Raspberry Pi SID player

[youtube up9tZVzffEo nolink] The Raspberry Pi SID player is a device which allows you to play music from the Commodore 64 computer using original audio hardware (SID) and the Raspberry Pi. You can play classic game music or homebrew Commodore 64 music. Website: http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu

Directory Browser V1.0 – Plus/4

Epy made a new program for the Commodore Plus/4. The Directory Browser V1.0 is based on the code from his SID player, and can be used to browse through all of your diskettes. You can give feed back on this program on the Plus/4 World forum. Download: directory_browser_v1_0.prgWebsite: http://plus4world.powweb.com

Chimera+ – Remake of the original game released for the Atari XL/XE.

[youtube bgWk6ZCfEjo nolink] The user known as Tezz on Atariage forum has announced his new game Chimera+. “Chimera+ is a complete rewrite of the game from the ground up to create an enhanced version with the goal of optimizing performance for faster gameplay, changing the controls and, adding the features missing in the original Atari release. The new version works…

1980 4K CoCo Programming Challenge

It is happening this month a challenge to write a 4K program for the original TRS-80 CoCo released in 1980. The entries are being published on the website Sub-Etha Software, and each one must be able to run on the original 1980 4K Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer using only cassette recorder for storage. To check all the contestants, follow…

Dragon's Lair Demo on ZX81

[youtube V6-_48Aqso0 nolink] This amazing demo was created for the ZX81 by ex-Ocean Software coder Jim Bagley (Cabal, Midnight Resistance, Hudson Hawk) and shown exclusively at the Retro Computer Museum Valentine’s Event 2015 at Snibston Discovery Centre in Leicester. It is just streaming video from CF card using the ZXpand on a ZX81, but he is aiming to make it…

Amiga OS – Hyperion declared bankrupt

Bad news for the Amiga OS users. According to the Belgian bankruptcy register faillissementsdossier.be, Hyperion has been declared bankrupt by a court in Brussels on January 27, 2015. There is no further information available about the proceedings at this point. Hyperion was established in 1999 to port commercial games to smaller systems like AmigaOS and Linux. In 2001, the company…

Back in Time Brighton '15 – Live stage show of C64 Music

[youtube YKjgfeNIbcM nolink] There is a new Kickstarter campaign aiming to bring you the chance to watch a Commodore 64 concert, live in Brighton. Besides the great attractions, before the show C64 personalities will be stationed at nominated pubs in the area (within walking distance) and a map sent by PDF to all attendees, thus leading to a C64 themed…

Counts and Countesses, meet: "Castlevania – Spectral Interlude" for the ZX Spectrum

[youtube 5zVYfisnDys nolink] As we reported few hours ago, Castlevania – Spectral Interlude was finally released on this “cursed” Friday 13th, including its own website! As described on the game website “Castlevania: Spectral Interlude is an action-adventure platform game with elements of RPG. It merges well known elements of classic games with some new ideas. It tells a new story…

Scene World #24 and Podcast #4

Scene World #24 and Podcast #4 (3D Realms) are out! Double release this time!Next to Scene World #24, they release their 4th Podcast with 3D Realms as guests! Celebrating 30 years of Boulder Dash! Interviews with Boulder Dash creator Peter Liepa and known fan Boulder Dash creators Schlonkel and Firefox! Boulder Dash special diskcover by Ishita Mukherjee. Tons of Meetings…

Castlevania port for ZX Spectrum to be released today – Friday 13th!!

Castlevania and Friday 13th!?!?!? Just be careful to not cross path with a black cat, or you are doomed! SanNchez, who’s behind the development, announced last Friday via World of Spectrum forum that the final version of the Castlevania port is going to be released today. If you want to join the army of people breaking their F5 key, follow…