Category: Programming
[vimeo 131396863 nolink] A two-part video published on Vimeo shows how to connect a Commodore 64 to the internet, using a Raspberry PI and a RS-232->USB adapter. [vimeo 131396865 nolink] Don’t expect colourful webpages showing up in your 1701, but at the end he shows the C64 accessing the internet using the character interface, which opens a myriad of possibilities…
Microsoft UK Developers Blog has published a nice article discussing how the Commodore 64 and Amiga were important to breed a new generation of developers. “Although the C64 could perform functions such as word processing and spreadsheets, it was the games that it really became known for. This was because it saw indie software developers as an opportunity, rather than…
Stephen Jones is developing an advanced R-Type game, and he’s trying to use all the good stuff the extended Atari STe has to offer. He mentions that the development is going well, and it supplied to AtariCrypt a nice set o brand new screenshots. Even sucking at it badly, R-Type is one of my favourite games, and I try to…
Do you have that retro project stuck and untouched for years!? Now it is time to step up and finish it! And the best way to do that is competing with fellow retro collectors for bragging rights, right? Retro Challenge 07/2015 is exactly that, a competition where you enter promising to accomplish something and commit to blog about it. It…
Nick Lee (@nickplee on Twitter) has squeezed the Mini vMac Emulator on the Apple Watch. The video below shows the feat, where you can see OS 7 booting and running on the tiny Apple Watch screen. [youtube R1xJxS_kr-M nolink] It is noticeable that it runs slow, and probably there is no real use for that, however it is a incredible…
Commodore Free Magazine has published its latest issue #88. The magazine is provided for free in PDF and HTML format. Some of the contents of this issue: General News ASM80 Update Homebuilt MOS 6502 Laptop The Games-Coffer Website TAP Manager 1.0.2 Raspberry Pi SID player RECOIL 3.2.0 Released C64 News Gamebase 64 Update To v13 Commodore C64C Molds Found Ultima…
[youtube cictUOfIJwA nolink] Great news coming directly from subreddit Retrobattlestations: The CPCRetroDev is a yearly game development competition held in Spain. The competition aims at discovering talented developers by asking them to develop retro games for 80’s machines. As you retrodevelopers know, computational limitations are a key factor for fostering creativity and encouraging new technical achievements and discoveries. Contest platform…
Brilliant Maze is a maze game for the Commodore 64 developed by Geir Straume, with music by Odie. The version 1.1 is available now for free here on Vintage Is The New Old download area! The rules of the game are very simple: find your way through the maze to pick up diamonds while avoiding the enemies chasing you. After…
The best Commodore development environment has a new version – 3.3.0, containing bug fixes and the following new features: Add background picture to sprite editor. Sprite reorder tool. Character tools work on a range of characters. Assembler: Import binary as decimal data Assembler: Improved value pop-up formatting Assembler: Removed the restriction where files included in a build must have a…
It was announced today on World of Spectrum that the ZX Dev’2015, a competition to write new Spectrum games. The compo is open to anyone from anywhere to participate, and according to the organizers, the main goal is to have some fun, learn, and why not, get a little reward for bringing new stuff for our Spectrums! Ivanzx, from WoS…
