Category: Commodore Amiga
John Kavanagh has announced to his Kickstarter campaign backers that the issue 1 of the Eight-bit Magazine is in full production and on contrary to what he has published, it won’t have 48 pages, but 60! John also tells that the issue 2 work has started, and he is looking for authors to help make the magazine relevant. I am particularly…
Atlas Obscura has published an extensive article about how the Amiga powered the Cable TV in the 90’s. The author talks about the software Video Toaster that was behind the channel Prevue, which was the channel that would show the programming schedule and what you could watch. “More than 40 million people had access to the Prevue Guide in 1995,…
The article has been written exclusively for Commodore is Awesome/Vintage is The New Old by Eric “Majikeyric” Hilaire, tThe developer of ‘Bug Hunt’, one of the strongest entries on the 2016 RGCD 16K Game Cartridge Competition. In September 2015, I was looking for a little game to port to the Commodore computers (not only to C64 but also Amiga and VIC20). I’m…
Amicast has a 2-hour long interview with Mike Battilana, who is well known by the Amiga community from his Amiga and C64 Forever projects, but he is actually a seasoned Amiga developer since Commodore machines weren’t retro! From the podcast announcement post: “We talk with Mike, his company, and the years before and after the Commodore bankruptcy. We then chat…
You can now download the full version of the game ‘Gravity Power’ directly from Amiga Future website. The game was in the cover disk of the magazine Amiga Power (1995 June issue 50) . The 2D shooter game was published by Bits Productions in 1995 as a revision of his precursor Gravity Force II. Link: Amiga Future
Are you ready for some shooting, killing and fun on your Amiga? Good! This new unofficial release from Amiga CD32 Alternate Covers is right for you! Run Run ‘n Gun Collection brings several amazing games ready to play, and with enhanced controls using most of the available Amiga CD32 buttons. This release contains: Toki (Ocean) Assassin S.E (Team 17) Alien 3…
Commodore Free, a magazine about the C64, VIC-20, Amiga and all C= family of computers has released the issue 91, the first of 2016. The issue has plenty of news about all C= models plus some featured articles like a review for the book “10 PRINT”, an article about Algorithms for Commodore BASIC, and much more. You can download the magazine…
There is a new game for iOS devices that is all about knowing your retro computers. ‘Retro PC Mania’ tests your knowledge with three game modes: Identify the model looking at the pictures Tell the brand name of the machine displayed Try to select the year of introduction of a computer The game doesn’t have the most incredible graphics but…
AMICast, the Amiga Podcast has published a text interview with a someone well-known by the Amiga community. Frank Wille is anywhere cool in the Amiga realm. He’s behind Solid Gold and Sqrxz games and other projects like NetBSD for 68k Amiga! The interview is very extensive and will please the retro and modern-ish Amiga fans out there. Browsing about the…
That is an interesting move made by the Amiga Future people. The issue 93 (Dec/2011) is sold out and because of that, you can read the magazine in full, for free. Although it is an old issue, people that were always on the fence and never bought any issue, it is a great opportunity to see how the magazine is made…
