Tag: Retro Gaming
There is a new game for iOS devices that is all about knowing your retro computers. ‘Retro PC Mania’ tests your knowledge with three game modes: Identify the model looking at the pictures Tell the brand name of the machine displayed Try to select the year of introduction of a computer The game doesn’t have the most incredible graphics but…
Wiebo de Wit has released the 12th part of his series teaching 6502 assembler programming, using the development of a Tetris game for the Commodore 64. The article, this time, tackles sounds, including playing an SID tune and sound effects for your game. As became a trend with his articles, Wiebo is very clear with his explanations and made it easier…
We all know how eBay sellers love to put the word “RARE” on their retro products. It is inevitable to no pay attention to them, but in most cases they are not rare at all. This time, though, thanks to tomse from Retro Commodore, a really rare C64 accessory was spotted: a Triton QD 3″ Disk Drive for Commodore 64 in…
People’s imagination has no limits, and when we think we have seen everything in the C64 scene, something new shows up. This is the case of this little C64 game called ‘Dress Up!’, where you basically “play” dressing your model with different clothes, hair style and shoes! For those who are thinking “Is that game for young little girls!?!”, tell me if you…
Nightmare Busters is a new run & gun game developed through the partnership of Super Fighter Team and the game’s developers, Christophe Gayraud and Jean-Christophe Alessandri. “Synchronized with the wavelength of dreams, the miserable Tyrant has discovered a way to enter them and convolute what children see, hear and feel while they sleep — all for the benefit of…
8-bit Weapon has released the first official video for the track “Phase I – Lexical Analysis” off the new album “Disassembly Language: Ambient Music for Deprogramming Vol. 1”. [youtube zBUqM1VvPkQ nolink] They explain that the video was shot off a real Commodore 1902 monitor to boot, though the camera was at an angle to give it a pseudo 3d perspective. Pretty nice…
Imagine Flappy Birds for the C64… Now, imagine it better than Flappy Birds, with better graphics, better music and even better gameplay. That is Spaceman Splorf: Planet of Doom! The game has been released today on CSDb showing how good a simple game can be on our favorite 35-year-old platform. Developed by Andreas Gustafsson, with music and graphics by Vanja Utne, the…
Rob, the host of Atari’s Player/Missile Podcast has been working hard on Omnivore, a cross-platform utility for modern hardware (running Linux, OSX, and Windows) to work with executables or disk images of Atari 8-bit machines. It is actually a very versatile tool since it is, at the same time, a hex editor, a disassembler (with mini-assembler) and a map editor. Developed in…
Hugohunt is a new maze-type game released for the Commodore 16 (and Plus/4) and also for the C64, based on the game Hugojagd XL developed for the Atari. The gameplay is simple to understand but very hard to play. You control the pac-man-looking hero around the maze, avoiding the enemies. Although they don’t move, they block you o get to certain…
There are many different options for a modern storage for the Apple II and it is always hard to make an informed decision about what is the best option that fits your budget. Old Tech | New Tech Magazine has published the first of a series of articles planned about the solid state options for the Apple II. The article reports…
