Category: News

The Sorrow of Gadhlan’Thur – an RPG coming to MSX2

Spanish indie developer Kai Magazine has opened pre-orders for it’s upcoming role-playing game for the MSX2, The Sorrow of Gahlan’Thur. Set in an expansive open world, players must seek out a powerful relic rumoured to belong to Gadhlan’Thur, an ancient orc king. Based on what we’ve seen in the official pre-launch trailer, the game seems to blend elements from Wonder Boy…

Review: Reformation 2 – the new C64 remix album by Matt Gray!

After 18 months of blood, sweat, tears, not to mention late nights, Matt Gray has finally released the digital version of Reformation 2, the highly-anticipated second album containing remixes of classic Commodore 64 music. I’ve always been somewhat wary of handing money to crowd-sourced funding campaigns, but I made the exception when the Kickstarter for the original Reformation was launched…

Precinct 20: Dead Strange, Alf Yngve Checks In To Reveal Further Details

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…

Enjoy C64 SID music on the go with SidAMP for Android!

As ardent fans of the Commodore 64 and it’s SID chip, we were more than a little excited when we spotted a tweet announcing the release of SidAMP, a SID player designed specifically for Android phones and mobile devices. The app is the work of Vladimir (@igvlada), a coder and C64 fan developing games and apps under the pseudonym ‘GarageApps’….

Doing Windows – The Digital Antiquarian chronicles the rise of the Microsoft operating system!

Love it or loathe it, I doubt that there’s a reader among you who hasn’t experienced the Microsoft Windows operating system in some form since it’s first introduction way back in 1985. Although it has long enjoyed it’s position as the predominant OS in the world of desktop computing, the road to it’s seemingly unassailable position – not to mention…

Unboxing of the C64 Single Button Game Collection

Our very Andrew Fisher did an #unboxing of the #SingleButton #Game #Collection datsette by the @KomodaAmigaPlus Magazine! Check it out:

Scene World Podcast #53! – Building a New C64 PSU with Andrzej Wisniewski

This time we are talking to AndrzejWisniewski from C64PSU who is selling new modern and reliable PSUs for the #C64, #C128 and #Amiga computers! Nafcom talks to him about this complex project and how important it is to the preserving this hardware. https://scene.world/c64psu

Last Ninja: The Legend of the Sade

The Last Ninja became an instant classic for the Commodore 64 back in 1987 with high production values, isometric viewpoint, top-notch music soundtrack and ninja clan theme. However, fans of the game will recall that once Armakuni (temporarily) vanquished the evil shogun, Kunitoki, and collected the sacred scrolls, the game ending kind of fizzled out and was perhaps the most…

Development of Atari game Culmins resumes

Following a hiatus of over 20 years, Guillermo “Willysoft” Fuenzalida has resumed his work on Culmins, a puzzle game for classic Atari 8-bit computers. Originally a collaboration with Rodrigo Cabrera (music) and Nestor Mercado (graphics), Fuenzalida has picked up the reigns, hoping to finally complete the project. Talking with Atariteca, he recalls that he first began work on the game…

Amazon opens pre-orders for the NeoGeo Mini International

SNK’s miniaturised NeoGeo cabinet console is available on pre-order from Amazon with a release date of October 15, 2018. The NeoGeo Mini International will be selling for $109 USD while the optional NeoGeO Gamepad controller is also available for pre-order at a price of $25.90 USD. Compared to the Japanese variant, the International variant of the NeoGeo Mini features an…