Category: Scene News

Open Apple special episode: Kansasfest 2016 “Audiocumentary”

Open Apple podcast has released a special episode produced by Mike Whalen about the 2016 Kansasfest. Back in July, Mike attended Kansasfest equipped with his audio production gear. While enjoying the Applepaloosa that happens every year, he captured a series of interviews and biographies. The production is superb in quality and content, giving a vivid image of what is Kansasfest, why people spend…

Amiga Future 124 magazine preview are now available online

The full colour preview and excerpts of the Amiga Future issue 124 (Januar/Februar 2017) are now available online. Some of the interesting articles in this issue are: Interview EntwicklerX Workshop Frying Pan Test Enemy 2 – Missing in Action The official PR release says more: Of course, there’s so much more actually in the magazine. Needless to say you’ll find…

Is Commodore is Awesome (CiA) dead ?

We have been receiving this question lately, and we thought it would be a good idea to clarify it in a post. As you probably know, the same people manages Commodore is Awesome and Vintage is the New Old, and for a long time we kept both sites separated – CiA for Commodore news and content and Vintage is The New Old…

MSXDev’17 – MSX Development Content has been announced!

MSXDev’17 is a go, and the organizers are back preparing the iconic MSX development contest. This year, the MSXDev team is asking your input about the contest, rules, prizes, or whatever you think would make it a great contest. MSXDev’15 edition had a lot of road bumps, mainly for the lack of interest, even from the judges (you can read…

Aaron White, CMAP & CiA Group Release Happy Chipmas 2016, A Fantastic New Amiga Christmas Music Disk!

Aaron White has sent over his latest Amiga chiptunes music disk. All tracks were created by Aaron White, Graphics are by Paul Kitching (CMAP), CiA Ocean logo is by Retrograde of CiA Group. (with a few edits by Kitty for this Release) Happy Chipmas 2016 contains ten awesome classic remixes, check out the playlist below. Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer…

Freeze64 Fanzine Christmas Edition Available Now!

Freeze64, the Ultimate game cheat fanzine for the Commodore 64 has a new issue available for you to order. The printed magazine brings lots of Commodore 64 content, from games to programming techniques and interviews. This issue content: HUNCHBACK COVER FEATURE: We celebrate Ocean Software’s popular and successful platform arcade game Hunchback, sharing some of our POKES and CODES and…

Fill Your Friday Night With Some Fantastic New Retro Game Updates!

You may have noticed it’s been quiet here these last few days, and we haven’t been updating the News much. Well there’s good reason for this, we have been adding the final touches to the new improved ‘Vintage is the New Old’ website and we are coming close to the big reveal, which we hope will be before Christmas. I…

Scene World Podcast #27 -For Amusement Only with Reiner Krapohl and Senad Palic

AJ and Joerg welcome Reiner Krapohl and Senad Palic from For Amusement Only and the Flipper- und Arcademuseum, Seligenstadt, to the podcast to talk about their unique video game and pinball museum. this time there is a video version to watch included! :) Website: sceneworld.org

Willy’s New Mansion Special Edition, Twelfth Anniversary Release

Willy’s New Mansion is a redesign of Matthew Smith’s classic game Jet Set Willy created using the Jet Set Willy Editor v. 2.03 by John Elliott. The game can be played on any ZX Spectrum emulator or real hardware. The game is available in .sna and .tap formats. Twenty years have passed since Willy stepped into his mansion and realized…

Commodore 64 CSDb Scene Release Updates!

As you may of noticed we now try to cover the best game cracks from CSDb, however with all the many releases on CSDb, you may miss some. Below are all the releases from 28th October to date, click on the name of each one to view more information. BCC#11 Invitation, The Tudors Theme, The Drift Intro, Gearhead Garage Basic,…