Category: Scene News

Scene World Podcast #6: The voice of Mario: Charles Martinet!

We are out now with a Scene World Magazine Podcast episode #6, this time Charles Martinet as guest! Yes, you heard it right, the original voice actor of Super Mario and Luigi! We have had a blast interviewing this guy! He talks about his work for Nintendo voice acting the characters, playing the great games, as well as his path…

Immortal C64 Episode 46 Released

Immortal C64 Episode 46 – Its March Already?. Track Listing : 01 .. Dwayne Bakewell – Breaking Wind – 2:4902 .. Arman Behdad – Eternal Love Orchestra – 2:01 03 .. Johan Astrand – Frozen Water – 7:33 04 .. Chris Lightfoot – Honest Lies – 2:2305 .. Eric Ardem – JCH Like Tune – 2:2406 .. Lukas Drzewiecki –…

Rocket Smash EX Review – Commodore 64

New Year…. New C64 games, they just keep coming. As soon as I started playing this, it dawned on me that this was familiar, I was sure I had played this before and yep it seems this is an updated version of the RGCD 2013 cart compo game by Saul Cross and John Christian Lønningdal. Turns out this was also…

The Battle of Britain’s Home Computers – Seminar at CCS

If you live in UK, you might be interested to know that the Computer Conservation Society is organizing a seminar, where Gareth Halfacree will cover some of the biggest moments, technologies and personalities from the period between late 70’s and early 80’s that led to, as Commodore founder Jack Tramiel famously put it, “computers for the masses, not the classes”…

Retro Computing Roundtable episode #95

On this new episode of Retro Computing Roundtable, the host will be Paul Hagstrom, with the help of Earl Evans and Carrington Vanston. The host topic is The gear left behind outweighs the needs of the few, or the one – There will come a time when whatever we have in our collection becomes somebody else’s responsibility. What should we be doing?…

Binary Zone Retrostore is back!

You may have noticed the Binary Zone Retrostore (which is the official Psytronik online shop) has been offline for a couple of weeks. The guys have been busy beavering away in the Zone building a brand new store which they are very pleased to announce is now online! Website http://binaryzone.org/retrostore/

A Gremlin in the Works

Sheffield in 1983 was a city swamped in the gloom of recession with her trade and manufacturing industries withering in economic decline. Against this bleak outlook, the dawn of affordable home computers would lead two entrepreneurial retailers, Ian Stewart and Kevin Norburn to open a small shop on Carver Street. Just Micro would become a mecca for a generation of…

From Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years!

While “Viva Amiga” has not been released yet, a Kickstarter has started for yet another Amiga movie. ‘From Bedroom to Billions‘ was a massive success which is a documentation about the British history of video games from 1979 till now. “The Amiga Years!” will be dedicated to the days of glory of this computer lasting 90 minutes. The movie is…

South Coast Amiga Rendezvous

So Make ItWednesday, March 25, 2015 from 7:30 PM to 11:00 PM (GMT)Southampton, United Kingdom. Facebook: S.C.A.R.Meetup: http://www.meetup.comWebsite: http://www.eventbrite.com

Forever Party 2015

[youtube NruMPejeAZI nolink] Theme: Back To The Cyberspace! (cyberpunk and time travel)Multiplatform 8-BIT PartyWhen: March 13-15, 2015Where: Horná Súča / Slovakia Directions: MAP | STREET VIEW (on www.forever-party.net)|Entrance Fee: 13 EURregister at: http://forever.zeroteam.sk/visitors.phpcompos: MSX, GFX, 1Kb Intro, DEMO send your compo entries to> creamd@c64.skSource: http://www.c64.sk