Category: Scene News
Latest news updates over at The New Dimension are as follows: New game: Wacky Waste by Alf Yngve New game: Interstellar by Roberto Ricioppo New game: Galaxian of Xiabex by Roberto Ricioppo Website: http://tnd64.unikat.sk
The book Hints & Tips for Videogame Pioneers was backed using a Kickstarter campaign back in November of 2013. Recently, the authors Andrew and Rob Hewson posted a message on their website informing that the book is taking longer than the expect to write, so it is been delayed to early 2015. Also, according to the post, Andrew’s health problems…
Friday 17th 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! Expect your favorite Commodore Remixes as well as the usual crazy happenings and some exclusive mashups! STRAP IT ON! Listen: SLAYRadioWebsite: Commodore is Awesome, SLAYRadio
It was held in Manchester (UK) last weekend the event Play Expo, which included a great retro-gaming show. The reddit’s user spetrumero posted today some great pictures and a report of his participation on the event, which we partially reproduce here: “Play Expo probably has Europe’s – maybe the world’s – largest retrogaming show. I usually bring some kit to…
A new episode of The History of Personal Computing is available now. On this episode listen along as David Greelish and Jeff Salzman discuss several of the early single board computers, including the Nascom 1, OSI Superboard, MOS Technology KIM-1, anf the COSMAC ELF. Link: The History of Personal Computing Website
Latest releases over at CSDb are as follows: Cin – Birthday Picture, Invader Alert +ED 101%, Head-On +2D [onefiled], Savage Island 101% +1S, PIC2SPR V1.2e, Left Over, Hung Over, Disc-Over, Came Over, Bend Over, Ultimate Opus V0.1, SID Duzz’ It V2.1.7, GAEddtRO, The Skulls, V-12 of TX Logo, Improve Your Dancing!, Farewell Fairlight, End in Horror !, Stay Down, Audiotap…
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
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…
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
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…
