Category: Computers
Game developers and musicians looking to infuse their projects with dynamic and engaging sound should pay close attention to NextDAW, a digital workstation solution created specifically for the Spectrum Next. Created by veteran musician of the 8-bit computing scene, Gari Biasillo (Target Renegade, Joe Blade), this new package aims to provide Next developers with a modern, easy-to-use digital audio workstation. Supporting…
Thalamus Digital Publishing are pleased to announce the digital launch of Hunter’s Moon Remastered for the Commodore 64. Hunter’s Moon is a strategic shoot’em up game originally released in 1987 for the Commodore 64, developed by Martin Walker with music composition provided by Matt Grey. The game received critical acclaim when reviewed by Zzap!64 and became one of the C64’s…
The latest chapter of the intriguing ZX Spectrum Vega + saga has been written with an actual unit confirmed to have made its way to a backer. Retro Computers announced last Friday, on their Facebook page, that there were going to immediately start shipping the first 400 units to ‘backers who had asked to received their unit without the 1,000 game…
Marvin Hardy has unleashed a playable demo of Hellbound, a new title he is developing for the Commodore 64. Hellbound is a traditional single screen platform game that sees you take on the role of an angel who has been ordered to go on a mission in Hell, disguised as demons with heavenly powers, to recover lost innocent souls trapped…
Reset64 Magazine has compiled and uploaded a disk image containing all of the entries for it’s ‘Craptastic’ game development competition. Launched back in March of this year, the rules of the competition were simple: devs could create a game as bonkers or as brilliant as they liked, except that each entry must be no greater than 4 KB in size…
Mike Clarke is a famous composer who former worked for Psygnosis. Among his most known works are the musics for Last Ninja 2 on the Amiga or e.g. Lemmings 2 on the SNES. He speaks about his experience of doing “a little bit of everything” as a composer, coder, manager, etc from the C64 throughout the Amiga, SNES, etc. Lot’s…
Dreams Puzzle is the first entry for the MSX Freestyle category (The contestant can use whatever one want including graphic expansions, sound extensions, add-ons, later machines than MSX1, etc.). The game offers 8 sliding tile puzzles for the player to solve. You can only go to the next puzzle if you solve the previous one. Although the game doesn’t offer a way…
A new game based on one of the most innovative and influential videos games of the last decade looks set to make it’s way to the Commodore 64, following Jamie Fuller’s announcement that he is working on developing a tribute to Valve Software’s Portal. Originally released in 2007 for Windows PC, Mac OS and major consoles, players assumed the role…
Fans of the current generation Commodore 64 gaming scene have been spoilt with quality new releases throughout the past decade and Psytronik Software continues to lead way in 2018 with their release of Rocky Memphis: The Legend of Atlantis, the latest puzzle platforming game for the Commodore 64, designed by Trevor Storey and coded by Stuart Collier. The Legend of…
Commodore 64 fans wanting to listen to music tracks from their favourite C64 games and ‘SIDicians’ should definitely check out DeepSID, an awesome, web-based SID player by Jens-Christian Huus (@jchuus). The site comes loaded with the High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC), which contains a near-complete catalogue of all known SID tunes; simply type in the name of the game (or artist)…
