Aaron White Releases C64 Paperboy Tribute Music Disk!

Aaron White has sent over his latest Amiga chip-tune music disk.Titled ‘C64 Paperboy Tribute’ this disk contains three awesome Paperboy chiptune renditions.As usual you can download the ADF from the Official Download Pages at Commodore is Awesome/Vintage is the New Old, so what you waiting for? Go grab the chiptune goodness! Download: C64 To Amiga Chiptunes Disks Download: Retro Asylum…

'X-Force' for C64 gets Full Commercial Release Today in Disk and Tape

The awesome shoot’em up X-Force, released back in November 2014 by The New Dimension will be finally be on sale today in disk and tape, published by Psytronik. The disk/tape includes a version of the game with awesome soundtracks by FeekZoid along with a special version with trance soundtracks by Richard Bayliss. It also includes a special bonus: the “Crazy…

'Ghosts'n Goblins' and 'Commando Arcade' for C64 Released as Single Cartridge Compilation

Today Nostalgia released a cartridge compilation of their two improved Commodore 64 games: Ghosts ‘n & Goblins and Commando Arcade. Everything is the same as in the original releases and all features are identical, “Tom-Cat” commented on the CSDb release page. While the games are the same, it is still a great and convenient way to enjoy these two excellent…

'The Video Game Archeologist' Adds 79 Game Manual Scans to the Collection

The Video Game Archeologist is a website that contains hundreds of game manuals, most of them for Atari games, but also for Colecovision and others. I’ve checked some of the manuals, and it was really a trip down the memory lane :). Some of the manuals of games published by Atari itself are a pleasure to check, mainly because of…

CharPad V2 Beta

Stewart Wilson from Subchrist Software released a new version of CharPad. With this (Windows) program you can edit your characters. Changes in this version: Added support for the import of bitmap images (BMP, PNG, etc.). Improved undo/redo system. Export project data as an assembler listing (text). Download: charpad2beta-120615.zipWebsite: CSDb

Video: How to connect a C64 to the Internet

[vimeo 131396863 nolink] A two-part video published on Vimeo shows how to connect a Commodore 64 to the internet, using a Raspberry PI and a RS-232->USB adapter. [vimeo 131396865 nolink] Don’t expect colourful webpages showing up in your 1701, but at the end he shows the C64 accessing the internet using the character interface, which opens a myriad of possibilities…

From Microsoft Blogs: The Commodore 64 and Amiga software developer legacy

Microsoft UK Developers Blog has published a nice article discussing how the Commodore 64 and Amiga were important to breed a new generation of developers. “Although the C64 could perform functions such as word processing and spreadsheets, it was the games that it really became known for. This was because it saw indie software developers as an opportunity, rather than…

R-Type Deluxe for the Atari STe in Development

Stephen Jones is developing an advanced R-Type game, and he’s trying to use all the good stuff the extended Atari STe has to offer. He mentions that the development is going well, and it supplied to AtariCrypt a nice set o brand new screenshots. Even sucking at it badly, R-Type is one of my favourite games, and I try to…

Retro Challenge – Summer 2015 Edition Calling for Participants

Do you have that retro project stuck and untouched for years!? Now it is time to step up and finish it! And the best way to do that is competing with fellow retro collectors for bragging rights, right? Retro Challenge 07/2015 is exactly that, a competition where you enter promising to accomplish something and commit to blog about it. It…

Let's Play Video – Ali Baba for the Apple II

“NeoBrian” has published a new video following the well-known “Let’s Play” format, where he plays through the game ‘Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves’, release in 1983 by Quality Software for the Apple II (and other platforms). [youtube 7vECZ_6PF9U nolink] Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves is an overhead dungeon crawler with strong RPG elements that sends you on a…