Category: Programming

Amiga Games Awards – Vote for the best Amiga game of 2015

The Amiga-oriented website Obligement is calling all the Amiga gamers to vote on their favourite games of 2015. It includes games forAmigaOS 68k, AmigaOS 4.x, MorphOS and AROS. It is a great opportunity for all of us to go through the list and maybe find a new game that we didn’t know before. Top 3 games of each systems (AmigaOS 68k,…

Z80-based Multitask Operating System 'SymbOS' 3.0 beta release

Yes, you read it right. Amstrad, MSX and Enterprise can get a modern multitask operating system and it actually works very well. SymbOS is a graphical user interface (GUI) based multitasking operating system for Z80 based supported home computers. SymbOS provides true multitasking and a complete windows like GUI. It supports up to 1024KB Ram for data and code execution…

Bomb Jack DX in development for Commodore 64, Beta 2 on new video!

Retrofan from Forum64 once more contacted us to let us know that a new video featuring Bomb Jack DX beta 2 is available on YouTube and you can watch it here. It looks simply awesome! There are a lot of improvements since our last post on last September. The current version has 4 out of 5 backgrounds almost complete, the p-coin can…

Floppy Days Podcast – The TI-99/4A – Tech Specs, Peripherals, Modern Upgrades with Tursi

This show is a continuation of the on-going series about the TI-99/4A computer. In the last couple of episodes, Randy Kindig had TI-99 fans Jim Fetzner and Mark Wills on the show and interviewed them about their experiences with the TI-99 and then they covered the history of the machine. In this show, Randy has a new co-host, Mike Brent,…

Retrochallenge Winter 2016 – Apple II Lo-Res C Library – Update #2

My retrochallenge is going forward, but I confess that my blog updates weren’t that frequent, as you can probably infer since we are on the 22nd of the month and this is my second post. Well, enough of apologies and let’s get down to the business. The first version, still as work in progress, is already available on Github. The…

'Macross 6502', Assembler developer by Lucasfilm now available!

There are so many 6502 good assemblers nowadays, including the modern KickAssembler and its javascripty macro capabilities. Now the 6502 developers have another option: Macross 6502. This assembler was developed between 1984 and 1987 by LucasFilm Ltd and used on the development of the game Habitat. Now, the project source code is available on Github, thanks to The Museum of Art…

Spring Warrior – New game for MSX has been released

Oniric Factor has published Spring Warrior, for the MSX2 – a platformer that, according to the developer, reminds City Connection gameplay but with some differences that they hope will please all the gamers. The game has fifteen levels divided into three different sections, which keep adding new types of enemies that will force you to change your playing strategy. A nice…

C64 16KB Cartridge Game Development Competition – Status Update #3

RGCD has released a new update about its acclaimed 16KB Cartridge Game Competition. The contestant Georg Rottensteiner, who had previously withdrawn, has changed his mind and is back with Alienator. The deadline extension was a decisive factor to make him try again. The screenshot makes us believe the game is a Space Invaders clone, but we will never know what…

Commodore 64 RGCD Cartridges Back in Stock and News on upcoming releases

Many of RGCD formerly out-of-stock games are now available to buy again. Hot off the assembly line, Super Bread Box, Bomberland, C64anabalt, Guns ‘N’ Ghosts, Powerglove and Rocket Smash EX are back on the virtual shelves in our online store. There are also few remaining cartridges of P0 Snake and Gravitrix and after they are gone, there won’t be more available…

C64 'beat'em-up' Crow Boy game preview source code available!

Genesis Project has released today a crack for the C64 side-scroller game preview called ‘Crow Boy’. The preview doesn’t to much gamey stuff for is is actually  a demonstration of a side-scroller involving a character that can run and jump around. It was started a while back as a college project but was eventually abandoned. On the bright side, the developer decided…