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Art on the Amiga With Deluxe Paint

On: November 3, 2021

Remember making art on the Amiga with Deluxe Paint? The stunning Tutenkamen image shifted thousands of Amiga 500s in the UK, with bundles featuring Deluxe Paint along with the usual games. Pretty much every paint and graphic art application in use today across all desktop platforms draws from the designRead More →

MEGA65 Orders Reopen For New Batch of 8-Bit Should Have Been

By: Christian Cawley

On: October 6, 2021

In: Retro Computers, Retro gear

They’ve already sold 400 units, and now the MEGA65 is entering a large run of 1000 for delivery in quarter 1 of 2022. You probably know that the MEGA65 is an 8-bit computer running more than 40x faster than a C64 while being increasingly compatible. It features a mechanical keyboard,Read More →

RIP Sir Clive Sinclair: It Couldn’t Have Happened Without You

By: Christian Cawley

On: September 17, 2021

In: Retro Computers, Retro gear

Sir Clive Sinclair has passed away at 81. His impact on British home computing leaves a lasting, deeply ingrained legacy.Read More →

Retro Games Ltd Confirms THEA500 Mini is “First in the planned” Range

By: Christian Cawley

On: August 14, 2021

In: Retro Computers, Retro Consoles, Retro gear

Will there be a full sized Amiga clone once THEA500 Mini has been released? Many certainly seem to think so, expecting the manufacturers to follow the same path as its Commodore 64-inspired range. Responding to speculation about what was a quite innocuous comment, Retro Games Ltd has decided to expandRead More →

AmigaOS 3.2 Now Available for all Classic Amigas

By: Christian Cawley

On: May 15, 2021

In: Retro Computers, Retro gear

Hyperion Entertainment has announced the release of AmigaOS 3.2 for all classic 68K based Amiga systems. Boasting over 100 new features, dozens of updates that cover nearly all AmigaOS components and a battery of bugfixes, AmigaOS 3.2 is the result of more than 2 years of intense and relentless workRead More →

Commodore 64 Modded to Mine Bitcoin – No, Really

By: Christian Cawley

On: April 27, 2021

In: Retro Computers, Retro Consoles, Retro gear

Everyone is after a bit of cryptocurrency these days, but is the Commodore 64 really the answer to mining Bitcoin? No. But while earning is a better option than mining, some crypto enthusiasts are looking at retro systems to see what possibilities are available. The Nintendo Gameboy has already beenRead More →

TEOS: a Character Based C64 GUI Inspired By GEOS

By: Christian Cawley

On: March 5, 2021

In: Retro Computers, Retro gear

To most, the Commodore 64 was a text based computer system. You switch it on, a moment later you see the prompt. If you weren’t wasting time with a 20 GOTO 10 print command, you were no doubt using LOAD “” or LOAD “” ,8,1 to load the software onRead More →

Blade Runner Movie Playing on a C64?

By: Christian Cawley

On: January 19, 2021

In: Retro Computers, Retro gear

A Commodore 64 playing the first scene between Harrison Ford’s Deckard and Sean Young’s Rachel in Blade Runner? Well, sort of. As uploader Hakon Soreide explains: What if the movie Blade Runner was made for running on a Commodore 64, each frame made up only of the standard character set,Read More →

Amiga 500 Revival System Teased By C64 Mini Makers

By: Christian Cawley

On: October 12, 2020

In: Retro Computers, Retro gear

Since the launch of the C64 Mini by Retro Games Ltd, 16-bit fans have been calling out for an Amiga revival. It doesn’t really matter how big it is (a working keyboard would be great for the more in-depth titles) – just as long as Amiga games can get aRead More →

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