Category: Commodore News
The laser disc version of Road Avenger/Road Blaster was released in 1985 by Data East and Toei Animation. Most of us remember the more common Sega CD port by developer Wolf Team, released in 1992, also known as Road Blaster FX in Japan. It was also brought to the LaserActive and released under the Sega Mega LD format, this time…
Crisot recently announced his new Amiga game on the English Amiga Board Forum. SweepOut is a MineSweeper clone where you have to make the highest score, rule the hi-score table, and show the world how good you are! But beware, if your score can’t be beaten, it can be destroyed! To play this game properly, you need an online Amiga…
Some of you might remember Psytronik’s 2007 C64 game called “Joe Gunn”. A charming platformer in the style of Indiana Jones. You can now grab the digital download version for free! over on Itch.io. You are Joseph J. Gunn. Archaeologist by passion. By chance you stumbled upon an unknown pyramid in the desert of Egypt. You suspect it to be…
A new teaser video of the eagerly anticipated “Heroes of Gorluth” has been shared by Viddi over on the EAB forums. Heroes of Gorluth is a game by AmiWorx, the same people who made Tales of Gorluth and Tales of Gorluth II. Unlike the previous games, the team have decided to move away from Action and Adventure and over to…
Double Sided Games have announced that they will be porting across L’abbaye des morts (loosely translated to mean Abbey of the Dead) to the Commodore 64 and have released a sneak peak of a couple of screens. It was also unveiled that the general coding, graphics and sound will be worked on by Saul Cross and Wanax. Already available on other…
Knights of Bytes are pleased to announce that 1250 units of Sam’s Journey Boxed Edition have been sold since Christmas Eve. On their Facebook page, Knights of Bytes exclaimed “That is absolutely amazing and we thank you for all your faith in our game and your great support”. They then went on to say “Given those figure, we might consider…
The Commodore 64 is one of the most popular personal computers of all time and has provided millions of ageing adults with great gaming memories of their youth back in the 1980s and early 90s. Retro Games Limited attempts to re-kindle those memories for us by releasing their first mass consumer product, TheC64 Mini. TheC64 Mini is an emulator of…
YAPE (yet another plus/4 emulator) has a new version: 1.1.6. Although VICE is the usual choice for Commodore emulation, YAPE is a strong alternative, focusing only on the TED-centric computers: the C16 and Plus/4. The new version 1.1.6 features: added Hungarian KERNAL version to the machine setup MTAP pulse length correction in the ‘Tape head adjust’ dialog option to confirm…
The BASIC 10-Liner contest is one of the “retro-related” highlights every year for the amazing creativity and technique presented by the contestants. This year is no exception, with nothing less than 65 entries, targeting several different platforms. Although the vast majority of the entries are targeting Atari and Commodore computers, there are some programs made for the MSX, Amstrad CPC,…
Cogitare Computing has announced the imminent release of a new platform game for the Commodore 64, titled Counterweight Kate. Developer Alexander Martinelle announced yesterday that the game would be available from Itch.Io in April 2018. In Counterweight Kate, you play the role of Kate who wakes up one night to find that her toys have come alive and it is…
