Category: Commodore News

Fire, a new arcade game for the Commodore VIC-20 coming in July

Who said the VIC-20 doesn’t get the deserved love from the retro scene? To prove this is not true, DoubleSided Games has announced Fire, a new game for the computer. Fire is an arcade game that is set to be released in July 2019 where you play controlling firemen who have to rescue people from the burning houses. The publisher…

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 74: Fantasy World Dizzy

AMIGArama and Dizzy are on a quest to save poor Daisy from the evil King Troll, but just what will they find in this 16Bit remake of a older classic?

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 73: Cybernoid The Fighting Machine

An 8 Bit C64 classic gets the 16 Bit Amiga treatment in this weeks episode as Lorfarius takes on the villanous Cyber space pirates.

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 72: SWIV

Lorfarius gets in da heli for some arcade shoot em up fun in this weeks AMIGArama.

SIDFX – New batch available! Your last chance to acquire the Ultimate Dual SID solution for your Commodore

SIDFX is a plug-and-play solution that let you install any two SID models in your Commodore 64, SX-64, 128, 128D or C64 Reloaded with no soldering required. For some time, this excellent add-on was sold out. Henrik Alexandersen from Project SIDFX contacted me saying that they have a new batch available for purchase. However, the bad news is that this…

How to Play Retro Games On The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4k (2019)

A few weeks ago the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4k was on sale on Amazon Canada and I decided to get one, although I already had many other ways to stream Netflix and other streaming services (fact that my sons keep reminding (mocking!) me every time I use the new device). The price was good and I was curious to…

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 71: Putty

Stretch the limits of your imagination as AMIGArama explores the free form world of Putty in this weeks episode.

The Best of the Commodore 64 Demoscene – February 2019

I’ve been downloading and watching demos for many years now and they keep surprising me. I confess that I don’t watch them all, but I try to do it as often as my time allows me. With the month ending today, I decided to go back and check all the demos published during the month of February, primarily using CSDb…

A Hobbyist’s Guide to THEC64 Mini

Holger Weßling has contacted us to announce his new book: A Hobbyist’s Guide to THEC64 Mini, available in print or digital download (ePub and Kindle). Holger has collected tips and tricks, useful software, hardware and other useful information about the Mini and organized everything in this book. The guide also shows how to extend the capabilities of the mini allowing…

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 70: Strider

Lorfarius and Hiryu swing through the air in this latest Amiga teamup, but can they defeat the evil Grandmaster in this weeks AMIGArama?