AMIGArama Podcast Episode 81: Parasol Stars

AMIGArama makes a return to the Bubble Bobble series but not is all as it should be on the otherside of this 16-Bit Rainbow.

New: MCN, DC-15

This is a data cassette from the company Vendex. Vendex sold computer supplies under the name of Microcomputer Club Nederland.

Twin Pack Arcade Fun Now Available for the C64 Via Psytronik Software

Psytronik Software are proud to present the debut C64 release from Stephan Katteneder who has jsut debut on to the C64 gaming scene with two quality arcade gaming titles, The Coffee Break Shootout and Total Refill, bundled together to provide an enticing twin pack offering. The Coffee Break Shootout is a fun twitch-shooter that features bright and vibrant backdrop landscape…

Shadow Fighter – Commodore Amiga Retro Rewind Review

Amiga owners didn’t have too much to shout out about when it came to beat-em-ups, and the less said about the Street Fighter II port the better.  A few contenders had made a case for themselves, such as Team17’s Body Blows and TerraMarque’s Elfmania, but in 1994 a new challenger arrived from developer NAPS Team and publisher Gremlin Interactive. Emerging…

The Best of the Commodore 64 Demoscene – April 2019

We have released a new video containing the April 2019 demo releases. Although the month had only six releases – one full demo and five one-disk demos, the quality is high. To mention a couple, the Crack in the Cosmic Egg by Hokuto Force will take you to a trip full of astonishing PETSCII art with a very “introspective” SID…

VCF East 2019 – Brian ‘Kernighan’ interviews Unix creator, Ken Thompson

Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie

No matter what you do for a living, you are probably directly or indirectly affected by Ken Thompson work. He designed and implemented the original Unix operating system, which is not only still “around” but also the base for many other systems like Linux and MacOS. On Saturday morning, the fairly large Room 1 was not enough to fit all…

RPG for the Apple II, Mac, and PC ‘Nox Archaist’ Kickstarter is LIVE!

The 6502 Workshop team is pleased to announce that the Kickstarter campaign for the boxed edition of Nox Archaist is now live! Click here to pledge! What’s better than a brand new, hand-coded 8-bit classic 80s era tile based RPG?  Answer: One that comes in an awesome collector’s edition box with lots of cool physical goodies! What’s even better than that?  When…

Bringing New Life to Super Mario Land on the Gameboy

How many of you still own the original Game Boy from 1989? I bet there’s a good few people that still own this iconic little hand-held from Nintendo, designed by the same team that developed the Game & Watch. The Nintendo Game Boy was a huge success back in the late 80’s with it’s basic beige design and it’s somewhat…

Joe Decuir’s VCF East 2019 Keynote is now available – The designer of Atari early computers tells his story

On this last weekend, I was at VCF East for the first time and the whole experience was a blast. I plan to talk more about on a specific article but while that doesn’t happen, I am happy to say that one of the main presentations of the show is already online: Joe Decuir’s keynote. Joe Decuir is a key…

Retro Revisited: Retro Games with Shameless Product Placement

In this edition of Retro Revisited, we’ll be exploring some of the most popular franchises – and worst offenders – from the 80s and 90s to feature product placement in retro games!