Category: Computers
TRS-80 is one of the most iconic retro-computers you can think of. The model I or III don’t have high-resolution of fancy sound chips. It doesn’t have even colors! With all these limitations, the TRS-80 computers are still a nice machine capable of many things that you can probably not even dreamed. To me, the TRS-80 Model I is by…
Hugohunt is a new maze-type game released for the Commodore 16 (and Plus/4) and also for the C64, based on the game Hugojagd XL developed for the Atari. The gameplay is simple to understand but very hard to play. You control the pac-man-looking hero around the maze, avoiding the enemies. Although they don’t move, they block you o get to certain…
If you believe you saw everything that could be possibly done on a Commodore 64, you might rethink that. DrKhumalo user on Lemon64 forum has published a video of his ‘tech-demo’ of a Civilizations game running on a C64 using the isometric perspective. And it is incredible! DrKhumalo’s demo version show a view of the map, unit movement, city economy, and…
Yes, the game features a suicidal mob of cute creatures is already 25 years old! Lemmings was first published by Psygnosis for the Amiga, Atari ST and PC in 1991. It was also ported for more than 20 different platforms, including NES, C64, Amstrad and Playstation. On this puzzle game, you control the lemmings trying to guide then to the…
The purists didn’t have time to rant about the Vega Plus and how it diminishes the ZX Spectrum legacy with a lesser machine. Actually, a lot of people don’t agree with that statement and already helped the crowd-funded campaign to reach more than 200% of the initial goal. At this point, with still 30 days to go, the campaign has…
What it takes to be accepted in one of the most active and ubiquitous Commodore 64 demoscene groups? Red robes, sacrifices, fire walking? No, nothing like that is needed (allegedly) but you have to be good at C64 coding, art or music (or all of them). For the new member, Zaphod, debut Hokuto Force releases a cracked version of Mystic Mansion,…
To English Amiga Board forum users have been busy discussing and testing the upcoming release of WinUAE, the version 3.3.0. This new version will focus on AmigaOS 4-specific features. New features: New optional “indirect” UAE expansion trap system, fully compatible with OS4.x, virtual memory and some debugging programs. PC Bridgeboard disk drive raw image support. (ipf, ext adf,…) Monochrome video out…
As a Valentine Day special, YAPE has been updated with the following changes: updated project to be used with Visual Studio 2015 and MinGW-w64 optional XAudio2 driver added (DirectSound’s successor) D81 image support in 1551/IEC mode (no partitions though) PSID replay support via the autostart menu refactored audio mixing disk attachment regression bug various other bugfixes (monitor settings, TED sound,…
Even for those who didn’t like the ZX Spectrum Vega for its lack of a full keyboard cannot deny that the game console is a commercial success, and one of the big “retro” releases of 2015. For 2016, Retro Computers Ltd announce the launch of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega+ accompanied of an IndieGoGo crowd-funding campaign. This new model is a…
Other than the usual news and other Commodore 64 stuff, Sprite Castle #25 main feature is the game Radar Rat Race. The game is a clone of Rally-X arcade game developed by Nanco. It was first released for the VIC-20 and later converted for the C64. To know more about it, follow the link below. Link: Sprite Castle
