Sunday, December 20, 2020

Commodore 128 Motherload Unboxing and Testing - ChickenHead Chronicles

This week on "Chickenhead Chronicles" I am unboxing the awesome Commodore 128 goodies I picked up at EE Surplus a few weeks back. I got ahold of a really nice C128, a pair of lovely 1571 drives, a Teknika monitor with RGBI and Chroma/Luma/Composite and a nice 9 pin Star Micronics printers along with a huge box full of software! Today we will be exploring and troubleshooting the hardware and discovering a problem or two along the way and you get to hear me singing the theme to Ghostbusters! Thanks to Richard Black for reminding me, I forgot to link to the World of Commodore meeting next week! Check it out. The schedule should be out soon. https://www.tpug.ca/world-of-commodore/world-of-commodore-2020/ Download some cool C128 specific software here. http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/c128/index.html Order some cool C128 display cables here: https://coolnovelties.co.uk/coolnovelties/78-c16-c64-c128-vic-20-video-cables Check out covers for your 8 and 16 bit Commodores here: www.retroready.one Looking for the really cool 40/80 column SCART adapter? Reach out to Sven Pook on Facebook The cost is 15 to 20 Euros plus shipping! https://www.facebook.com/groups/commodoresixtyfour/permalink/10157199693462172 or Email c128adapter@pook.nl website for the C128 adapter is now live! http://c128adapter.pook.nl/ Want the full, unedited version of Doug singing Ghostbusters? [Link Deleted by YouTube do to violations of good taste] Take a look at my websites here: www.10marc.com www.amigaartwork.com www.patreon.com/10marc Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/10marc1

Sunday, November 29, 2020

Review of WIZ : Quest for the Magic Lantern for the Commodore Amiga - Episode 81

This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast I am reviewing the new game "Wiz: Quest for the Magic Lantern" for our AGA Commodore Amiga computers with my son, Daniel. This great new game from Mutation Software is available now.

This Software works on the Amiga 1200, Amiga 4000, CD 32 and WinUAE Order the software here! http://softwareamusements.com/MutationSoftware/index.html Visit our AGA hating friend John "Boatofcar" Shawler on the Amigos! https://www.everythingamiga.com be sure to visit my website: www.10marc.com www.amigaartwork.com And join me on Patron here: www.patreon.com/10marc Cool 10MARC T-Shirts, mugs and stickers can be bought here: www.teespring.com/10marc

Saturday, November 14, 2020

Amiga 1000 Adventures - The Apollo Vampire 500 V2 in an Amiga 1000

 This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast, I am having more fun with my Amiga 1000 by installing an Apollo Vampire 500 V2 inside! The Vampire 500 V2 will work in any Amiga with a standard 68000 Chip, but the A1000 needs a special adapter from our friend Edu Arnana to fit it in. So how does it perform with the Vampire? Well, watch it and find out!

Want to get on the Vampire waiting list? https://www.apollo-accelerators.com/ How about the CPU relocator for the Amiga 1000? https://www.arananet.net/pedidos/product/a1000-relocator/ Check out all of Aarons Sketchy Tech here: https://www.everythingamiga.com Interested in the RNOXfer program? Check it out here! http://jpv.wmhost.com/jpv_software/ Check out the cool new video series about the Amiga from Anthony Jarvis https://youtu.be/6Dysm20otxY https://twitter.com/theamigashow https://www.instagram.com/theamigashow/ Take a look at my websites: https://www.10marc.com https://www.amigaartwork.com https://twitter.com/10marc1

Brand new Commodore 64 game - Showdown reviewed by myself and my son Daniel

 Today I am joined by my son Daniel for a special review of the new Commodore 64 game "Showdown" by Ricki Sickenger, Graphics by Henning Ludvigsen and music and sound effects by Sami Louko.

This game is a fun Homage to games like Gunslinger and Outlaw, and is well worth a few bucks to play with your friends! Download the game here! https://badgerpunch.itch.io/showdown Please visit my website: https://www.10marc.com Interested in becoming a Patron? https://patreon.com/10marc

Saturday, November 7, 2020

Amiga Ultimate Floppy Emulator from Edu Arana - 10MARC Episode 79

 This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast I am reviewing Edu Arana's new Ultimate Amiga Floppy Emulator. This neat device has a lot in common with the ubiquitous GoTek drive, and uses the same software, but has some rather unique differences to. Join me as I explore this floppy replacement that works in every Commodore Amiga ever made!

Want to buy one? Check out Edu Arana's website https://arananet.net/pedidos How about downloading the FlashFloppy software? https://github.com/keirf/FlashFloppy/wiki/Downloads Like River Raid Reloaded? Get it here! https://mega.nz/file/bg93CCgI#hsk9nOTQTBMBWTxhogilayx0Ju04jGPcimYjq0JJofE How about joining my Patreon? https://patreon.com/10marc Need to get in touch with me? https://10marc.com https://twitter.com/10marc1 https://facebook.com/10minuteamigaretrocast


Saturday, October 31, 2020

VIC-20 5K Review: PumpKid from Hewco Software & TFW8B

Welcome to the premiere of my new series, VIC-20 5K Review. Where (honestly) the reviews will be no longer than 5 minutes. (You in the back stop laughing)

This weeks review is for the 2019 release of "PumpKid" from Hewco Software and The Future was 8 Bit. It is a fun little romp that works on a 16K @VIC-20  Visit The Future Was 8 Bit to order the 4.99 cassette! https://thefuturewas8bit.com/cas016.html Download it (and please donate) from Hewco https://hewco64.itch.io/pumpkid Visit my website! www.10marc.com and follow me on Twitter @10marc1

Amiga Art Contest 2020 - The Short Version - 10MARC Episode 78

This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast, I wanted to create a nice short version of the Amiga Art Contest 2020 participants. This will also have a lot of artwork we were not able to show in the Livestream for the sake of time. Enjoy!

Check out all the artwork here: www.amigaartwork.com
Retro Ready is Ready for your Retro Order! https://retroready.one Edu Arana will eventually have more UnAmigas... www.arananet.net/pedidos Want to watch Kevin Saunders create Half Bright Fish? https://youtu.be/hc9NSqyTHs0 Visit my website here: https://10marc.com Come watch Pixel Vixen Pixelate all the Pixels: https://youtube.com/pixelvixen Follow me on Twitter: @10marc Follow Pixel Vixen too... @lapixelvixen