The Bear Essentials is a collect-em-all platform game, released by Pond Software in December 2016. It was developed single-handedly by Graham Axten. The story is, that you are a bear that has been lazy for most of the summer, and that does not suit mama bear! She orders you out into the dangerous nature to collect over 300 apples for…
This is not “hot news”, but it is always fun to share tidbits of computer history! “Loop”, “Library” and “Patch” are common terms used among programmers, while “Bug” is widely known by users as well, but do you know when they were used for the first time? The Harvard University maintains a page about the Mark I, the first programmable computer in…
I remember first becoming aware of MAD magazine sometime during First Grade in Elementary school. All of the older kids (aka: ‘cool’ kids) were reading it, and I wanted to be like the older kids, so naturally it became the most important thing in my life. I was born in 1981, so I would’ve been in First Grade around 1987….
C64 Debugger is a multi-platform Commodore 64 code and memory debugger that works in real time. In the same window, you have an embedded VICE emulator, memory view, character set and many other features. It is a great tool to create new developments for the C64 and even more for hacking old games and learn how they work. C64 Debugger…
The neverending problem with cartridge-based computers is the chore to swap them all the time. The common solution was the multi-cartridge adapters that were sold back in the day for many platforms. Nowadays, it is not that easy to find these devices and new hardware to fill that gap is always welcome. For the MSX platform, Tecnobytes is starting to offer their…
I’m sure you are all familiar with the game “Worms” which was released on various platforms including MS-DOS, IBM and Amiga. Worms is an artillery strategy video game developed by Team17 and was first released in 1995. It is the first game in the Worms series of video games. Worms is a turn based game where a player controls a team…
We recently announced exclusive News of Erik Hooijmeijer’s New (Old) C64 game “Fire Breath”. I was just about to hit the sack, but I just received some awesome News from Hedning (Genesis Project) about a trainer version they just released on CSDb. Trainer options are; Unlimited Lives, Kill Boss with one hit, C= in game to kill enemies and skip game…
Way back in 2014 an Apple II game called Genius “Into the Toy Warehouses” was released by Daniele Liverani. Hokuto Force then released Daniele’s c64 port preview version in early December 2016 and to follow a trainer version on December 28th. You play as “Genius” and your mission is to free all the toys that have been locked away. To free the toys you have…
Z88DK is a C cross compiler package that targets the z80 and consists of a C compiler, an extensive set of assembly language libraries, an assembler / linker, and a tool for generating executables in a number of formats. Development in C, assembly language or a mixture of the two is directly supported. After one year since the last release, it…
Once upon a time, young(er) Erik Hooijmeijer sent his new game to a publisher but he didn’t get any answer, only his disk back. For the lack of explanation, he just assumed the game was no good and gave up. After unburying his C64 after all these years, he found the once-rejected game and decided it was finally time to…
