Category: Commodore VIC-20
We that lived the times where we would fistfight our friends in defence of our favourite computer brand/model, know how fierce and endless these ruses can last. How about settle it in a friendly trump card game? If you wonder how, I can tell you that it is going to be possible really soon. There is an already-funded campaign running…
Your favorite Commodore Magazine has just released issue 89 with lots of articles, interviews and game reviews for the C64, VIC-20, Amiga and all the Commodore family of computers. The interviews are with Steve Reed from WWW.C64COPYPROTECTION.COM and CLOAN NEWSLETTERS, and Sean Peck, creator of Kipperterm 128. It reviews games like Meteor Defender for the Amiga and Abyssonaut for the for…
VIC-20 Denial user ‘litody’ has released a very nice version of the classic Minesweeper. He has develop it as the way to learn 6502 programming. The game is no different than any other minesweeper, which is really a good thing, as the idea is to remake a classic game. You can try it in your emulator or VIC-20. You can download…
“You are Eino, a member of the druids. Your master, the arch druid has become old and it is time for somebody to replace him. As a young initiate you are sent to dungeon Dex, a mysterious labyrinth home to vile creatures. You must enter the dungeon alone and defeat three demon lords within. Only then can you achieve enlightenment…
Ravenxau released a new game for the Commodore VIC-20. This is the Retro Edition and can be played on a unexpanded VIC-20 with keyboard. The game has 9 levels with 3 serpents on level 1. The levels 7, 8 and 9 are a real challenge. Download: serpretro.tap Forum Thread: Vic-20 Denial
FPGA Arcade is a retro computer system developed by MikeJ and can be used to emulate (in hardware) many retro computers such as: Amiga, Apple II+, AtariST, Atari 800XL, BBC B, Commodore VIC-20 / C64, MSX and the Spectrum. Mfilos has received his FPGA Arcade and has built the system inside a mini-itx case. You can follow his progress on…
If you get anxious every time you turn on your Commodore, and pray to not get any electric unstability, this may be for you. It is available for pre-orders the new device to protect your Commodore 64, VIC-20 or Plus/4 (with an adapter) from overvoltage on the 5VDC line. You can buy it in form of kit for US$ 44,…
k3ys developed an mini 32K RAM expansion that hides in the Commodore VIC20 cartridge port. The RAM expansion is based on the design from Adam Bergström. You can select how much RAM is active, enable or disable the cartridge and make the RAM read-only. Website: Vic-20 Denial [via]
Chris Adams built a replica Dr Who K9 robot dog in 1982. After many years he decided to restore his K9 to its former glory. The coolest thing about Chris’s robot, is that it’s controlled by a Commodore Vic-20, complete with it’s very own speech synthesizer! Chris has even made the original blueprints available to download so you can make…
We posted few months back news about an upcoming Commodore Smartphone. Today Wired Magazine has published an article where the reporter tell us everything about his talk with the company behind it, and also his impressions of the prototype he tested. According to the article the phone, powered by Android, is actually well-built, with good specs and a very nice…
