Category: Commodore News

AMIGArama Episode 90: Zynaps

AMIGArama prepares for some shoot em up action in Hewson’s take on a Scorpion Fighter in this weeks space bound journey.

Commodore 16 Repair by Jan Beta

If you are into old computers, particularly Commodore, you will have heard of Jan Beta. Jan has a fantastic YouTube channel with many informative videos, discussing repair of Vintage Computers and Electronics. His latest offering specifically stood out for me, being a big C16/Plus/4 fan. Jan has acquired not just one, but four Commodore 16 computers, all of which are…

Lotek64 Issue #59, German Retro Gaming PDF Magazine

Issue 59 of Lotek64, the German Retro Gaming pdf magazine is now available to download. Articles in this edition: Commodore-Computer in ArgentinienDie Welt von Drean Spielzeug der 1980er-Jahre als historischer Text Plastik-Mikrokosmos Urlaub machen, wo andere nur spielenUrlaubsziele für Nerds Retrocollector-Edition“ für Nintendo SwitchToki kehrt zurück Schwer, schnell, schön:Frantic Freddie II Das Ende der Fahnenstange: Nintendo vs. C64 Super Mario Bros. 64…

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 89: The Lion King

AMIGArama swings into the sahara, singing Hakuna Matata for this weeks Disney special but can The Lion King really live up to its proud and powerful name?

Learn how to install and use Amiblitz/BlitzBasic 3 on the Amiga emulator WinUAE

This is just a quick plug to a video Phaze101 has published on YouTube teaching step by step how to install and run the Amiblitz (aka Blitz Basic 3) on the Commodore Amiga running on WinUAE emulator. Amiblitz used to be a commercial product that allowed programmers to create Amiga applications using the BASIC language while still delivering excellent performance….

AMIGArama Episode 88: Xybots

Atari gets the AMIGArama close up in Lorfarius’ latest look at a Doom like shooter before… well Doom was even a thing!

TheC64 – Full-size model with a working keyboard can be in your hands in December 2019!

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…

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 86: Pit-Fighter

Can Lorfarius climb to the top of this Pit-Figher challenge in this weeks street fighting AMIGArama.

The Official C64 SEUCK Compo 2019 – It is your time to play and vote!

The New Dimension has announced that its Official C64 SEUCK Compo (Shoot ‘Em Up Construction Kit) 2019 entered the voting phase, where the public are invited to pick their favourite games of 2019. This contest edition has 13 participants which make voting a big but fun task! The winner of the contest will get a new front end with possibly…

RS232 File Receiver, Commodore Plus/4

M., Gábor recently released RS232 File Receiver for the Commodore Plus/4 computer. This application is intended to select and send files to Commodore Plus/4 via the serial port. It is a multi threaded, pure Java application, which requires JRE 1.8 to run. The embedded jSSC Java serial port library can run on Windows, Linux (x86 and ARM), and Mac OSX…