Category: Commodore 64
The Last Breakout was made back in the 80ies for the norwegian small company Data-Tronic by norwegian Fredrik Gløckner, and was actually not the last Breakout ever made, despite its name; it is not even one of the better ones, but Genesis Project will nevertheless keep on preserving nice finds for you all to check out. This one was dug…
Imagine a game like Legend of Zelda, Gauntlet, Demon Stalkers, and Druid. That is Wizard Saga for the Commodore 64. A modern comparison would be The Binding of Isaac as well, with a very similar game play. The author, OnlineProfessor2010, has been releasing previews of the game since last September. This new version B, released on Nov 4th, contains several updates,…
Atariage’s “mariuszw” & team has released his new game – The Great Escape, ported from the C64 version which was published by Ocean 1986, along with the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC versions. As we all know, the game’s objective is to help the hero, a war prisoner, to escape from a German camp. The gaming environment is displayed in isometric 2.5D…
There is another Kickstarter campaign. The project developer is asking for funding in order to build the smallest C64 Emulator. The hardware will have an open source software that will emulate the Commodore 64. The interesting part of this project is that the sound won’t be emulated, and the only way to get the sound working on this device is…
More of a simulation than a game but no less fun, LITTLE COMPUTER PEOPLE by Activision released in 1985 is the featured game on this episode. If you would like to play along, you can find download links to emulators along with all the games played so far on Sprite Castle following the link below. Link: Sprite Castle
Your favorite Commodore Magazine has just released issue 89 with lots of articles, interviews and game reviews for the C64, VIC-20, Amiga and all the Commodore family of computers. The interviews are with Steve Reed from WWW.C64COPYPROTECTION.COM and CLOAN NEWSLETTERS, and Sean Peck, creator of Kipperterm 128. It reviews games like Meteor Defender for the Amiga and Abyssonaut for the for…
This is my favourite tool for programming for the Commodore 64. I love that I am able to do everything from inside the IDE, like my very own Mission:Moon! Arthur Jordison just released a new version, with the following new features and bug fixes: Improvements in v3.5.0: Assembler: Fragment assembly. Debug directive. Easier label exporting. Custom character mapping for TEXT directive. General:…
Scott Hanselman hosts the HanselMinutes Podcast, and on the show #498 released today, he talks to Matthew Cannon about the musical revolution that happened the eighties and early 90s in video game soundtracks. Matthew worked at Ocean Software and composed music for games like Navy Seals, Batman: The Movie, Elf, and many more. Matthew worked on C64, Amiga, SNES, Megadrive,…
On Oct 21st, 2015, Marty McFly arrives in our year, finally! The future pictured in the movie is not quite right, but it is an important date nonetheless. To celebrate this day, we have selected few retro games you should play, if you haven’t done already. Since we are talking specifically about the second movie, our choices are narrowed down…
‘Claus’ user on CSDb has released today the game ‘Time of Silence’, a top view graphic adventure game for the Commodore 64. The game is superb, with a refreshing top view perspective. You walk the hero around, and you can interact with people and objects using the menu that shows up when you hit the joystick fire button close to…
