Category: Commodore News

Is Nintendo really taking down Super Mario Bros 64?

It has been popping up news around a tweet posted by PDX Commodore Club claiming that they were contacted by Nintendo’s legal team (or their representative) demanding them to take down the download link for Super Mario for the Commodore 64. But wait! Remember we are talking about the Internet! Although I believe PDX Commodore Club is not making this…

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 78: Turrican

Lorfarius joins Turrican in his fight to battle the evil Alterra MORGUL hordes. But can they truly conquer this Amiga classic?

Simon Jameson Checks In to Talk Doc Cosmos & Its Sequel!

Currently residing in London and working as a Technical Lead for a large software company, Simon Jameson delved into 6510 assembly language after being introduced to the Commodore 64 in the mid 1980s and idolising the likes of Manfred Trenz, Andrew Braybrook and the Rowland Brothers. After many years away from the Commodore, Simon jumped back into the retro scene…

Super Mario Bros for C64 Released – Grab Your Copy Quick While Its Still Available

Spanning over 7 years in development, Super Mario Brothers for the Commodore 64 is finally available. This fan made port of the Nintendo Entertainment System is brought to us by Zeropaige who has stated in this log file that ‘ This is a Commodore 64 port of the 1985 game SUPER MARIO BROS. for the Famicom and Nintendo Entertainment System….

BASIC 10Liners 2019 – Results are out leaving only one open question: “How is this even possible in 10 lines?”

With the end of NOMAN 2019 this April 14th, the Basic 10Liners contest is also over and the winners announced. If the BASIC 10Liner contest is new for you, check our previous article about it: 2019 BASIC 10-Liner Contest in On! This year there were nothing less than 83 contestants which made the task to give scores to all of…

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 77: Rampage

Feel the AMIGArama rage as we go on a wild Rampage, climbing towers around the city in this weeks arcade action packed show!

AmigaLove Interview: RUN Editor and Author Margaret Morabito talks about her love for the Commodore machines

The other day I saw on Amazon a new book for the Commodore 128 entitled “Vintage Commodore 128 Personal Computer Handbook: 2019 Survival Edition” that was released last March and immediately added it to my wishlist (yeah, I stopped buying books months before I will have time to read them :) ). Today I saw an announcement on Facebook from…

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 76: Theme Park

Get ready for all the fun of the fair as AMIGArama’s visits Bullfrog’s ideal vision of Theme Parks in this weeks show.

The 8 best Commodore 64 Demos – March 2019

OMG got Balls! by OMG

This month, the C64 demoscene had 17 new demos released, including one-file demos e full demos. After watching all of them, I came up with my eight favourite ones, following my taste as a guide. The best one is OMG got Balls! by OMG, followed by Monomania by Offence, with excellent effects, colourful graphics and superb chiptunes. Both were released…

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 75: Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters

Could this be the longest named arcade game ever created? All part of the B-Movie sci fi fun in this weeks AMIGArama!