Author: Louie Dimovski
Amicon Games are pleased to announced that, in partnership with Psytronik Software, they will be publishing Chaos Generator, their first game for the Commodore 64 developed by the Icon64 team. Chaos Generator is best described as a PacMan clone with a twist. As you start moving your character around the maze, you will notice that not all of the music…
Currently residing in London and working as a Technical Lead for a large software company, Simon Jameson delved into 6510 assembly language after being introduced to the Commodore 64 in the mid 1980s and idolising the likes of Manfred Trenz, Andrew Braybrook and the Rowland Brothers. After many years away from the Commodore, Simon jumped back into the retro scene…
Spanning over 7 years in development, Super Mario Brothers for the Commodore 64 is finally available. This fan made port of the Nintendo Entertainment System is brought to us by Zeropaige who has stated in this log file that ‘ This is a Commodore 64 port of the 1985 game SUPER MARIO BROS. for the Famicom and Nintendo Entertainment System….
The Commodore 64 gaming scene continues its momentum into 2019 with the latest Psytronik Software release, The Age of Heroes, developed by Achim Vokers, Trevor Storey and Saul Cross, the team behind last year’s decisive sci-fi release Organism. Inspired by the classic arcade hit Rastan Saga, The Age of Heroes is a side scrolling hack n slash game, where your…
RetroGamerNation recently held its inaugural Gamers’ Choice Award for Amstrad CPC games released in 2018, allowing players to choose up to 3 of their favourite games from a list of 13 nominees. Held across multiple internet sites, including VITNO, the poll was able to garner 225 vote submissions to allow a broad spectrum of views to be expressed. Well the…
Bitmap Soft, a newly established software house focusing on games for vintage computer systems, are excited to announce that their debut physical release will be Chronicles of Nanako – featuring remastered versions of Mojon Twins classic games, Nanako in Classic Japanese Monster Castle and Nanako Descends to Hell. Nanako in Classic Japanese Monster Castle has Nanako set off on a…
Looking back at the current generation gaming scene for the Amstrad CPC in 2018, it is hard to not be impressed by the vast range of quality titles for this great machine. Gone is the stigma of the platform being subject to quick and dirty ZX Spectrum ports, now replaced with games that are developed with care and passion to…
BG Games Production is eagerly ramping up Amstrad enthusiasts’ anticipation of its impending full release of its port of the classic Amiga pinball simulator, Pinball Dreams. Development of Pinball Dreams for the Amstrad CPC is pretty much completed with the game at the final stages of testing. I was fortunate enough to have been granted a trial version of the…
Alf Yngve has had an illustrious career as a game and graphical designer of Commodore 64 games utilising the Shoot’Em Up Construction Kit (SEUCK) platform. Keen to let C64 enthusiasts about his upcoming title, Precinct 20: Dead Strange, Alf reached out to VITNO and provided a copy of the game to try out before its release in sometime around Q2…
Bruce Lee for the Commodore 64 has long been considered as a classic must have game for the system, receiving critical acclaim upon its initial release in 1984 for its addictive and thoroughly enjoyable platform fighting action while many enthusiasts since have often cited the game as being one of their personal favourite games for the C64. Vidar Bang, who…
