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30.09.2020 - WIP of 'Another World' port for C64 gets another preview video
After we have seen a preview of the intro sequences, we now get a preview of the gameplay. There is a lot of things to fix with the graphics engine (color clashes, colors, palettes, blend mode, masking...etc) but a C64 virtual machine seems to run Eric Chahi's original Another World byte code very well !!! (no hardware sprites used).

30.09.2020 - Video: Abandoned Chip Fab: Bil Herd's MOS Technologies Factory Walk-Through 35 Years Later
Commodore 64 changed the world, and the 6502 processor even more so. Both were produced by MOS Technologies at their headquarters in Norristown, Pennsylvania. That was 35 years ago, and the siren song of visiting is hold stomping ground was too much for Bil Herd to pass up. With permission of the current property owner, he recorded this video tour of the long vacant property. The video begins with a walk through of the engineering offices of the company, but things get really interesting about two-thirds of the way through as they make their way to the basement where the chip fab was located. It's strewn with smashed equipment of the gilded-age of 8-bit computing

30.09.2020 - A mint C64, Haribo From Germany, Joysticks and a replica Super Zaxxon cart - new video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
Time for Mid-Week Mini Mail Call #18! This time it's a Commodore 64 extravaganza! Shown: a perfect boxed C64 from 1982- case comparison, inspection and testing - a rebuildable C64 power supply - a perfect boxed Commodore 1541- inspection and testing - a PAL C64 from Germany, Haribo candy and joysticks - Super Zaxxon Replica- testing with the PLAdvanced+

29.09.2020 - My New Game - Attack of the PETSCII Robots - Part 1 - new video from 'The 8-Bit Guy'
After Planet X3 'The 8-Bit Guy' is going for another game. This time, as the name suggests, it will be based on PETSCII graphics and is supposed to be made for the C64, the Commodore PET (incl. the PET Mini), the VIC-20 and some more Commodore machines (plus one none CBM computer) ...

28.09.2020 - Making-of 'Doom' for Amiga 500 - Part 5
5th episode of making of "Doom" clone on an Amiga 500. We are continuing upgrading the weapon animations. And this time "we" as in "we".

28.09.2020 - Arcade game 'Magica' for Amiga announced
'Magica' is an arcade game and was originally released on Amstrad. Now it's announced to be released on Amiga soon. You play the Sorceress in a mission to recover all the potions stolen from her laboratory. This doesn’t happen very often, but when it does happen, it is really annoying!

28.09.2020 - '2048' for C64 and PET4032 released
There is a new port of the well known '2048' game. This time it's for the Commodore 8-bit machines C64 and PET4032 and can be purchased for bargain as digital version (.prg).

28.09.2020 - Video show WIP of 'Another World' port for C64
Eric Majikeyric stated, he is porting the famous Eric Chahi's game 'Another World' (Out of this World) to the C64. A lot of things need to be fixed but it works quiet well so far.

27.09.2020 - PDF Retro magazine REV'n'GE issue #114 for download
REV'n'GE (Retro Emulator Vision and Game) is an Italian and English-language PDF magazine, not only for Commodore fans, that mainly focus on game reviews.

27.09.2020 - C64 Neptune Lander Elite Preview - video by 'GRay Defender'
This video shows a preview of the upcoming video game Neptune Lander Elite for the Commodore 64.

27.09.2020 - ZetaWing for the Commodore 64 Review - ChickenHead Chronicles - new video from '10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast (10MARC)'
This week on ChickenHead Chronicles '10MARC' is reviewing the incredible new C64 game, ZetaWing from Sarah Jane Avory. Join hin and his son Daniel as they go over the features of this really nice game.

26.09.2020 - How to use D-Pad controllers on the C64 - new video from 'Adrian's Digital Basement'
While Adrian was a big gamer on 8-bit machines back in the early 80s, joysticks always hurt his hands after playing a while. When he got my first console, a Nintendo Entertainment System, he realized how nice it was to use a D-Pad for extended game sessions. Here are two ways to use a D-Pad on the Commodore 64 (and other machines) which makes playing much more ergonomic.

26.09.2020 - Mega Retro Funboxing! Timex, Sinclair, BBC, Commodore, Acorn - Sep 2020 Unboxing - new video from 'Retro Recipes'
What's Kate Beckinsale's and 'Perifractic's' classic computer connection?! Find out in this retro computer tech unboxing & enjoy some Timex Sinclair Commodore BBC & more gadgets along the way!

26.09.2020 - WIP C64 version of 'The Empire Strikes Back' already looks awesome
Chris Stanley from the Megastyle Productions has just recently announced on Twitter that he is teaming up with fellow group member, Rune Spaans, to port across the Atari 2600 version of 'Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back' to the Commodore 64. On Twitter you can see a first little taster, which is said to be a very early pre-alpha and much work has still to be done. But it already looks great...

26.09.2020 - Zeta Wing (C64) - 2020 Game Review of Gemini Wing Inspired Shooter - video by 'RetroGamerNation'
'RetroGamerNation' Quick Play video reviewing Zeta Wing for the Commodore 64 (C64).