Month: September 2014
[youtube 0CMAgvkQ7Z4 nolink] The already well-known Atari Gamer Magazine just got a new sister covering the Atari ST line of computers, the Atari ST Gamer. The new magazine promises to bring news, reviews and articles about the Atari ST, and the debut edition is full of good stuff, like an interview with Harry Lefnear, pixel artist for the Microdeal’s Time…
Immortal C64 Episode 36 – Tweeking the Settings. Track Listing : 01 .. Michal Hoffmann – Bored Teens, Expensive Shoes – 5:5402 .. Andrew Lemon – Coptic Script Manifold Mix – 2:1803 .. Vincent Voois – Duck Tales – 0:5904 .. Ole Marius Pettersen – Harlequin – 1:4305 .. Volker Meitz – Blow of Fate – 2:1206 .. Steven Diemer…
Spacewar! is one of the earliest video-games made to run on a DEC PDP-1 back in 1962 and it is alleged to be the earliest with source-code available. Recently an even earlier version, dated from March 1962, has shown up and the transcripts of the listings are available at www.masswerk.at/spacewar/sources. If you feel like driving the DeLorean at 88 mph, you can feel…
Have a Mac and feel you don’t have your MSX fix? Fear no more! It has been released a new version of CocoaMSX, the MSX emulator for Mac OSX 10.6 or newer. Based on BlueMSX, CocoaMSX offers: Built-in support for 3 virtual systems, automatic download and installation of over 200 MSX systems Built-in support for cartridge (ROM) files, optional support…
Aaron White has sent over his latest Retro Asylum chip-tune collection.Volume 3 contains ten more original awesome chip-tune remixes for your enjoyment!You can download the .adf disk image as usual here at Commodore is Awesome! Have fun :) Download: Retro Asylum Music Disks
Bitmap Books have published their first of many printed celebrations: The Commodore 64: A Visual Compendium. Now this great piece of computer history hits the Funstock online store, and it is taking pre-orders – the actual release date is October 1st. The price is £24.99 (about US$ 40). Unlike other books about the C64, it celebrates the visual side of the…
As a retro computer hobbyist, I know it is very common when people show a bit of surprise when you talk about your beloved old computers, and deep inside they are thinking “why the hell this guy is wasting time programming for dead technology?”. Well, now you can shut their mouths up, and if you live in US (Seattle –…
Do you know how to program in BASIC? Do you have a working retro computer or emulator? Reddit’s RetroBattlestations is holding next week (Sep 6-14) the BASIC Week 3 and they need help porting the BASIC Week 3 program to more computers and their different BASIC dialects. There’s ports now for the Commodore 64, Apple II, IBM PC, Atari, and Amstrad. The…
The new version v1.14 of the Windows front-end launcher for blueMSX – blueMSX Launcher – has been released, and is now also available in a 64 bit version. Here is the change list: Introduced a 64 bit build in addition to the 32 bit one. Added MSX Generation LED display. Rearranged the ‘Fill Database’ Window. Only allow one instance of…
Latest releases over at CSDb are as follows: Special Tape, Motte and Bailey, TDK, Game Preview, Game Preview, Leon’s Town, LoaderInjection, Unloader, Headache, Nostalgia Logo 001, Hitmen-Loader, THEY, Veto Logo – Wizard of Peace, Engage charmode, begin pursuit, Day of the Tentacle is your BAD day!, I Can Remember +D, Laxity Intro #59 (Remember), Star Patrol 2049 (loader), Hot Shot…
