Category: Computers

Turbo Chameleon 64 Beta-9g Firmware Released

Turbo Chameleon 64 is an extremely user-friendly cartridge that can be used without opening the computer. You just plug it into the expansion port of the C64. The Turbo Chameleon 64 cartridge can also be operated as a stand-alone unit (since it’s basically an FPGA computer like the C-One or the Minimig in a C64 cartridge case), replacing the computer,…

Monty’s Honey Run, A New Monty Game by Andy Johns for the ZX Spectrum

Monty Mole is the title character from the series of video games from Gremlin Graphics. He was created by Peter Harrap. Monty is a miner by trade and sports a monocle throughout the series, up until Impossamole, which features a completely different rendition of the character. There are six games in the original Monty series. Wanted: Monty Mole (1984) Monty is Innocent (1985)…

The Bear Essentials, Commodore 64 Review by Casual C64

The Bear Essentials is a collect-em-all platform game, released by Pond Software in December 2016. It was developed single-handedly by Graham Axten. The story is, that you are a bear that has been lazy for most of the summer, and that does not suit mama bear! She orders you out into the dangerous nature to collect over 300 apples for…

Spy Vs Spy – Commodore 64

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I remember first becoming aware of MAD magazine sometime during First Grade in Elementary school. All of the older kids (aka: ‘cool’ kids) were reading it, and I wanted to be like the older kids, so naturally it became the most important thing in my life. I was born in 1981, so I would’ve been in First Grade around 1987….

Commodore 64 Debugger v0.56 released

C64 Debugger is a multi-platform Commodore 64 code and memory debugger that works in real time. In the same window, you have an embedded VICE emulator, memory view, character set and many other features. It is a great tool to create new developments for the C64 and even more for hacking old games and learn how they work. C64 Debugger…

New Cartridge Slot Expander for MSX Computers

The neverending problem with cartridge-based computers is the chore to swap them all the time. The common solution was the multi-cartridge adapters that were sold back in the day for many platforms. Nowadays, it is not that easy to find these devices and new hardware to fill that gap is always welcome. For the MSX platform, Tecnobytes is starting to offer their…

Fire Breath +3D, Commodore 64, Genesis Project

We recently announced exclusive News of Erik Hooijmeijer’s New (Old) C64 game “Fire Breath”. I was just about to hit the sack, but I just received some awesome News from Hedning (Genesis Project) about a trainer version they just released on CSDb. Trainer options are; Unlimited Lives, Kill Boss with one hit, C= in game to kill enemies and skip game…

Apple II/C64 “Genius” Ported to Commodore Plus/4

Way back in 2014 an Apple II game called Genius “Into the Toy Warehouses” was released by Daniele Liverani. Hokuto Force then released Daniele’s c64 port preview version in early December 2016 and to follow a trainer version on December 28th. You play as “Genius” and your mission is to free all the toys that have been locked away. To free the toys you have…

Z88DK – Development kit for Z80 gets new version

Z88DK is a C cross compiler package that targets the z80 and consists of a C compiler, an extensive set of assembly language libraries, an assembler / linker, and a tool for generating executables in a number of formats. Development in C, assembly language or a mixture of the two is directly supported. After one year since the last release, it…

Game ‘Fire Breath’ for Commodore 64 released after 26 years in the attic

Once upon a time, young(er) Erik Hooijmeijer sent his new game to a publisher but he didn’t get any answer, only his disk back. For the lack of explanation, he just assumed the game was no good and gave up. After unburying his C64 after all these years, he found the once-rejected game and decided it was finally time to…