Category: Commodore 64
Scene World #31, the C64 NTSC & PAL Diskmag has been released, downloadable for your C64 now! https://sceneworld.org/issues/ There is also an online version, for which we strongly suggest using a computer & Firefox.
Bitmap Soft has opened pre-orders for the physical cartridge edition of Zeta Wing for the Commodore 64. Originally released as a digital only version back in September 2020, Zeta Wing has received critical acclaim for its high quality vertical scrolling blasting action which saw it being voted as the winner of the RGN C64 Gamers’ Choice Award for 2020. The…
This month’s RNG C64 Round-Up shows a 7-minute preview of the upcoming game Lykia – The Lost Island, an adorable and clever adventure that rivals toe-to-toe any early Legend of Zelda. The JRPG game will be available for purchase as a double disk or USB cassette by Psytronik, cartridge by Protovision, and the best of all, a digital version will…
It’s time for a look into our archives. – a talk with Andreas Escher (Rainbow Arts): Working since the 80s in the German game industry, he’s a pioneering graphic artist responsible for C64 gems like Katakis or Turrican and many more on various home computers and consoles of that era. Get ready for some insights and stories about his time…
Yandex Retro Games Battle is a game development contest, organized by the Yandex Museum that brought to life amazing games for the ZX Spectrum, like Marsmare: Alienation and White Jaguar. If released in the 80s, these games would have made the developers rich folks and the blockbusters of the time look not so incredible as our memory tells us! This…
Find out by watching our new video series called “Phaze101 Retro Quiz”. In each video you will be asked a short question about a retro game and shown three possible answers. You only have a few seconds to guess and then the correct answer is shown. Don’t worry if you get the answer wrong … it will be fun to…
A long awaited Japanese-style RPG was released for the Commodore 64 on 26 October 2021: Briley Witch Chronicles, by Sarah Jane Avory. It’s a huge game, taking up more than 600 KB. To play it on a C64 you’ll need a 1 MB EasyFlash cartridge. Of course you can run it on Vice, and the Vice-based The C64 Mini and…
It was announced today via email that the Mega65 is available for pre-order at the Trenz Electronic webshop http://trenz.org/mega65. The price tag is €666.66 or USD 742 plus shipping. The price might scare some as it is not cheap, but based on the dev kit sold some time ago, I am actually surprised it is below 700 Euros. During the…
Scene World Podcast Episode #121 – Chris Abbott – The Little Books Of SoundchipsWe’re happy to have Chris Abbott in our new podcast episode, a british chiptune musician and true master of the C64 SID chip. Right now he is working on an extensive book about soundchips which is set to be released by Fusion Retro Book. The interview starts…
Double Sided Games has added two great games to their catalogue: Don’t Break The Balls for the Commodore 64 and Vegetables Deluxe for the ZX Spectrum. Don’t Break The Balls for the Commodore 64 DBTB is an action/puzzle game for 1 or 2 players in co-operation or duel for the Commodore 64. Controlling a fan, you need to blow the…
