Bugs Bunny Early Preview for the Commodore 64 Surfaces, GTW64

GTW64 Website has revealed some interesting News recently regarding the 1993 C64 game Bugs Bunny Private Eye. A preview version has been found and thought to be dated from around 1991, with a different map, different graphics and the digging element from the original removed in favour of exploring caves and climbing up walls. The original release consists of four levels and this…

Let’s Invade!, A New Take on Space Invaders for the Commodore 64 by Richard Bayliss (TND)

Richard Bayliss is a C64 programmer and musician and is well known in the scene for creating many fun filled C64 games, Richard has been running the website TND (The New Dimension) since 2000, which is a portal for all his fantastic releases. One of his latest creations is a game called Let’s Invade!, a new Space Invaders clone for the Commodore…

Chicken Lips Radio – Show 009: Superior Platform

The latest episode of the Chicken Lips Radio podcast is up! Looks like some new hardware acquisitions, an ARM-powered C64, and CommVEx 13 is a go. Link: chickenlipsradio.org Subscribe: iTunes

Wonderland XIII, Censor Design, X’2016, C64

X’2016 Demo Party was held over the weekend 28-30 October and CSDb has been flooded with some cracking demo, music and graphics releases for the Commodore 64. We have decided from now on rather than posting every release from CSDb that it might be a better idea to instead highlight some of our favourite new releases, and in more detail….

Open Apple podcast #64 – John Brooks, Tiger Learning Computer, Softalk

The fine folks over at the Open Apple podcast have just posted episode #64. This episode features a special interview (courtesy of Ken Gagne and Juiced.GS) with John Brooks about his recently-released, completely unexpected, and totally awesome ProDOS 2.4.1. Also, Mike trims down his A2 collection, and classic computing magazines get remembered. Link: open-apple.net Subscribe: iTunes Link: ProDOS 2.4

TRS-80 “CoCo Crew” podcast episode 17 is available

CoCo Crew is the podcast about the TRS-80 Color Computer and episode 17 has been released, bringing announcements, news, and technical information about the CoCo. Some of the topics discussed during the podcast: What is the proper etiquette for extending someone else’s project? CoCo Dragon DOS controller compatibility Round Table – Six months until CoCoFEST! Games Corner – Color Max…

Commodore 64 CSDb Scene Release Updates!

Latest releases over at CSDb are as follows: FranticTen, Let’s Invade!, Let’s Invade! +7D, Norns’ Sacrifice, Maze Encounter, Lunar Avatar, Ghoul, Kirsten Birgit Said So!, Excess 25th Anniversary Collection 2016, Let’s Invade Preview +, Zombie Preview +, Panspermia, Petscii Converter 1.1.0, Super Stardust Preview, Violence 2: Violate, Sea Sausage, Petscii Converter 1.0.1, Gozerian Society, SNAQZ, The 288 Heart of the…

The World of Hire Hare, Isometric Amstrad CPC Game Coming Soon

Joseman over at CPCWiki Forums, posted News yesterday about an upcoming Amstrad game called The World of Hire Hare. Not much is known about this game, there is literally no info on the thread, just a preview video showing a beautiful isometric game with a catchy soundtrack and smooth gameplay. We did a bit of digging and we found out that the game has…

Radio Awesome Live on SLAYRadio with GurtyGurt!

Fri Oct 28th 2016 19:00 USRT (Fri Oct 28th 2016 19:00 Local); GurtyGurt – Radio Awesome – It’s Friday! Which means it’s time to tune into your favourite Radio Show.. ‘RADIO AWESOME!’ Come join the madness with your favourite Aussie MC, GurtyGurt. Expect your favourite Commodore Remixes as well as the usual crazy happenings! STRAP IT ON! Listen: SLAYRadio Website: Commodore is…

32-bit Easter Eggs – BASIC hidden in the ESP32 processor

Over on Hackaday, Elliot Williams details a very cool Easter Egg hidden in the ESP32: a BASIC interpreter. Apparently this is build in to the processor and not part of the on-board flash ROM either. Pull GPIO 12 high, reset the cpu and PRINT “HELLO WORLD” to your heart’s content! The interpreter claims to be derived from TinyBasic, so don’t…