Category: Computers
Having had a busy week with their recent announcements that they will be handling the commercial publishing of Mars (C64) and ALPHARAY (Plus/4), Psytronik Software, in conjunction with RGCD has just confirmed that the nonogram puzzle game GRID PIX, developed by Carleton Handley, will be coming soon for the Commodore 64. For those not familiar with what a nonogram puzzle…
Quadron is an excellent ZX Spectrum game that was released as a digital download last December, written by Andy “Cosmium” Beale in 1986-87 and never released until last year! If you missed that or don’t remember, we have even written a comprehensive review of the game. Another fun fact (for us!) is that Andy didn’t have access to the original source code,…
A conversion of Chopper Command, initially released by Activision for the Atari 2600 way back in 1982, has been released for the Commodore 64 (C64) and is now available to download for free. Chopper Command is a two way horizontal scrolling shooter set in a desert environment whereby the player controls a military grade helicopter with the objective to protect…
Psytronik Software have announced that pre-orders for the commercial release of ALPHARAY, their incredible new release for the Commodore Plus/4 and expanded Commodore 16 home computer, will be open this Sunday. Developed by the team that brought us Pets Rescue for the Plus 4, ALPHARAY is a visually impressive horizontal scrolling shoot ’em up that sees you power-up your Alpharay…
In the 1980s everyone wanted a Commodore 64. However, a lot of families, like mine, could not afford one. I owned the C64’s cheap and cheerful little sister, the Commodore Plus/4 (connected to a black and white portable TV). The Plus/4 along with its brother the Commodore 16 were Commodore’s entry-level replacement for the ageing VIC-20. Unfortunately, despite popularity in…
Bub and Bob join AMIGArama for the ultimate arcade team up in this weeks look back at an arcade smash hit.
Guys, we just made it in time for Gamescom 2019! Scene World#29 is out for the C64 and the Amiga, get it from our homepage at https://www.sceneworld.org ! Also believe it or not, thanks to combined offers and with the help of the coder of the Scripted Amiga, SWO Amiga is also running in a webbrowser from our homepage now!…
With the home computer boom of the 1980’s, everyone wanted a slice of the pie, including some unlikely candidates such as British Telecom. While it was good to talk, the phone network giant thought it was good to play games too, setting up Telecomsoft who, in turn, gave birth to three successful publishing offshoots in Firebird, Rainbird and Silverbird until…
Christian Gleinser is the guy behind Dr. Wuro Industries and some of the most popular and unique games to come out for the C64 in decades. He joins AJ and Joerg to talk about how he got started, where he gets inspiration for creating such unique products, and where he’s headed in the future. Also, AJ learns some German. (Interview…
I believe we are living the golden age of modern hardware accessories for vintage computers with many options of SD Card storage, Wifi Modem, ethernet connections, video converters, etc. Some of these are commercially available using proprietary hardware, but many others were released as open-source projects. The advantage of the latter is that you can build the device yourself, or…
