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…
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…
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…
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…
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!
Lorfarius gears up in his monster truck alongside the Amiga’s Ironman, for this weeks Super Off Road trip.
The 2019 edition of the RGCD C64 16K Cartridge Game Dev Compo has already attracted a number of commercial grade titles for the Commodore 64 but Sarah Jane Avory has looked to set the benchmark with her submission of Neutron, a fast paced vertical shoot’em up. Featuring: 9 challenging stages of increasing difficulty. Player weapon upgrades. 3 different background styles….
While The best of Commodore 64 Demoscene video for April releases might be a bit delayed because of my trip to VCF East, we are launching this month another surprise for all the retro computing enthusiasts: a slide show displaying all graphics releases from last month. The C64 community has been releasing astounding illustrations for many years and for a…
Trevor “Smila” Storey provides a brief glimpse of this new C64 title in development!
The New Dimension (TND) is pleased to announce the release of Let’s Invade 2, a space invaders inspired game for the Commodore 64 with a psychedelic twist. Being specifically produced for the RGCD 16KB Cartridge Game competition 2016, Let’s Invade 2 is a sequel to the original game released back in 2016. Developed by prominent C64 coder Richard Bayliss, Let’s…
