Category: News

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 81: Parasol Stars

AMIGArama makes a return to the Bubble Bobble series but not is all as it should be on the otherside of this 16-Bit Rainbow.

New: MCN, DC-15

This is a data cassette from the company Vendex. Vendex sold computer supplies under the name of Microcomputer Club Nederland.

The Best of the Commodore 64 Demoscene – April 2019

We have released a new video containing the April 2019 demo releases. Although the month had only six releases – one full demo and five one-disk demos, the quality is high. To mention a couple, the Crack in the Cosmic Egg by Hokuto Force will take you to a trip full of astonishing PETSCII art with a very “introspective” SID…

VCF East 2019 – Brian ‘Kernighan’ interviews Unix creator, Ken Thompson

Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie

No matter what you do for a living, you are probably directly or indirectly affected by Ken Thompson work. He designed and implemented the original Unix operating system, which is not only still “around” but also the base for many other systems like Linux and MacOS. On Saturday morning, the fairly large Room 1 was not enough to fit all…

RPG for the Apple II, Mac, and PC ‘Nox Archaist’ Kickstarter is LIVE!

The 6502 Workshop team is pleased to announce that the Kickstarter campaign for the boxed edition of Nox Archaist is now live! Click here to pledge! What’s better than a brand new, hand-coded 8-bit classic 80s era tile based RPG?  Answer: One that comes in an awesome collector’s edition box with lots of cool physical goodies! What’s even better than that?  When…

Joe Decuir’s VCF East 2019 Keynote is now available – The designer of Atari early computers tells his story

On this last weekend, I was at VCF East for the first time and the whole experience was a blast. I plan to talk more about on a specific article but while that doesn’t happen, I am happy to say that one of the main presentations of the show is already online: Joe Decuir’s keynote. Joe Decuir is a key…

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 80: Super Off Road

Lorfarius gears up in his monster truck alongside the Amiga’s Ironman, for this weeks Super Off Road trip.

Impressive Shoot’Em Up Submitted for RGCD C64 16K Cart Competition

The 2019 edition of the RGCD C64 16K Cartridge Game Dev Compo has already attracted a number of commercial grade titles for the Commodore 64 but Sarah Jane Avory has looked to set the benchmark with her submission of Neutron, a fast paced vertical shoot’em up. Featuring: 9 challenging stages of increasing difficulty. Player weapon upgrades. 3 different background styles….

Commodore 64 Graphics Slide Show – April 2019 – A virtual visit to an art gallery!

While The best of Commodore 64 Demoscene video for April releases might be a bit delayed because of my trip to VCF East, we are launching this month another surprise for all the retro computing enthusiasts: a slide show displaying all graphics releases from last month. The C64 community has been releasing astounding illustrations for many years and for a…

Teaser for Run Demon Run revealed

Trevor “Smila” Storey provides a brief glimpse of this new C64 title in development!