Category: Commodore 64
VChar64 is a character editor for the Commodore 64 that has been actively developed by Ricardo Quesada from the Retro.Moe blog. The software is available for both Windows and Mac OSX. Changes: [NEW] Koala Import: supports importing subregions. Useful when 256 chars are not enough to import the whole bitmap [NEW] Added unknown font. Ripped from here [NEW] VICE snapshot…
The Last Ninja was one of the most successful games released on the Commodore 64, and no one won’t agree with that statement. If there is someone, that person is simply wrong! One of the many highlights of the game is its music, and now it might be possible to listen to the soundtrack as rock/metal covers. It all depends on…
Covert Bitops has released a new game for the Commodore 64, Hessian, a 2D arcade game where you control Kim, a security guard. From the game manual, “Take the role of Kim, a low-clearance security guard working a permanent night shift (on her request) at the Throne Group Science Complex. One night, she wakes up inside a cargo container converted to an…
There! I confess! I envy people that know how to create SID tunes. Besides the lack of musical inclination, I see tracking software one of the most daunting things to learn in the C64 scene. There are many great tools that try to make it easier for the musicians out there. One that is available to run on modern Windows machines…
People’s imagination has no limits, and when we think we have seen everything in the C64 scene, something new shows up. This is the case of this little C64 game called ‘Dress Up!’, where you basically “play” dressing your model with different clothes, hair style and shoes! For those who are thinking “Is that game for young little girls!?!”, tell me if you…
8-bit Weapon has released the first official video for the track “Phase I – Lexical Analysis” off the new album “Disassembly Language: Ambient Music for Deprogramming Vol. 1”. [youtube zBUqM1VvPkQ nolink] They explain that the video was shot off a real Commodore 1902 monitor to boot, though the camera was at an angle to give it a pseudo 3d perspective. Pretty nice…
Imagine Flappy Birds for the C64… Now, imagine it better than Flappy Birds, with better graphics, better music and even better gameplay. That is Spaceman Splorf: Planet of Doom! The game has been released today on CSDb showing how good a simple game can be on our favorite 35-year-old platform. Developed by Andreas Gustafsson, with music and graphics by Vanja Utne, the…
In an update posted today, RGCD’s James Monkman let us know that a special version of ‘Tiger Claw’, the 2nd place in RGCD’s 2014 competition, is almost ready to be shipped. This release is an exclusive Kickstarter cartridge version that will only get in the hands of the backers of the campaign that contributed to the cartridge level or above (£70+). The artwork is done (see picture…
Jeroen Tell from Maniacs of Noise has published a preview of the music remake of the title theme from the Commodore 64 game “Cybernoid”, originally published in 1988 by Hewson Consultants Ltd. The music is still a work in progress and it will be part of the album “Tell Me More” with remakes of C64 game music. When ready the…
Hugohunt is a new maze-type game released for the Commodore 16 (and Plus/4) and also for the C64, based on the game Hugojagd XL developed for the Atari. The gameplay is simple to understand but very hard to play. You control the pac-man-looking hero around the maze, avoiding the enemies. Although they don’t move, they block you o get to certain…
