Category: Commodore 64
This is the second part of the interview with Randy Linden, featured on the Retro Hour podcast episode 190. Read the first part here. Bleem! Retro Hour: Well, when did you get this kind of stroke of genius to run PlayStation games on the PC. How did that start? Randy Linden: I was just thinking one day about what to…
Introduction The awesome Retro Hour podcast, on its episode 190, featured a very long chat with Randy Linden, a seasoned developer who is responsible, among other things, to bring Dragon’s Lair to the Amiga, DOOM to the NES and also the creator of Bleem!, a PlayStation emulator for PC. I’ve found Randy so interesting to listen to, and his contribution…
The Future Was 8 Bit (TFW8B) is pleased to announce the physical cartridge release of Crazy Blaster, the latest Commodore 64 title developed by Mika ‘Misfit’ Keranen. Added to the TFW8B 9.99 range of cartridges, Crazy Blaster requires you to guide your spaceship across many planet levels to destroy all outer-space enemies and rescue stranded cosmonauts. The game play on…
The talented trio of Antonia Savona, Steven Day and Saul Cross that provided C64 gaming enthusiasts with recent adaptations of Chopper Command and Keystone Kapers have just released their third Atari / Activision conversion, Frostbite. According to the Frostbite game manual, the object of the game is to help Frostbite Bailey build igloos by jumping on floating blocks of ice….
Retro Games Limited has posted additional pictures on their Facebook page showing off pictures of advanced production units of THEC64. The pictures show an unboxing of THEC64, confirming that the package will include: THEC64 unit one joystick controller (micro-switch / USB connection) HDMI cable THEC64 quick guide USB power cable Power wall charger with interchangeable adapters Long time backers of…
One of the greatest evolution of the Commodore 64 scene has been the introduction of emulated storage solutions, providing greater accessibility and flexibility to the C64 enthusiast. Products such as the Ultimate II+, SD2IEC, Pi1541 and EasyFlash cart are great examples (each with their own pro and cons) of alternate storage solutions designed to get around the tedious, unreliable and…
Psytronik and Remute are collaborating in a Commodore 64 game bundle, featuring 8 games by Psytronik and a Remute music EP which can be played on a C64! Similar to Humble Bundle sales, the Groupees bundle lets the buyer name the price, starting at US$3.99. The majority of the sales go to Psytronik, therefore buying this bundle the user supports…
Retro Games Limited has posted additional photos of TheC64 prototype model current undergoing testing on TheC64 Facebook page. Following the small video reveal of the unit under some basic testing, backers were keen to see what ports TheC64 has on its side and rear. While these picture are not of the models in production right now, Retro Games Limited stated…
Stefan Vogt (@8bit_era on Twitter) has two text-adventure games (with nice graphics!) available for a while for the C64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX, Amiga, Atari ST and MS-DOS. The games are Hibernated 1 and Eight Feet Under (an add-on for the former). If all that wasn’t enough, Stefan has announced yesterday that he ported the game for yet another…
Psytronik Software is proud to present Icebox Plus, a C64 game by Karl Hörnell, who produced C64 classics like Clean Up Service, Fungus and Velocipede. Iceblox Plus is a Pengo style game that sees you control Pixel Pete with the aim to collect gold coins trapped in ice. You can push ice blocks around to snuff out the fire monsters…
