Category: Computers
Today Nostalgia released a cartridge compilation of their two improved Commodore 64 games: Ghosts ‘n & Goblins and Commando Arcade. Everything is the same as in the original releases and all features are identical, “Tom-Cat” commented on the CSDb release page. While the games are the same, it is still a great and convenient way to enjoy these two excellent…
Stewart Wilson from Subchrist Software released a new version of CharPad. With this (Windows) program you can edit your characters. Changes in this version: Added support for the import of bitmap images (BMP, PNG, etc.). Improved undo/redo system. Export project data as an assembler listing (text). Download: charpad2beta-120615.zipWebsite: CSDb
[vimeo 131396863 nolink] A two-part video published on Vimeo shows how to connect a Commodore 64 to the internet, using a Raspberry PI and a RS-232->USB adapter. [vimeo 131396865 nolink] Don’t expect colourful webpages showing up in your 1701, but at the end he shows the C64 accessing the internet using the character interface, which opens a myriad of possibilities…
Microsoft UK Developers Blog has published a nice article discussing how the Commodore 64 and Amiga were important to breed a new generation of developers. “Although the C64 could perform functions such as word processing and spreadsheets, it was the games that it really became known for. This was because it saw indie software developers as an opportunity, rather than…
The guys over at C64.com have interviewed Matt Householder. Matt has been creating, programming, designing and producing video computer games for over 33 years. The games he worked on are: Krull, California Games, Barbie, GI Joe, Winter Games, Temple of Apshai Trilogy, World Games, Championship Wrestling, Vorpal Utility Kit, Sub Battle Simulator and California Games. Read the Interview: http://www.c64.com
Rich Stanton wrote a blog about the making of Lemmings. The story is about David Jones who lost his job at the Timex company in 1988. David bought an Amiga 1000, and started making games. Later he created DMA Design and the legendary game Lemmings. Let’s Go! http://readonlymemory.vg/the-making-of-lemmings/
In this English D64 magazine the following items: The Charts, News, World of Demos, History of SID, SIDTracker64, Interviews: Rock, Sphinx and Hedning, Ramblings of an Madman, RGCD, Gubdata 2015, Bruce Lee II, Revision 2015 and the list. Download: vandalismnews64.zipWebsite: CSDb
L., Erich (Erich) released a new Botticelli Bilderdisk for the Commodore C16/Plus/4. This double-sided diskette is filled with pictures in the Botticelli format. The Magica viewer is used to display the pictures. The pictures are a mix of handmade and digitized pictures. Download: botticelli_bilderdisk_40.zipWebsite: http://plus4world.powweb.com
You can listen to new remixes on the AmigaRemix web page. The following Amiga music is added to the web page: Cream of the Earth (vs. Romeo Knight), Super Twintris “Those 3” Tunes Up-Mix, Risky Woods – “El Pueblo” Cover Version, Kid Gloves [ Castle ] The Toe-tapper’s Up-Mix, Hyperbased 2015, Lethal Xcess – Ruins of Methallycha, Einstein 2d6 –…
What is YAPE? YAPE is a Commodore 264 family emulator. It’s an 8-bit microcomputerfamily from the once-great-now-defunc Commodore Business Machines Ltd.They were released as a successor to the immensely popular Commodore 64supposedly to either compete with the ZX Spectrum and other micros buteventually failed to gain market success and the whole line was dumpedwithin a couple of years. However they…
