Category: Commodore 64
Joerg and AJ talk to Chris Abbott, “C64Audio.com”, about his currently running Rob Hubbard book Kickstarter called “Project Hubbard”, and whatever else comes up in the retro computing music sphere. https://scene.world/projecthubbard
Athanor – The awakening is a vector-based graphic adventure game created by Erik Safar for the Oric and Amstrad. Eric “Majikeyric” had ported it for the Commodore 64 and now he just announced that the game can also be played on the C16 and Plus/4, thanks to a port made by Megastyle. Athanor takes place in the south of Italy in…
It is happening on CSDb (Commodore Scene Database), from 9 to 23 of October, a competition to find the best PETSCII graphics. As the name suggests, the participants can only rely on PETSCII characters to draw any kind of illustrations. Although it is low resolution, the results are incredible. As people say, a good artist can work with any tool and…
In 1986, when Germany lost to Argentina in the football match, Huelsbeck won the first place in a 64’er Magazine contest at the age of 18. Shortly thereafter, Chris began take care of the good tone at Rainbow Arts. Katakis and The Great Giana Sisters are now classics in the C64 game library. Also on the Commodore Amiga, Huelsbeck…
This year has been amazing for homebrew games for the Commodore 64, like the excellent Bear Essentials by Pond Software (actually released at the end of Dec 2016!), but Sam’s Journey by Knights of Bytes is probably the most expected game in recent times. You have been able to pre-order Sam’s Journey since July but now Protovision has announced that…
I believe you all remember the The64, a modern version of the Commodore 64. The project driven by Retro Games Ltd. is still alive and apparently, well. Although the main project is about a fully-featured C64, Retro Games has just announced the launch of the The64 Mini. The The64 Mini, as the name suggests, is a miniaturized version of the C64…
Stefan Vogt has published on his blog, 8-bit.info, a very thorough article about the C64 housings. He starts explaining that after he acquired a red case from the Kickstarter campaign that happened in 2015, it didn’t feel right to have that installed on his C64-C, so he decided to get a new one with the original color. This time, though,…
Freeze64 has established itself as a great source of entertainment and information for the Commodore enthusiast and now that it has been printed professionally, it is even more attractive as a collectible as well. Issue 13 contents are: THING ON A SPRING COVER FEATURE: As we always do with each issue, we’ll take this cover feature game and look around…
There are many excellent development tools for the Commodore computers, but I still think CBM prg Studio is the best one around. After a brief hiatus due to family reasons, Arthur is back with a new version, the 3.11. Release notes: Assembler: CTRL+Double click on label or variable will take you to its definition. Mouse over a directive to get a tooltip…
Reset64 in partnership with Megastyle (or vice-versa!) has released a new fun game for the C64. In this game, you are a gunslinger that must keep dueling and killing your opponents in the best old western duel style. The gameplay is super simple where you have to draw your gun pressing the key the game shows on screen, as fast…
