Author: Louie Dimovski
Retro Games Limited has posted additional pictures on their Facebook page showing off pictures of advanced production units of THEC64. The pictures show an unboxing of THEC64, confirming that the package will include: THEC64 unit one joystick controller (micro-switch / USB connection) HDMI cable THEC64 quick guide USB power cable Power wall charger with interchangeable adapters Long time backers of…
Psytronik Software are pleased to announce that they will be publishing a brand new game for the Commodore Amiga called Rotator. Developed by Timothy Gilbert with some assistance in level design by Shaun Watters, the objective of Rotator is to carefully manoeuvre your craft through various challenging landscapes collecting diamonds whilst trying to stay above an ever-rising flood waters. Rotator…
Double Sided Games has announced that a demo version of their upcoming Sci-Fi dungeon crawler game, Black Dawn Rebirth, is now available for you to try. The demo does not feature the music soundtrack or a load/save facility and sound effects are limited but it will provide a good feel for the visual on offer and the mechanics behind the…
One of the greatest evolution of the Commodore 64 scene has been the introduction of emulated storage solutions, providing greater accessibility and flexibility to the C64 enthusiast. Products such as the Ultimate II+, SD2IEC, Pi1541 and EasyFlash cart are great examples (each with their own pro and cons) of alternate storage solutions designed to get around the tedious, unreliable and…
Retro Games Limited has posted additional photos of TheC64 prototype model current undergoing testing on TheC64 Facebook page. Following the small video reveal of the unit under some basic testing, backers were keen to see what ports TheC64 has on its side and rear. While these picture are not of the models in production right now, Retro Games Limited stated…
The development team behind the Mega65 are looking to raise €66,000 for steel moulds that will allow for the production of the machine at more reasonable prices. The Mega65 is slated to be an open sourced FPGA based 8-bit computer with Commodore 64 and Commodore 65 compatibility. It is claimed that the machine will run at 50 times the speed…
Sarah Jane Avory is one of the most respected developers within the current C64 gaming scene. With a long history of game development that has seen her work on unreleased C64 titles in the 1980s before moving on to be involved with many successful titles (and some not so) across the Amiga, Atari ST, Sega Mega CD, Atari Jaguar and…
Psytronik Software is proud to present Icebox Plus, a C64 game by Karl Hörnell, who produced C64 classics like Clean Up Service, Fungus and Velocipede. Iceblox Plus is a Pengo style game that sees you control Pixel Pete with the aim to collect gold coins trapped in ice. You can push ice blocks around to snuff out the fire monsters…
Bitmap Soft is looking to be the next ‘big player’ in the software publishing space for vintage home computers with the launch of two cassette format debut titles – All Hallows (ZX Specrum) and Chronicles of Nanako (Amstrad CPC). Established earlier this year by Darren Doyle and Jamie Battison, Bitmap Soft will be specialising as a software house publishing new…
Following on from our article last month revealing the ‘9.99 Range’ of Cartridge Games from The Future Was 8-Bit (TFW8b), VITNO has received their physical copy of one of the titles featured in this range, Ms RodMan. Developed by Mika ‘Misfit’ Keränen, Ms RodMan is the Commodore 64 sequel to last year’s multi-format release of RodMan, RodMan is a reimaging…
