Category: Scene News

Miloman Music Project announces new SID-themed music album!

Here at ViTNO, we’re all huge fans of the Commodore 64’s SID sound chip, so it’s always exciting to learn about new music projects making use of it’s distinct sound. This time it’s the work of Milosz Chrapek under the guise of Miloman Music Project, as he intends to release an album of electronic music that fuses retro, chip-tune melodies…

Last Ninja Remake Teased for Kickstarter…Again!

In early December 2016, System 3 Software made an announcement that set Last Ninja fans in a fluster when they stated that they will be celebrating Last Ninja’s 30th Anniversary in 2017 by releasing a remake to the Last Ninja series featuring Last Ninja 1,2 and 3. The remakes were to keep the isometric view and feature additional locations and…

Organism, New C64 Game, Day 1 impressions

Psytronik Software are very proud to announce the release of the eagerly awaited Organism for the Commodore 64. Now available for instant digital download and physical cassette or disk pre-order. The backstory to Organism is that the UTS Heracles, a military grade transport container traveling through space on a 6 month journey to a military station located on the Outer…

Scene World Podcast Episode #48 – Engineering a New C64 Keyboard with Lau Brix

Lau Brix has designed a modern, drop-in replacement for the C64’s keyboard. Joerg and AJ talk to him about this awesome new hardware, and the story behind how it came to be. Listen to it at: scene.world/c64keyboard

2018 Reset64 4KB Craptastic Game Competition Preview

The 2018 Reset64 4KB Craptastic Game Competition deadline is just around the corner, and nothing less than 20 contestants have already submitted their games. Since we are all very busy keeping real life and retro gaming in balance, wouldn’t be great if there is a good summary somewhere giving you a quick overview of all of them? Thankfully, Ausretrogamer thought the…

Atari 2600 compatible console ‘RetroN 77’ ready for pre-order

Hyperkin has finally made available for pre-order its new retro console, the RetroN 77. The machine will let you play original Atari 2600 cartridges as well as the original joysticks and paddles. Back in may, we posted an update where the developer had mentioned the desire to price the new console as low as possible to make it accessible to a large audience. Now we know…

Amiga Ireland Podcast, Series 2, Episode 3, Commodore Power!

Amiga Users Ireland Website is the home of the fantastic Amiga Ireland Podcast. This episode contains the following: MilkyTracker for MorphOS A500 replacement case campaign on IndieGoGo Amiga Vampire cards K1208 cards near completion EAB Game coding competition Open X-COM for MorphOS Barbarian+ enhanced for Amiga Provisional Meetup for Scottish Amiga users 4th August in Glasgow And much more! Listen:…

What is Love? Amiga Remix Disk by Aaron White Released!

Aaron White recently sent over another Amiga music disk. Another 90’s pop classic, “What is Love” by Haddaway. The song is recognizable by its refrain “What is love? Baby don’t hurt me, don’t hurt me… no more” and was a No. 1 hit in 13 countries. If you was a teenager in the 90’s you will most certainly remember this…

ZX Spectrum Next progress update – Box and case pictures!

Victor Trucco has posted an update on behalf of Henrique and I couldn’t be more excited! They have received the physical samples of the initial plastic injected case which needed some adjustments that were already applied to the moulds. From the pictures, the cases look amazing and exactly like I was hoping they would be. To help us feel the Next…

Rouge Ninja, Single Screen Casual Game for C64

Richard Bayliss from TND fame is an unsung hero when it comes to the new generation of Commodore 64 gaming. If he’s not busy releasing numerous C64 freeware titles each and every year, he also goes out of his way to promote C64 gaming by holding SEUCK competitions or providing online tutorials available to any aspiring game developer or game…