Tag: Commodore

Dawn #1 – Disk Magazine for the Commodore 64

Dawn is a new Disk-based magazine for the Commodore 64. It consists in 3 disks with tons of contents for the Commodore user. This issue has an interview with Johan “Zyron” Astrand, a sweeten musician that has already released more than 300 SID tunes. Among other great articles, there is one talking about the “Forever” party, that had already sixteen editions!…

Tetris in 6502 Assembler part 8 – Commodore 64

Wiebo de Wit has released a new post of his serie “Tetris in 6502 Assembler” for the Commodore 64. On this article he tackles the generation of random numbers and the keyboard input. Although the article is focused on the C64, the techniques are applicable for all 6502-based machines. It is worth checking this and all the previous articles. Link:…

‘QUOD INIT EXIT’ – Be a hungry pig on this new Commodore 64 game!

QUOD INIT EXIT is a new fast-paced game for the Commodore 64. There you control a little pig running and jumping the platforms to get the “good” food, and avoid the bad ones. As you eat, the gauge at the bottom fills up. As soon it gets completed you will have to jump onto the toilet seat to be sent to…

'The Last Breakout' for the Commodore 64

The Last Breakout was made back in the 80ies for the norwegian small company Data-Tronic by norwegian Fredrik Gløckner, and was actually not the last Breakout ever made, despite its name; it is not even one of the better ones, but Genesis Project will nevertheless keep on preserving nice finds for you all to check out. This one was dug…

World's Smallest C64 Emulator

There is another Kickstarter campaign. The project developer is asking for funding in order to build the smallest C64 Emulator. The hardware will have an open source software that will emulate the Commodore 64. The interesting part of this project is that the sound won’t be emulated, and the only way to get the sound working on this device is…

'Commodore Free' Magazine Issue 89 is out!

Your favorite Commodore Magazine has just released issue 89 with lots of articles, interviews and game reviews for the C64, VIC-20, Amiga and all the Commodore family of computers. The interviews are with Steve Reed from WWW.C64COPYPROTECTION.COM and CLOAN NEWSLETTERS, and  Sean Peck, creator of Kipperterm 128. It reviews games like Meteor Defender for the Amiga and Abyssonaut for the for…

New Amiga 1200 cases Campaign has reached the target 3 days before the deadline!

Yes, you heard it right dear A1200 owners. This time around the campaign for the A1200 new cases has reached its goal or €125,000. With still 3 days ahead, the backers have put into the project €128,873! If you had doubts about it and you are sick of your old-yellowed-smelly A1200 case, maybe you should also consider backing the project. There…

New 'Minesweeper ' for the unexpanded VIC-20

VIC-20 Denial user ‘litody’ has released a very nice version of the classic Minesweeper. He has develop it as the way to learn 6502 programming. The game is no different than any other minesweeper, which is really a good thing, as the idea is to remake a classic game. You can try it in your emulator or VIC-20. You can download…

Back to The Future Day – Game up and celebrate!

On Oct 21st, 2015, Marty McFly arrives in our year, finally! The future pictured in the movie is not quite right, but it is an important date nonetheless. To celebrate this day, we have selected few retro games you should play, if you haven’t done already. Since we are talking specifically about the second movie, our choices are narrowed down…

Blap 'n Bash – New game for the Commodore 64

The New Dimension has released yet another game for the Commodore 64: Blap ‘n Bash. In essence, the game is a bi-directional breakout. You control at the same time to bars, one at the top and one at the bottom, which move in opposite directions. As any breakout game, you have to destroy the blocks to move to another level and…