Category: Computers
There are so many 6502 good assemblers nowadays, including the modern KickAssembler and its javascripty macro capabilities. Now the 6502 developers have another option: Macross 6502. This assembler was developed between 1984 and 1987 by LucasFilm Ltd and used on the development of the game Habitat. Now, the project source code is available on Github, thanks to The Museum of Art…
Oniric Factor has published Spring Warrior, for the MSX2 – a platformer that, according to the developer, reminds City Connection gameplay but with some differences that they hope will please all the gamers. The game has fifteen levels divided into three different sections, which keep adding new types of enemies that will force you to change your playing strategy. A nice…
RGCD has released a new update about its acclaimed 16KB Cartridge Game Competition. The contestant Georg Rottensteiner, who had previously withdrawn, has changed his mind and is back with Alienator. The deadline extension was a decisive factor to make him try again. The screenshot makes us believe the game is a Space Invaders clone, but we will never know what…
Many of RGCD formerly out-of-stock games are now available to buy again. Hot off the assembly line, Super Bread Box, Bomberland, C64anabalt, Guns ‘N’ Ghosts, Powerglove and Rocket Smash EX are back on the virtual shelves in our online store. There are also few remaining cartridges of P0 Snake and Gravitrix and after they are gone, there won’t be more available…
Genesis Project has released today a crack for the C64 side-scroller game preview called ‘Crow Boy’. The preview doesn’t to much gamey stuff for is is actually a demonstration of a side-scroller involving a character that can run and jump around. It was started a while back as a college project but was eventually abandoned. On the bright side, the developer decided…
(This article is written by Jim Gerrie on his blog entitled “January 2016 Retrochallenge 8: New 10-Liner Puzzle Game ‘Dash’” and reproduced here with permission) Dave Maunder (Bushy555), a member of the Yahoo MC-10 group and an avid user of the VZ200/300 posted that there is an up-coming 10-Liner Basic game programming contest being hosted by the Retrocomputing site Homputerium and posted…
The official ASSASSIN CREW youtube channel has published a music collection with 45 songs that were converted from the Commodore 64 to the Plus/4. Assassin Crew is a group responsible for many releases for the Plus/4 including Xplode Man and Memento, and once more, they surprised us with this excellent chiptunes selection! [youtube wcwCmYcmTno nolink]
880 Gamer is a English pdf magazine for the Amiga user focused on games. This issue brings several interesting articles and reviews including Game On!: Cartoon Classics Pack, Tearaway Thomas, Belial, Fears, Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge and Star Wars. If having great articles wasn’t enough, the magazine download file also includes an ADF file containing Lotus III and tearaway Thomas. Link:…
Moldi’s Treasure releases come to an end. Plus/4 World has published the 10th flowout from the treasure chest donated to them by Moldi. Inside the chest there were five hundred programs not included in any archive before! Plus/4 World crew make sure to thank! “Moldi we’ll never thank you enough for this immense feeding of Plus/4 stuff!” Here it is, that’s the…
In 2014, Bitmap Books launched a campaign for the first book, Commodore 64: a visual Compendium. After its astonishing success, a new edition was planned and a Kickstarter campaign launched four days ago. Today, the campaign is already 100% funded. Actually it has passed the first target by 50% already. This can only be explained by the excellent quality of…
