Category: Commodore 64
Another traditional game development competition has started, and it is ready to receive submissions. Hosted by Richard Bayliss’ The New Dimension (TND), the compo has bought many cool games for the C64 over the years, and with some clever tricks, the results go beyond the basic Shoot’em Up nature of the tool! The competition is already going, and the deadline…
The damascene group Abyss Connection has started the new year with a new tool targeting the Commodore 64 scene. Ditheridoo is a multicolour bitmap editor for C64. It runs on 64-bit versions of Linux, macOS and Windows. The editor is open-source and written in Python and allows easy dithering, and in this first release offers checkerboard, x-line, y-line, light dither…
DoubleG has released his very first game for the C64. Rabbit Runner is an infinite runner game where you play an insatiable rabbit eating Farmer Wilson’s crop. The rabbit runs along three lanes and must eat the vegetables to keep his energy level high. Since Farmer Wilson’s is not very good at his job, the crop is full of bad…
Wow it’s been a long time since I spoke to Andy Johns, I just happened to have a quick browse over my Facebook, nothing too interesting going on until I got a DM from Andy with some fantastic News which I’ll get to in a second. You might be thinking to yourself, who is Andy Johns? Most Speccy die-hards will…
Xmas eve 2020. The turkey on the table and wine in the glass. All the gifts are wrapped and neatly placed under the tree. What else would we wish for after a tough year? A new VICE version, of course! VICE 3.5 has been released with a long list of changes that will please its users. As the main change,…
Ozmoo Release 5 is out. Ozmoo is a Z-code interpreter (a program to play text adventures which use Infocom’s game format). The first version of Ozmoo was released in December 2018. It was written to produce playable games for the Commodore 64. Now, with Release 5, support has been added for Commodore 128 and Commodore Plus/4. Games built for the…
Martin is not only part of the demoscene and a graphic artist for Scene World, but he is also a pioneer in the early ages of Netlabels and a creative head that often creates unique artistic projects. In this podcast, AJ and Joerg talk with him about the early ages of the internet and how he found its way into…
A game 30 years in the making, Outrage for the Commodore 64 is set to finally see a commercial release as the game goes on pre-order tomorrow (December 14) from Protovision and Psytonik Software. Outrage was originally started in 1990 by Bernd Buchegger with an alpha version of completed and submitted to a competition run by Boeder & 64’er magazine…
Badgerpunch Games has teamed up with a group of seasoned retro games develop and are offering a good deal with The C64 Xmas Bundle, consisting of nothing less than 15 games for your C64. This bundle combines holiday-themed games and other recent paid and free games. For anyone looking for a collection of lovingly crafted escapes into yesterday’s hardware, there…
“Thank you for purchasing inSIDious, the best SID emulation available for your DAW, and welcome to the wonderful world of the MOS Sound Interface Device,” is how the manual refers to Mike Clarke’s SID emulation plugin that no longer requires a costly full version of Reaktor to use! How does a veteran composer, largely known for his awesome music on…
