As you may remember we have been covering the latest News about Sam’s Journey, an epic new platformer for the Commodore 64, since it was first announced way back in 2015. It’s been a long ride but Sam’s Journey is almost here, and Protovision have just announced availability for pre-order! The game comes in various flavours. Sam’s Journey Boxed Disk…
After getting an Amiga 1200 summer 2016, almost a year later I’ve finally got it set up close to how I want it. What I primarily did on the Amiga back in the days was create music on it and the only thing I didn’t sell when making the big mistake of selling my towered A1200 in 2005 was my…
Retro-gaming hitting the major outlets again. This time BBC News has published an article, written by Jennifer Scott, about the revival of retro-gaming. Blaming pure nostalgia or even to show off (?) the games to the children, more and more people are going back and playing old games. Old games availability is not necessarily new, but it is undeniable that…
In 1979, Atari released their 400 home computer. Despite its miserable keyboard, compared to its larger sibling (the Atari 800), it’s only real limitation was it’s 16k RAM limit. Luckily, Atari made available part CO61553 – a 48k RAM upgrade card – which could be installed with limited modifications to the board. This board continued to be available at BEST…
You may know that Information technology pioneer Ted Nelson coined the term “hypertext”, but did you know that he also got a TON of junk mail? Throughout his life and career, he made a habit if checking reader service cards — those cards you could send in to get more information from vendors and advertisers — and received thousands of…
Our (and everybody else’s) prediction did come true. Nintendo has announced that the SuperNES Classic edition will hit the shelves on September 29th. Following the success of the NES Classic, Nintendo has decided to release the follow-up console with 21 built-in games, including Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and many other really classic games. The announcement was received by…
Cloanto has announced the immediate availability of its two emulation solutions for Amiga and C64: Amiga and C64 Forever 7. After 18 months of development since its previous release (Amiga, C64 Forever 2016), the change list is extensive with highlights in the input devices area, which includes new controllers support, left-handed support, configurable autofire (also with separate fire) and merging of multiple…
Immortal C64 Episode 73 – The weather tried to kill my PC. Track Listing : Track Number / Start Time / Artist / Track Name / Track Length 01 .. 0:00:30 – Alexander Rotszch – Challenger – 3:32 02 .. 0:04:02 – Spino – The Darkness Remix – 4:40 03 .. 0:08:36 – Adam Gilmore Draconus – 3:32 04 …..
“Cassette tapes changed music forever, we’re about to do the same with retro gaming on mobile” was the bold statement Sega made in the pre-release marketing for Sega Forever. 500 hand-labelled cassette tapes posted to the most popular content creators around the world who dutifully speculated on their channels, building awareness and anticipation for Sega’s unveiling. Sega Forever landed on June…
Alexey “alsp” Spirkov has started to ship SDrive², a disk emulator for Atari 8-bit computers that uses a microSD card as storage media. The device connects directly to the Atari SIO port and it is available in kit format or fully assembled unit, including a nice 3D-printed case. The kit is sold for US$15 and the fully assembled for US$50 + shipping,…
