TheC64 Mini launched in late March 2018 in PAL territories and instantly provided many ageing adults with great gaming memories from their youth. Upon its launch, TheC64 Mini received a mixed reaction. Many people enjoyed the convenience of the form factor and the convenience of being able to hook it up to a modern day TV without any fuss, while…
We saw this published on our RSS from Pouet, and as ardent fans of the Commodore Amiga, we simply had to show off this excellent tribute to the classic ‘Boing Ball’ demo. Credit for the production goes to Pixel Nation (creator of Max Knight for OCS Amigas), who released the video at AmiParty XXIII Competition (ranked 2nd) – great work!
We take a look at this curious, seaside-themed collect ’em up based on the classic puppet show.
Attention All Vintage Computer Enthusiasts: Tandy Assembly 2018 will be held on November 10 and 11 in Springfield, Ohio. This is the second year of the all-Tandy show. Computers and electronics from any of the Tandy/Radio Shack lines will be on display. As Tandy was an early leader in the computer and electronics market, and they had a wide variety…
Does this ‘all-in-one’ Commodore 64 solution live up to its hype? The VITNO team has received their board and spends a couple of days of putting it through its paces. The 1541 Ultimate series of cartridges, including the Ultimate II+, has become a standard for the modern day C64 enthusiast, providing a highly reliable and versatile file storage solution. Its…
Retro Games Limited has just announced that the long awaited functionality to be able to load game images onto TheC64 Mini from a USB stick will finally become available via a firmware update to be released on Monday 8 October 2018. TheC64 Mini originally launched with limited capabilities when it came to being able launch your own images, requiring you…
Hyperion Entertainment has announced the release of AmigaOS 3.1.4, as the biggest update in the past (many) years! Some of the highlights mentioned include: Over 20 Kickstart ROM modules and many more disk-based core OS components were fixed, updated, or added; Native support for all Motorola 68000-68060 CPUs Support for large hard disks; A modernized Workbench; A colourful, professionally designed icon…
Ben Daglish, talented musician and master of the C64 SID has passed away tragically following his battle with cancer. He was only 52. Ben’s talent and creativity with the Commodore 64 SID chip would earn him a reputation as one of the best VGM composers of his day, and he performed in numerous live concerts and stage performances dedicated to…
In this edition of Retro Revisited, we look back at one of the most infamous titles of the mid 90s, as well as the media circus involved in it’s creation.
When the Project Update #37 has arrived in my mailbox yesterday, I quickly opened it with my hopes up, looking for a delivery date or something on those lines. Unfortunately, the project had another setback, now with the keyboard. Henrique was waiting for new updates from the partner handling the keyboard project on Sep 22nd, but so far, the partner hasn’t…
