Category: Commodore Amiga

Tower 57 Released for AmigaOS 4.1, MorphOS and AROS

Checking our inbox today, we received an email from Marco, announcing some lovely News that Tower 57 has been released for AmigaOS 4.1, MorphOS and AROS! Previously the game was a Kickstarter success which was also released on PC. “In a dystopian, dieselpunk world, where Megatowers are the only enclaves of civilization, a group of extraordinary individuals is sent to…

Could Team 17’s Beat ‘Em Up Reign Supreme? Body Blows for Commodore Amiga Reviewed!

Regular readers to this site will know that I recently reviewed the conversion of Street Fighter II for the Commodore and found it, shall we say, somewhat lacking. Amiga owners desperate for a decent slice of beat ’em up action were going to need to look elsewhere. Fortunately, that didn’t turn out to be too far, as it happens. Team 17,…

A Tribute to Chris Hülsbeck, Double CD Remix Album, Free to Download!

This new Chris Hülsbeck tribute album released by “German Remix Group” contains a total of 19 songs, and is completely free to download. The track list includes some really great remixes of well known games such as Turrican, Turrican 2 and The Great Giana Sisters! Go grab it now! ;-) CD1  Turrican 2 ⋅ The Final Challenge (Dr.Future Remix) Jim…

Golden Wing, 2017 Asteroids Clone Final Version Released by CopperSky

Golden Wing by CopperSky is an Amiga Shmup, similar in many ways to Stardust and the classic Arcade game Asteroids. Blast your way through enemies and asteroids throughout each level, in addition, you can collect items that provide extra shields, power-ups and extra lives. Minimum hardware requirements are: Amiga 500 with 512 Kb chip + 512 Kb slow RAM. The…

Retro Revisited: Street Fighter II (Amiga)

The year was 1992 and Commodore Amiga owners were going into paroxysms of excitement – I should know for I was one of them – because the unthinkable was happening – Street Fighter II, one of the best arcade fighters ever made, was soon to be released for the system. The game received massive amounts of pre-release coverage (and hype)…

WinUAE Version 3.6.1 Final Released! The Worlds Greatest Windows Amiga Emulator!

Toni Wilen has released WinUAE 3.6.1 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! :) [vsw id=”iNR5vxAR22A” source=”youtube” width=”525″…

Paleotronic Magazine is the magazine that we were all waiting for!

I love magazines that talk about retro computing and/or retro gaming, from Retro Gamer to Juiced.GS, from Reset 64 to CommodoreFree to mention only a few. Now, there is a new kid on the block – Paleotronic Magazine! The first issue takes a look at the history of the Consumer Electronics Show including interviews with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, and…

New Bomb Jack Amiga Remake, ‘Bomb Jack Beer Edition’, Beta 2B Released!

Hot off the Press! Beta 2B of Graeme Cowie’s Bomb Jack Amiga remake, “Bomb Jack Beer Edition” has been released today! Bomb Jack Beer Edition Beta 2B released, ADF in the link https://t.co/iUFIulS9kC @CommodoreBlog @Indie_RetroNEWS @pcotter72 #bombjack @RetroGamer_Mag #amiga #homebrew #bombjack — Graeme Cowie (@pushpoppwn) March 4, 2018 Download: bombjack2C.adf Download: bombjack2b.adf Previous Posts: Bomb Jack Beer Edition

WinUAE Version 3.6.1 Beta 7 Released

WinUAE Version 3.6.1 Beta 7 is now available to download. WinUAE is currently the best Windows Amiga emulation available to date, and if used alongside Classic Workbench and WHDLoad, you can achieve a really great Amiga hard drive experience. Download: winuae_3610b7.7z Download: winuae64_3610b7.7z Changes: eab.abime.net Website: winuae.net

New Bomb Jack Amiga Remake, ‘Bomb Jack Beer Edition’, Beta 1 Released!

Graeme Cowie contacted me through Facebook just now, to let me know that beta 1 of his Amiga Bomb Jack remake has been released! We have been following the game closely with previous News posts here and here. Quick update to say I’ve updated the Bomb Jack Beer Edition, it’s to the point now that it is good enough for…