Category: Computers

A Hobbyist’s Guide to THEC64 Mini

Holger Weßling has contacted us to announce his new book: A Hobbyist’s Guide to THEC64 Mini, available in print or digital download (ePub and Kindle). Holger has collected tips and tricks, useful software, hardware and other useful information about the Mini and organized everything in this book. The guide also shows how to extend the capabilities of the mini allowing…

Precinct 20: Dead Strange, a surreal shooter for C64 coming soon

Alf Yngve has had an illustrious career as a game and graphical designer of Commodore 64 games utilising the Shoot’Em Up Construction Kit (SEUCK) platform. Keen to let C64 enthusiasts about his upcoming title, Precinct 20: Dead Strange, Alf reached out to VITNO and provided a copy of the game to try out before its release in sometime around Q2…

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 70: Strider

Lorfarius and Hiryu swing through the air in this latest Amiga teamup, but can they defeat the evil Grandmaster in this weeks AMIGArama?

ZX Spectrum Next Keyboard mass production is a go and we have photos to prove!

It is another freezing Canadian morning and there is nothing better to warm us up than good news (and a hot cup of coffee, of course!) As I was drinking that coffee and reading my emails, there was another update from Henrique Olifiers regarding the most-wanted (and waited) retro-computer project in the past few years! The ZX Spectrum Next keyboard…

New Atari LiteDOS 2.02 for the 400/800 XL/XE Machines

Mr. Atari has released the version 2.02 of Atari LiteDOS targeting the Atari 8-bit family of computers. Formerly known as TinyDOS, the new version offers a fully-feature DOS for Atari machines using only 2k of RAM, feeing at least 4k for the user. LiteDOS can read Atari DOS 2.0 2.5 MyDOS and other compatible disks. Also, the file-format of a…

Amiga Power: The Album with Attitude coming to Kickstarter!

We chat with Matthew Smith about his exciting Amiga Power magazine-inspired remix album!

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 69: Barbarian The Ultimate Warrior

AMIGArama joins the fight against the evil Drax to save the helpless Princess Mariana but who can win in this epic bout of fighting fantasy? https://amigarama.com/episodes/amigarama-podcast-episode-69-barbarian-the-ultimate-warrior/

Bruce Lee: Return of Fury on its way to the C64

Bruce Lee for the Commodore 64 has long been considered as a classic must have game for the system, receiving critical acclaim upon its initial release in 1984 for its addictive and thoroughly enjoyable platform fighting action while many enthusiasts since have often cited the game as being one of their personal favourite games for the C64. Vidar Bang, who…

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 68: Midnight Resistance

Can Lorfarius resist those midnight shenanigans in this weeks look at Oceans Midnight Resistance? http:// https://amigarama.com/episodes/amigarama-podcast-episode-68-midnight-resistance/

Scene World Podcast Episode #59 – Farming Simulator with GIANTS’ Martin Rabl

2018 was a banner year for commercial C64 releases, none more surprising — or more well-received — than GIANTS Software’s hit game Farming Simulator. AJ and Joerg talk to GIANTS’ Martin Rabl about how the C64 port came to be and why retrogaming is such a big part of gaming culture. The interview starts 12 minutes into the podcast. Listen…