Category: Commodore Amiga

A1200.NET Upcoming Campaign Promises New Keycaps for Almost all Amiga Models

A1200.NET is already the sweetheart of all Amiga 1200 owners, with its recently successful kickstart campaign for the new A1200 casing. If you are one of the happy backers you might be thinking “my A1200 will have a brand new shiny case, but these old keycaps are awful…” Well, accordingly to Phillipe Lang, you will be able to get brand…

Video review of the Vampire 2 accelerator for the Amiga 600

Dan Wood from kookytech.net has published a video reviewing the Vampire 2 for the Amiga 600. The Vampire 2 is an incredibly fast FPGA accelerator for the Commodore Amiga 600, pushing it to speeds and power far beyond what was previously possible. But how good is it, and what can it do? You will find out watching the vldeo below: [youtube…

'Commodore Free' Issue 93 is available now!

Commodore Free 93 is out. The free digital magazine for Commodore line of computers brings news, articles and reviews for the Amiga, C64, Plus/4 and VIC-20. This issue contents: Mastering tapes Part 1: General considerations By Pixel JAM IT Commodore 64 Game review Growing Pains Part Tres – The Envelope Addressor” (TEA) v1 and v4.2” by Lenard R. Roach Commodore…

'Commodore Amiga in pixels' Kickstarter campaign has started, and they already don't need you anymore!

Yes, you read it right! ‘The history of Commodore Amiga in Pixels’ is a staggering success, reaching and passing its goal on the first day. Now, it’s you that need it! :) Of course, the headline is a joke. You can still (and should) back the project and help it to get to the stretch goals and get the book for…

Amiga 500 Mist FPGA Computer Review and Tutorial

Mist is a hardware platform based on FPGA that can run many different platforms, including Commodore 64, Atari ST, Super NES, Colecovision, Amiga 500 and much more. The video published on PhilsComputerLab YouTube channel is an extensive tutorial/review about the Amiga 500 implementation running on the Mist platform. Phil shows how to setup and boot the device, as well as the…

WinUAE 3.3.0 has been released

The version 3.3.0 of the Amiga emulator WinUAE which mainly provides AmigaOS-4 adoption has been released.  New features: New optional “indirect” UAE expansion trap system, fully compatible with OS4.x, virtual memory and some debugging programs PC Bridgeboard disk drive raw image support. (ipf, ext adf, …) Monochrome video out emulation, including A1000 color/mono video out software control (BPLCON0 COLOR bit)…

25 Years of Turrican II, The Final Fight – It's a Pixel THING – Ep.#90

As we, retro “stuff” enthusiasts know, time flies. Turrican II was released 25 years ago, and to celebrate that mark and talk about this iconic game, Pedro Loureiro made a new episode of his video series. It’s a Pixel Thing episode 90 brings a lot of information about that Amiga classic. Pedro doesn’t stop pleasing the game soundtrack and other…

From Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years available now on Vimeo

From Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years has now been released digitally exclusively on Vimeo on Demand.   From Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years tells the story of how the Commodore Amiga was created and then how once released in 1985 it went onto to help change not only the way games were played and experienced but also how they were designed for…

Classic ZX Spectrum 'Pentagram' ported for the C64

Finally after 30 years, Pentagram for the ZX Spectrum came to live on the C64, thanks to Rod and Emu game development group. Pentagram, an isometric adventure game was released in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum and MSX by Ultimate Play The Game.  The C64 release got a staggering 9.7 score on CSDb, which by itself is an amazing achievement. The current version is…

'Shadow of the Beast' on PS4 Includes the Amiga Original

We usually leave modern games to other fellow websites, as they do a better job covering them, but this one is an exception. You will know why. The upcoming game to be released for the PS4 is a gorgeous modern take on the original Psygnosis title released for the Amiga in 1989. One of the nicest features of the new…