Category: Commodore 64

CSDb “Only Sprites” Competition – Your chance to win a MEGA65 DevKit!

When I interviewed Paul Gardner-Stephen last June, one of his answers mentions the importance of the community for the project. He specifically said: Yes, we really want a strong community. That is central to everything. A lot of it will grow organically, but we are also thinking about some competitions. We also hope that the demo competitions will soon have…

RGN reviews Sarah Jane Avory’s “Soul Force” for the Commodore 64

This is just a quick heads up! Our partner in crime, Louie Dimovski has already guaranteed his place in the retro scene as an avid C64 game collector and a trustworthy game reviewer either over his YouTube channel or his own website, Retro Gamer Nation. RGN has just published a review of one of the most anticipated games for the…

Juanje Juega in Sinverland – A new game for the Commodore 64 that originality pours out of every level!

Picaro Games has released a new game for the Commodore 64 that you have to play. Juanje Juega in Sinverland is a platform game where each level pays homage to classic arcade games. It features 23 levels where games like Pong, Pac-Man, E.T, Chuckie are not only the background of the levels but part of the game itself, either as…

it is finally released : Scene World #30 (on the C64) and World Music #5

it is finally released : SWO#30 (on the C64) & World Music #5Thanks for everybody who contributed, especially to our members who returned into activity, Victor (Retromantis) and Jànos (Black) this is great!Also great Richard worked with Victor this time, for World Music#5!So lots of things to read this time! 🙂 Read it from the emulator (firefox recommended!) or download…

Get ready for the weekend with these two excellent new games for the Commodore 64

The Commodore 64 enthusiasts should get their machines ready for a weekend full of retro gaming fun. Today, two new games were released for the Commodore 64: Neptune Lander and Showdown and they will cost you less than a coffee (or a bit more if you are feeling generous!). Neptune Lander is a pimped-up Lunar Lander clone, but don’t make…

New version 1.7 of PunyInform, a text adventure creation library, has been released

PunyInform game playing on a Commodore 64

PunyInform is a library for the Inform 6 programming language, to make it easy to create simple or advanced text adventures which will work well on 8-bit computers like the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Spectrum +3 etc. We have been covering this excellent development tool for a while, but you can start here if you are new to…

The digital edition of the ‘Shoot Em Up Destruction Set 3’ for the Commodore 64 now available

The Shoot Em Up Destruction Set 3 (SEUDS 3), previously released in cassette tape or disk by Psytronik, is now available in digital form for just USD 2.99 (or more if you are a good person ;) ). SEUDS 3 contains nothing less than six enhanced SEUCK games created by Alf Yngve. Enhanced because all the games got an overhaul…

Retro Games Ltd announces a C64 and VIC-20 game development competition

Retro Games Ltd, the company that manufactures the TheC64 (I never know if I should add the article before that name!), has announced a game development competition that seeks the best game for the Commodore 64 and VIC-20. The first place will be awarded a brand new THEC64 with an additional boxed THEC64 Microswitch Joystick. The runner up will get…

Halloween 2020 brings three new games for your Commodore 64

If you follow CSDb releases, you saw that yesterday three new games were released for the Commodore 64, with Halloween as the common theme. They are simple games, but they have a lot to offer in fun time playing them. Death Saw Challenge The first one is Death Saw Challenge from The New Dimension. Although set in a fixed screen,…

“WILD WOOD” – One of the most anticipated upcoming game for the Commodore 64 gets dedicated website

If you follow us on Twitter (or @CommodoreBlog. @RetroGamerNatn, @Al82_Retro), you might have seen some teaser images of the upcoming Commodore 64 game ‘Wild Wood’ and its astonishing graphics. If you, like us, want to follow its development closely and buy the game when it is released, now you have a single source of information via the website https://www.wildwoodgame.co.uk/. Wild…