Author: Louie Dimovski
Protovision is pleased to announced that Planet X2.1 for the Commodore 64 is now available from their webshop. Planet X2.1 is an enhanced version of Planet X2, considered to be the first real time strategy game for the C64 in which you are out to destroy the alien enemy bases to allow for future human colonization of a planet referred…
Double Sided Games has announced that the ‘Match 3’ style puzzle game, Vegetables Deluxe will soon be available for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore VIC-20. The premise behind the Vegetables Deluxe is to swap adjacent vegetable shapes to form lines of three or more in a row. When this occurs, those shapes are destroyed and new shapes drop in from…
Blast Annual is pleased to announce the availability of its multi-platform digital magazine celebrating retro computing & the retro gaming community – Blast Annual 2020: Volume 1. Blast Annual 2020: Volume 1 is full of retro reading goodness within its 214 pages. Not only does the Annual show case more than 90 games reviews across Amstrad CPC, Atari 2600, Amiga,…
Chris Stanley from the Megastyle Productions has announced that he is teaming up with fellow group member, Rune Spaans, to port across the Atari 2600 version of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back to the Commodore 64. Initially announced in the latest published edition of the C64 themed fanzine, Freeze 64, Stanley announced the game project to the rest of…
Bitmap Soft is pleased to announce the availability of CPC Soccer: International Edition for the Amstrad CPC, developed by Israel Roman from Voxel Tower. CPC Soccer is a football/soccer simulation game that sees you take control of one of 20 international teams as you put them through their paces in either a friendly exhibition match or a knockout tournament consisting of…
Protovision is excited to announce that pre-orders for the standard cartridge edition of MW Ultra for the Commodore 64 will be available from their web shop on August 1. MW ULTRA is the latest title from the talented Covert Bitops team (Steel Ranger, Hessian, Metal Warrior 1 to 4) and is considered to be a gem of a game that features…
Last month we took a look back at all the great C64 titles released in the first part of 2020. Well now it’s time to take a look in the other direction and highlight ten upcoming titles that C64 gaming enthusiasts should be quite excited about. It’s just amazing what is being produced for this great 8-bit machine, so enjoy…
Protovision is pleased to announced that pre-orders are now open for the limited edition release of Vega for the Commodore 64. Vega is a horizontal shooter that has its origins in a popular 2017 scene demo. Utilising the original impressive PETSCII style graphics, Atwoods Studios brings the demo into a full gaming experience. The great looking Limited Edition collectors box…
2020 has already seen a slew of new game titles for the Commodore 64 and promises to produce the best quality of games seen on the little 8-bit platform in 30 years. Let’s take a look at some of the more prominent releases thus far. Atic AtacHigh quality port of a ZX Spectrum classic. You find yourself trapped in an…
If you are looking for new, bright and shiny things to keep you amused during periods of social isolation then 7 Sided Mint may have the solution for you, an ‘8-Bit User’ range of commemorative coins. Designed to celebrate retro video gaming, the coins are made are designed and manufactured exclusively for 7 Sided Mint and come in Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum theme…
