Author: Glen McNamee
The Prisoner was originally a 1967 British television series created by Patrick McGoohan. Number Six (Patrick McGoohan) is determined to escape from the Village. Still, his captors constantly thwart him and use various methods to break him down, including interrogation, torture, and mind control. However, Number Six remains defiant, refusing to reveal his identity or why he resigned from his…
Back in Time Live is a two-day mini-festival dedicated to the music and retro games from the golden era of the Commodore 64 and Amiga. It is held annually in Bergen, Norway, and features live shows, DJ sets, and a retro gaming area. The next Back in Time Live will be held on November 3-4, 2023 and will feature a…
Electroman is a work-in-progress game for the Amiga computer. It is being developed by Tukinem and is based on an MS-DOS game from Maciej Miąsik and Janusz Pelc. It requires an Amiga with AGA, 020+ CPU and 2MB of chip RAM. Link: tukinem.itch.io
Amiga Addict is a digital and printed magazine dedicated to the Amiga computer. First published in 2010, it covers many Amiga-related topics, including news, reviews, interviews, features, and tutorials. In Issue 24, they celebrate the 30th anniversary of the CD32 with a CD Coverdisc and more content related to Commodore’s 32-bit CD-based console. Also included: A coverdisc featuring the full…
If you haven’t heard about the Kickstarter campaign for these Retrocomputing annuals, you should act quickly, as it ends in just two days. The four publications are from Fusion Retro Books, including Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum classic magazine titles ZZAP! 64 and CRASH. Also included are FUSION, which covers all aspects of gaming, and Toy Polloi, which discusses the…
The Commodore 64 has always been known for its outstanding sound chip. The SID (Sound Interface Device) gives the c64 its trademark sound and is still impressive today. Many people still use the SID in their hardware projects. One such person is Gavin Lyons, who thought the c64 would make an incredible portable Synth, so he turned his Breadbin into…
In the 1980s everyone wanted a Commodore 64. However, a lot of families, like mine, could not afford one. I owned the C64’s cheap and cheerful little sister, the Commodore Plus/4 (connected to a black and white portable TV). The Plus/4 along with its brother the Commodore 16 were Commodore’s entry-level replacement for the ageing VIC-20. Unfortunately, despite popularity in…
Years ago, before sites like Commodore is Awesome or Vitno existed, I wrote a blog post about my favorite Commodore C16 and Plus/4 games. Much later, I realized I might have left out a great game, though my memory of it was fuzzy. I just remembered it was a maze game where you played as a creature inside an egg…
