Tag: commodore 64
James Monkman has announced a new C64 port called Yoomp! 64. Yoomp! was originally released on the Atari XE/XL back in 2007. The game is a 3D reinterpretation of a 1986 Atari 8-bit game called ‘Jump‘ by D. Johannsen. I’m sure you all remember the game Trailblazer by Gremlin Graphics? Hold that thought in your mind, then imagine the same…
Sarah Jane Avory is a self-published author and full-time computer games programmer. She started writing a long time ago, and self-published her first novel in May 2013. She’s a fun-loving person, and enjoys a good challenge, especially with writing. As well as writing, Sarah has been working on a Commodore 64 RPG game based on her series of books, “The…
After the massive success of Chris Wilkins Crash Annual 2018, we see another Kickstarter Project on the Horizon. This time it’s one for all you Breadbin fans out there! Zzap! 64 Annual 2019 Kickstarter will go live from the 27th April, and just like the previous Speccy annual, expect all the awesome perks, mugs, t-shirts and pin badges etc. This…
Jason Aldred is the creator of the awesome Galencia game for the Commodore 64. If you are following @JasonNapalm, you will see that he’s already working on the sequel, Galencia Khaos Sphere, which was launched as a Kickstarter project. Almost immediately the Kickstarter reached it’s set goal of £6,000 with 175 backers raising £11,027 to help bring the project to…
Have you ever wondered what delights are waiting for you at the end of your favourite Commodore 64 game? Is there a game that you have spent an AGE trying to complete, but you just can’t manage to reach the end? Well stress no more as the C64endings Team are here to reveal all! Vinny Mainolfi has been cataloguing Commodore…
Dirk Hoffmann has released a new version of VirtualC64. VirtualC64 is a Commodore 64 emulator for Mac OS X. New in Version 1.8 The Keyboard Manager has been reworked. In the keyboard menu, you can now choose between symbolic and position-based assignment. When using symbolic key assignment, the emulator tries to map a pressed key using its ASCII representation. Up…
Latest downloads over at The New Dimension are as follows: STARFYSH SPRITE DEMO RELEASED Contributor’s Release: Von Helzing by Christian Siege MIX BOX #6 Cruiser X-79 NEW GAME RELEASE: Star Toast by T.N.D Games NEW GAME RELEASE: Quad Core C64 by T.N.D Games SEUCK COMPO: Entry #1 – The Last Hugger by TND Games SEUCK COMPO 2018: Entry #2 –…
Yes that’s right folks! TheC64 Mini is very close to release, with only 12 days to go! YouTuber The8BitGuy, managed to snag one of these before release date. He announced on Facebook yesterday, that he will be uploading a video with details about everything you need to know about TheC64. So all your questions you have been asking like, ‘Does…
If ever there was a game that felt ahead of it’s time, it would be Samurai Warrior: The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo. Developed by Beam Software and published by Firebird in 1988, the game features Stan Sakai’s comic book character, Miyamoto Usagi, an anthropomorphic rabbit who travels feudal Japan as a ronin and occasional bodyguard-for-hire. This was one of the…
In the second in a series articles, I continue on my trip down memory lane as I take you through some of the computing and gaming experiences of childhood, taking in the 8-bit scene, the Commodore Amiga and much more! In the first part of this issue, we leave the Commodore Plus/4 behind and take a look at the most…
