Category: Commodore 64
Back to the future is an all time classic movie franchise, but how were the games? Lets find out.
The realm of home conversions is a strange beast, especially when differing software houses tackle the same game. Soldier of Light is the perfect example. Similarities run through both the Amiga and C64 ports but the amount of original content that makes it in, how that’s interpreted and iterated on makes for some subtle but important differences on how each…
Last month we took a look back at all the great C64 titles released in the first part of 2020. Well now it’s time to take a look in the other direction and highlight ten upcoming titles that C64 gaming enthusiasts should be quite excited about. It’s just amazing what is being produced for this great 8-bit machine, so enjoy…
Games That Weren’t has just announced that the collector Ken “Dutchman2000” Van Mersbergen has found and preserved the long lost AtariSoft conversion of Joust, a successful arcade game released in 1982 where you control a knight riding a flying ostrich. The game was ported to many platforms, like the Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit, Lynx,…
Holger tells us about his time publishing and writing books and software for the Amiga under Data Becker and later on other publishing houses. He talks a lot about the atmospheres and little stories and background about the times of computer book / software publishing in the 90s and throughout his book publishing today including the books for the C64…
Back in the late 80`s there was a phenomenon about to launch in the UK, (No i`m not talking about shell suits) i`m talking about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (In the UK the Ninja was replaced to Hero Because…you know….reasons). Konami released one of the greatest arcade games ever into the arcade in 1989, the 4 player simultaneous play…
A month ago I published on YouTube a video showing my vintage computer collection from when I was living in my old place (the video was shot in Nov/Dec 2019) and my main point when posting it was to raise the discussion about the differences to be a collector or simply accumulating old computers just for the sake of it….
Protovision is pleased to announced that pre-orders are now open for the limited edition release of Vega for the Commodore 64. Vega is a horizontal shooter that has its origins in a popular 2017 scene demo. Utilising the original impressive PETSCII style graphics, Atwoods Studios brings the demo into a full gaming experience. The great looking Limited Edition collectors box…
I started collecting and creating a video of the new C64 demo releases on CSDb last year, but due to many reasons, the release schedule was inconsistent. This month, I decided to try again and see if I can create one a month, making easier for the viewers to enjoy all of them in a convenient way, without the need…
2020 has already seen a slew of new game titles for the Commodore 64 and promises to produce the best quality of games seen on the little 8-bit platform in 30 years. Let’s take a look at some of the more prominent releases thus far. Atic AtacHigh quality port of a ZX Spectrum classic. You find yourself trapped in an…
