Category: Computers

Aaron White, CMAP & CiA Group Release Jamiroquai, Superfresh (Dance Hot Remix)

Aaron White has sent over his latest Amiga chiptunes music disk, titled “Jamiroquai, Superfresh (Dance Hot Remix)”. Download from the link below and crank up the tunes! :) Download: jamiroquai_superfresh_dance_hot_remix.adf Twitter: @aaronub4t

Developing your own cartridge game for the MSX? You should read this!

It is very refreshing to see articles over the “retro” internet about software development for our beloved retromachines, but what if you want to go one step further and release that software as a physical copy, in cartridge, and with a shiny box? To answer this questions and some more, Lavi Lavandeira has published a new post over MSXCenter reviewing manufacturers…

Amstrad CPC 464 Game competition ‘CPCRetroDev 2017’ is on. Money prizes included!

CPCRetroDev 2017 game development competition has been launched and is accepting games developed in any language for the Amstrad CPC 464. The winners will be getting 1,100€ in prizes, split into different categories: PRO, Universidad de Alicante students only and Special Mentions. The contest is organized by the Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence of the University of Alicante,…

MONKEY J: The treasure of the gold temple that was lost in the forest until he (or she?) found it, A Fantastic New AGD Game by Gabriele Amore!

Hot off the press! Gabriele Amore (Donkey Kong Jr, Crazy Kong City, Castle Capers) has just given us the heads up about a brand new game which he released today. “MONKEY J: The treasure of the gold temple that was lost in the forest until he (or she?) found it”, (takes a breath, phew!) is a gorgeous new platformer starring…

Latest ZX Spectrum Next Updates and New Speccy Homebrew!

You may have been wondering where I have been these last few days, well.. as some of you know, July 2nd was my birthday, you may have seen the ZX Spectrum Next cake my boyfriend made me (If not check the ZX Spectrum Next Facebook Group or @CommodoreBlog Twitter). I usually do a day trip to the coast on my…

Circuitry, A new AGD Platformer Project by John Blythe

John Blythe (Foggy’s Quest) has started on a brand new AGD platformer project called ‘Circuitry’. The game is a Manic Miner style single screen platformer, and it is looking gorgeous! Help Nan O’Bot find the fragments of usable code from an infested mainframe. Watch out for corrupted machine code and power surge imps! Ride the I/O Ports through the system…

Argus, A New Commodore 64 Game by Achim Volkers Coming Soon!

Argus is a new stunning role playing adventure for the Commodore 64. Explore the lands of Argus that span 1500 locations on your quest to find and free the captured Starchild. Argus was programmed by Achim Volkers, with graphics design by Trevor Storey and atmospheric soundtracks by Saul Cross. For decades Zoran has sat in the temple of lies waiting…

Miky’s Land, New Amiga Run & Shoot Platformer from Michael Gibs

Miky’s Land is a new Amiga run and shoot platformer much in the same vein as Mario Bros 3 and Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair (Autoscroll). These endless runner type games can be quite frustrating but fun at the same time. Basic game idea is to survive as long as can, while avoiding the nasties in your path. Beautiful little…

Isle of the Dead, 1000 Room Text Adventure

So, I have taken it upon myself to do the unthinkable, I am writing a 1000 room text adventure in qbasic64, it’s a modern version of qbasic that runs on modern computers. So within it, you play a reporter who’s plane goes down during a storm and you crash land on a small island off the east coast of the…

Arcade version of PACMAN ported to the TRS-80 CoCo 3

Glen Hewlett has been publishing an extensive 25-part article about his quest to convert the Z80 arcade version of PacMan to the Motorola 6809, allowing it to run in the TRS-80 CoCo. Well, he finally was able to finish the task, and you can download and play it. You need a 512K CoCo3 to play it though (or any CoCo3…