The 8 Bit Weapon Collection 1998​-​2012

This collection covers over a decade of groundbreaking work by the Commodore 64/chipmusic band 8 Bit Weapon. After 14 years, 5 tours, many studio albums, and countless live shows 8 Bit weapon has amassed a healthy body of work. Multiple albums, singles, remixes and rare demo tracks make this the ultimate collection for any fan new or old. Even the…

Three new Psytronik releases available

2013 has got off to a fantastic start for Psytronik and there are already THREE new releases available to order! To celebrate the imminent arrival of FIVE classic Jon Wells C64 games on the iPhone / iPad c64 emulator, they have bundled them together on a special disk-only release that you can play on a real C64. The Jon Wells…

CSDb Latest Releases

Latest releases over at CSDb are as follows: Steal Medvurst, C&A Fan #10 [polish], Nippon MYD, 255 Chars for Salator, Delysid Logo (Compo), 3COL.ARS-LOGO$01, The Warro, Crest Cat, Créateur de Logo, 3ColArsenic Logo, Laxity Logo, Censored Colors, Almost Didn’t Fit, TriKolorKaos, 3 Color Oxy Logo, Some Retro Shit, 3WDG Square, Kickin’ It Oldskool, Arsenic Logo 3CLC-2013, For Yazoo – Offence Logo,…

CBMXfer v0.32

Steve J. Gray released a new version of CBMXfer. CBMXfer is a collection of utilities for transferring files and working with diskette images. The utilities are: OPENCBM, CBMLINK, C1541, NIBTOOLS and IMGCOPY. Changes in this version: Improved interface and progress bar. More formatting options. Expanded the Disassembler and the Character Set viewer. Drag and drop. Support for additional diskette image…

Frogatto and Friends v1.2.1 – AmigaOS 4

Hugues Nouvel made an Amiga version of the platform game Frogatto and Friends. Frogatto is an open-source “platform” game. In the game you must help a small green fellow named Frogatto on his journey through the unknown. The game is available for AmigaOS4. Website: http://www.clubevolution4.com/HunoPortSDL/Source: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl

C64Studio v2.7

C64 Studio is an assembly development environment which is dependent on VICE. You can write assembly code and test this with the VICE emulator. Recent changes: Support for WinVICE 2.4. Removed errors in the sprite editor and in the % statements. Improved colour preferences. New: General project element info and a project wizard. Download: C64StudioRelease.zipSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl

ACA500 – prototype

Jens Schönfeld is testing the ACA500. The ACA500 is an expansion for the Amiga 500. The technical details are: 68EC000 / 14,3MHz. The ACA500 is an external expansion. Two Compact Flash ports (Boot / Transfer). 2 MByte RAM (1,5MByte RAM + 512kByte Maprom). Extra expansion port (14MHz / 16-Bit). Website: http://www.a1k.org/forum/showpost.php?p=597055&postcount=875Source: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl

Gigalomania – AROS

Gigalomania is an open source 2D Real Time Strategy (RTS) game. In the game you must compete with your enemies. You need to find or develop new technology from rocks and sticks to nuclear weapons and spaceships. You must travel through ten different ages, from the stone age to the future. The game is available for AROS, Windows, OS X,…

HermIRES 1.26

Released by: HermitRelease Date: 7 February 2013 Download Windows: HermIRES-1.26-win.zipDownload Linux: HermIRES-1.26-Linux.zipSource: http://csdb.dk

Amiga 4000 audio repair

[youtube Bc5HRF7zjiA nolink] RetroGameModz made a video about the audio repair of an Amiga 4000. In the video you can see many tips and working methods for repairing retro hardware such as: Visual inspection, audio filter circuit, testing, schematics, measurements, disassembling, new components, modifications and final testing. Website: http://www.youtube.com/user/RetroGameModzSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl