Category: Commodore News
Gabriele Gorla from GGLabs has released a new terminal application for the Commodore 64. GGLabs Terminal v0.18 emulates a VT100 terminal displaying 80 columns on a Commodore 64. It requires a UART cartridge with the 6551 chip, like GGLab’s own GLINK232T and the GLINK232 UART cartridges. Besides their own cartridges, there are many variants, most of them are clones of…
This is been around for a couple of days on Facebook and Twitter, so you all might have heard of the sad news of the passing of Chuck Peddle, the electrical engineer that was the main designer of the ubiquitous 6502 CPU and the Commodore PET, among other great inventions and products that helped to shape the computer industry. The…
Last year’s largest popular C64 game vote competition is back as the 2nd annual C64 Gamers’ Choice poll is now open. The C64 Gamers’ Choice Award 2019 is held by Retro Gamer Nation (RGN) and sponsored by Rhayader Computers (your one stop shop for retro game themed mouse mats, mugs and other retro related material all made to a high…
It’s nearly Christmas, so we thought what better way to celebrate the end of 2019 than with a cool competition! Yes that right, we are holding a competition with Future was 8bit to win a C64 SD2IEC and a Fast cart! The competition is being held on our second Twitter account @CommodoreBlog. To grab a chance of winning, please read…
That’s not the first time Fusion Retro Books does a promotion like that, but it is always welcome to see good books for free or very cheap. Some of their “In Pixels” books are free, including C-64 In Pixels and The Story of the ZX Spectrum In Pixels Volume 1. The next two volumes of the Speccy series are only…
Introduction The awesome Retro Hour podcast, on its episode 190, featured a very long chat with Randy Linden, a seasoned developer who is responsible, among other things, to bring Dragon’s Lair to the Amiga, DOOM to the NES and also the creator of Bleem!, a PlayStation emulator for PC. I’ve found Randy so interesting to listen to, and his contribution…
Retro Games Limited has posted additional pictures on their Facebook page showing off pictures of advanced production units of THEC64. The pictures show an unboxing of THEC64, confirming that the package will include: THEC64 unit one joystick controller (micro-switch / USB connection) HDMI cable THEC64 quick guide USB power cable Power wall charger with interchangeable adapters Long time backers of…
Back in 2016, Graham Axten released a Commodore 64 game called “The Bear Essentials” under the Pond Software label. The game was initially available as a free (or donate) download on Christmas Eve, and later you could purchase limited versions on cassette and also floppy disk. Unfortunately Pond Software is no more, however there is light at the end of…
WinUAE Version 4.3.0 Public Beta 2 has been released. Download from the link below and don’t forget to check all the new features in the release notes. Have fun! Download: winuae_4300b2.7z Download: winuae64_4300b2.7z Release Notes: eab.abime.net Website: winuae.net
Psytronik and Remute are collaborating in a Commodore 64 game bundle, featuring 8 games by Psytronik and a Remute music EP which can be played on a C64! Similar to Humble Bundle sales, the Groupees bundle lets the buyer name the price, starting at US$3.99. The majority of the sales go to Psytronik, therefore buying this bundle the user supports…
