Category: Commodore News
There is a new device for Amiga 500/500+/2000, called A500Flash, that allows you to load another Kickstart image by running additional software on the same Amiga computer and subsequent switching between available ROM. There are two different models, A500Flash 5k and 1M – The first one features 512Kb of built-in flash memory and the second one, as you can guess,…
Randy Kindig can’t stand his podcast logo anymore so he is holding a contest to choose the logo that will be used not only online but also for promotional materials (t-shirts, pins, etc). During the month of January, several Floppy Days Facebook Group members (including myself – but I won’t say which logo is mine!) made several logos and because…
Amiga Future #119 is planned to be available in March, but you can check what they are baking for you. Previews: Playfield, Spice Obsession Mod for Dune 2, Amiga Racer. Reviews: Elves Dreamland, Shokaku, Beam, Zerosphere, Kikugi, Luettje Bookholler, Simplemail, OS4 Depot, Redit, AISS, MorphOS Software Development Kit 3.10, DosBox pn AmigaOS 4, XBench, Portable AmiKit MK2, C64 Forever 2016, KMTech…
RGCD has a post an article entitle “Developer Diary: Powerglove (Amiga)” telling details of the effort Lazycow is putting to develop a port of his own game for the C64 with the same title. If you are interested in Amiga development, the article covers some tricks the developer is using to accomplish the incredible visuals that are shown in the article….
In an update posted today, RGCD’s James Monkman let us know that a special version of ‘Tiger Claw’, the 2nd place in RGCD’s 2014 competition, is almost ready to be shipped. This release is an exclusive Kickstarter cartridge version that will only get in the hands of the backers of the campaign that contributed to the cartridge level or above (£70+). The artwork is done (see picture…
Jeroen Tell from Maniacs of Noise has published a preview of the music remake of the title theme from the Commodore 64 game “Cybernoid”, originally published in 1988 by Hewson Consultants Ltd. The music is still a work in progress and it will be part of the album “Tell Me More” with remakes of C64 game music. When ready the…
Hugohunt is a new maze-type game released for the Commodore 16 (and Plus/4) and also for the C64, based on the game Hugojagd XL developed for the Atari. The gameplay is simple to understand but very hard to play. You control the pac-man-looking hero around the maze, avoiding the enemies. Although they don’t move, they block you o get to certain…
If you believe you saw everything that could be possibly done on a Commodore 64, you might rethink that. DrKhumalo user on Lemon64 forum has published a video of his ‘tech-demo’ of a Civilizations game running on a C64 using the isometric perspective. And it is incredible! DrKhumalo’s demo version show a view of the map, unit movement, city economy, and…
Yes, the game features a suicidal mob of cute creatures is already 25 years old! Lemmings was first published by Psygnosis for the Amiga, Atari ST and PC in 1991. It was also ported for more than 20 different platforms, including NES, C64, Amstrad and Playstation. On this puzzle game, you control the lemmings trying to guide then to the…
What it takes to be accepted in one of the most active and ubiquitous Commodore 64 demoscene groups? Red robes, sacrifices, fire walking? No, nothing like that is needed (allegedly) but you have to be good at C64 coding, art or music (or all of them). For the new member, Zaphod, debut Hokuto Force releases a cracked version of Mystic Mansion,…
