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09.Feb.2021
Indie Retro News (Webseite) Preview videos: Jump'n Run 'Minkey', Darts game 'Game Shot!'
'Minkey' is a classic jump'n run for Amigas equipped with at least 1 MB RAM. According to the author the engine has been "90% finished". So far 11 levels can be played. A new video hows the first level of World 2.

'Game Shot!' (video) is eine Darts game for the Amiga, dedicated to the late father of the author. It is written by the Scourge of the Underkind developer. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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09.Feb.2021
Indie Retro News (Webseite) Jump'n Run: Pitfall II - Lost Caverns
'Pitfall II: Lost Caverns' is a port of the classic jump'n run game of the same name to the Amiga using the Scorpion Engine. The current version still is alpha According to the author "it still needs a lot of polish, but it is a fully working and completable port of the C64 release. Unfortunately, this first release won't run smoothly on an A500 - but it should be OK on an A1200 (future updates should be a lot more optimal)." (cg) (Translation: dr)

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09.Feb.2021
Indie Retro News (Webseite)

Arcade Shoot'em-Up: 'Gradius' port Tinyus Beta 0.1
After Tiny Invaders, Tiny Galaga and Tiny Bobble, the demo group of Abyss is working on its fourth aracade port within one year: 'Tinyus' (video) is a faithful port of the arcade shoot'em up Gradius released in 1985:

The current beta version already runs on an A500 equipped with 1 MB RAM, but an A1200 is recommended. In a discussion the developer explanined more details of the game and the Amiga port.

Download: aYs_Tinyus_Beta0.1.adf (880 KB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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06.Feb.2021
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Turbo Sprint - First port of the classic as time-limited beta version
'Turbo Sprint' (video) is supposed to become a faithful port of the Atari classic Super Sprint. Improved sound as well as support of the CD32 are announced. Now a first time-limited beta version has been released with the following features:

Occasionally the game will completely crash (this is due to the Tornado sprite).
Cars will not adhere to boundaries when spinning.
Chopper colours some times go Grey
Car is not respawned at the correct Y line
The controller setup code is not completed
If you exit the game from the menu, Workbench is likely to crash
In order to run on stock Amiga's you may need to disable external drives to get as much chip memory as possible.
Only levels 1 through 8 are active

(cg) (Translation: dr)

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02.Feb.2021
Indie Retro News (Webseite) Playable Demo: Nameless single screen platform game
For a so far nameless single screen platform game (video) created with the Scorpion Engine now a demo version was released providing three playable levels. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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