Category: Commodore 64
Anyone remember “Hewson Consultants”? Allow me to elaborate. During the 80’s many companies producing games rose and fell amidst the great competition at the time. We know certain software houses were responsible for some epic titles, however few were as slick as the productions of ‘Hewson’. The game under the looking glass here is ‘Paradroid’ for the Commodore 64. As…
Latest releases over at CSDb are as follows: Wer ist Paula?, Countess of Boob, Tetris (DaCapo) +1H, HT Gold, Happy BeerMass, Tetris (Atari arcade conversion), Audience Intro, Radio6581, Rent-a-Cop Reloaded Preview, 7dshoot preview +1, The Search for Santa Clues, Time is ticking!, Engine-sound, Knights & Demons, Crockett’s Theme (New Year’s Eve Edition), A Mayday’s Night, Aase’s Death, Helikopter Jagd 101%…
HerMIDI is a MIDI interface for the Commodore 64 made by Hermit. The device has only a few components and you can built it yourself. The schematics, firmware and PCB are available. The device works together with the SID-Wizard program. Hermit also released an update for SID-Wizard. Changes in this version: MIDI-in, 2SID (stereo), 324 new instruments, new “Bare” player,…
MAD Scientist made a new power adaptor for the Commodore 64. He uses a standard power supply from the PC with a Molex connector that has 5 VDC and 12 VDC. His adaptor makes 9 VAC from the 12 VDC and together with the 5 VDC it is connected to the Commodore 64. You can follow the progress on the…
Baron Ashler released the game A.R.C.O.S. for the Commodore 64. In the game you must fight against aliens. You have control over the ultra secret weapon called A.R.C.O.S. Besides defeating the aliens you must also save as many spacemen as you can. Download: ARCOS_C64.zipWebsite: CSDb
This game is a conversion of the Atari arcade version of Tetris. The game is written by Karoshier, the music is from fieserWolf and the graphics are from Karoshier and Sampaguita. The original Atari version is from 1988 and is based on the original Teris game by Alexey Pajitnov from 1985. Download: tetris.d64Download SID: tetris_fieserwolf.sidWebsite: CSDb
Per Håkan Sundell released a new version of his Commodore 64 emulator. Changes in this version: Emulator improvements to support more demo’s such as EmuSuxx0r from Crest. More PAL artifacts such as blurring, etc., have been implemented. You can download this C64 emulator from Per’s web page. Website: http://www.ccs64.com
On the web page of Siem Appelman you can now download the game Creatures as a cartridge image. The game was made in 1990 by John and Steve Rowlands and released for the Commodore 64, the Amiga, the ZX Spectrum and the Atari ST. The original game was only available as a cassette or as a diskette. Website: http://www.siemappelman.nl
The C64.com web page had an interview with David Fox. David started to work with computers in 1964. When the home computers became popular he started with making conversions of adventure games. His first game he made himself was Mix and Match Muppets. You can read the whole interview on the C64.com web page. Website: http://www.c64.com
Vinny over at c64endings.co.uk has added some new Commodore 64 game endings. Venom (Mastertronic) Wasteland (Electronic Arts) Autoduel (Origin Systems) Avenger (Gremlin Graphics) Bugs Bunny – Private Eye (Hi-Tec Software (unreleased)) Batty (Elite/Encore) Website: http://www.c64endings.co.uk
