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Here you will find the latest news about the VIC20, aka VIC-20, aka VC20 - the first home computer success of Commodore and predecessor of the C64. This ticker contains news about new game and hardware releases, latest video and podcast uploads, trivia and product information. All freshly fished from the web. RSS feed available!

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28.07.2025 - VIC-20 Diagnostics Cart & Harness Repair - video by 'Jan Beta'
Jan is troubleshooting, repairing and improving the VIC-20 Diagnostics Cartridge and Harness that turned out to be broken in the previous video.

19.07.2025 - Commodore VIC-20 CR NTSC Repair - video by 'Jan Beta'
Jan is trying to repair a badly broken and incomplete NTSC Commodore VIC-20 board.

15.07.2025 - Fixing two broken VIC-20s! - video by ' Sayaka's Digital Attic'
Sayaka got two VIC-20s from a subscriber that had been sitting in their basement for a long time. And the humidity definitely took its toll! One of them showed clear signs of corrosion. Luckily, the second one was an easy repair...

20.04.2025 - VIC-20 port of 'Ultima II' released - free for download
Following successful VIC 20 ports of Elite and Ultima III, Aleksi Eeben began now also ported 'Ultima II - The Revenge of the Enchantress', originally made in 1982 and the second game in the row of the famous RPG series by Lord British. As a by-product of the VIC 20 Ultima II port, there is also a one-disked and bugfixed for the C-64 as well.

23.03.2025 - C64 game 'Invasion Anarchy' released - free for download
'Invasion Anarchy' is a classic arcade shooter inspired by Invader Fall on the VIC-20. Made by Chris Page. It's an Invasion, and you're the only one who can stop it - prevent the aliens from reaching the bottom of the screen and capturing your fighter, as it's the only one you have.

15.03.2025 - VIC-20 game 'Formula V20 1981' released
Formula V20 '81 is a racing computer game for the 16k expanded Commodore VIC-20. It’s the prequel to Formula V20 '85. There are eight tracks, and the main goal is to beat the clock. Traverse each track while avoiding the competitor racing cars. There are tunnels where visibility is limited and sections where ice and sleet cover the track, which causes the player to skid wildly. You can get the game as digital downloads for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

09.03.2025 - 'C=64 Copycat' and 'VIC-20 Copycat' released
C=64 Copycat and VIC-20 Copycat are adaptations of the classic memory game SIMON, originally created by Ralph Baer and Howard J. Morrison and distributed in 1978 by Milton Bradley (MB). You can get the games as digital downloads for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

27.01.2025 - A Canadian VIC-20: No Big Deal, Eh? - video by '8-Bit Show And Tell'
Robin acquires a fairly-well preserved Canadian VIC-20 from his former co-worker's sister's ex-husband's wife's deceased aunt who had fortunately saved all the boxes and other packing material, including the bilingual slip box that goes over the usual American VIC-20 box, and the very rare "Viccessories" bonus pack. We go through this haul and compare this particular VIC-20 to others in Robin's collection with a focus on the differences in keyboards and power supplies. Then we try to power up this VIC-20 for the first time in maybe 42 years - it sort of works - and play some games and do some tests on it. And of course, 10 PRINT.

26.01.2025 - VIC-20 game collection 'Goal - Hockey Soccer Football' released
This is a collection of simple sports games made many years ago, but not released until now. These are very simple games played with the keyboard. Keys shown at the top of each side of the screen. You can get the games as digital download for little money (name your own price) to support the developer.

25.01.2025 - C64 game 'Ultima - Escape from Mt Drash' released - free for download
'Ultima - Escape from Mt Drash' is a role-playing video game published for the VIC-20 home computer by Sierra On-Line in 1983. Thanks to Aleksi Eeben this game was now ported to the C64. The game itself is a very simple series of three-dimensional randomly generated dungeons, and the idea is to destroy all monsters that stand in way and exit to the next level.

20.01.2025 - VIC-20 port of 'Elite' released - free for download
Elite is a space trading video game, written and developed by David Braben and Ian Bell in 1984 for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron. While there have been ports for many home computers of the 80s, there is now also a port for theVIC-20 (32K + 3K RAM expansion required) thanks to Aleksi Eeben. VIC-20 Elite is based on the C64 source, VIC-20 specific graphics, text, keyboard & joystick input, and sound routines were written from scratch to replace the corresponding C64 code.

11.01.2025 - The Slot-tastic VIC20 Slot Machine for Commodore VIC-20
The Slot-tastic VIC20 Slot Machine is a VIC-20 V2 BASIC mini-game developed by Alberto (BCO) Sgaggero in 2024, created for the Slot Machine game simulation challenge promoted by the Facebook group Retro Programmers Inside. You can get the game as digital download for a bargain (name your own price) to support the developer.

11.01.2025 - Video: VIC-20 Elite Preview (9 Jan 2025)
Over the past weeks, Aleksi Eeben has been working on a Commodore VIC-20 port of Elite, the legendary open-world space trading, exploration, survival, combat, and you-name-it game.It's almost ready for release, but there's still a few little things to iron out.

02.01.2025 - VIC-20 game 'Doodlebug' released - free for download
'Doodlebug' is a platformer game originally made for Spectrum with MPAGD (Multi platform arcade game designer) and was now ported to VIC-20 (+35K). The game can be downloaded played directly in your browser.

01.01.2025 - Video: VIC-20 Elite Preview (30 Dec 2024)
Over the past two weeks, Aleksi Eeben has been working on a Commodore VIC-20 port of Elite, the legendary open-world space trading, exploration, survival, combat, and you-name-it game. It’s already quite playable and looking mighty fine!