Author: Glen McNamee
Slovenia Radio station “Radio Študent” celebrated its 55th anniversary by broadcasting the screeching, beeping and whining of a ZX Spectrum game, just like the station did many years. The nostalgic broadcast, which took place on Wednesday, 8th May 2024, featured two significant figures. Žiga Turk, the co-founder of the magazine Moj Mikro and a pioneer of the Internet in Slovenia, and Matevž Kmet, renowned for…
The X2024 demoparty, held at Someren, The Netherlands, once again proved to be a hotbed of creativity and technical wizardry. Amidst a sea of impressive entries, Fairlight’s “13:37” demo captivated all in attendance and secured the title of the best demo. If you haven’t seen it yet, do yourself a favour and check it out. It’s a demo that deserves to be experienced firsthand. …
Remember those Commodore 64 games that drove you delightfully mad? The ones with questionable licenses, impossible difficulty, and bizarre design choices? Well, respected retrogaming author Andrew Fisher is turning those memories into a hilarious and insightful journey with his new book, ’64 Nightmares’. This 10-day Kickstarter needs your support! The book is already complete – all it needs is a final…
Fans of drmortalwombat‘s charming Plants vs. Zombies-inspired C64 game, Veggies vs. Undead, can now delve into its secrets! The source code is officially available on GitHub, offering a unique opportunity to dissect the inner workings of this tower defence gem. Link: https://github.com/drmortalwombat/zombies
Fans of the classic Shoot-‘Em-Up Construction Kit (SEUCK) will be pleased with Version 1.7 of the SEUCK Title Screen Maker by prolific C64 developer @Richard_of_TND. This update tackles crucial bugs, adds support for multi-track music, and introduces a new end screen maker. Key Improvements: The Shoot-‘Em-Up Construction Kit was an essential purchase for wannabe game makers like myself when it…
Alpaca-themed “Alpacalypse” is a game for the Commodore 64 and is now available for download.
Metal Mayhem is a brand new vertical split-screen scrolling game for the Commodore 64 by drmortalwombat. You can play against a friend or your less friendly computer. Each battle has a limited duration, and the tank that collects more points will win. Capturing the enemy flag and returning it to your HQ gives you 1000 points, destroying the enemy tank yields…
Immortal C64 Episode 108 – Happy Easter! //EMULATED SIDS// Retrograde77’s C64 has died, so the SID tunes are being emulated for now. You can support the podcast on ko-fi and follow it on Twitter at Retrograde77. It’s available in all good podcast software and directly from: http://akumadesigns.com/ic64/ Track Listing: Track Number / Start Time / Artist / Track Name /…
The Commodore 64 Revolution is a feature-length documentary on the Commodore 64. Looking at its history and cultural impact. It is grassroots indie production done by a professional production company, and it’s now crowdfunding on IndieGoGo. It will be in English and distributed worldwide. The complete product, if all goes well, should be finished in December 2024 and promises to…
Activision Crackpots was originally an Atari 2600 game designed by Dan Kitchen and published by Activision in 1983. Since then it has been converted to the Commodore c64 by Pig’s Quest developer Antonio Savona. Now, Antonio has made the code for his Commodore 64 conversation Activision Crackpots available for download on GitHub. Source Code: https://github.com/tonysavon/Crackpots-C64 CSDB Download: https://csdb.dk/release/?id=187270
