Category: Commodore 64
Here are the Latest CSDb releases from 8th June to date, click on the name of each one to view more information. Bingo Simulator 102%, The Castle of Doom – Redux +4, The Castle of Doom – Redux, The Sky Is Falling +2HD, La Carretera +T [english], Covfefe, Andagrownd Fakkaz, Escape from the Coppermine, Blackbird 1.1, TigerMoth Title Screen, Rogue…
iz8dwf has made a video about testing a drop-in replacement for the MOS8701 clock generator chip used in the some C64 revisions. Thanks to LFT’s blog, he has decided to use a particular IC that he first thought wasn’t suitable for the task. iz8dwf used Lunatico Demo by LFT as part of the test programs that he ran to validate…
Latest updates from Vinny over at c64endings.co.uk are as follows: The Jetsons by Hi-Tec Software Impossible Mission 2 by Epyx Heatseeker by Thalamus Gemini Wing by Virgin Mastertronic Finders Keepers by Mastertronic Website: c64endings.co.uk
Latest downloads over at The New Dimension are as follows: Spyders C64 – Chapter 1 by Mr. Nop Valkyrie 2 – The Templar by Eleanor Burns Mix Box #3 Launched TND Proudly Presents Delta Run Website: tnd64.unikat.sk
Jan Beta has made a video about some methods to prolong the life of a Commodore 64. The video includes recapping, heatsinking and even a crude overvoltage protection using a suppressor diode. Towards the end of the video he highlights some further preventive maintenance measures. Replacing the bridge rectifier and the voltage regulators. Check out the video below. YouTube: Jan…
Freeze64 issue 10 is now available for purchase. The 10th issue is also the 1-year anniversary one, and because of that, it brings some nice behind the scenes information about the fanzine, early designs, etc. It also brings among others great articles, the first part of an interview with the C64 developer and creator of games like Paradroid, Andrew Braybrook; a new guide showing…
We’ve been publishing many posts about the MEGA65, the FPGA-based Commodore 65 that is in development for the past 2 years or so. Today, there is a big update on the development blog, showing the latest PCB being tested, loading the C65 firmware, and being tested with an authentic C65 keyboard! It is also nice to see Paul going down the…
Martin Piper has released a new version 2.2.0.3 of his Windows-based SID composer tool. This release contains bug fixes and adding a new reference documentation for Dynamic track/table/block. To celebrate this new release, there is a new video showing the tune MeanStreak, composed by Matt Gray in 1987 and remake by NecroPolo in 2010. If you know nothing about chiptunes compositions, it is…
CSDb (Commodore Scene Database) is our source of Commodore good news since 2011, and we are always getting surprised by what the Commodore scene is capable of. This time the surprise came in 3D! Wolf3D is a port of Wolfenstein 3D based on the original ID Software source code. The game requires a C64/C128 equipped with a SuperCPU v2 and 16MB…
The Atari portal AtariOnline.pl presented today the first images of the port of Skool Daze for the Atari 8-bits. The game was very popular in the UK, selling more than 50,000 copies for both ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64. It features the player as a schoolboy named Eric, with the objective of stealing his report card out of the staff room safe by…
