Category: Commodore News
Always seen as the older poor cousin of the Commodore 64, the VIC-20 games are often underestimated by those that are not familiar with the machine. Back in the day, the VIC-20 had excellent games, and nowadays, a vibrant and active community keeps releasing high-quality homebrew for the machine. One of the most recent examples of that is Overthrown, a…
Protovision has announced that they are looking to produce a new controller pad for the C64, called the Protopad, that will greatly enhance your gaming experience with its support for multi-button games and extra features. Key Features of Protopad: 100% compatible with existing games Directional control pad plus *8* buttons The buttons are pre-defined for standard cases, but can be…
Blake Patterson has posted on his excellent blog “The Byte Cellar,” an excellent article where he talks about his 35 years as an amiga user. As he says initially, it is a “meandering and reminiscent” type of post, which I’d say is one of the best types of reading when we feel walking down memory lane for an extra dose…
When I interviewed Paul Gardner-Stephen last June, one of his answers mentions the importance of the community for the project. He specifically said: Yes, we really want a strong community. That is central to everything. A lot of it will grow organically, but we are also thinking about some competitions. We also hope that the demo competitions will soon have…
This is just a quick heads up! Our partner in crime, Louie Dimovski has already guaranteed his place in the retro scene as an avid C64 game collector and a trustworthy game reviewer either over his YouTube channel or his own website, Retro Gamer Nation. RGN has just published a review of one of the most anticipated games for the…
Picaro Games has released a new game for the Commodore 64 that you have to play. Juanje Juega in Sinverland is a platform game where each level pays homage to classic arcade games. It features 23 levels where games like Pong, Pac-Man, E.T, Chuckie are not only the background of the levels but part of the game itself, either as…
it is finally released : SWO#30 (on the C64) & World Music #5Thanks for everybody who contributed, especially to our members who returned into activity, Victor (Retromantis) and Jànos (Black) this is great!Also great Richard worked with Victor this time, for World Music#5!So lots of things to read this time! 🙂 Read it from the emulator (firefox recommended!) or download…
The Commodore 64 enthusiasts should get their machines ready for a weekend full of retro gaming fun. Today, two new games were released for the Commodore 64: Neptune Lander and Showdown and they will cost you less than a coffee (or a bit more if you are feeling generous!). Neptune Lander is a pimped-up Lunar Lander clone, but don’t make…
PunyInform is a library for the Inform 6 programming language, to make it easy to create simple or advanced text adventures which will work well on 8-bit computers like the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Spectrum +3 etc. We have been covering this excellent development tool for a while, but you can start here if you are new to…
The Shoot Em Up Destruction Set 3 (SEUDS 3), previously released in cassette tape or disk by Psytronik, is now available in digital form for just USD 2.99 (or more if you are a good person ;) ). SEUDS 3 contains nothing less than six enhanced SEUCK games created by Alf Yngve. Enhanced because all the games got an overhaul…
