Category: Commodore Amiga

WinUAE 3.6.0 Beta 12 Update, The Worlds Greatest Amiga Emulator!

Toni is back again with another 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 like the picture above. Download from the link below :) Changes – Direct3D11 fullscreen + DXGI 1.5 works again (b11) – D3D11…

Dracula’s Castle – New game port for the Commodore 64

Dracula’s Castle is a new platform game for the Commodore 64. Released by MP Software, the game is based/ported on an old BASIC game, released in 1985. Although the graphics are mostly the same, the MP Software’s version is coded in assembler. The premise is simple: the hero has to collect the crucifixes and the key in order to open…

Amiga BBS Door Revival

We were contacted by Robert Hurst about a project he’s behind aiming the revival of a BBS Door game. Here is what he has to say about it: “One of the first BBSes we had in our state of Rhode Island was The Roundtable, which was more of an online game for social networking rather than the files & posts that…

Amiga Nostalgia Time – Madija “MsMadLemon” plays Gauntlet 2 and 3

Our friend and contributor, Madija Al-Husyni, has published a new video on her YouTube channel “MsMadLemon” where she plays Gauntlet 2 and 3 on the Amiga. This week’s ‘Nostalgia Time’ is from footage taken in the summer, forgotten and now found. My cousin and I played Gauntlet II and III two player, on the commodore Amiga 1200 using WHDLoad. This gameplay…

Event ’30 years ago: Amiga 500′ happening next November in Florence, Italy

If you happen to be in Europe or more precisely in Italy by the end of November, you should try to add Florence to your travel plans. There is a retro reason for that! This year the “Firenze Vintage Bit Onlus Club” decided to celebrate the 30 years of the Amiga 500 with a special event that will happen on…

Everybody is after the “Amiga” trademark

Amiga-News website has published more news about the Amiga trademark dispute that is happening in the US and Europe. It looks like many parties are trying to be the new “Amiga” trademark owner since its registration had expired a while ago. Known names like Cloanto and Hyperion are trying to get their hands on it, as well as some other parties….

Amiga demo scene treat – Interview with computer game music legend Chris Hülsbeck

For those into Amiga chiptunes and/or demo scene as a whole, this is a great video to watch. Computer game music legend Chris Hülsbeck interviewed by demo scene veteran Pex Mahoney Tufvesson at the demo scene event Datastorm in Gothenburg, Sweden in September 2017. Chris, who is behind projects like Turrican, Giana Sisters, Tunnel B1, Extreme Assault, War of the…

Source code of 50 Amiga intros released

Update: Download link fixed to point to the direct link instead. If you ever wondered how those amazing Amiga intro effects were made, now you have a chance to learn from the best! The source code of nothing less than 50 intros written in ASM-One was released back in June. We know we are late reporting it, but hopefully, this…

Scene World Magazine Podcast Episode #35

Scene World Magazine Podcast Episode #35 – Reshoot R with Richard Loewenstein and Altraz. Richard Loewenstein and Altraz are currently working on Reshoot R, the follow-up to Richard’s 2016 game, Reshoot, for the Amiga. AJ and Joerg talk to them about developing for the Amiga, and the challenges they face in bringing new games to the market. There is also…

‘Katerstimmung’ – Album full of SID-inspired tunes available for free

If you like SID chiptunes or any retro-gaming-inspired instrumental music for that matter, this might be right up your alley. Phillip Gross has released a new album called ‘Katerstimmung’ with 10 tunes that have a strong connection to video games from the 80’s and 90’s. Although the tunes are not directly related to specific games, Phillip clearly shows from where…