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Merman reviews new C64 game "Shotgun" from Dr. Wuro / Nafcom's speech at the ^ Power-UP Digital Games Conference released

A busy time for us, our staff member Merman releases a video review of the new C64 Game’s boxed edition of “Shotgun”: [youtube lXiwJw3MgoQ nolink] Joerg Droege’s speech on the 1st ^ Power-UP Digital Games Conference (July 2016) topic: “Working Adjacent to the Games Industry A Hobbyist’s Perspective” Released on YouTube with kind permission from Zettabyte Marketing: [youtube UTh4lUxO9ag nolink]…

1980 reigns VICtoriously in our house! (Written by Stuart Johns)

A reflection on a new machine in my life; the Commodore VIC-20. All Commodore machines have always held an elusive, golden glow for me. Back in the 80’s I had an Acorn Electron from 1983 onwards, and still have that little beauty now. As Acornified as I was, and still am, I hankered after a C64. Then, towards the late…

MixSID flexible stereo SID board with integrated channel mixer

The MixSID is a stereo SID board for the Commodore 64 that can be used with any combination of SID models on a wide range of C64 mainboards. Features include an integrated stereo channel mixer, pragmatic stereo addressing scheme, flexible handling of io areas, onboard audio input, output and digiboost circuits, dedicated stereo output, full paddle compatibility and versatile digital…

FPGATED/István Hegedüs

István Hegedüs has developed a cycle exact FPGA core for the MOS 7360/8360 TED chip written in verilog. The final goal is to have an fpga core that could be used as a drop in replacement for the MOS 8360 chip which is the heart of the Commodore 264 series 8 bit computers, namely the Commodore 16, Commodore Plus 4…

YAPE 1.0.10 New Release!

A new version of YAPE has been released: -show subfolders as type CBM in IEC/filesystem mode -implemented monitor watchpoint/breakpoint ranges -watchpoint context displayed when hit -improved speedometer to cater for non-standard, longer frames -occasionally stuck joystick states when emulated thru the keyboard fixed (long outstanding bug!) -uninitialized variable in a newly optimized part of SID engine patched -digitized palette in…

Pixcen V0.7.0.10

Pixcen is a tool for Windows to create graphics for the Commodore 64. Developed by Censor Design. Recent changes: Improvements for rendering, loading, flip, shift, 1×2, 2×1 and 2×2 fonts and the colour picker. Download: pixcen64.zip Source: CSDb

Shotgun – Commodore 64

Shotgun for the Commodore 64 computer is now available as a deluxe box version with a flip cover, 5.25″ diskette, printed game manual and 3 cool extras (surprise!). The game can be played with four players! In the game you collect guns and shoot at each other, but each gun only has 3 bullets. A very fast paced game, perfect…

Kick Assembler v4.2

19/7-2016 : New release (v4.2): -Access to for scopes. (loop: for(…) {…}; sta loop[2].x+1) -Misc internal refactorings of methods on values -Bug fix: Corrected null pointer exception from the .pseudopc directive. -Bug fix: Corrected null pointer exception on special case of unmatched bracket. Website: http://www.theweb.dk/KickAssembler/Main.php

Commodore 64 Game Review: Batman: The Caped Crusader by Robert Joy

Robert Joy is back with a new game review for Vintage is the New Old! Rob has chosen ‘Batman: The Caped Crusader‘ for the good old Commodore 64, Enjoy :) Vitno Reviews Page: http://www.vitno.org/reviews/ Robert Joy’s Website: RAM Retro Arcade Memories

Maze Of The Mummy/Psytronik Software – Commodore 64

Psytronik Software in association with Magic Cap present an exciting new release for the Commodore 64 – MAZE OF THE MUMMY! Featuring 15 Pyramids to explore (255 playable levels in total!) there’s plenty of adventuring fun to be had in your quest for treasure! The budget disk version of MAZE OF THE MUMMY is presented in a full colour glossy…