Ben’s ZX Spectrum Mod Part 3

[youtube GA8isV5rijA nolink] Ben completes the remaining mods for his completely hand-wired portable. Once all the electronic components are tested and working, Ben builds the unit into a specially designed case fresh off the 3D printer. Ben enjoys the fruits of his labor and enjoys some classic gaming on his new system – arguably the most complex project he’s ever…

Bil Herd – Commodore LCD

[youtube Y4UOCpY3saw nolink] Bil Herd has made a video about the Commodore LCD. In the video he opens up the computer and explains all the parts inside. Check out the video above :)

Video Gaming 1979-1989 Exhibition at Gallery Oldham (UK)

Revolution in the Bedroom, War in the Playground: Video Gaming 1979 – 1989 is the name of the new exhibition is running from July 19th to November 1st at Gallery Oldham (UK). As described on the Gallery website: “Explore the early years of the digital revolution, when gaming became accessible for the first time, and play historic games in the…

Speccy Jam starts on Aug 29th

Speccy Jam is a regular world wide 1 week game jam, where indie game developers come together to create games with the flavour of the legendary 8-bit personal home computer, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. The next edition will run from Aug 29th to Sep 5th, and this year it is bringing a stellar group of ZX Spectrum gamedev veterans which…

CSDb Latest Releases

Latest releases over at CSDb are as follows: Another day, another PETSCII, CITY01, Call Home, Clawfinger (test-tune), Player Exhibition, Cold Shoulder., Goyl vs Longy., Source-Konverter V1.1, Sampler V2.0, Romuzak-Player 2, Playfield-Editor V1.2, Graphics-Ripper 1.0, FLInterlazer V1.0, Final Font Artist V2.0, Multi-Graphics-Displayer, Bob-Getter V1.0, AMICA-Paint Crashsaver, 3×3 Block-Matrix-Creator, MechaPanda From Outah Spees, Oh no! More Invaders, Beyond the Night Run +3H,…

C64 endings Update

Latest updates from Vinny over at c64endings.co.uk are as follows: Kong Strikes Back by Ocean Koronis Rift by Activision/Lucasfilm Games The Scrolls of Abadon by Access Software Ollie’s Follies by Access Software Mr Wino+29D by Hackersoft Inner Space by CRL Website: http://www.c64endings.co.uk

SD-Card Tape Adapter

Tony is developing a new TAP file player device. With this device it will possible to read your TAP files from an SD card into your Commodore 64. The device will be very small and you can select your TAPs via a special menu on your C64. The cost will be around 30 USD. Website: http://www.lemon64.com

Me and My Shadow – AmigaOS 4

Me and My Shadow is a puzzle/platform game where you must try to reach the exit by solving puzzles. Spikes, moving blocks, fragile blocks and much more stand between you and the exit. The game has more than 40 levels, 18 different block types and a built-in level editor. The game is available for AmigaOS4, Amiga68k, Linux and Windows. Website:…

WinUAE 2.9.0 beta 13

– Fixed vhd hardfiles. (b12) – Emulated strange OCS/ECS feature similar to “SWIV scoreboard” feature (plane color > 16 becomes 16 when PF2PRI is set to invalid value). It gets more interesting if mode is dual playfield and PF2P2 is invalid: odd planes become transparent and it still hides even planes behind it if PF2PRI is set! (Running Man /…

CBM prg Studio v3.1.0

Arthur Jordison has released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: Code Snippets. Improved the VICE debugger support. New tutorial for mixing BASIC and machine code. Support for the Plus/4 in the screen code builder tool and BASIC 8 support for C128 projects. Website: http://www.ajordison.co.uk