Category: Commodore 64

MAH by Retream, New Commodore 64 Game Coming in March!

Mah is a Commodore 64 Arcade game released by Retream in 2015. The game will soon be available in physical format (Cartridge/Floppy), published by RGCD & Protovision. The World Needs You! The Apocalypser has been activated. Turn it off before it brings Earth to an end! MAH is an arcade game which brings you frantic, immersive, rich, and very original…

Exploding Fish, New Commodore 64 Game by Chris Stanley, With Music by Andrew Fisher

Today Chris Stanley teased us with a small tweet mentioning his new Commodore 64 game that is coming soon. The game is called Exploding Fish, and will be his first c64 game. Andrew Fisher will be composing the music, and the game will be released through Megastyle/Reset64. I asked Chris if he had some more details about the game and he…

2018 Reset64 4KB ‘Craptastic’ Game Competition

Announced by the Reset Magazine folks and Ausretrogamer website, the new 2018 Reset64 game code competition is on and the theme is “craptastic”. To make sure you are not thinking that it means, only crappy games allowed, Ausretrogamer has the perfect explanation: It certainly doesn’t mean crap, although it can! Craptastic can mean ludicrous, bonkers, outrageous, funny, wacky, far out, and…

FPGA-based Commodore 64 ‘Ultimate 64’ is now under production

Ultimate 64 is an FPGA-based Commodore 64 implementation that also includes the Ultimate-II+ built-in and has support for real SID chips (two of them!). For the joy of any C64 enthusiast (at least the ones that can understand and accept the FPGA solutions!), Gideon Zweiitzer has published some pictures of the assembly line that is building the first one hundred…

Retro Revisited: Vendetta (C64)

Among the many studios to emerge during the rise of the 1980s ‘Britsoft’ development scene, System 3 was was one most creative and ambitious. Often excelling in the realms of creativity and technical excellence, many of their games felt as if they were pushing the envelope in terms of what gamers could expect from computer games of the day. In…

Murdlok, A New Old Adventure Game for the Commodore 64!

An old Adventure game called “Murdlok” for the Commodore 64 has been recovered by Michael Steil (mist). Apparently the game from 1986 never saw an official release. Originally written in German by Peter Hempel, Murdlok has received a full English translation by Lisa Brodner and Michael Steil. Not much else is known about the game. We are keeping a close…

Retro Revisited: Quo Vadis (C64)

Developed by Steve Chapman and published by The Edge in 1984, Quo Vadis is a scrolling platformer infamous for several reasons. It was considered to be one of the biggest games available at the time, approaching 1024 screens in size, although far more interesting is the fact that the the publisher ran a competition to win a jewel-encrusted sceptre (reportedly…

VirtualC64 Updated to Version 1.7.2

Dirk Hoffmann has released a new version of VirtualC64. (1.7.2) VirtualC64 is a Commodore 64 emulator for Mac OS X. New in Version 1.7.2 and 1.7.1 Fixed some bugs regarding drag and drop, loading d64 files and key recording New in Version 1.7 VIC timing is now very close to VICE (Thanks, Fabio!) Cartridge handler has been rewritten. VirtualC64 now…

Our Spider Senses are Tingling! The Amazing Spider-Man for the C64 Reviewed!

For this review, I decided to check out a game that I remembered featuring on a Commodore Format Power Pack tape (issue 3: the first issue I remember buying). The game featured some innovative mechanics for the time, such as the ability to walk on walls, as well as possessing a quirky art style, so I decided to check out…

Crazy Cars III +6D [EasyFlash] by Excess, New Game Play Video by Retro Spark!

Excess recently released the EasyFlash version of Crazy Cars III. Our new staff member Retro Spark has made another fantastic gameplay video for this game. Watch the video and download the game below. [vsw id=”lEmufqwZe7M” source=”youtube” width=”525″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”]Download: Crazy_Cars_III_(ARCADE)_+6D_[ExCeSs].zip More Info: csdb.dk Group: Excess