Month: June 2015
This is a very comprehensive list of Commodore equipment. The list was started by Jim Brain and is now being maintained by Bo Zimmerman. If you can add information to this list you can send Bo a message. News Source: http://www.richardlagendijk.nlWebsite: http://www.zimmers.net
[youtube M8d_OInQkLc nolink] Like all other Amiga models, the Amiga 1200 has a low-pass filter in hardware which can be found directly on the motherboard. This audio filter can be turned on and off in software. In case of the audio filter being stuck in either the ON or OFF state, how would we go ahead and troubleshoot the problem?…
Jani collected information about diagnostic cartridges. You can find manuals, software and schematics for the C-64 Dead Test Kit, C-64 Diagnostic Assembly Kit, C-64 Diagnostic Rev 4.1.0, C-64 Diagnostic, C-128 Diagnostic, C-128 Diagnostic Assembly Kit, C-128 Diagnostic Rev 1.1 & 1.4 and C-128 DCR Integral Diag 1.0. Website: http://blog.worldofjani.com
ACID 64 Player v3.6 has just been released. If you (somehow) have never heard of it, ACID 64 is a Windows application created by Wilfred Bos that allows you to listen SID Tunes on your PC. The new version 3.6 brought several fixes and improvements: Added 3SID support Added support for SIDBlaster USB device. Latest drivers can be found here…
[youtube g4gBXXWwi7w nolink] Are you ready to watch the new ‘Jurassic World’ movie? If not (or even if you are), how about warm up watching this clip inspired by 1993 original movie, reimagined as a 8-bit retro game? The clip was made by CineFix and published on its YouTube channel “8-bit Cinema”, and there we see Ian Malcolm, Alan Grant,…
Yes you heard correct! Bomb Jack is being remade and we had a quick chat with Retrofan from Forum64 and he gave us the heads up on what’s happening and also when this new improved version will be available to all you Commodore fans out there! Are you excited yet? ;) We all know that the original C64 version of…
If you lost the opportunity to buy these awesome games when they were available on MSX Cartridge Shop, you have another chance! The online store specialized in MSX games has a new batch of both vamped-up versions of Gremlin Graphics’ 1986 classic Gauntlet and Ocean 1986 classic Batman. They can be purchased for 35 euros each (plus shipping) following the…
Another bit of Atari productivity tools history has been released. The Inverse ATASCII episode 18 covers the APX Diskette Librarian, published by Atari Exchange Program. As usual, Inverse ATASCII website provides more screenshots and instructions to download/run the program. Link: Inverse ATASCII
A new article at trs-80.org about Microsoft Multiplan has been published. Wait! Don’t move to the next retro-sexy-game post! If you like retro computing story, the author did a really good job telling a short but complete story about the first spreadsheet made by Microsoft to compete with the blockbuster VisiCalc. The article focuses a bit on Tandy machines, but…
Wind your way through 30 levels of arcade-action insanity in this specially enhanced version of the game that took the trophy in RGCD‘s 2014 16KB gamedev competition. Featuring eight additional screens, an all-new intro sequence, improved samples, bug fixes and other minor tweaks, RGCD is proud to present this final version of Antonio Savona‘s P0 SNAKE! P0 SNAKE is a…
