Category: Scene News

Prototype MEGA65 PCBs at Revision 2017

Found some interesting News on Facebook this morning. The first MEGA65 Prototype PCBs have been made, and were tested at Revision 2017 Demo Party over Easter Weekend. Paul Gardner-Stephen has a blog called c65gs which shows photos of the new board, plus a small News write up regarding progress. Follow the link below. Many thanks to Regor Lediek for the…

FREEZE64 Commodore 64 Fanzine Issue 8 Now Available to Order!

FREEZE64 is an A5 Commodore 64 Paper Fanzine created by Vinny Mainolfi who runs the websites C64Endings and Hackersoft. Issue 8 is now available to purchase! FREEZE64 is a Retro Gamers dream and is packed full with C64 Gaming News, Game Cheats and interesting information about coding on your Commodore 64! In this edition: Maze of the Mummy, Raffox, Game…

BoingsWorld #85 Amiga Podcast (German)

A new episode of BoingsWorld (German language) is now available. Click the link below to listen to the following articles: News, Amiga 20 Years, Hollywood 7, Howitzer Duell, Amiga Racer, Emotion Mediaplayer, ACA500plus, David Pleasance, AmigaMeeting, ACM and CC2017. Listen: BoingsWorldEpisode085.mp3 Website: http://boingsworld.de

New Scene World Podcast Episode #32 – Andreas Wallström

Our new podcast has been released! We talked to Andreas Wallström about his awesome new book “Commodore 64: For the Love of a Machine”. Check it out and enjoy listening! Link: scene.world/c64love 

Revision Easter Party 2017 Streaming Now! Get Ready For Some Awesome Demo Releases!

Revision Party 2017 takes place from April 14th to 17th 2017 in Saarbrücken, Germany. As you can see the stream is live on twitch right now, get ready for lots of demo scene goodness. For those of you that don’t know, Revision is the world’s biggest pure Demoscene event with visitors from more than 30 countries turning up to show off…

Canada commemorative $10 bill website hides “Konami Code” easter egg

This year, Canada is celebrating 150 years and releasing a commemorative $10 bill is part of the activities planned for this year. And this is vintage/retro how? You might be asking… The retro-gaming bit is that the Bank of Canada website showing off a beautiful 360 degrees rendered bill (which you can flip around) hides an easter egg that can be…

Aaron White, CMAP & CiA Group Release Royal House (Can You Party), A Fantastic New Amiga Music Disk!

Aaron White has sent over his latest Amiga music disk. Aaron’s latest remix titled “Royal House (Can You Party)” is a nod to the 90’s and Summertime fun ;) All tracks were remixed by Aaron White, Graphics by Paul Kitching (CMAP), CiA Ocean logo is by Retrograde of CiA Group. (with a few edits by Kitty for this Release) Download from the…

Classic Game Covers, Confessions of An Art Junkie by Mike Winterbauer, 100% Funded!

The Kickstarter for a new book called “Classic Game Covers, Confessions of An Art Junkie” has been 100% funded! With still 7 days to go there is still time to push it to the max to reach the stretch goals too. So head over to the project page to secure your copy now! https://ksr-video.imgix.net/assets/015/896/987/82ad0f2b0d6bf45cdc9b0c2147178a43_h264_high.mp4 Website: kickstarter.com

The Retro Hour Episode #65, The UK’s Most Popular Retro Gaming Podcast Interviews Psycho/Budbrain!

The Retro Hour is a popular English Retro Gaming Podcast run by Dan Wood, Ravi Abbot, Joe Fox and Paul Kitching. The guys have interviewed various famous people in the Retro Gaming Scene, including big names such as Rob Hewson, Jonathan Cauldwell, The Oliver Twins and Jim Bagley. This week the guys secured an interview with the famous Psycho of Budbrain. Budbrain is the…

The Retro Hour Episode #64, The UK’s Most Popular Retro Gaming Podcast Interviews Ben Heck

The Retro Hour is a popular English Retro Gaming Podcast run by Dan Wood, Ravi Abbot, Joe Fox and Paul Kitching. The guys have interviewed various famous people in the Retro Gaming Scene, including big names such as Ben Daglish, Bil Herd, Allister Brimble and David Pleasance. Last week the guys secured an interview with the great Ben Heck. For the small amount of you that…