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Lotek64 Issue #54, German Retro Gaming PDF Magazine

Issue 54 of Lotek64, the German Retro Gaming pdf magazine is available to download. Articles in this edition: Bukowski-Diskette, Raging Beast, C128D/81 Prototype, Pitfall!, Pix-Mas, Game City 2016, Conan , Amiga CDTV-CR, Super Cat Bros, Homebrew-Games, Ich habe das Internet gelöscht , Chipmusik, Newsticker and Roger Wilco. Download: Lotek64_54.pdf Source: http://www.lotek64.com

Turbo Chameleon 64 Beta-9g Firmware Released

Turbo Chameleon 64 is an extremely user-friendly cartridge that can be used without opening the computer. You just plug it into the expansion port of the C64. The Turbo Chameleon 64 cartridge can also be operated as a stand-alone unit (since it’s basically an FPGA computer like the C-One or the Minimig in a C64 cartridge case), replacing the computer,…

Monty’s Honey Run, A New Monty Game by Andy Johns for the ZX Spectrum

Monty Mole is the title character from the series of video games from Gremlin Graphics. He was created by Peter Harrap. Monty is a miner by trade and sports a monocle throughout the series, up until Impossamole, which features a completely different rendition of the character. There are six games in the original Monty series. Wanted: Monty Mole (1984) Monty is Innocent (1985)…

‘Loop’, ‘Bug’, ‘Patch’ ? Know from where these terms came from!

This is not “hot news”, but it is always fun to share tidbits of computer history! “Loop”, “Library” and “Patch” are common terms used among programmers, while “Bug” is widely known by users as well, but do you know when they were used for the first time? The Harvard University maintains a page about the Mark I, the first programmable computer in…

Commodore 64 Debugger v0.56 released

C64 Debugger is a multi-platform Commodore 64 code and memory debugger that works in real time. In the same window, you have an embedded VICE emulator, memory view, character set and many other features. It is a great tool to create new developments for the C64 and even more for hacking old games and learn how they work. C64 Debugger…

Classic Game Worms Released for Atari Falcon 060

I’m sure you are all familiar with the game “Worms” which was released on various platforms including MS-DOS, IBM and Amiga. Worms is an artillery strategy video game developed by Team17 and was first released in 1995. It is the first game in the Worms series of video games. Worms is a turn based game where a player controls a team…

Fire Breath +3D, Commodore 64, Genesis Project

We recently announced exclusive News of Erik Hooijmeijer’s New (Old) C64 game “Fire Breath”. I was just about to hit the sack, but I just received some awesome News from Hedning (Genesis Project) about a trainer version they just released on CSDb. Trainer options are; Unlimited Lives, Kill Boss with one hit, C= in game to kill enemies and skip game…

Apple II/C64 “Genius” Ported to Commodore Plus/4

Way back in 2014 an Apple II game called Genius “Into the Toy Warehouses” was released by Daniele Liverani. Hokuto Force then released Daniele’s c64 port preview version in early December 2016 and to follow a trainer version on December 28th. You play as “Genius” and your mission is to free all the toys that have been locked away. To free the toys you have…

Z88DK – Development kit for Z80 gets new version

Z88DK is a C cross compiler package that targets the z80 and consists of a C compiler, an extensive set of assembly language libraries, an assembler / linker, and a tool for generating executables in a number of formats. Development in C, assembly language or a mixture of the two is directly supported. After one year since the last release, it…

Game ‘Fire Breath’ for Commodore 64 released after 26 years in the attic

Once upon a time, young(er) Erik Hooijmeijer sent his new game to a publisher but he didn’t get any answer, only his disk back. For the lack of explanation, he just assumed the game was no good and gave up. After unburying his C64 after all these years, he found the once-rejected game and decided it was finally time to…