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by Marcio D.
Sat Feb 28, 2026 7:09 am
Forum: Public Announcements
Topic: NEW AMIGA BOOK: Bootblock Rebels - The Hidden Stars of the Amiga Underground
Replies: 3
Views: 1935

Re: NEW AMIGA BOOK: Bootblock Rebels - The Hidden Stars of the Amiga Underground

The two stretch goals mentioned in the prior post have been reached!

The author has now introduced two additional stretch goals.

€35,000 - Cover design by J.O.E.
The cover for Bootblock Rebels will be created by the renowned Amiga scene artist J.O.E. Known for classic graphics for Scoopex, TRSI ...
by Marcio D.
Tue Feb 17, 2026 9:44 pm
Forum: Public Announcements
Topic: NEW AMIGA BOOK: Bootblock Rebels - The Hidden Stars of the Amiga Underground
Replies: 3
Views: 1935

Re: NEW AMIGA BOOK: Bootblock Rebels - The Hidden Stars of the Amiga Underground

The campaign has reached 100% funding based on €22,000 pledged! Thanks to everyone who helped make this happen.

New pledges are being accepted until March 15, 2026 so please contribute to get your own copy of the book:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bitman/bootblock-rebels


The author ...
by Marcio D.
Sun Feb 15, 2026 4:27 am
Forum: Public Announcements
Topic: NEW AMIGA BOOK: Bootblock Rebels - The Hidden Stars of the Amiga Underground
Replies: 3
Views: 1935

Re: NEW AMIGA BOOK: Bootblock Rebels - The Hidden Stars of the Amiga Underground

Amiga Bill recommends Bootblock Rebels:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKsqHjSRzyk


Bootblock Rebels has been selected by Kickstarter as a Project We Love .

https://i.kickstarter.com/assets/052/549/683/a5f805c8523d673d20438763bd8cfa41_original.png?fit=scale-down&origin=ugc&q=100&v ...
by Marcio D.
Mon Feb 09, 2026 11:46 am
Forum: Public Announcements
Topic: NEW AMIGA BOOK: Bootblock Rebels - The Hidden Stars of the Amiga Underground
Replies: 3
Views: 1935

NEW AMIGA BOOK: Bootblock Rebels - The Hidden Stars of the Amiga Underground

Book title: Bootblock Rebels - The Hidden Stars of the Amiga Underground - Stories from the Amiga Cracking Scene.

Author: Steen Jessen.

Pages: 200+

Physical Format:
- Hardcover.
- A4 size (210mm x 297mm).
- Offset color print on 115g G-Print paper.

Digital version available: Yes.


Please ...
by Marcio D.
Thu Jan 29, 2026 11:39 pm
Forum: Public Announcements
Topic: Mortal Kombat 3 - Amiga Version Coming Soon !
Replies: 2
Views: 2376

Re: Mortal Kombat 3 - Amiga Version Coming Soon !

First beta test on a real Amiga 1200 with 68060 @ 100 MHz !

Arti continues to plug away at delivering a Mortal Kombat 3 conversion for our favourite computer. He acknowledges that there's a graphical bug on the pre-fight character ladder screen, but he's confident it'll be fixed very soon.

He ...
by Marcio D.
Thu Jan 08, 2026 10:28 am
Forum: Public Announcements
Topic: Mortal Kombat 3 - Amiga Version Coming Soon !
Replies: 2
Views: 2376

Re: Mortal Kombat 3 - Amiga Version Coming Soon !

A video of the work in progress has been made available by the developer.

The campaign is very close to being funded. Please help out if you'd like to see MK3 for Amiga!

https://ko-fi.com/amiga_ports


Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRse9Rsw7vE
by Marcio D.
Fri Dec 26, 2025 6:34 am
Forum: Public Announcements
Topic: Mortal Kombat 3 - Amiga Version Coming Soon !
Replies: 2
Views: 2376

Mortal Kombat 3 - Amiga Version Coming Soon !

The Amiga version of Mortal Kombat 3 may be coming soon, but prolific developer Arti is asking for some help.

Campaign page: https://ko-fi.com/amiga_ports


Past work:
Battle for Wesnoth, The
Carmageddon 68k
DevilutionX Diablo
Griffon Legend, The
Heart of Darkness
Hydra Castle Labyrinth
KoBo ...
by Marcio D.
Wed Jul 30, 2025 10:26 pm
Forum: Public Announcements
Topic: BlingBox - New keyboard compatible with classic Amiga
Replies: 2
Views: 101676

Re: BlingBox - New keyboard compatible with classic Amiga

A couple of months ago, Jim Drew offered a pre-order of 60 additional Blingboard64 units at the campaign price to offset the increase in printing costs. Now in July 2025 and heading into August 2025, he's offering you another chance at pre-ordering a Blingboard64.

As you know, the upcoming ...
by Marcio D.
Sun Jun 01, 2025 4:53 am
Forum: Public Announcements
Topic: BlingBox - New keyboard compatible with classic Amiga
Replies: 2
Views: 101676

Re: BlingBox - New keyboard compatible with classic Amiga

If anyone is interested in the Blingboard64 keyboard replacement for the C64 / C64C, please read on...

The printing cost for the keycaps ended up being more than double of what was budgeted during the campaign. To offset the difference in printing costs without paying more out of pocket, the ...
by Marcio D.
Wed May 28, 2025 10:53 am
Forum: Public Announcements
Topic: AMIGA JOKER Magazine is looking for German to English translators for their upcoming Amiga 40th anniversary issue !
Replies: 0
Views: 29682

AMIGA JOKER Magazine is looking for German to English translators for their upcoming Amiga 40th anniversary issue !

From 1989 to 1996, Amiga Joker was Germany's largest Amiga games magazine. After a 21-year hiatus, they came back and published a special issue in 2017, and then another special issue in 2019. For the Amiga's upcoming 40th anniversary this year (2025), they're ready to do it again. But this time ...