Category: Programming
Martin Piper has released a new version 2.2.0.3 of his Windows-based SID composer tool. This release contains bug fixes and adding a new reference documentation for Dynamic track/table/block. To celebrate this new release, there is a new video showing the tune MeanStreak, composed by Matt Gray in 1987 and remake by NecroPolo in 2010. If you know nothing about chiptunes compositions, it is…
Motkonge is an action game that is inspired and pays excellent homage to the PC classic Populous. The objective of the game is to lead the Blue “team” and beat the red ones. As you team progresses, you conquer more land until you defeat the enemy. You can take a pick at the game play watching the video below. [vsw…
CSDb (Commodore Scene Database) is our source of Commodore good news since 2011, and we are always getting surprised by what the Commodore scene is capable of. This time the surprise came in 3D! Wolf3D is a port of Wolfenstein 3D based on the original ID Software source code. The game requires a C64/C128 equipped with a SuperCPU v2 and 16MB…
This is not retro since it is a brand new computer with modern hardware. However, it runs AmigaOS so we are all over it :) Ars Technica has an extensive review of the A-EON X5000, a new desktop that features a dual-core Freescale CPU up to 2.5GHz, up to 64GB of RAM and runs AmigaOS 4.1. Most of the review…
The Atari portal AtariOnline.pl presented today the first images of the port of Skool Daze for the Atari 8-bits. The game was very popular in the UK, selling more than 50,000 copies for both ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64. It features the player as a schoolboy named Eric, with the objective of stealing his report card out of the staff room safe by…
Mostly inspired by Allen Huffman and his excellent series of articles about Cross development and Extended Color Basic (CoCo Cross Development part 1, part 2, and part 3), I decided to try coding in BASIC for the CoCo using a modern editor. Equipped with MAME as emulator and LWTools to create and modify disk images, using the decb utility, I create…
As I am writing this post, the ZX Spectrum Next campaign is entering its last week and is £991 short to reach the astonishing mark of half million pounds! Henrique and team had created a new stretch goal to be unlocked after the £500,000 mark that will make all backers very happy: a new Dizzy game made exclusively for the ZX Spectrum…
If you are into BASIC programming and the ZX Spectrum, here is a great opportunity to make something fun with your little machine! It was announced a game jam exclusively for ZX Spectrum games written in BASIC. The general jam rules allow you to create a game in one of the following categories: Arcade / Platformer Adventure (Text or Graphical)…
KansasFest is the Mecca of the Apple enthusiasts, a gathering that happens every July and lasts for many days talking about Apple, listening to presentations, hacking the next Apple II game or just hanging out with new and old friends. If you are planning to attend the convention this year and you have something interesting to talk about, KansasFest organizers…
The MSX Cartridge Shop has announced that the new game Tina’s Adventure Island, which started with pre-sales back at the end of 2016, is finally ready for sale. In this side-scroller action game, you help Tina to find her missing boyfriend, Takahashi. She will have to get through 35 stages and defeat the 5 bosses in order to find him. You can…
