Category: Commodore 64
After six months, theThe Old School Emulation Center (TOSEC) team has released a new package, including lots of Commodore contents. Here is the release message: “This release is all about Commodore C64, with many contributions by Duncan Twain and SG-1 Charpy. In addition, we also have some ISO updates thanks to tomse. All folders and contents should be self-explanatory. All…
Subreddit RetroBattlestations is promoting another BASIC Month. This time around, the idea is to run the BASIC program Terraspin, a Turtle graphics type program created for the contest. The contestants will have to type in the program on any retro computer that runs BASIC and post take a picture of it running. The rules state very clearly that screen only or emulators are…
Via A2Central.com: Javier Rivera has opened a store to offer fashion-conscious Apple II enthusiasts an array of Apple II-themed t-shirts (and coffee mugs). Check them out at the Apple II FAQ Store”. They even have one with the //c LCD display. Also, I’ve recently discovered RabbitEngineering’s Etsy shop, where they sell tons of 3-D printed retro system figurines. Each one…
The Reset magazine crew has released the issue #9, with one of the best covers so far, in my opinion! The 83+ pages issue is all about Hewson Consultants. Uncle K’s editorial starts, “It’s with pleasure that we dedicate this issue to one of the finest software houses from the classic 8-bit era, Hewson Consultants. Founded in 1980 by microcomputer enthusiast Andrew…
If you own an NTSC C64, you know already that the games released in Europe were designed to work on the old continent TV standard, PAL which would prevent the game to run in the machines produced in North America. If you are brave enough and really willing to enjoy the European games, you can convert your machine to PAL….
A new episode of Sprite Castle has been released. The featured game is the rogue-like Sword of Fargoal by Epyx. Sword of Fargoal was created by author and programmer Jeff McCord and based on his original dungeon adventure, Gammaquest II, which was programmed in BASIC for the Commodore PETcomputer and written in 1979-1981 while he was still in high school…
Commodore Free 93 is out. The free digital magazine for Commodore line of computers brings news, articles and reviews for the Amiga, C64, Plus/4 and VIC-20. This issue contents: Mastering tapes Part 1: General considerations By Pixel JAM IT Commodore 64 Game review Growing Pains Part Tres – The Envelope Addressor” (TEA) v1 and v4.2” by Lenard R. Roach Commodore…
‘Kabura’ is a new release by Sputnik World for the Commodore 64. The game took more than one year to be developed and now it is ready for you to play and enjoy! The history of the game, as told by the Sputnik World: We are in the XXII century, the year 2113 in Japan. We live in a futuristic…
CBM prg Studio has been released, with lots of new feature, including: Relocate assembly code Assembler logical operators Multiple sprite layering. To read more and download the software for free, following the link below. Link: Ajordison.co.uk
You might be a C64 enthusiast but maybe your think is and always has been playing games and your programming knowledge stops with LOAD “*”,8,1 which was enough to load your favorite software. Since it is never late to learn something new, how about a quick how to about “C64 programming in BASIC” ? This video, published by Nostalgia Nerd…
