Category: Computers
We are living the golden era of retro computing, with all the activities happening around the World, including shows, new hardware and software, etc. There are, however, some examples of retro “something” that is in full activity nowadays but started when retro computers were brand new and survived all these years. Call A.P.P.L.E is one of the best examples of this…
In the history of all of mankind’s worst conflicts, none was as fiercely fought as the Great Playground Computer War (1982 to 1992, depending on how long you were willing to hold a grudge). On one side, you had the might of Sir Clive’s Sinclair army, brandishing the mighty ZX Spectrum, on the other, the Jack Tramiel’s troops, a bunch…
WinUAE Version 3.6.1 Beta 7 is now available to download. WinUAE is currently the best Windows Amiga emulation available to date, and if used alongside Classic Workbench and WHDLoad, you can achieve a really great Amiga hard drive experience. Download: winuae_3610b7.7z Download: winuae64_3610b7.7z Changes: eab.abime.net Website: winuae.net
Mah is a Commodore 64 Arcade game released by Retream in 2015. The game will soon be available in physical format (Cartridge/Floppy), published by RGCD & Protovision. The World Needs You! The Apocalypser has been activated. Turn it off before it brings Earth to an end! MAH is an arcade game which brings you frantic, immersive, rich, and very original…
Today Chris Stanley teased us with a small tweet mentioning his new Commodore 64 game that is coming soon. The game is called Exploding Fish, and will be his first c64 game. Andrew Fisher will be composing the music, and the game will be released through Megastyle/Reset64. I asked Chris if he had some more details about the game and he…
Announced by the Reset Magazine folks and Ausretrogamer website, the new 2018 Reset64 game code competition is on and the theme is “craptastic”. To make sure you are not thinking that it means, only crappy games allowed, Ausretrogamer has the perfect explanation: It certainly doesn’t mean crap, although it can! Craptastic can mean ludicrous, bonkers, outrageous, funny, wacky, far out, and…
Mr. Do! is an arcade game created by Universal in 1982. Similar to Namco’s Dig Dug, Mr. Do! was very popular and was also released on other systems, such as the Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit, MSX and Apple II. It is the first game in the Mr. Do series, and was released both as a standalone game and also as…
Ultimate 64 is an FPGA-based Commodore 64 implementation that also includes the Ultimate-II+ built-in and has support for real SID chips (two of them!). For the joy of any C64 enthusiast (at least the ones that can understand and accept the FPGA solutions!), Gideon Zweiitzer has published some pictures of the assembly line that is building the first one hundred…
Graeme Cowie contacted me through Facebook just now, to let me know that beta 1 of his Amiga Bomb Jack remake has been released! We have been following the game closely with previous News posts here and here. Quick update to say I’ve updated the Bomb Jack Beer Edition, it’s to the point now that it is good enough for…
Alec Foster recently wrote a fantastic new article, Remembering the Commodore Plus/4. If you haven’t read it yet, I highly recommend doing so, especially if you love the Plus/4 as much as I do! Today I would like to keep the Plus/4 vibe going, with a fantastic new Homebrew title, which completely took me by surprise! The game is called…
