Category: Scene News

Scene World Magazine New hardware Review Video: The VIC MIDI VIC 20 cart

[youtube p8VkudXFpiw nolink] Our editor Kevin Casteels Scene World Magazine has released his new hardware review Video: The VIC MIDI VIC 20 cart :) Website: sceneworld.org

Commodore 64 CSDb Scene Release Updates!

Latest releases over at CSDb are as follows: VChar64 V0.1.0, Galza-24 (C64 Edition), Combat Maze – Nightmare Level, Combat Maze – Alien Level, Combat Maze – Title Track, Jumpman Edit V0.9, Uni Games Preview V0.24, Regenerator 1.7 Multi System, SevenEleven, Virtuoso 0.99, 20 Years HVSC, High Voltage SID Collection v65, ASM-Version of V2 Basic Starfield Intro with smooth Scrolling (ASM…

Final version of Space Chase for Commodore CBM II is out!

Space Chase has finally left the beta status and released to the public. It is the only game for the CBM II series of computers (CBM B500, B128, B256, 610, 620, 710, 720) that, according to the developer, is fully programmed in Assembler, uses the full PETSCII resolution of 160 x 50 and even uses the SID sound chip in…

Interview with c64 game creator Karl Hörnell

C64.com has published an interview with Karl Hörnell, a C64 game developer back in the 80s responsible for games like Velocipede, Fruity and others. The interview gives us a nice glimpse of what was be a C64 developer at the time, telling about the development process, the tools, etc. Link: C64.com

This *is* Rocket Science! The Apollo 11 guidance computer code is now available on Github

Quartz website has reported that the Apollo Guidance Computer code was published on Github. If you are interested in both the Apollo program and programming, you will be delight to be able to go over the thousands of pages of the code that helped the man to go to the Moon. The code, according to Quartz, has been available for the public…

The 15 Greatest ZX Spectrum Games Ever Made

The Den of Geek website has published one of those (in)famous lists that you see all over the internet. This one talks about the 15 greatest games even made for the ZX Spectrum. The site is not oriented directly to retro gamers so maybe you won’t agree with every choice, but with Elita, Manic Miner and R-Type, the author was…

WebMSX 2.0 – The browser-based MSX emulator gets major update

Paulo Peccin has announced the immediate availability of his WebMSX, a MSX emulator that runs directly on your browser. If you frown when you hear “browser-based”, you will change your mind. WebMSX is amazingly fast and fully-featured and with the new features of the version 2.0, it gets even better. Check the changelog below: 9 Generic machines (MSX1, MSX2, MSX2+)….

'F-Clash 64' – a New Entry for the C64 2016 SEUCK Competition

F-Clash is the new contestant try to get votes from the tough CSDb crowd and win the 2016 SEUCK Game competition that ends next November. In F-Clash you are the pilot of the RGB Squadron and have to defend the world against the evil forces while dodging the city landscape. The graphics are just ok but the game plays very well. The…

Yatzy – New game for the Commodore 64

Yatzy is a new game for the C64 released on CSDb. The object of the game is to obtain the highest score from throwing 5 dice in 13 rounds.In each round, you roll the dice and then score the roll in one of 13 categories and you must score once in each category. The game is very well done with nice…

New massive TOSEC release – All about Commodore

After six months, theThe Old School Emulation Center (TOSEC) team has released a new package, including lots of Commodore contents. Here is the release message: “This release is all about Commodore C64, with many contributions by Duncan Twain and SG-1 Charpy. In addition, we also have some ISO updates thanks to tomse. All folders and contents should be self-explanatory. All…