Category: Computers

Bomb Jack DX, C64 Arcade Port, Beta 4 Video and Exclusive News Updates!

We had a chat with our good friend Retrofan over at Forum64 recently and he has sent over some fantastic “Exclusive News!”, regarding the eagerly anticipated ‘Bomb Jack DX’, an Arcade port for the Commodore 64. Retrofan has uploaded a new Beta 4 video to his YouTube channel and as you can see, the game is looking Fantastic! First thing you will notice, OneBitman has completely remade the Music…

A tour of the Personal Computer Museum. One of the largest interactive computer museums in North America (Article by Kirkwood Rietveld)

Situated an hour from the city of Toronto, and two hours from the Detroit/Windsor border lays a very unique museum designated to the history of personal computing. The Personal Computer Museum located at 13 Alma St, Brantford, Ontario Canada is home to an interactive display of over 50 functioning computers, with over 1000 total in storage, over 25,000 pieces of…

Commodore 64 CSDb Scene Release Updates!

As you may of noticed we now try to cover the best Commodore 64 cracks from CSDb, however with all the many releases on CSDb, you may miss some. Below are all the releases from 14th January to date, click on the name of each one to view more information. Asteroids Arcade GFX #001, Casino Wheel 64, Camel’s Back, C64 Maze…

Unofficial CD32 Release, Graftgold: The Complete Amiga Works

A new year, time for a new release for the CD32, and another in the Publisher/Developer series, this time Graftgold, a independent developer that made some great Amiga games over a 7 year period from 1989 to 1995. The games included on the disc are; Empire Soccer Fire & Ice Fire & Ice CD32 Fire & Ice Xmas Demo Paradroid…

Boxx 3, New Amiga Platformer by Lemming880

Lemming880 from English Amiga Board recently released a new Amiga game. Boxx 3 is a brightly coloured run and jump platform game that takes old ideas, new ideas and swishes them altogether with a pinch of Ami Love and the result is very nice indeed. Playing much like a Mario game (except your a green Ninja, or maybe a Robot?), you run and jump…

Latest GTW64 updates, Reviving the Unreleased!

Frank Gasking runs the awesome website GTW64, which is a C64 focused project attempting to find all incomplete and lost C64 games, and archive them for all you lovely Retro Gamers to enjoy! Todays updates are as follows.. Uropa American GI Fight Run Fire Breath B.A.D Search for Sex Tour De Force Twister Paranoid Pete Lethal Xcess Source: http://www.gamesthatwerent.com

Foggys Quest, New AGD Game Coming to a ZX Spectrum Near You!

Well it seems we are spoilt for choice when it comes to upcoming ZX Spectrum Homebrew games. Currently I am still playing through Monty’s Honey Run and I’m very much looking forward to the sequel, “Monty and the Temple of Lost Souls“. This post is kinda related to those two games, as it’s the next Homebrew title I would like…

The Commodore-oriented magazine Reset64 issue 9.5 is out

Reset64 is already part the reading habits of any C64 enthusiasts out there due to its content and production quality. We are happy to see a new issue coming out now, freely available in PDF format. Issue 9.5 is a Holiday Special featuring a 2017 wish list and the usual articles, news, and reviews. Here is the complete content this…

Monty and the Temple of Lost Souls, Sequel to “Monty’s Honey Run” Already in Progress!

We only just announced “Monty’s Honey Run” and Andy Johns has already started work on a sequel! Currently the title of the new game is ‘Monty and the Temple of Lost Souls” (Subject to change). From the few screens Andy has shared with us so far, the game looks to be set in ancient Egypt. As you can see, the colour…

A History of the Early Computer Industry in 300 Adverts

One of my favorite past times if the browse computer magazines from the 80’s and early 90’s not only looking not only at the articles but also at the adverts just to see what was being offered at the time, and at the end, having a glimpse of the computer history. I was happy to see that Retrocomputaria, a Brazilian retro computer site,…