Tag: C64 Games

Commodore 64: a Visual Compendium Second Edition – Already funded after only 4 days!

In 2014, Bitmap Books launched a campaign for the first book, Commodore 64: a visual Compendium. After its astonishing success, a new edition was planned and a Kickstarter campaign launched four days ago. Today, the campaign is already 100% funded. Actually it has passed the first target by 50% already. This can only be explained by the excellent quality of…

2015 Commodore 64 Sideways SEUCK Compo has a winner!

The 2015 Sideways SEUCK compo came to an end. Although counting only with three contestants, the competition was fierce due to the high quality of all three games. With 79 votes the winner is PAN!, followed by U-91306 Eidothea with 76 votes. The third place, grabbing 72 votes, was Edge of Time. I shot three short videos of the gameplay of all…

'Flying Cobra DX' – New Shoot'em up! game for Commodore 64

  Nothing like a good brainless shot’em up game to celebrate 2016, eh? If you agree you should try Flying Cobra RX, released today by The New Dimension. The game is very fast and the smooth animation, impeccable! I recommend the joystick instead of the keyboard if you can, as the game is harder using the keyboard. The sideways missiles are…

Commodore SX-64 Playing Winter Games by EPYX

Commodore Computer Club has published a small article showing off a Commodore SX-64 connected to an external monitor. “Not too many people realize that you can connect up an external monitor to a Commodore SX-64 computer. Now you know and knowing is half the battle” Link: Commodore Computer Club

Time of Silence 2 – Adventure sequel for the Commodore 64

We reported about the excellent game ‘Time of Silence’ few weeks ago, and now its developer has released already the sequel. Well, in reality it could be called ‘Extended Edition’. The reason of this is because the first game was made short and several ideas and storytelling were left behind due to time constraints to meet the compo deadline. To…

RGCD Releases Two New Games for the Commodore 64

After quite some time with no news, RGCD breaks this Monday with a great update: two new games! The first one is GRAVITRIX, an updated rework of an unreleased game that Nils Hammerich originally completed over 20 years ago, brings arcade-style, mind-bending puzzle-action to your Commodore 64 like never seen before! To complete each of the 120 levels, you must…