🕹️️ I Play 10 Shoot 'Em Ups on the MEGA65! Are These Great Pew Pews?

On 2025-06-22, I hosted a livestream and demonstrated the WOW! That's What I Call Shoot "Em Ups game cartridge for the Commodore 64. The tweaks I made, I used a MEGA65 and a Kung Fu Flash to play the 10 shooter games. Along the way we discovered that many of the games only had in-game music and now sound effects, what we labeled as Pew Pews & Boom Booms. In this edit of that livestream, I include footage of the Pew Pew versions. If you'd like to watch the original livestream with all the extras such as chat, troubleshooting, etc. check out the link below:

📼️ https://youtube.com/live/uD1Exh0rO3w

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Additionally, here was my first take on ‪@RetroRecipes‬ Commodore acquisition:    • 🕹️️ I Play 10 Shoot 'Em Ups on the MEGA65!...   (After watching his most recent video, I may/may not have changed my mind. More during my next livestream.

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00:00:00 - Start
00:00:10 - What's New?
00:02:34 - retroCombs Gear
00:08:57 - retroCombs News
00:09:40 - Perifractic Tries to Purchase the Commodore Brand?
00:16:46 - Chris Edwards Announces PiMIGA5!
00:20:34 - Amiga Core for MEGA65 Update
00:21:13 - News Odds and Ends
00:27:11 - WOW! Demo Introduction
00:30:06 - Commodore PET Core on the MEGA65
00:30:39 - Using .crt and Physical Cartridges on the MEGA65
00:37:33 - Finally, I'm Trying the WOW! Games
00:38:05 - Pairing the Atari CX40+ Wireless Joystick with the MEGA65
00:38:28 - Game #1: Arena
00:41:13 - Game #2: Bank Run
00:43:33 - Game #3: Border Blast 3
00:49:10 - Game #4: Cosmic Combat DX
00:52:43 - Game #5: Double or Nothing
00:55:40 - Game #6: Droid Rumble
01:04:45 - Game #7: Flying Cobra
01:07:56 - Game #8: Grayhawk
01:12:18 - Game #9: Operation Metalstorm
01:13:51 - Pew Pews and Boom Booms (The Origin)
01:16:28 - Game #10: Spit Second
01:18:07 - Pew Pews, Powerups, & Boom Booms!
01:19:42 - Quick MEGA65 C64 Mode vs C64 Core Demo
01:20:43 - What's My Favorite of the Bunch?
01:21:13 - Closing Up the Livestream