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Matt Householder interview

The guys over at C64.com have interviewed Matt Householder. Matt has been creating, programming, designing and producing video computer games for over 33 years. The games he worked on are: Krull, California Games, Barbie, GI Joe, Winter Games, Temple of Apshai Trilogy, World Games, Championship Wrestling, Vorpal Utility Kit, Sub Battle Simulator and California Games. Read the Interview: http://www.c64.com

The Making of Lemmings – How DMA Design Created a Classic, and What Happened Next

Rich Stanton wrote a blog about the making of Lemmings. The story is about David Jones who lost his job at the Timex company in 1988. David bought an Amiga 1000, and started making games. Later he created DMA Design and the legendary game Lemmings. Let’s Go! http://readonlymemory.vg/the-making-of-lemmings/

Vandalism News #64 – Commodore 64 Diskmag

In this English D64 magazine the following items: The Charts, News, World of Demos, History of SID, SIDTracker64, Interviews: Rock, Sphinx and Hedning, Ramblings of an Madman, RGCD, Gubdata 2015, Bruce Lee II, Revision 2015 and the list. Download: vandalismnews64.zipWebsite: CSDb

Botticelli Bilderdisk 40 – C16/Plus/4

L., Erich (Erich) released a new Botticelli Bilderdisk for the Commodore C16/Plus/4. This double-sided diskette is filled with pictures in the Botticelli format. The Magica viewer is used to display the pictures. The pictures are a mix of handmade and digitized pictures. Download: botticelli_bilderdisk_40.zipWebsite: http://plus4world.powweb.com

AmigaRemix Updates

You can listen to new remixes on the AmigaRemix web page. The following Amiga music is added to the web page: Cream of the Earth (vs. Romeo Knight), Super Twintris “Those 3” Tunes Up-Mix, Risky Woods – “El Pueblo” Cover Version, Kid Gloves [ Castle ] The Toe-tapper’s Up-Mix, Hyperbased 2015, Lethal Xcess – Ruins of Methallycha, Einstein 2d6 –…

New Version of YAPE v1.0.7 – Commodore 264 Family Emulator

What is YAPE? YAPE is a Commodore 264 family emulator. It’s an 8-bit microcomputerfamily from the once-great-now-defunc Commodore Business Machines Ltd.They were released as a successor to the immensely popular Commodore 64supposedly to either compete with the ZX Spectrum and other micros buteventually failed to gain market success and the whole line was dumpedwithin a couple of years. However they…

BozRetro interviews Chris Huelsbeck! on SLAYRadio BBB Radio Show!

Commodore News!, Hot off the press!!BozRetro resident DJ on Wednesday’s SLAYRadio Show BBB, had an interview only an hour ago, on his Live Show with none other than the great Chris Huelsbeck! Chris Huelsbeck was born 1968 in Kassel, Germany. He found himself dedicated to music at a very young age and started some piano lessons. At 14 he got…

Custom Sega Master System With Built-In Game Gear Cart Slot

While the Super Nintendo may have had an excellent Game Boy adapter to play the pocket-sized classics on the big screen, Sega never released an equivalent for their colourful Game Gear handheld. With a hefty amount of solder and a custom built board, one retro gamer has made his very own 2-in-1 Master System with a Game Gear cartridge slot…

Montezuma's Revenge! – 80's Classic Comes to Android!

This is the official version of the 80’s classic game “Montezuma’s Revenge!” by the original creator! Explore the chambers of the mysterious Aztec pyramid! Climb the stairs and ropes, collect keys to open doors! Collect the jewels & swords, and the coveted torch! Beware of the snakes, skulls and spiders! And finally, find the treasure room at the end of…

Vitno Update: New Game Reviews!

News Updates from Vintage is the New Old.Robert Joy from Ram Retro Arcade Memories has sent over his latest batch of Arcade reviews for Vitno. Some classics there for you all to enjoy! You can read the reviews below on our Reviews Page, as well as many other ones by Rob, Stuart Johns and C64Glen. Pac-Land (Arcade) Paperboy (Arcade) North…