Category: News
In this episode, Sam (mrsid), Steve (press play on tape) and Paul (the drisk) talk about the history of the budget game kings, Mastertronic. They talk about the key games, milestones in the companies history and there is also a “History of Mastertronic” PDF available. PDF: Mastertronic Book – Retro Asylum.pdfWebsite: http://retroasylum.com
Friday 10h October 2014, 19:00 USRT: GurtyGurt – Radio Awesome – It’s Friday! and time for some more RADIO AWESOME! madness with your favourite Aussie DJ GurtyGurt! Get ready for your favourite Commodore Remixes with a twist of lemon! STRAP IT ON! Listen: SLAYRadioWebsite: Commodore is Awesome, SLAYRadio
I’ve never understood the fascination with the C64. I know it was a sexy beast with a whopping 64 KB of RAM (amazing at the time), but I can’t believe that three decades later people (myself included) are still talking about C64. Some even hold on to these dinosaurs in order to play games — possibly the best graphics and…
After two and a half years of production, ‘From Bedrooms to Billions’ the film telling the story of the British Video Games Industry is finally released. From Bedrooms to Billions is a film by Anthony & Nicola Caulfield that tells the story of how the creativity and vision of a relatively small number of individuals allowed the UK to play…
Paul Gardner-Stephen is working on an FPGA version of the Commodore 65. His goal is to make an 8-bit computer for the 21st century. On his last update, Paul talks about his initial work adding support for sprites. “The focus here is on implementing “normal” C64/C128/C65 sprites for existing software. As such the focus is not on adding new functionality…
Issue 83 of ‘Commodore Free’, the magazine dedicated to Commodore computers is now available for download. The magazine is available in the following formats; PDF, ePUB, MOBI, HTML, TXT, SEQ and D64 disk image. Website: http://www.commodorefree.com
ZX-Paintbrush is a tool that allows you to easily create images for the ZX Spectrum, and the new version 2.5 is available for download today. With ZX-Paintbrush, you can load existing or create new SCR (screen files), draw images with mouse-sensitive tools like circles, rectangles, polygons etc. You have different fill styles available in tool boxes and you can alter…
To celebrate 50 years of the BASIC programming language, at this year’s RetroMania there will be a BASIC game programming contest, with cash prizes! You don’t have to go to Zaragoza to participate — just submit your entry by midnight (CET, GMT+1) on the 6th November. Entries from anywhere in the world are welcome. From World of Spectrum Forum: It…
‘Lemmings – The Ports’ by Justin Castle will hit Kickstarter early in 2015! 300 Pages – full colour throughout. Hardback Edition 8.5″ x 8.5″ (21.6cm) Square. PDF Version available too. 100gsm Quality Paperstock 30,000+ Words 1,000+ Screenshots 100+ High Quality DSLR Box Shots. DMA Design Interview – Mini Interview with 2 original members of the DMA Design team. Level Map/Sprite Images – hundreds of images of…
The new episode of FloppyDays is out. This month Randy Kindig covers the less-known CompuColor II, interviews Jim Battle, creator of a CompuColor emulator, and much more! Another great news on the podcast is the Vintage Computing news brought you by …. Vintage is The New Old. That’s right! Starting on this episode, we are going to have a segment…
