Category: Commodore 64

Repair/Restoration Commodore Floppy Drive 2031LP

If you want to know a bit more about the Floppy Drive 2031, or maybe you even have one not working seating around, Nightfall Crew shows in this article the work to restore such unit. The article doesn’t intend to be a comprehensive walkthrough but it brings some details about that unit, and the changes made to get it back…

The Living Computer Museum Virtual Tour – Trust me, you need to see this!

Imagine Google Streets inside a museum. This is exactly what this virtual tour is at the Living Computer Museum in Seattle, WA. Made by Tosolini Productions, the virtual tour really takes you to any place inside the museum. You can walk, look around, check the computers, etc. The only thing better than this would be to visit the museum in…

Scene World Reviews WiFi Modem for the Commodore 64

Scene World has introduced a new feature – Video Reviews of new Hardware and Software for your C64. Kevin Casteels, aka Alterus starts by reviewing the latest hardware for the C64: The WIFI modem, created by Schema. [youtube TeuQVKRsObk nolink] Link: Scene World

C64 Game 'Heroes & Cowards' now available for Mac and Windows

The new adventure game for the Commodore 64, Heroes & Cowards, released last August for the Commodore 64 just got a modern packaging allowing seamless installation on Windows and Mac. Starting from USD5.99, different editions are available at itch.io. They are bundled with an emulator for use on Windows or Mac systems, but the games can also be played directly on…

All C64 games suck!!!

This article was written and originally posted by Claus, the creator of the great game Times of Silence, on his blog. You can check his awesome work accessing http://tos.acoustic-velocity.com/!  Ha, got your attention with this vocal headline? It is obviously not true that C64 games suck, well at least not all of them. But when I started thinking about making…

Commodore SX-64 Playing Winter Games by EPYX

Commodore Computer Club has published a small article showing off a Commodore SX-64 connected to an external monitor. “Not too many people realize that you can connect up an external monitor to a Commodore SX-64 computer. Now you know and knowing is half the battle” Link: Commodore Computer Club

Time of Silence 2 – Adventure sequel for the Commodore 64

We reported about the excellent game ‘Time of Silence’ few weeks ago, and now its developer has released already the sequel. Well, in reality it could be called ‘Extended Edition’. The reason of this is because the first game was made short and several ideas and storytelling were left behind due to time constraints to meet the compo deadline. To…

'Commodore Free' Magazine Issue #90 is out!

Commodore Free #89 took some time to be released, but issue 90 is already out making up for the previous delay ;) As usual, the magazine is full of news about C64, Amiga, Plus/4, etc. and also featured articles like “Happy Programming on the c=16/+4” and “Decompiler Technologies”. As for game reviews, you will be able to read about SHIFTED for…

Cloanto releases Amiga Forever 2016 and C64 Forever 2016

Cloanto has released a new version of Amiga Forever, its emulation software package for the Amiga. It also has released the C64 Forever 2016. Amiga Forever is the official Amiga emulator, preservation and support package brought to you by Cloanto, Amiga developers since 1986. “After almost two years of hard teamwork since the 2014 versions were released, it may seem like the…

Get coding! Commodore 64, MSX and ZX Spectrum Game Competitions!

Game development competitions are always fun to participate if you are a developer, and always fun to follow if you are a gamer looking for modern games for your beloved platform. Earlier this year we saw great games coming out of ABBUC’s Compo for Atari 8-bits and the CPCRetroDev compo that brought to us many more amazing games for the Amstrad…