Category: Commodore 64
Either you had a Commodore 64 back in the day or not, surely you can’t ignore all the hype that has been built around it the past few years and it is growing even more.
Spanning over 7 years in development, Super Mario Brothers for the Commodore 64 is finally available. This fan made port of the Nintendo Entertainment System is brought to us by Zeropaige who has stated in this log file that ‘ This is a Commodore 64 port of the 1985 game SUPER MARIO BROS. for the Famicom and Nintendo Entertainment System….
With the end of NOMAN 2019 this April 14th, the Basic 10Liners contest is also over and the winners announced. If the BASIC 10Liner contest is new for you, check our previous article about it: 2019 BASIC 10-Liner Contest in On! This year there were nothing less than 83 contestants which made the task to give scores to all of…
The other day I saw on Amazon a new book for the Commodore 128 entitled “Vintage Commodore 128 Personal Computer Handbook: 2019 Survival Edition” that was released last March and immediately added it to my wishlist (yeah, I stopped buying books months before I will have time to read them :) ). Today I saw an announcement on Facebook from…
Dan Wood and Ravi Abbott host the amazingly popular Retro Hour Podcast, as well as having awesome YouTube channels of their own. AJ and Joerg talk to them about how they do it, keeping retro fresh, and we trade some fun podcasting stories. (Interview starts at 24:50) https://scene.world/retrohour
The Commodore 64 gaming scene continues its momentum into 2019 with the latest Psytronik Software release, The Age of Heroes, developed by Achim Vokers, Trevor Storey and Saul Cross, the team behind last year’s decisive sci-fi release Organism. Inspired by the classic arcade hit Rastan Saga, The Age of Heroes is a side scrolling hack n slash game, where your…
This month, the C64 demoscene had 17 new demos released, including one-file demos e full demos. After watching all of them, I came up with my eight favourite ones, following my taste as a guide. The best one is OMG got Balls! by OMG, followed by Monomania by Offence, with excellent effects, colourful graphics and superb chiptunes. Both were released…
In part 5 of our interview series with computer media pioneer Christian Spanik, we talk about how it was to work for Data Becker. A lot of stories to be heard of how it was to work for one of the biggest publishers in Germany and the first for computer books. We also talk about the expansion of Data Becker…
More reviews and unboxing from us! Sizzler! Our very own Andrew Fisher has a look at it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RVD8gcmONo … – unboxing and C64 gameplay!
