Category: Commodore News
We had a chat with our good friend Retrofan over at Forum64 recently and he has sent over some new exclusive News updates, regarding the eagerly anticipated ‘Bomb Jack DX’, an Arcade port for the Commodore 64. Below are the latest changes; Nicer running animation for Jack Some new platform chars Repaired Highscore input Game over display Repaired Jack/enemy positions on top platform row Turn animations…
Granit Falls, a city in the state of North Carolina was the center of a massive loss for the retro computing community. A warehouse that was being rented out for storage units and also held some small businesses, was also the home for the “Save the Machine Computer Preservation Group” which was consumed by the flames yesterday – luckily no one was…
As you may have noticed the site has been a bit thin on Commodore News lately, what with all the awesome ZX Spectrum News, so I have picked a few of my favourite releases from the CSDb website recently that I think are worth checking out. CSDb is a website dedicated to gathering as much information as possible about productions,…
If you like SID chiptunes or any retro-gaming-inspired instrumental music for that matter, this might be right up your alley. Phillip Gross has released a new album called ‘Katerstimmung’ with 10 tunes that have a strong connection to video games from the 80’s and 90’s. Although the tunes are not directly related to specific games, Phillip clearly shows from where…
ZZap!64 is a magazine published in UK from 1985 to 1992 that covered the C64 and other Commodore computers. The magazine scans have been around for a long time but if you are one of those that sometimes wish for a better scan, you are lucky because it is now available on Internet Archive the full run of the magazine scanned in…
We recently posted only the other day about the new “Ultimate64“, a C64 FPGA board with an Ultimate II+ built in! This is very exciting News and I have added this board to my “to-buy” list. However I have just found some more C64 News regarding a similar project, not FPGA based but a new reproduction C64 board. Casian over…
Thursday, July 13, 2017 at 19:00 USRT KraxxUltima, The Uncracked Tracks! Kraxx is back again, so tune in and listen to a crazy swedish guy playing C64/Amiga tunes and babbling continuously through your auditorial pathways. Click here to tune in now ;-) Website: slayradio.org
Aaron White has sent over his latest Amiga chiptunes music disk, titled “Jamiroquai, Superfresh (Dance Hot Remix)”. Download from the link below and crank up the tunes! :) Download: jamiroquai_superfresh_dance_hot_remix.adf Twitter: @aaronub4t
Argus is a new stunning role playing adventure for the Commodore 64. Explore the lands of Argus that span 1500 locations on your quest to find and free the captured Starchild. Argus was programmed by Achim Volkers, with graphics design by Trevor Storey and atmospheric soundtracks by Saul Cross. For decades Zoran has sat in the temple of lies waiting…
As you may remember we have been covering the latest News about Sam’s Journey, an epic new platformer for the Commodore 64, since it was first announced way back in 2015. It’s been a long ride but Sam’s Journey is almost here, and Protovision have just announced availability for pre-order! The game comes in various flavours. Sam’s Journey Boxed Disk…
