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"Return of the Arcade."

This year, the challenge is to make an Amiga game that could sit in a classic arcade cabinet. Think fast, exciting gameplay that grabs players from the first moment. Easy to pick up, tricky to master, and always leaving players wanting to come back and insert another credit. Arcade games are all about instant fun, fast-paced action, and the thrill of skillful play. They usually focus on short, exciting sessions with clear goals: scoring points, defeating waves of enemies, completing levels, or racing against the clock.

The competition will close at 1.00AM GMT 1st March 2026. After this date, voting will open to the community to vote on each of the games for around three weeks. There will be a live-streamed show where the entries will be discussed by a panel of judges along with the results. The show will be hosted on AmigaBill's Twitch channel with a date to be confirmed later on.

The game must be an original one, no ports allowed this time around. Entries need to have been started after the start date which is June 1st, 2025. Any tools can be used for this competition such as Scorpion Engine, however please keep in mind that the theme is based around a game you would play on an arcade cabinet but made for the Amiga platform.

Game-Making Programs

RedPill - Amiga Game Creator (supports OCS/AGA)

Scorpion Editor for Windows - Create your own games using Scorpion Engine

Backbone (Full package) (Update) (Keyfile)

GRAC 2 (Full package) (Intro creator)

Graphics & Music

Indie Game Music  (MODs <100kb) (MODs no filesize limit)

Spriters Resource

Background HQ

Pixel Joint - Pixel Art Community

Free pixel graphic tool with native IFF ILBM and ANIM5 support

Programming

ACE - Amiga C Engine

AmiBlitz 3

Sevgi Engine - Open Source Video Game Engine in C

680x0 Assemblers - Links to download

Amiga Developers Docs

Amiga E Programming Language

AMOS Programming for Amiga - Links to download

E-VO: Amiga E Evolution Compiler

CanDo Amiga Programming Environment

PortablE Language and Compiler

Tutorials

Scorpion Engine Tutorial

Amiga C Tutorial

Amiga Basic Tutorial

AMOS Basic Installation Guide & Tutorials

Amiga Hardware Programming

Assembly Game Programming Tutorials for Amiga

A Beginner's Guide to Amiga E

Blitz Basic Game Tutorials

Game Development Video Tutorials

Amiga Game Development Video Playlist by BitBeamCannon

AMOS Programming Video Tutorials by RobSmithDev

Learning Amiga 68K Assembly With Docster 01 by Phaze101

Game Development Blogs

Remake of ZX Rebelstar 2: Alien Encounter for Amiga