Author: Louie Dimovski
SNK has announced that they are now taking pre-orders for the SNK 40th Anniversary Collection to be released on the Nintendo Switch in Q4 2018. The SNK 40th Anniversary Collection will contain a number of games from SNK’s pre-Neo Geo era with the following games confirmed to be included as part of this collection: Alpha Mission (console/arcade) Athena (console/arcade) Crystalis…
Did you know that one of TheC64 Mini’s current limitations is that it assumes that the joystick is connected to port two? This means that while you can load up great titles like Bruce Lee, Ghostbusters and HERO on the Mini, there is no way to control the game play as they all expect the joystick to be in port…
Are you drawn to games with cute colorful retro graphics and a seemingly basic game play premise only to find yourself in damnation where you curse the developer’s name under your breath as you scream out your frustration as to the unfairness of what plays out on screen? If so, then usebox.net and poly.play have developed and released a game…
Sometime in the near distant future, our scientists travel to the planet Vektor and discover a form of energy crystals that will help protect mankind from future alien invasions. The Scientists all agreed that the crystals should be brought back to Earth and stored in a complex 16 level security system for safe keeping. Great idea right? Well there are…
Retro Games Limited has announced that they will be releasing firmware version 1.0.6 for TheC64 Mini on the 5th April 2018. Version 1.0.6 is set to feature the following changes: – Maps additional functions to joystick buttons for some games – Makes minor changes to descriptions for some games – Fixes an occasional scenario where an additional USB joystick is…
It’s hard to believe that Mayhem in Monsterland was released almost 25 years ago. It has been heralded as the definitive platformer for the Commodore 64 in terms of both gameplay and technical achievement that pushed the ‘old breadbin’ to do things it was not supposed to do. It was considered to be the great last hurrah for the C64,…
Cogitare Computing is pleased to announce the release of Counterweight Kate for the Commodore 64. Counterweight Kate sees you take on the role of Kate who wakes up one night to find that her toys have come alive and found themselves in a bit of trouble. So its up to you to put on your bike helmet and set off…
Henrique Olifiers has provided backers of the ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter with an update on the project, unfortunately disclosing some frustrating news. The company that was going to produce the plastic keyboard casing for the Next has inexplicably dropped the project leaving the Next project team to source an alternate supplier. Despite the setback, Olifiers confirmed that the team are…
Graphic concept artist Trevor Storey has been quite active in the Commodore 64 gaming scene in recent years working with talented coders Stuart Collier, Georg Rottensteiner and Achim Volkers to produce an impressive collection of new releases for the Commodore 64. Storey recently provided fans with an updated of their upcoming titles and confirmed: Organism is to be released in…
The C64 game scene is currently undergoing somewhat of a renaissance in respect to the release of new quality titles with original story content. Knight ‘n’ Grail would have kicked off this phenomena when it was originally released back in 2009, with its high production values and engrossing gameplay. Nine years on & we thought it might be time for…
