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03.06.2023 - C64 game 'Dr. Maria' released - free for download
Short Futures present 'Dr. Maria', a pill flipping puzzling production for the Commodore 64. Experimental viruses have mutated and are trying to escape from the research lab. Help Doctor Maria use her pills to destroy all the viruses before they spread. The game was available first to ZZAP! 64 subscribers on the issue 14 cover disk, now it was released to the public as free digital download.
Short Futures present 'Dr. Maria', a pill flipping puzzling production for the Commodore 64. Experimental viruses have mutated and are trying to escape from the research lab. Help Doctor Maria use her pills to destroy all the viruses before they spread. The game was available first to ZZAP! 64 subscribers on the issue 14 cover disk, now it was released to the public as free digital download.
02.06.2023 - C64 Round Up: June 2023 - The Games Keep on Coming! - video from 'RetroGamerNation'
The June 2023 edition of the RGN Commodore 64 (C64) Round Up featuring the latest game releases, pixel art, demo and add-on items.
The June 2023 edition of the RGN Commodore 64 (C64) Round Up featuring the latest game releases, pixel art, demo and add-on items.
02.06.2023 - Polar Bear in Space! (C64) Review - video from 'BastichB 64K'
Review for the Commodore 64 Platform/Shooter 'em Up game Polar Bear in Space! version 2 which is also getting a new physical cartridge release.
Review for the Commodore 64 Platform/Shooter 'em Up game Polar Bear in Space! version 2 which is also getting a new physical cartridge release.
31.05.2023 - WIP C64 game 'SnakeEscape64' - Beta version free for download
'SnakeEscape64' is a new C64 game in progress, where your goal is to escape each room. There are infinite rooms. But each room is a little more difficult then the previous. You play it fast or slow. It is up to you which strategy you choose. Do you want to get to the highest level, or make the most points?
'SnakeEscape64' is a new C64 game in progress, where your goal is to escape each room. There are infinite rooms. But each room is a little more difficult then the previous. You play it fast or slow. It is up to you which strategy you choose. Do you want to get to the highest level, or make the most points?
31.05.2023 - 'Games That Weren't 64' (GTW64) - May 2023 updates
OK, so not as big an update as last month, but still a sizable one none-the-less, and with two very important additions. A total of 14 completely new entries too to further increase the size of the C64 archive, along with 11 updates overall and two very special findings! Many of the new entries are for titles which may well be out there, just not yet preserved. Can you help find them?
OK, so not as big an update as last month, but still a sizable one none-the-less, and with two very important additions. A total of 14 completely new entries too to further increase the size of the C64 archive, along with 11 updates overall and two very special findings! Many of the new entries are for titles which may well be out there, just not yet preserved. Can you help find them?
31.05.2023 - The Ultimate II+L Cartridge - The Best C64 Cartridge Money Can Buy? - video from 'The Retro Shack'
Is this the best C64 Cartridge Money Can Buy?
Is this the best C64 Cartridge Money Can Buy?
29.05.2023 - One Bad Byte Broke This Game: Commodore 64's "Livingstone, I Presume?" - video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
"Livingstone, I Presume?" is a puzzle platform adventure that had me entranced as a kid. Unfortunately, the Commodore 64 version I played always crashed at a particular point well into the game. I thought it was a bug in my pirated copy, but later I've learned even the original store-bought version had the bug. Today we take a look at the game and the cause of the crash, and see if we can fix it and get further into the game.
"Livingstone, I Presume?" is a puzzle platform adventure that had me entranced as a kid. Unfortunately, the Commodore 64 version I played always crashed at a particular point well into the game. I thought it was a bug in my pirated copy, but later I've learned even the original store-bought version had the bug. Today we take a look at the game and the cause of the crash, and see if we can fix it and get further into the game.
27.05.2023 - C64 game 'Ooze: The Escape' released
'Ooze: The Escape' is a port of the Spectrum version to C64 by Haplo (maker of 'Tenebra' and 'Caim'). Help Ooze navigate through various corridors and laboratories, using its gravity-reversing powers to overcome obstacles and avoid the robotic guards in an attempt to escape from this dangerous subterranean complex. The game features many improvements such as: - Vastly improved graphics, sprites and sprite overlays. - Tons of new animations. - Improved screens and game-play. - A minimap. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).
'Ooze: The Escape' is a port of the Spectrum version to C64 by Haplo (maker of 'Tenebra' and 'Caim'). Help Ooze navigate through various corridors and laboratories, using its gravity-reversing powers to overcome obstacles and avoid the robotic guards in an attempt to escape from this dangerous subterranean complex. The game features many improvements such as: - Vastly improved graphics, sprites and sprite overlays. - Tons of new animations. - Improved screens and game-play. - A minimap. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price).
27.05.2023 - 'Island Rescue' for Commodore PET released
Island Rescue ported from the C64 version created by Eleanor Rice and DR. C. F. Cannon. Find food and water and attempt to be rescued from an island. You can get the game as free digital download.
Island Rescue ported from the C64 version created by Eleanor Rice and DR. C. F. Cannon. Find food and water and attempt to be rescued from an island. You can get the game as free digital download.
24.05.2023 - Games That Weren't looks at Total Recall V1 on the Commodore 64
After the recent recovery of Total Recall V1 on the Commodore 64, Games That Weren't shares the full story about how the search began for the game, and how we ended up with its recovery some 23 years later (33 years after it was cancelled!). Frank Gasking then introduces coverage of the preview, talking through some of the game play features and differences with the Zzap!64 preview screens that you may not have noticed.
After the recent recovery of Total Recall V1 on the Commodore 64, Games That Weren't shares the full story about how the search began for the game, and how we ended up with its recovery some 23 years later (33 years after it was cancelled!). Frank Gasking then introduces coverage of the preview, talking through some of the game play features and differences with the Zzap!64 preview screens that you may not have noticed.
22.05.2023 - GTW64: Total Recall V1 for C64 found!
Lost for 33 years, we are pleased to announce the recovery of the original abandoned development of Total Recall for the Commodore 64! So happy to finally see those old Zzap!64 screens in motion after years of searching!
Read the full story and also find a download by clicking the link above.
Lost for 33 years, we are pleased to announce the recovery of the original abandoned development of Total Recall for the Commodore 64! So happy to finally see those old Zzap!64 screens in motion after years of searching!
Read the full story and also find a download by clicking the link above.
21.05.2023 - One-Line Bouncing Ball: Commodore 64 BASIC - video from '8-Bit Show And Tell'
Besides the famous 10 PRINT, one of my favourite type-in programs from the Commodore 64 User's Guide is "More Bouncing Balls" in which a ball bounces off the borders of the screen. Inspired by Josip Retro Bits' 2-line version of this program, Robin attempts to squeeze it down to one line, with some other diversions along the way.
Besides the famous 10 PRINT, one of my favourite type-in programs from the Commodore 64 User's Guide is "More Bouncing Balls" in which a ball bounces off the borders of the screen. Inspired by Josip Retro Bits' 2-line version of this program, Robin attempts to squeeze it down to one line, with some other diversions along the way.
20.05.2023 - What makes the Commander X16 so great? - video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
The Commander X16 is a "modern" retro computer which promises to finally realize David Murray's goal of being the upgrade to the Commodore 64 that everyone wanted. Let's take a deep-dive look at it and see what makes it tick, and see if it's any good.
The Commander X16 is a "modern" retro computer which promises to finally realize David Murray's goal of being the upgrade to the Commodore 64 that everyone wanted. Let's take a deep-dive look at it and see what makes it tick, and see if it's any good.
20.05.2023 - 5 Obscure Games You've Never Heard of - video from 'Commodore Computer Museum'
5 Obscure Commodore 64 Games You've Never Heard of, that you must play this weekend! Do you want to play something different on your Commodore 64 this weekend, here are my choices of games you've probably never heard of but are well worth playing!
5 Obscure Commodore 64 Games You've Never Heard of, that you must play this weekend! Do you want to play something different on your Commodore 64 this weekend, here are my choices of games you've probably never heard of but are well worth playing!
19.05.2023 - Deathflood : Dungeon of Doom (Commodore 64) Review- video from 'BastichB 64K'
Review for the newly released (May 2023) Commodore 64 Platform/Action game Deathflood by Windigo.
Review for the newly released (May 2023) Commodore 64 Platform/Action game Deathflood by Windigo.
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