Category: Commodore VIC-20
Double Sided Games has announced that the ‘Match 3’ style puzzle game, Vegetables Deluxe will soon be available for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore VIC-20. The premise behind the Vegetables Deluxe is to swap adjacent vegetable shapes to form lines of three or more in a row. When this occurs, those shapes are destroyed and new shapes drop in from…
On a a short and sweet tweet, the talented people at Double Sided Games are giving away the digital versions of three of their high-quality games, in a away to help us all on these difficult times. These are difficult times for many of us, forced to stay home. We’re very happy to give away digital versions of Fire for…
World of Commodore is an annual gathering for …err… Commodore computers enthusiasts. The 16th edition happened last December 7th, 2019, in Toronto, Canada. I was suppose to go but at the last minute I had to cancel and was pretty annoyed to miss it. Thankfully, the Toronto PET Users Group (TPUG), show organizer, just published the presentation videos on YouTube….
The Future Was 8-bit (TFW8b), predominately known for producing SD2IEC devices and the Penultimate+ Cartridge for the VIC20, has recently launched a new ‘9.99 Range’ of cartridge games featuring a number of in-house and user created titles. Initially catering for the Commodore VIC20 and Commodore 64 platforms, the ‘9.99 Range’ launched with the following titles: Cheese and Onion (VIC20) Nibbler…
Antstream is the world’s first retro game streaming subscription service (think Netflix, but for retro games!). AJ, Martin, and Joerg talk to Antstream’s Brandon Keenan and Jo Clifford about how this all came together, and how they’re paving the way for the future of retro gaming. https://scene.world/antstream
Retro Games Ltd has just announced that the full-size TheC64 will be available next December 2019 and can be already pre-ordered from selected retailers for £109.99. This time around, TheC64 is a fully featured home computer featuring our beloved bread bin form factor, but prepared for the 21st century, including HDMI output compatible with PAL and NTSC. TheC64 features three…
Double Sided Games, who successfully debuted with the Commodore 64 port of l’Abaaye Des Morts in January 2019, are currently in preparation to launch two new titles for the Commodore VIC-20. The first of the two titles is Fire, a fun arcade game developed by Rainer Kappler. The game sees you control firemen with the objective of having to rescue…
With the end of NOMAN 2019 this April 14th, the Basic 10Liners contest is also over and the winners announced. If the BASIC 10Liner contest is new for you, check our previous article about it: 2019 BASIC 10-Liner Contest in On! This year there were nothing less than 83 contestants which made the task to give scores to all of…
Who said the VIC-20 doesn’t get the deserved love from the retro scene? To prove this is not true, DoubleSided Games has announced Fire, a new game for the computer. Fire is an arcade game that is set to be released in July 2019 where you play controlling firemen who have to rescue people from the burning houses. The publisher…
The Future Was 8 Bit is pleased to announce the availability of their new multi-format release, RodMan. Developed by Mika ‘Misfit’ Keranen, your objective is to guide RodMan around multi- screen maze levels, collecting pills, avoiding enemies and using bombs to eliminate the bad guys. RodMan is available the The Future Was 8-Bit in a Special Triple Cassette Edition covering…
