Category: Retro Gaming
The next already traditional RetroChallenge will start in a few days, April 1st and as of now has 11 participants. Although this is already a great number to make it interesting, the organizers are seeking for more courageous retro enthusiasts that are willing to spend the month of April working on a specific retro computer related project, blog about it…
A new Amiga-oriented magazine in English has been announced – Amiga User will be published by amiga.net.pl in July and it will cover both the classic and new generation systems, emulators and other Amiga-related goodies. The issue #0 will feature: Practical design in MaxonCAD the fastest hardware for Amiga system how to create legendary Boing animation in Hollywood E-UAE and…
I don’t think there is a single soul that will disagree the Commodore 64 sound chip, the MOS 6581 best known as SID, has changed how the computers make sound and music. Even today, there is an active demo scene dedicated to composing astonishing chiptunes using the SID chip. The Conversation website has published an article that is a celebration of…
Ron Gilbert has finally announced the sales price of his new retro-styled adventure game Thimbleweed Park. For those (*cough*me*cough*) that didn’t get in on the Kickstarter, you’ll be able to pick it up on March 30th on GOG, Steam, and Xbox for the low, low price of $20 US (or equivalent, presumably). In case you missed it, Thimbleweed Park is…
Matthew Hamilton has released a brand new TRS-80 Model III Emulator for Windows – Sharp80! It includes: Model III computer running at standard 2.03MHz (can be run faster) Full Z-80 emulation including all undocumented opcodes Emulation of a floppy disk controller supporting 4 virtual floppy drives Support for all major virtual floppy formats (DMK, JV3, JV1) Windowed and fullscreen (Alt-Enter)…
Our all-times favorite Windows IDE for Commodore 64 development, CBM prg Studio has a new version available. The version 3.10.0 brings a nice list of new features and some bug fixes. Assembler: Increased sprite included limits to 256. ‘Memory overwrite’ error is now a warning. Use CTRL+[ and CTRL+] to go to previous/next label definition. Sprite Editor: Added new functionality…
The first entry in the brand new MSX Freestyle category, ΧΙ∧∃Χ (Zevimodoki) by GW’s Workshop is a homage to Namco classic Xevious. Xevious also got an MSX release, which was an interesting joint effort between Namco and Compile. Notable as well is Zemina‘s Xevious Micro. Category: MSX Freestyle Name of the game: ΧΙ∧∃Χ (Zevimodoki) Game size / RAM size: 64KB ROM /…
With permission from the rights owner (Chip Gracey), the ISEPIC cartridge has been brought back to the world. The ISEPIC cartridge is the very first “freezer” cartridge to have been invented and brought to market back in the 80’s for the Commodore 64. This cartridge is similar in function to the “freeze” function of AR or Super Snapshot cartridges that…
Gideon has released a new firmware for the 1541U-II PLUS device 1541U-II PLUS V3.1 R474. Based on this markusC64 has build and released an unofficial firmware with extra functionality based on Gideon’s official release 3.1 R474, archive 1541U-II(+) 3.1 R475 compiled by me includes builds for the regular 1541U-II and the 1541U-II Plus, including update instructions. r474 | gideonz | 2017-03-21…
MindFlareRetro takes a look what he thought was a junk Commodore 64 to be scavenged for parts. Instead he decides to clean it up and tries bringing it back to life. Check out the video below. [youtube RSUjcupjCgk nolink] Website: mindflareretro.com Twitter: @MindFlareRetro
