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You can now use a nice retro app for your iPhone. This app will take pictures in the 16 original colours from the Commodore C64. Features: Retina interface (iPhone 5), Real-time pixellation, colour-mapping and dithering. Snap a picture, save it to your photo roll, or share it on Facebook, Twitter, iMessage or via e-mail. An extension for this app can…
SketchBlock is a drawing program for AmigaOS. The aim of this project is to create a sophisticated application for digital painting. Changes in this version: Smooth (Gaussian blur for brush). Definable keyboard short cuts. Path objects can now be added to projects. Experimental Text Tool. New brushes: Pencil, Hoops, Arrow and PinMan. And more export possibilities. Website: http://www.broad.ology.org.uk/amiga/sketchblock/index.htmlSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl
Starship XNBIO is a new game for the Commodore C64 made by Roberto Ricioppo with the help of Sideways SEUCK. Music in the game is by Richard Bayliss. In the game an alien empire will attack the planet Zorz. Your need to destroy the aliens with your Starship XNBIO and get out alive. But be careful because all aliens have pulse laser…
The Commodore 64 Preservation project has updated their Nibtools package today. The package is updated to r572. Download your newest copy here
The Player Dies at the End is a new game for the Commodore C64 made by Alf Yngve with the help of Sideways SEUCK. Music in the game is by Richard Bayliss. This game is specially made for Halloween. Your mission is to fight the evil spirits and creatures, with your pistol, and defeat the evil darkness that lurks around you….
Over at Codetapper’s Amiga Retro Site, Mr Codetapper has scored an interview with the legendary Marc Djan.Ocean France created some of the most polished coin-op conversions for the Amiga. Marc Djan was the head of Ocean France, and kindly answers some questions about the company including why so many of their games that were never released! You can read the full interview…
In this English pdf and html magazine about the retro gaming computers the following articles: Press Fire To Begin, Cavity, Avalanche,Down!, Sqrxz, Houston Pinball Arcade Video Game Expo, CORGS-CON 2012, Apple II Incider – My Strange Fascination With Baseball Games, Pixelated Mage – Contra Band DVD and Game Over. Website: http://www.retrogamingtimes.comSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl
The AmigaPD web page had an interview with with Rob Hewitt. Rob is the developer of the Amiga game Timebomb. He also worked on the games JetHunt, Coagulus Pairs AGA, Hard Ammo, Skulldriller, Mr.Earth and A-Bomb. You can read the complete interview on the AmigaPD web page. The AmigaPD web page also had an interview with the Retroguru team. Retroguru…
Vinny over at c64endings.co.uk added some more new Commodore 64 endings. The most recent additions are: Action Fighter (Firebird), Law of the West (Accolade), Quari (Jetsoft), Rapid Fire (Mastertronic), Space Rider (Hi-Tec Software), Victory Road (Data East), Wally Goes To Rhymeland (Interceptor Software) and Zoids (Martech) Website: http://www.c64endings.co.uk
You can now listen to a new episode of BoingsWorlds (German language). You can listen to the following articles: ACube Systems, A-EON Mousepad, Retromeeting Bochum and Wien, Amiga Magazine at Archive.org, A-EON new Radeon drivers, ACA-620 available, USB card Thylacine, Bill McEwen interview, Timebomb, AmiWest 2012, Aros for Sam 460, Amiga Meeting 2012, Scriba, Steamdraw, Grunch, Turbocard for A1200, Entwickler…
