songs remixed by GETAFIX/CMAP. Another five track Amiga music disk will be out next month. Enjoy! ;-) 1. She Drives me Crazy 2. Barbie Girl 3. Get Into the Groove 4. Perfect 5. Human 6. Macarena 7. Another Day…

WinUAE Version 4.0.0 Beta 1 Released, The Worlds Greatest Windows Amiga Emulator!

After a well earned rest, Toni is back again with a new beta version of WinUAE. 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, just like in the image above. Download from the link below and don’t forget to check all the new…

A Personal History of Computing: Remembering the Commodore Amiga

In the third in a series articles, I hope you’ll join me on this trip down memory lane as I look back at the Commodore Amiga, a truly revolutionary computer in every sense of the word. Of all the computers and video game systems that I’ve owned over the years, it is undoubtedly the Amiga that I consider my favourite,…