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ZZAP! Live 2024 Tickets Now On Sale!

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There’s more to the Fusion Retro Books stable than just, erm, books, and our magazines, and this website! We also run electrifying events, such as the sizzling ZZAP! Live! And tickets for ZZAP! Live 2024 are now on sale.So, what can you expect from ZZAP! Live? Well, you’ll find a celebration of all things Commodore, including over 60 Commodore systems to play games on. Every Commodore system will be represented
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Antstream announce new Factor 5 titles coming this month

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Factor 5 is a developer synonymous with many quality titles, possibly none so more than Super Turrican. Antstream Arcade has released a new challenge called Super Turrican: Score Attack which is a massive, single-level variant of the very well-known Super Turrican from the SNES. The popular game streaming service has also released several Factor 5 Amiga titles. The horizontally scrolling Amiga shooter Katakis and the re-released version titled Denaris are
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Zzap! Amiga #15 – on sale now!

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This issue includes reviews of BreakThru, Abbey(s) of the Dead, l’Abbaye des Morts, Stuntman Seymour, Final Fight Enhanced, and a ZZAP! Back review of Body Blow. There are more insights into the Amiga demoscene, with an interview with Motion of Artstate, and the final part of the party culture column. Elsewhere in this issue, the team look at their favourite arcade conversions, musician Tim Wright shares his memoirs on Agony,
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AGA Amiga Dune Remake in Production

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Frank Herbert’s Dune is undergoing something of a renaissance of late, with last year’s well-received film and its soon-to-be-released sequel, and now, on a smaller scale, perhaps, there's AGA Amiga Dune!Yes, also seemingly undergoing a renaissance are AGA Amiga ports of 16-bit Amiga games.We recently reported on a fan-made AGA Amiga port of Robocop, and now comes news of a fan-made port of another beloved licensed Amiga title, with an
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Zzap! Amiga #14 – on sale now!

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This issue includes reviews of Bagman, Pleiades 3D, Holiday, and a Zzap! Back review of Defender of the Crown. There are more insights into the Amiga demoscene and party culture, plus Andrew Fisher reviews another publication, From Vultures To Vampires Volume 3. Elsewhere in this issue, the team look at their favourite arcade conversions, musician Tim Wright shares his memoirs on the AMIGA's sound chip, PAULA, and Andrew checks out
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Robocop AGA to Serve the Public Trust on 32-Bit Amigas

Paul Twist0
https://youtu.be/OIrTdgRi8ng Ocean’s classic Robocop game is well-loved by many, but it’s not enough for Amiga coder Daniel Allsopp, who is working on Robocop AGA, a remake that takes advantage of the AGA chipset found on 32-bit Amigas such as the A1200 and the A4000.Allsopp has been working on Robocop AGA since 2021, but he’s just released new footage of the game, and very impressive it looks, too!Allsopp is aiming to
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New Amiga Documentary Seeks Funding on Kickstarter

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If you were (or, indeed, still are) a fan of the 16-bit home computer gaming delights offered by the Amiga 500, you might want to secure your copy of a new Amiga documentary by contributing to its Kickstarter.The Commodore Amiga 500 Story: The Gaming Chronicles Ep 1 will form part of a proposed series of episodic “Gaming Chronicles” documentaries, with this episode promising to “explore the story of how the
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Zzap! Amiga #13 – on sale now!

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This issue includes reviews of Reshoot Proxima 3, Ooze: The Escape, Game.X, and Rogue Declan Zero. There are more insights into the Amiga demoscene and party culture, plus Andrew Fisher reviews another publication, From Vultures To Vampires. Elsewhere there are developer interviews with Haplo and Nivrig, Tim Wright looks back on the musical history behind Puggsy, and Graeme Mason delves into the Silkworm files. Plus there’s all the latest news,
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Fusion Retro Books INSIDER #1 – Preview

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Fusion Retro Books INSIDER is a brand-new publisher mini-magazine that's released bi-annually and looks back on the last six months of FRB publications. In addition, it gives a glimpse of what's upcoming - whether that's new books, magazine annuals, or even retro events. The little 16-page magazine will be posted FREE for those who are on the GOLD membership plan, but will also be available to purchase directly from the
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Zzap! Amiga #12 – on sale now!

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This issue includes reviews of Absolute Zero, R.A.N.A, Pengo, and Doomed Castle. There are more insights into the Amiga demoscene and party culture, plus Andrew Fisher reviews another publication, The Little Book of Sound Chips Volume 2. Elsewhere, Judge Drokk reports on the recent Zzap! Live! event, Graeme Mason delves into the Starglider 2 files, Colin Bell puts his hardware hat on and takes a look at Cheetah Character joystick
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