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Bitmap Books have published their first of many printed celebrations: The Commodore 64: A Visual Compendium. Now this great piece of computer history hits the Funstock online store, and it is taking pre-orders – the actual release date is October 1st. The price is £24.99 (about US$ 40). Unlike other books about the C64, it celebrates the visual side of the…
As a retro computer hobbyist, I know it is very common when people show a bit of surprise when you talk about your beloved old computers, and deep inside they are thinking “why the hell this guy is wasting time programming for dead technology?”. Well, now you can shut their mouths up, and if you live in US (Seattle –…
Do you know how to program in BASIC? Do you have a working retro computer or emulator? Reddit’s RetroBattlestations is holding next week (Sep 6-14) the BASIC Week 3 and they need help porting the BASIC Week 3 program to more computers and their different BASIC dialects. There’s ports now for the Commodore 64, Apple II, IBM PC, Atari, and Amstrad. The…
Latest releases over at CSDb are as follows: Special Tape, Motte and Bailey, TDK, Game Preview, Game Preview, Leon’s Town, LoaderInjection, Unloader, Headache, Nostalgia Logo 001, Hitmen-Loader, THEY, Veto Logo – Wizard of Peace, Engage charmode, begin pursuit, Day of the Tentacle is your BAD day!, I Can Remember +D, Laxity Intro #59 (Remember), Star Patrol 2049 (loader), Hot Shot…
The Dutch Commodore User Group had a meeting on August 16th. This Commodore user group is a very active group with six meetings every year with around a hundred or more visitors at each meeting. You can look at the photos and see how the meeting was. Website: http://commodore.hcc.nl
Welcome to episode 95 of the UK’s No.1 Retro Gaming Podcast show. This week we have a jam packed episode for you. MrSid talks about the C64 scene, Steve buys a sexy spectrum, Paul M talks cover disks and finally, we have the podcast that we recorded live from Revival earlier this month. Once again, a huge thanks to Chris…
BrainSport Extreme is a Sokoban based game that is designed for people who are above experts when it comes to puzzle games of this type. The game challenges you to complete 100 puzzles that are designed to be very difficult. This is a pc remake of the original 1991 Spectrum game called Brain Sport. (Video) A simple game conceptIn Sokoban…
Latest releases over at CSDb are as follows: Hello Ocean, Batman – The Caped Crusader USA + [ntsc/pal], MP3 plugin v5 [IDE64], Galaxy, Retrolution Invitation, JEDI-R°b°ts in Marvel’s Universe, Iron Maiden – The Final Disc, Shine ‘GIZMO’, Dr. J – Logo, Demodays2014, The Giant, Auf Tour Mit Dem Auto, Shujaa, Cyberfish, Spike’s Peak 101% +7DGM, BORG – Resestance are Future,…
Todays updates over at Games that weren’t 64 are as follows: Crystal Chamber Fireblaster The Ancient Art of War Skweek Rocket Roger V1 Breaker Body Slam Myth 2 I Of The Mask Airwolf 2 V1 Source: http://www.gamesthatwerent.com
Latest news updates over at The New Dimension are as follows: C64 Tape Loader Tune Composing Competion 2014 SEUCK Compo Prizes Available Website: http://tnd64.unikat.sk
