Category: Commodore Amiga
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 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…
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…
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…
Amicast podcast has a new text interview published. This time, they talk to Toni Wilen, well-known for the development of the Amiga emulator WinUAE. He also is the author of FileMaster, a file manager for the Amiga. The interview covers how he has started, details his work on WinUAE to improve performance and compatibility as well the plans for the ubiquitous Amiga emulator. To read…
K&A Plus issue #4 is available as free download, bringing reviews, news and articles about Commodore and other machines from the early days. K&A Plus is a magazine dedicated to retro gaming culture, mostly but not only dedicated to Commodore computers. The editors state that “our primary goal is to refresh the amazing atmosphere of the 80/90s when the world was…
Due to massive delays and the new issue of Scene World Magazine being out very soon, we couldn’t pack the transcription in , but decided to release our interview with former Commodore UK employee David John Pleasance nevertheless! David Pleasance is a former employee of Commodore UK who had too many titles and his career at Commodore to list them…
The new issue #92 of Commodore Free has been released, bringing news and articles about all Commodore computers we love. The issue reviews the games Slime Deluxe for the C64 and Pulse for the VIC-20. It also has a featured article about Rhythm King – Digitally sampled sound drum machine. You can download the magazine in PDF format and many other formats,…
Amiga CD32 Alternate Covers has released its largest release to date: Team 17 – The Complete Amiga Works. Team17 is a British video game developer, best known for creating the Worms and Alien Breed series. “Most of their early releases were on the Amiga home computer system and featured trademark smooth scrolling, and detailed cartoonish art. Team17 now develops for Microsoft…
The ‘The 64’ IndieGoGo campaign seems to be doing very well, reaching 30% of the target and with 30 days left. There is also some coverage by the “non-retro” news outlet which certainly helps to make some noise. The team behind the project has posted new updates about the machine, stating that it, in fact, will be based on a CPU…
