Tag: Amiga

Insert Disk 2 – Instant Remedy Album Now Available!

Good things come to those who wait – and in this case, the wait has been really long! After more than seven years in the making, We are happy to announce that the new Instant Remedy album “Insert Disk 2” is finally available to purchase from Dutch label 010101 Music. Featuring 76+ minutes of remixed music from the Commodore Amiga…

WinUAE 3.2.0 beta 1 – Amiga Emulator

Toni continues with updating WinUAE, releasing a brand new beta! WinUAE is without a doubt the best Amiga emulation available to date and if used alongside Classic Workbench and WHDLoad you can achieve a really great Amiga hard drive experience like in the picture above. Download from the link below and don’t forget to check all the new features in…

Aaron White Releases C64 Paperboy Tribute Music Disk!

Aaron White has sent over his latest Amiga chip-tune music disk.Titled ‘C64 Paperboy Tribute’ this disk contains three awesome Paperboy chiptune renditions.As usual you can download the ADF from the Official Download Pages at Commodore is Awesome/Vintage is the New Old, so what you waiting for? Go grab the chiptune goodness! Download: C64 To Amiga Chiptunes Disks Download: Retro Asylum…

From Microsoft Blogs: The Commodore 64 and Amiga software developer legacy

Microsoft UK Developers Blog has published a nice article discussing how the Commodore 64 and Amiga were important to breed a new generation of developers. “Although the C64 could perform functions such as word processing and spreadsheets, it was the games that it really became known for. This was because it saw indie software developers as an opportunity, rather than…

The Making of Lemmings – How DMA Design Created a Classic, and What Happened Next

Rich Stanton wrote a blog about the making of Lemmings. The story is about David Jones who lost his job at the Timex company in 1988. David bought an Amiga 1000, and started making games. Later he created DMA Design and the legendary game Lemmings. Let’s Go! http://readonlymemory.vg/the-making-of-lemmings/

BozRetro interviews Chris Huelsbeck! on SLAYRadio BBB Radio Show!

Commodore News!, Hot off the press!!BozRetro resident DJ on Wednesday’s SLAYRadio Show BBB, had an interview only an hour ago, on his Live Show with none other than the great Chris Huelsbeck! Chris Huelsbeck was born 1968 in Kassel, Germany. He found himself dedicated to music at a very young age and started some piano lessons. At 14 he got…

C64 To Amiga Chiptunes Volume 2!

We reported a couple of weeks ago about Aaron White’s 9th Amiga Music disk release, titled C64 to Amiga Chiptunes Volume One. Today we have some fantastic news for you all! Aaron has sent us over his latest release, C64 to Amiga Chiptunes Volume Two! They say that the sequel is never as good as the original, but in this case,…

Retro Gaming Night at The Centre for Computer History is happening on June 26th

[youtube rushX-wtDig nolink] The Centre for Computer History in Cambridge – UK has announced that the next Retro Gaming Night is happening on June 26th, from 7pm to Midnight. Besides the obvious retro-gaming-jam, the event also allow you to bring that extra retro game or hardware to swap or sell during the event. The space is limited and you can…

Video Review of 'Liquid Kids' for the Amiga

[youtube PksHJ7wCm2Q nolink] Liquid Kids was developed by Ocean Software in 1991, but it was never released. In 2003, Galahad of Fairlight obtained a copy, fixed several bugs and released it for the Amiga community. Lemon Amiga has published in its YouTube channel a play guide and review of the game. The video runs for almost 50 minutes and it…

Commodore: The Amiga Years Book by Brian Bagnall

A beautiful hardcover book chronicling the Commodore Amiga years. First hand interviews, insane stories, and lots of laughs. Continuing the story of Commodore where the previous book, Commodore: A Company on the Edge left off, this book takes a look at Commodore’s most tumultuous years How did the Amiga, a computer now widely regarded as having been five years ahead of…