Category: Computers

‘Millie and Molly’, ‘Runn ‘n’ Gunn’ and other C64 Best Sellers are now free

Carleton Handley has announced that all his games, including the modern blockbusters Millie and Molly and Runn ‘n’ Gunn are now available as a free download over his itch.io page. These games were a huge success when released, but if you haven’t played them yet, here is your chance! Carleton is a Commodore 64 seasoned game developer who started his…

Farmiga – A Farmer Simulator for the Amiga

How about a relaxing game where your objective is only to take care of and develop your farm? I know there are plenty of these games for modern platforms and mobile phones, but maybe you want to try it using your ol’ pal Amiga! Farmiga has been in development for a while by the Polish developer Tukinem using AMOS, and…

Enjoy Juiced.GS Volume 27, Issue 2 (June 2022)

Juiced.GS Volume 27, Issue 2 (June 2022)

The June 2022 issue of Juiced.GS has shipped, featuring A2Stream, the Apple2TS emulator, Yellowstone, Fred Ventura, and more!

Beauty and the Beast – TRS8Bit Newsletter announces its 2022 programming contest for the TRS-80 family of computers

Wordle is everywhere, except on TRS-80’s. The TRS8BIT 2022 competition aims to change that. It has two tracks called Beauty and the Beast. Beauty entrants will make their own version of Wordle for the TRS-80. They’ll be judged on how fun and pretty they are. It doesn’t need to support the full dictionary so you can concentrate on looks. Use…

Cacorm – A new action game for the Commodore Plus/4

Cacorm is one of those games that surprises me in a good way. At a glance, it seems like “one more of those” types of games, but when you start playing it, you see how clever and enjoyable it is! The gameplay is very simple. You control your hero around the screen and your objective is to retrieve the stars…

openMSX version 18.0 has been released

openMSX version 18.0 has been released, bringing support for a new machine, the Sega SG-1000 console. Although not an MSX machine, the console has a very similar architecture, allowing the emulator to support it. Besides the new console, the new version includes several bug fixes aiming to improve the overall emulation perfection. The emulator can be download for free and…

Scene World Podcast Episode #139 – David Pleasance and the German version of Commodore – The Inside Story

In the new episode of our podcast we are very happy to welcome again the one and only David Pleasance! The prolific Ex Commodore + Amiga executive (and musician!) gives us some exclusive , spicy insights and tells us about the German translation of his book ‘Commodore – The Inside Story’. (Interview starts at 22:40 minutes) Listen to it/watch it…

The Second AMSCII Art Compo is about to start!

“Logiker” has been running some amazing competitions for people to show off their art skills using the low-res characters available on the 8-bit computers, including PETSCII (Commodore), and ATASCII (Atari). This time around is another chance for the Amstrad CPC enthusiasts to display their artwork in the 2nd AMSCII Compo! The compo is an online event and will run throughout…

Cave Crusader – An unreleased game for the Atari 8-bits was recovered after almost 40 years

Cave Crusader

Cave Crusader is a horizontal shoot’em up developed in 1983 by the Italian programmer Michele “Micky” Bina for the Atari 8-bit computers. Developed in Forth and Assembler, the game offers more than 110 screens divided into nine levels. At that time, Cave Crusader was one of the winners of the contest in the first edition of Computer Play, organized by…

Miner 2019er – Prequel to Miner 2049er Available This Week!

Psytronik Software is pleased to announce that Miner 2019er will be available on pre-order on Monday 16th of May 2022. Developed by Dan Avery, Miner 2019er is a prequel to Bill Hogue’s Miner 2049er and is officially endorsed by the original game author himself – granting Dan the license to use the original game assets and mechanics. Miner 2019er aims…