Category: Computers

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…

Protovision taking Pre-Orders for Sam’s Journey, A New Epic Platformer for the Commodore 64!

As you may remember we have been covering the latest News about Sam’s Journey, an epic new platformer for the Commodore 64, since it was first announced way back in 2015. It’s been a long ride but Sam’s Journey is almost here, and Protovision have just announced availability for pre-order! The game comes in various flavours. Sam’s Journey Boxed Disk…

From SID to Paula. Recreating music on the Amiga from C64 SID music.

After getting an Amiga 1200 summer 2016, almost a year later I’ve finally got it set up close to how I want it. What I primarily did on the Amiga back in the days was create music on it and the only thing I didn’t sell when making the big mistake of selling my towered A1200 in 2005 was my…

Cloanto releases Amiga Forever 7 and C64 Forever 7

Cloanto has announced the immediate availability of its two emulation solutions for Amiga and C64: Amiga and C64 Forever 7. After 18 months of development since its previous release (Amiga, C64 Forever 2016), the change list is extensive with highlights in the input devices area, which includes new controllers support, left-handed support, configurable autofire (also with separate fire) and merging of multiple…

Immortal C64 Episode 73 Released.

Immortal C64 Episode 73 – The weather tried to kill my PC. Track Listing : Track Number / Start Time / Artist / Track Name / Track Length 01 .. 0:00:30 – Alexander Rotszch – Challenger – 3:32 02 .. 0:04:02 – Spino – The Darkness Remix – 4:40 03 .. 0:08:36 – Adam Gilmore Draconus – 3:32 04 …..

Komoda & Amiga Plus #7, English/Polish PDF Magazine

Komoda & Amiga Plus is a Commodore pdf magazine and comes in two language types, English and Polish. In this edition: Pharaoh, Xplode Man, Super Silverfish, Jerry’s Quest, My Life, Hat Trick, The Bear Essentials, Samurai Warrior, Thomas Heinrich, File Managers – SD2IEC, Pentagorat, Power Glove, SEUCK Compo 2016, Astromenace, Jon Hare, Blade Warrior, Trevor Dickinson, Amiga – 3D glasses, Final…

Non-Destructive Commodore 64c Raspberry Pi Conversion Frame

The Kickstarter from COREi64 has smashed it’s target, with still 11 days left. The total amount pledged so far is CA$ 3,053 of the CA$ 500 goal! If this is the first time you have heard this News, well join the club, somehow this slipped by us too. The Non-Destructive Commodore 64c Raspberry Pi Conversion Frame is a framework that…

The S.O.A.P, The Slightly Offensive Australian Podcast. Episode 7

The SOAP return for episode 7! This time Dan and Az take you way back with a retro special! The Commodore 64 Why was it the most popular computer of all time? Gaming on 8-bit and what made it so good? How would 8-bit gaming translate today? Get retro and sit back for the answers and so much more goodness!!!…