Category: Computers
The #msxdev Compo is a MSX software competition in which all sorts of MSX software is allowed, from games to utilities running on any MSX model. Unfortunatelly, this year’s compo was cancelled due to the lack of interest – the compo didn’t get a single entry so far. Most likely, there won’t be any other editions in the future, according…
This is a lovely cute Xmas game (2D platformer) designed for Xmas 2015. The author, Nitta Mituaki, is a “Jet Set Willy” clone game collector, so this Christmas he send us this special gift which was created by map editor of “Jet Set Billy” coded Niilo Paasivirta. All graphics and music were made by Mituaki. To complete the game, you (Santa…
There is always space in our heart to read about the Commodore history and my favourite part is the beginning of the 8-bit era culminating with the Commodore 64. The website LowEndMac has published a good summary of that era with the article “A History of Commodore’s 8-bit Computers” by Dan Knight. The article starts with a short paragraph about…
After reading the issue 1, I was really wishing that Brian Hedley would continue to publish the magazine. Since we are in the holiday season, my wishes were granted! He just made available the second issue! With the usual sections for News and Reviews, the magazine also brings two featured articles: “What is in your Christmas List?” and “Where has…
Retroinvaders website has made available the Commodore 64 Calendar 2016. Created by Josepzin from Retroinvaders using the theme “Prizes Commodore manía 2014/15”. Each month of the year gets an illustration from a release competing in the compo. There are versions for several languages, including Spanish, German, Portuguese and English. All area available on CSDb as PDF files, ready to be printed….
The web site Plus4world is releasing another instalment of the Moldi’s Treasure Collection. The 8th issue came out only two weeks after the previous one. It is mentioned that this one and the next two won’t have anything particularly amazing, but there are so many utilities, games and demos never seen before that makes these releases really good! Link: Plus/4…
World of Spectrum user has announced the release of his entry for the ZX-DEV 2015 comp – Chrimblast!, a Shoot’em Up game where you have to shoot the enemies and collect the presents (!!!). The game has 8 levels, but it is actually a very well-done game with nice graphics and good background music. The sprite flickering that the author warned on…
If you want to know a bit more about the Floppy Drive 2031, or maybe you even have one not working seating around, Nightfall Crew shows in this article the work to restore such unit. The article doesn’t intend to be a comprehensive walkthrough but it brings some details about that unit, and the changes made to get it back…
To make things more interesting, English Amiga Board and Lemon Amiga have teamed up to hold a competition involving five games where high scores are chased over several weeks until an ultimate winner emerges. To make the competitors life easier, Erik Hogan put together a compilation containing the games for the compo.It’s a Knockout! 2015-2016 Amiga CD32 Compilation has been released including the…
PC Magazine likes its slide shows, and sometimes they are really interesting. This one goes through the golden age of TRS-80. It shows only the main computers Tandy-Radio Shack had released since 1977 with the TRS-80 Model I. If you don’t know much about the TRS line, take a ride down the memory lane, following the link below. Link: PCMag
