Category: Commodore VIC-20
Pixel (Sven Michael Klose) over at Vic-20 Denial Forums is creating a new Arkanoid clone titled “Arukanoido” for the Commodore Vic-20. I won’t waste your time with long details about Arkanoid, as I’m sure you are all familiar with this 1986 Arcade classic from Taito. Arukanoido has 33 levels and requires at least 24k memory. Download the game from the…
The 8-Bit Guy takes a look at a very special cartridge for the Commodore VIC-20, the Super Expander. Also he takes a brief look at an EPROM programmer. Check out the video below. YouTube: The 8-Bit Guy
The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 2+ p.m., Sunday, April 9 at; Bobby Salazar’s Mexican Restaurant 2839 North Blackstone Ave. (corner of Blackstone and Michigan) Fresno, California (559) 227-1686 For discussion, we’ll talk about the May 19-21 Maker Faire in San Mateo, the preparations for the June 10-11 Pacific Commodore Expo NW, and…
Title: VICScript v0.2 Author: Bobbi Released: 2017-03-25 Requirements: C64 or VIC-20 with 32K expansion, plus disk drive / SD2IEC Description: Novel interpreted scripting language VICScript is a simple scripting language for the Commodore 64 (or VIC-20 with 32K expansion) and disk drive. VICScript includes a minimal line editor which may be used for editing program text (or editing short text…
VIChaos is a port of the Spectrum game for VIC-20. The game requires 16k memory expansion. VIChaos is a turn based wizard battle strategy game for 0-8 players. The original version by Julian Gollop was released on the Spectrum in 1985. This port is based on the GBA port sources (chaos-0.82). Source code is included in the download. Download: vichaos.zip Source:…
A new episode of Floppy Days Podcast is now available. In this episode; New Acquisitions Ultimate 1MB – http://lotharek.pl/product.php?pid=67 “Atari DOS 2.5:1050 Disk Drive Owner’s Manual” – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_DOS “Art of Atari” book by Tim Lapetino – http://www.amazon.com/dp/1524101036/?tag=flodaypod-20 News BASIC 10-liners contest – http://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputerium/basic-10liners-2017 RetroChallenge 2017/04 – http://retrochallenge.tuxdriver.com/ Upcoming Shows VCF East – http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/, March 31-April 2, 2017, InfoAge Science Center,…
Horace has always been a fan favourite among Spectrum owners, being the closest thing the machine has to a mascot. And this new game from Sunteam features not only him, but his father in a desperate bid to escape the Mega Vault. Horace and Herbert (his gigantic dad) were taking a walk one day when the evil Doctor Zorklef captured…
The episode #70 of FloppyDays has been published featuring an interview with Michael Tomczyk where he tells everything about the development of the VIC-20. Michael was with Commodore for some time, was an assistant to none other than Jack Tramiel, and was the leader of the team known as the Vic Commando Team. You can download FloppyDays following the link below or stream…
Everybody loves Horace, even if nobody is sure what he is. And he’s set to return in Horace in the Mega Vault, a fan-made game in development by Sunteam. It’s an ‘adaptation/expansion’ of Mega Vault, an Imagine title for the Vic-20 where you had to dodge the traps while collecting food and the master key to escape. This version will…
An unusual and refreshing change to see a game based on destruction of the earth! The game runs on unexpanded PAL VIC-20 with Lightpen! The lightpen needs a trigger (joy left) and calibration inside the program may be needed. You will also need a CRT-display as lightpens will not work with modern TFTs. If you don’t have a light pen,…
