Hokuto Force a new crack: Avenger for Commodore 64

Hokuto Force has released a new crack for an old classic, Avenger by Gremlin Graphics released in 1986. The game is an arcade following the Gauntlet style. This release includes a trainer, intro and an amazing graphics by Oliver. It is a great opportunity to relive this great game and enjoy how Hokuto made it a little bit easier for us!…

Commodore 64 Podcast – Sprite Castle plays Archon

Sprite Castle, the Commodore 64 podcast brings, this time, Archon, published in 1983 by Electronic Arts. Other than the feature article, the show talks about what is happening in the C64 scene and other news. Link: Sprite Castle

Slime Deluxe – Improved version of a great C64 game

Less than a month ago, we reported the launch of a great game, Slime, based on the original title by Jim Summers for the Commodore PET. I’ve played the game, and although I’ve found it fascinating and fun, it looked to PETsy. That is not necessarily a bad thing but for sure it didn’t explore all the great things that the…

Scene World Magazine releases Video Interview with veteran C64 coder of Rainbow Arts: Hans Ippisch!

Early release of another tech veteran video interview we have conducted: Hans Ippisch! Hans Ippisch is a game industry veteran who is unique for his broad view of the video game industry due to his broad field of employment in his life. He started out 1986 as a coder for the well-known computer game developing studio “Rainbow Arts”. He also…

Macintosh 128K vs. Apple IIGS – One of Apple's biggest mistakes?

The 8-Bit Guy YouTube channel has published about a month ago, which I was watching this morning where he talks about Apple and Steve Job’s biggest mistakes. This first video of the series compares the Apple IIGS and the Macintosh, two computers that came to market at around the same time. It is interesting to see how the Apple IIGS…

Psygnosis, the Legacy – It's a Pixel THING – Ep.#82

It’s a Pixel THING – Ep.#82 features Psygnosis, the Liverpool-based publisher that was created by some of the people that came from the defunct Imagine Software. On this episode, Pedro Loureiro tells the story about the studio and its legacy, going over the games published by them, including the first one, Brataccus and more. [youtube FCpXjibguLc nolink]

The Ultimate Amiga Dizzy Collection CD32

Directly from Amiga CD32 Alternate Covers, Jay has released The Ultimate Amiga Dizzy Collection. This release contains all 11 Dizzy related games that were released on the Amiga; Fast Food Spellbound Dizzy Crystal Kingdom Dizzy Fantastic Dizzy Fantasy World Dizzy Magicland Dizzy Prince Of The Yolkfolk Treasure Island Dizzy Bubble Dizzy Dizzy Panic Kwiksnax But that is not all, as…

Character editor 'VChar64' for Commodore 64 has new version

VChar64 is a character editor for the Commodore 64 that has been actively developed by Ricardo Quesada from the Retro.Moe blog. The software is available for both Windows and Mac OSX. Changes: [NEW] Koala Import: supports importing subregions. Useful when 256 chars are not enough to import the whole bitmap [NEW] Added unknown font. Ripped from here [NEW] VICE snapshot…

“Nintendo PlayStation” Boot ROM Discovered

Last year, one of the biggest news around retro gaming was the discovery of the “Nintendo PlayStation”, which was a prototype of a partnership between Nintendo and Sony (duh!) to give SNES capabilities to use cartridges and also CD for games. RetroCollect reports that there is a file named SDBR_v0.95.sfc that seems to be legit, but they are still investigating…

The Last Ninja Musicology C64: Album, Concert and Blu-Ray

The Last Ninja was one of the most successful games released on the Commodore 64, and no one won’t agree with that statement. If there is someone, that person is simply wrong! One of the many highlights of the game is its music, and now it might be possible to listen to the soundtrack as rock/metal covers. It all depends on…