Category: Commodore 64
Wiebo de Wit is writing a blog on how to program a Tetris game in 6502 assembler. In each episode he explains how a part of the game works. In this episode: Line Score, Play Level and Next Block. Website: http://devdef.blogspot.nlNews Source: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl
The SD-BOX is a cartridge for the Commodore 64 with an SD card interface. The cartridge has many functions for the disk drive and the Datassette. Recent updates: Manual in English. Improvements for the HEX preview. Error message when copying files and change device or directory. Improvement for the keyboard and joystick. Website: http://c64.com.plNews Source: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl
Another small update for the colourful upcoming C64 platformer. This time Knights of Bytes have blessed us with some sidtastic tunage! On his journey, Sam will find himself in lots of different places with each a very distinct mood. The soundtrack of the game is going to reflect this: every single graphical setting will be accompanied by its own special…
Alf Yngve has kindly sent us over a review copy of the upcoming release, Kung Fu Maniacs Trilogy. We reviewed 1,000 Kung-Fu Maniacs way back in 2011, you can read the full review here. I am going to concentrate more on the third game of this Trilogy as I feel that most, if not all of you, are already familiar…
64 Bites is releasing a free episode of the upcoming video series about Commodore 64 programming. It is the second one in the series – “Episode #002 – BASIC’s Basics”. In few weeks, the author will release the website c64bites.com, with a subscription-based service where one video will be make available every week. Link: 64 Bites – Episode #2
David Horrocks released a new version of his Hoxs64 emulator. The latest changes are: Improvements for the disk drive VIA emulation, the sound (Comaland 2014 demo) and the Windows GUI. Website: http://www.hoxs64.net
The SD-BOX MINI cartridge is designed for user that already own a SD2IEC. The features are: View the content of diskettes or the SD card. Copy files from diskette to cassette. Turbo Exos v3, menus and support for the joystick. Website: http://c64.com.pl
The guys over at C64.com have added an interview with Kurt Lekanger. Kurt was active in the Commodore scene from 1985 until 1990 in the group The Suppliers. In this group he started as a swapper, but later he started making demos and cracked a few games. Website: http://www.c64.com
View64 can be used to view native C64 image files without using an emulator or a real C64. The features of this program are: Open source, Supports of many image formats (70+), PAL/NTSC S-Video and RGB rendering, Scanline, shadow mask, chroma leakage simulation, Multicolor interlace de-interlacing and image saving to BMP. Download: view64-1.58.zipWebsite: http://singularcrew.huCSDb: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=138360
The guys over at C64.com have added an interview with Ivan Davies. Ivan is a game designer. His first computer was a Commodore VIC-20. Later he started to make graphics for games. The games he worked on are: Red Heat, Cabal, Midnight Resistance and Hudson Hawk. Website: http://www.c64.com
