Category: Commodore 64
Sprite Castle #28 podcast is out featuring Activision’s game ‘Wonderboy’. The game was released in 1987 for the Commodore 64, ported from the Sega arcade version, which on its turn looks a lot like Mario. If you are curious about the history of this game and get up to speed on other C64 news, download and listen the podcast following…
The article has been written exclusively for Commodore is Awesome/Vintage is The New Old by Eric “Majikeyric” Hilaire, tThe developer of ‘Bug Hunt’, one of the strongest entries on the 2016 RGCD 16K Game Cartridge Competition. In September 2015, I was looking for a little game to port to the Commodore computers (not only to C64 but also Amiga and VIC20). I’m…
RGCD C64 Cartridge Development Competition 2015 has reached the first deadline and are not accepting more entries. With 11 entries and 9 brand new games, this year’s competition is a great success. These are the 11 games: Alienator (Georg Rottensteiner) Blap N Bash Revisited (Richard Bayliss) Bug Hunt (Eric Hilaire) Icicle Race (John Christian Lønningdal) Pickle’s Pod Patrol (Steve Ody) Platman (Andrea…
‘Project SIDFX’ is a new hardware expansion for any C64, SX-64, and C128 allowing them to use 1 or 2 SIDs chips, even of different models! Currently accepting pre-orders, the new board looks very powerful allowing the user to switch between SID chips while playing the tune.For now, this can be achieved via a hardware switch, but the board is prepared…
It was published today on CSDb a new SD2IEC storage device for the Commodore 64, the MSD2IEC. As explained by the C64 Club Berlin, the device is a standard SD2IEC but with an interesting addition: a 8Kb EEPROM that adds commands to the machine’s built-in BASIC allowing the user to browse the SD Card contents without an application! From the user…
We have talked about Sam’s Journey, a brand-new original scrolling platform game developed for the Commodore 64 home computer. It’s about a cute little hero called Sam who finds himself on an unexpected journey in a strange world. Knights of Bytes has release a new teaser video, showing the hero discover another costume that gives him a white cap and…
Retro Commodore website brings high-quality scans for you Commodore machines. Today, they made available three new (old) books for the Commodore 64. Commodore 64 Assembler Workshop by Bruce Smith A pocket handbook for the Commodore 64 by Peter Gerrard & Danny Doyle A childs guide to the Commodore 64 by John Dewhirst. Retro Commodore PDF are usually larger than the average…
Relauch64 is a cross-platform IDE for Commodore 64 available for Mac, Windows and Linux, and the developers behind the project just released a new version 3.3.6. This editor works together with common cross assemblers. The supported assemblers are 64tass, ACME, ca65, DASM, DreamAss, Kick Assembler and TMPx. Other assemblers might work as well, but syntax highlighting may not be 100%…
Another quite rare italian game. Your task is to collect the amphora of life inside the castle and then free your beloved princess held captive by an evil dragon. The gameplay is very similar to Dragon’s Lair because you have to make precise movements to finish the game. The Hokuto Force version has 3 trainers and english translation. Download Page
West is a quite rare italian game. Your mission is to find a clandestine distillery and you need to find clues inside the buildings during your task. Of course keep yourself alive from the many enemies. This Hokuto Force’s version includes 2 trainers and the english translation. Download Page
