Tag: vic20

Penultimate+ cartridge for VIC-20 starts shipping

The Penultimate+ cartridge for VIC-20 is now ready to ship! The Future was 8-Bit has announced that the new VIC-20 RAM/ROM cart will begin shipping tomorrow. The Pen+ adds 3 to 35k RAM (selectable) to your VIC-20 and ships with over 70 ROMs, including the critically-acclaimed Cheese & Onion. The user interface has also been updated to look slicker and…

VIChaos, New Spectrum Game Port for VIC-20

VIChaos is a port of the Spectrum game for VIC-20. The game requires 16k memory expansion. VIChaos is a turn based wizard battle strategy game for 0-8 players. The original version by Julian Gollop was released on the Spectrum in 1985. This port is based on the GBA port sources (chaos-0.82). Source code is included in the download. Download: vichaos.zip Source:…

Commodore Free Magazine Issue #96 Available Now!

Issue 96 of ‘Commodore Free’, the magazine dedicated to Commodore computers is now available for download. The magazine is available in the following formats; PDF, ePUB, MOBI, HTML, TXT, SEQ and D64 disk image. Website: http://www.commodorefree.com Previous Issue: Commodore Free issue95.pdf

New Vic-20 Games to Play over the Holidays

We hope you all had a lovely Christmas Day, and for those of you that still have some holiday time off work, we have a few interesting Vic-20 games you should check out. First up we have “It Came From the Grave”, by Graham Daniels, which is a neat little memory game. You start by the computer showing you briefly…

Hat Trick VIC-20 Homebrew Port, RC1 Update Released

Hat Trick is a VIC-20 port of the C64 game with the same name. Requires 16k memory expansion. The game is one-on-one hockey with space-time anomaly simulation for extra fun. Two players are supported. The second one uses the keyboard or a userport joystick (see the readme for details). This is version RC1, Which now has music. Source is included. Download: hattrick_rc1.zip Source: Homebrew Heroes

Dropout, New Tetris Clone Released for the VIC-20!

Tetris is a tile-matching puzzle video game, designed and programmed by Russian game designer Alexey Pajitnov. It was originally released on June 6, 1984, and was the first entertainment software to be exported from the USSR to the US, where it was published by Spectrum HoloByte for Commodore 64 and IBM PC. Most of you probably remember it as a…

Vicious Jamz, The Vicious Twenty, New VIC20 Music Album

Ryan Liston aka R’ZO has released a new VIC20 Music Album! The album consists of 17 tracks plus 5 bonus tracks written using Basic, Fisichella and Vic Tracker. Download includes printable CD booklet and .pdf booklet. Check out the sample tracks to get you in the mood and download the whole album from the links below. Sample Tracks: R’zo – Nut, R’zo – Exoskeletal Download: The Vicious Twenty, Mirror…

Continued Adventures in the Distant Galaxy of VIC-20! (Written by Stuart Johns)

As some of you will remember, not long ago I got myself a Commodore VIC-20. This was a new one on me, having previously only dipped a thruster into the Commodore Galaxy via the C64 and the Amiga. But I do love my early 8-bits…. Well, I can tell you that I continue to be impressed! The VIC-20 doesn’t have…

Commodore Free Magazine Issue #94 Available Now!

Issue 94 of ‘Commodore Free’, the magazine dedicated to Commodore computers is now available for download. The magazine is available in the following formats; PDF, ePUB, MOBI, HTML, TXT, SEQ and D64 disk image. Website: http://www.commodorefree.com

Commodore VIC 20: A Visual History (Preorder)

Commodore VIC 20: A Visual History is a book about the computer that made Commodore enter the home market, with all its early peripherals. The VIC 20 was the first colour home computer to cost less than $300, the first to sell one million units, the first to have a modem for under $100, and the first approach to personal…