Did you know that one of TheC64 Mini’s current limitations is that it assumes that the joystick is connected to port two? This means that while you can load up great titles like Bruce Lee, Ghostbusters and HERO on the Mini, there is no way to control the game play as they all expect the joystick to be in port…
You know those jokes that begin “You might be a redneck if you”? Here’s a Jack Tramiel version: “You might be in Commodore marketing if your boss told you to sell more CPUs, so you had the engineers cram 2-3 in every computer.” Thanks folks, I’ll be here all week… Despite some confusing early names, the Commodore B-series is not, in…
Alfonzo Arctic Adventure is an upcoming NES sequel to Eskimo Bob. Eskimo Bob was a Kickstarter project than ran last year, smashing it’s goal (CA$ 22,140 pledged of CA$ 7,000 goal). The game is based on the Eskimo Bob flash cartoons and features 64 levels, 15 enemy types, two playable characters, two support characters, and a fully functional password system….
We often feature Saberman’s gameplay videos in our News posts. He’s very quick at finding new upcoming games and sharing the News with the community. Whilst doing my daily browse of his video collection, I came across a video of OpenFire, which is a work in progress game for the Amiga. OpenFire is by KaiN (Code), Selur and Softiron (GFX),…
Are you drawn to games with cute colorful retro graphics and a seemingly basic game play premise only to find yourself in damnation where you curse the developer’s name under your breath as you scream out your frustration as to the unfairness of what plays out on screen? If so, then usebox.net and poly.play have developed and released a game…
Amstrad CPC fans will soon have cause to celebrate since we learned that Juan J. Martinez (Reidrac) is hard at work on his latest project, The Dawn of Kernel, along with artistic contributions from Dylan Barry (loading and title screens). Set in the reaches of outer space on planet K3E-NL, disaster strikes when the outbreak of a computer virus manages…
For those amongst our readership who enjoy a good slice of nostalgia with their cup of tea, you’re in for a treat today. That’s because today’s review isn’t just another C64 game from the days of yore, it’s game based on one of the best-loved children’s TV shows from the ’80s! If you were growing up in Britain during this…
You Say Tomato, I say C128-40! Before I dive into the innards of my CBM 710D and we go spelunking for missing chips, I want to introduce the other computers in the B series. There were actually three main variants of this line of computers: The high-profile version with the integrated monitor. The video chip in the high profile machines…
Sometime in the near distant future, our scientists travel to the planet Vektor and discover a form of energy crystals that will help protect mankind from future alien invasions. The Scientists all agreed that the crystals should be brought back to Earth and stored in a complex 16 level security system for safe keeping. Great idea right? Well there are…
Ah, Retro Challenge… The most optimistic challenge ever created: get a bunch of people to complete a project about old computers, in one month. Let’s set aside the question of how likely it is that your average retro tinkerer actually completes any of the 20+ “projects” they inevitably have going. (Hint: they’re called “tinkers”, not “gods of the retroverse” for a…
