Category: Computers

Build your own disk drive emulator for the Atari 8-bit computers

Paweł Mandes‎ has posted today on Atari 8-bit Computers Facebook group a link to a very detailed article explaining how you can very easily build a disk drive/tape recorder emulator for Atari 8-bit computers using an Arduino and few more parts. His tutorial covers the SDrive-MAX project, an open source disk drive/tape recorder emulator for Atari 8-bit computers, based on…

Parasol Stars conversion for C64 teased!

Doc Cosmos creator impresses with early gameplay footage of this 8-bit conversion!

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 81: Parasol Stars

AMIGArama makes a return to the Bubble Bobble series but not is all as it should be on the otherside of this 16-Bit Rainbow.

Twin Pack Arcade Fun Now Available for the C64 Via Psytronik Software

Psytronik Software are proud to present the debut C64 release from Stephan Katteneder who has jsut debut on to the C64 gaming scene with two quality arcade gaming titles, The Coffee Break Shootout and Total Refill, bundled together to provide an enticing twin pack offering. The Coffee Break Shootout is a fun twitch-shooter that features bright and vibrant backdrop landscape…

Shadow Fighter – Commodore Amiga Retro Rewind Review

Amiga owners didn’t have too much to shout out about when it came to beat-em-ups, and the less said about the Street Fighter II port the better.  A few contenders had made a case for themselves, such as Team17’s Body Blows and TerraMarque’s Elfmania, but in 1994 a new challenger arrived from developer NAPS Team and publisher Gremlin Interactive. Emerging…

The Best of the Commodore 64 Demoscene – April 2019

We have released a new video containing the April 2019 demo releases. Although the month had only six releases – one full demo and five one-disk demos, the quality is high. To mention a couple, the Crack in the Cosmic Egg by Hokuto Force will take you to a trip full of astonishing PETSCII art with a very “introspective” SID…

Joe Decuir’s VCF East 2019 Keynote is now available – The designer of Atari early computers tells his story

On this last weekend, I was at VCF East for the first time and the whole experience was a blast. I plan to talk more about on a specific article but while that doesn’t happen, I am happy to say that one of the main presentations of the show is already online: Joe Decuir’s keynote. Joe Decuir is a key…

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 80: Super Off Road

Lorfarius gears up in his monster truck alongside the Amiga’s Ironman, for this weeks Super Off Road trip.

Impressive Shoot’Em Up Submitted for RGCD C64 16K Cart Competition

The 2019 edition of the RGCD C64 16K Cartridge Game Dev Compo has already attracted a number of commercial grade titles for the Commodore 64 but Sarah Jane Avory has looked to set the benchmark with her submission of Neutron, a fast paced vertical shoot’em up. Featuring: 9 challenging stages of increasing difficulty. Player weapon upgrades. 3 different background styles….

Commodore 64 Graphics Slide Show – April 2019 – A virtual visit to an art gallery!

While The best of Commodore 64 Demoscene video for April releases might be a bit delayed because of my trip to VCF East, we are launching this month another surprise for all the retro computing enthusiasts: a slide show displaying all graphics releases from last month. The C64 community has been releasing astounding illustrations for many years and for a…