Category: Commodore News
Retro Games Limited has just announced that the long awaited functionality to be able to load game images onto TheC64 Mini from a USB stick will finally become available via a firmware update to be released on Monday 8 October 2018. TheC64 Mini originally launched with limited capabilities when it came to being able launch your own images, requiring you…
Hyperion Entertainment has announced the release of AmigaOS 3.1.4, as the biggest update in the past (many) years! Some of the highlights mentioned include: Over 20 Kickstart ROM modules and many more disk-based core OS components were fixed, updated, or added; Native support for all Motorola 68000-68060 CPUs Support for large hard disks; A modernized Workbench; A colourful, professionally designed icon…
After the unboxing, Andrew Fisher is back with the gameplay video of the K&A Plus #SingleButtonGames Collection! Check it out here:
The Facebook group Homebrew Gaming News is one of the best places to know first hand what is happening in the homebrew community, including, of course, new games announcements, like the brand new Shadow Switcher. Christian Gleinser’s game features a Lode Runner-inspired gameplay where the hero has to run through the platforms collecting rings to find his way out while…
Alf Yngve, the accomplished game designer behind numerous SEUCK based games (such as Border Blast 3, Bank Run and Forgotten Forest to name a few) has checked in with the VITNO team to provide an update on his upcoming game Precinct 20: Dead Strange for the Commodore 64. Precinct 20: Dead Strange will be a horror themed game that will…
The dedication and love that persists for the Commodore Amiga seems to know no bounds, and the number of projects dedicated to keeping the memory of the machine alive is seemingly never-ending! Thanks to a heads-up from our community, we were made aware of a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for the Checkmate A1500 (2018 edition), a modular Amiga desktop computer case….
The “amiga-place-to-be” English Amiga Board (EAB) has announced a new game development competition, and it is offering more than €500 in prizes! The competition will run from September 1st, 2018 and the deadline is on February 28th, 2019 at 23:59 UTC, so the contestants will have six months to come up with the next great Amiga game. The entries have to be brand…
March/2019: Check also https://www.vitno.org/retroshop-rolling-out-mister-fpga-special-bundle/ RetroShop, a well known retro-hardware provider, has announced on its page on Facebook the immediate availability of MiSTer, a re-implementation of the original classic computer hardware in FPGA. MiSTer is a port of the MiST project to a larger FPGA and faster ARM. MiSTer provides modern video output through HDMI (VGA and analog audio are still available…
Here at ViTNO, not only are we always excited to learn about the latest developments in the retro computing scene, but we think it’s important to highlight the contributions that so many people out there make to keeping so many of our favourite machines alive. Gregory Nacu, author and maintainer of C64OS.com, is certainly no stranger when it comes to…
Talk to any fan of the Commodore 64, and it won’t be long before they mention the machine’s iconic SID chip. Responsible for the soundtracks to so many of our childhoods, this 3-voice synthesizer was capable of producing some truly amazing music, all made possible thanks to the creativity of the composers and ‘SIDicians’ who used it. As huge fans…
