Category: Commodore 64
Sometime in the near distant future, our scientists travel to the planet Vektor and discover a form of energy crystals that will help protect mankind from future alien invasions. The Scientists all agreed that the crystals should be brought back to Earth and stored in a complex 16 level security system for safe keeping. Great idea right? Well there are…
Ah, Retro Challenge… The most optimistic challenge ever created: get a bunch of people to complete a project about old computers, in one month. Let’s set aside the question of how likely it is that your average retro tinkerer actually completes any of the 20+ “projects” they inevitably have going. (Hint: they’re called “tinkers”, not “gods of the retroverse” for a…
Retro Games Limited has announced that they will be releasing firmware version 1.0.6 for TheC64 Mini on the 5th April 2018. Version 1.0.6 is set to feature the following changes: – Maps additional functions to joystick buttons for some games – Makes minor changes to descriptions for some games – Fixes an occasional scenario where an additional USB joystick is…
The results are in for Revision 2018 Amiga & Oldskool Demos. In first place for Amiga; The Fall by The Deadliners, Second place is Hexel by Ephidrena, and third place is Pt 2 Horizons by Unique. For Oldskool, first place goes to Fairlight & Censor Design with We come in Peace, (C64) second place PhX by Condense (Amstrad) and third…
It’s hard to believe that Mayhem in Monsterland was released almost 25 years ago. It has been heralded as the definitive platformer for the Commodore 64 in terms of both gameplay and technical achievement that pushed the ‘old breadbin’ to do things it was not supposed to do. It was considered to be the great last hurrah for the C64,…
Cogitare Computing is pleased to announce the release of Counterweight Kate for the Commodore 64. Counterweight Kate sees you take on the role of Kate who wakes up one night to find that her toys have come alive and found themselves in a bit of trouble. So its up to you to put on your bike helmet and set off…
JMMReview over on YouTube has recently shared an interesting video showing us how to play more than one game from USB stick on the C64Mini. Now before you get too excited, it’s not what you think, currently there’s still no official firmware update, that allows more than one .d64 file on the usb stick. However, this is a neat little…
My project to easily change the startup text and colors for the Commodore 64
Graphic concept artist Trevor Storey has been quite active in the Commodore 64 gaming scene in recent years working with talented coders Stuart Collier, Georg Rottensteiner and Achim Volkers to produce an impressive collection of new releases for the Commodore 64. Storey recently provided fans with an updated of their upcoming titles and confirmed: Organism is to be released in…
The C64 game scene is currently undergoing somewhat of a renaissance in respect to the release of new quality titles with original story content. Knight ‘n’ Grail would have kicked off this phenomena when it was originally released back in 2009, with its high production values and engrossing gameplay. Nine years on & we thought it might be time for…
