Category: Computers

Preview Video of Matteo’s Land, A New Commodore 64 Giana Hack!

Rufus over on Lemon 64 Forums has posted about his new upcoming C64 Giana Hack called Matteo’s Land. The Great Giana Sisters is a 1987 platform game developed by Time Warp Productions and published by Rainbow Arts. This German video game is known for its controversial production history, its similarities to the famous Nintendo platform game Super Mario Bros., and…

Xyxexxian Attack! A Spectrum styled shooter for Windows is released.

Xyxexxian Attack!

Sunteam has released a new ZX Spectrum styled shoot ’em up for Windows. Feeling like a cross between Space Invaders and Missile Command, you have to protect pods from enemy fire, by either destroying the enemies before they can shoot, or intercepting their bullets with your seemingly invincible ship (which slowly follows the horizontal position of your targetting cursor). The…

SD-BOX Updated to Version v1.18

The SD-BOX is a cartridge with an SD card interface for the Commodore 64. The cartridge has many functions for the disk drive and the Datassette. Recent updates: Improvements for the SID player (RSID, PSID, title, author and publisher), Datassette, disk-drive, cartridge restart and an update for the manual. Website: http://www.c64.com.pl Links: Source

VICE Commodore Emulator Updated to Version 3.1

The Commodore 64 emulator Vice has been updated to version 3.1. VICE is a program that runs on a Unix, MS-DOS, Win32, OS/2, BeOS, QNX 4.x, QNX 6.x, Amiga, Syllable or Mac OS X machine and executes programs intended for the old 8-bit computers. The current version emulates the C64, the C64DTV, the C128, the VIC20, practically all PET models,…

The Retro Hour Episode #65, The UK’s Most Popular Retro Gaming Podcast Interviews Psycho/Budbrain!

The Retro Hour is a popular English Retro Gaming Podcast run by Dan Wood, Ravi Abbot, Joe Fox and Paul Kitching. The guys have interviewed various famous people in the Retro Gaming Scene, including big names such as Rob Hewson, Jonathan Cauldwell, The Oliver Twins and Jim Bagley. This week the guys secured an interview with the famous Psycho of Budbrain. Budbrain is the…

CBM-Transfer Version 1.00 “10th Anniversary Edition” Now Available

CBM-Transfer is a front-end to several command-line utilities for transferring files and working with disk images. CBM-Transfer makes using those utilities easy by providing a familiar windows interface that removes the need to learn the commandline syntax of each program. CBM-Transfer also includes a multi-format file and picture viewer. Transfer files to or from real CBM drives. Create D64 and…

WHDLoad V18.3 Final Released! Plus the Latest Amiga WHDLoad Install Updates

We have been giving you the latest updates from the WHDLoad website since 2011 (Pre-CiA Times) and today we have a fair amount of new installs to share with you, plus some fantastic News! WHDLoad has been updated to final version 18.3! Click here for the list of changes in this version. 2017-04-06 New WHDLoad V18.3 released, have fun! 2017-04-06…

Next FCUG Meeting, Sunday, April 9

The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 2+ p.m., Sunday, April 9 at; Bobby Salazar’s Mexican Restaurant 2839 North Blackstone Ave. (corner of Blackstone and Michigan) Fresno, California (559) 227-1686 For discussion, we’ll talk about the May 19-21 Maker Faire in San Mateo, the preparations for the June 10-11 Pacific Commodore Expo NW, and…

Amiga Ireland Podcast, Episode 2 Out Now!

After listening to the first brand new awesome Amiga Podcast from the guys over at Amiga Ireland, we felt we had to let you know that episode two has been released! You can play the Podcast on the website or you can download it to your computer to listen later. Follow the link below for the Amiga awesomeness! Website: amigausers.ie

How Thimbleweed Park would look like on a Commodore 64

Every now and then, during our daily visits to CSDb we happen to see some nicely done graphics, demos, games, or music. Today I was happy to see this graphics + music homage to the newly released game Thimbleweed Park created by Ron Gilbert (Maniac Mansion, Secret of Monkey Island). The program made for the Commodore 64, which can be also…