Commodore News Page - News: C64

FairLight TV - #100

You can now watch a new episode of the FairLight TV YouTube channel. In this video: The X-2024 meeting in the Netherlands.

2024-05-31 - 12:10:00 - Week: 22 - Item number: 12425 - Category: C64, Event

Ball Bin Double - C64

Ball Bin Double is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Iceout. The game is only 512 bytes in size.

2024-05-31 - 12:00:00 - Week: 22 - Item number: 12415 - Category: C64, Game

Sayaka's Digital Attic - Micro C64

You can now watch a new video from the Sayaka's Digital Attic YouTube channel. In this episode, Eleonora is going to build a very small Commodore C64 computer.

2024-05-24 - 12:19:00 - Week: 21 - Item number: 12414 - Category: C64, Hardware

Bart Venneker - C64 assembly

Bart Venneker has made a new YouTube video (Dutch). In this episode: How you can use assembly-language to make programs for the Commodore C64 computer.

2024-05-24 - 12:17:00 - Week: 21 - Item number: 12412 - Category: C64, YouTube

Monday is a text adventure game typed/programmed on a real Commodore C64 by Ottersoft. The game is developed with The Quill software by Graeme Yeandle. There is no time limit and the puzzles not too difficult.

2024-05-24 - 12:08:00 - Week: 21 - Item number: 12403 - Category: C64, Game

Sky Saviour - C64

Sky Saviour is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Flump Studios. Defend the futuristic city of NeoCov from the invaders. Your mission is to intercept and eliminate the enemies before they reach the city centre.

2024-05-24 - 12:06:00 - Week: 21 - Item number: 12401 - Category: C64, Game

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Warzone - C64

Warzone is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer for two players. In the game, you must command your forces on two distinct fronts: the strategic map and the tactical battlefield. The game is developed by Orlof.

2024-05-24 - 12:04:00 - Week: 21 - Item number: 12399 - Category: C64, Game

Inspector - C64

Inspector is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Kwayne. In the game, you must deduct the identity of a murderer, the time of the deed, and the room where it was done, through a series of questions.

2024-05-24 - 12:02:00 - Week: 21 - Item number: 12397 - Category: C64, Game

Chip SID show - 68

You can now listen to a new episode of the Chip SID show with Max Hall. An hour long classic and new SID music.

2024-05-24 - 12:00:00 - Week: 21 - Item number: 12395 - Category: C64, Music

SIDKick pico - update

SIDKick pico is an inexpensive dual-SID-replacement without making compromises regarding quality. The new firmware adds FM emulation and a built-in PRG launcher. A new hardware revision includes a variant with onboard DAC.

2024-05-17 - 12:21:00 - Week: 20 - Item number: 12394 - Category: C64, Hardware

FairLight - 1337 - C64

FairLight - 1337 is a demo for the Commodore C64 computer made by Trident (code), The Sarge & Soya (pixels), Fegolhuzz & Danko (music). The demo reached the first place in the C64 demo competition at X-2024.

2024-05-17 - 12:20:00 - Week: 20 - Item number: 12393 - Category: C64, Demo

Bart Venneker - C64 Bootloader

Bart Venneker has made a new YouTube video (Dutch). In this episode: Using a bootloader to load data from a SD card into the memory of the Commodore C64 computer.

2024-05-17 - 12:16:00 - Week: 20 - Item number: 12389 - Category: C64, Hardware

SD2IEC Wedge 64

SW64 is a command-oriented wedge to control SD2IEC devices, developed by DiscMix for the Commodore C64 computer. The available commands are: DIR, MD, RD, CD, CI, STAT, SDR and SC.

2024-05-17 - 12:14:00 - Week: 20 - Item number: 12387 - Category: C64, Program

FairLight TV

You can now watch a new episode of the FairLight TV YouTube channel. In this video: Fast-loaders for the Commodore C64 computer.

2024-05-17 - 12:12:00 - Week: 20 - Item number: 12385 - Category: C64, Podcast

C64.ch

The demo portal C64.ch has added new demos for the Commodore C64 computer. The new files are: Accuracy, The Harbourmaster, PCB Ghost, Vader's Carinthian Crew, LCD 7 font, Seawatch, May the fourth, Polyphonix.., The Magic.., Summer Rain, Drawings, Bumzai, DRAG ON, Platoon, Shock Pack 5, Sid Accompanist, Sound of C, Doodle Dia-Show 2, Doodle Dia-Show, ToonS-O-matic, Blazon Marbles, GP-Micro-Intro, Blazon - Dirart 12 and Slanghai Express.

2024-05-17 - 12:08:00 - Week: 20 - Item number: 12381 - Category: C64, Demo

Broken Mirror - C64

Broken Mirror s a new text adventure game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Tommie Hansmar (code & pixels) and 4gente zeus zardax (music). In the game, you must find a way out of a damp and cold prison-cell.

2024-05-17 - 12:06:00 - Week: 20 - Item number: 12379 - Category: C64, Game

Ball Bin - C64

Ball Bin is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Iceout. The game is only 512 bytes in size.

2024-05-17 - 12:04:00 - Week: 20 - Item number: 12377 - Category: C64, Game

Shift Preview - C64

Shift Preview is a new puzzle game for the Commodore C64 computer developed by Haplo. Step into the monochromatic and mind-bending universe of Shift, where black and white landscapes hide more than meets the eye.

2024-05-17 - 12:02:00 - Week: 20 - Item number: 12375 - Category: C64, Game

GDOS64 v0.51 - C64

DarkVision released a new version of GDOS64 (v0.51). If you want to use GDOS64 you will need GEOS64, a 1581, 1 MB RAM and a turbo card.

2024-05-17 - 12:00:00 - Week: 20 - Item number: 12373 - Category: C64, Program

CBMSTUFF - Blingboard64

CBMSTUFF has started an Indiegogo campaign to produce a new keyboard for the Commodore C64 and C64c. The first goal of the Blingboard64 has already been reached, but more advanced versions are possible with more funding.

2024-05-10 - 12:19:00 - Week: 19 - Item number: 12372 - Category: C64, Hardware

Reviving Retro - C64 repair

You can now watch a new video from the Reviving Retro YouTube channel. In this video, the repair of a Commodore C64 computer with a lot of bad IC's.

2024-05-10 - 12:17:00 - Week: 19 - Item number: 12370 - Category: C64, Repair

SEUCK Title Screen Maker V1.7 - C64

With the SEUCK Title Screen Maker you can make a title screen for your own SEUCK game. The features are: Music, Koala or OCP Art studio logo, character sets, credits, scroll text and a comprehensive manual.

2024-05-10 - 12:15:00 - Week: 19 - Item number: 12368 - Category: C64, Program

Commodore Nightmares

Chris Wilkins started a Kickstarter campaign to make a new book about those games on the Commodore C64 computer that kept you up at night. The book is written by well known author and journalist, Andrew Fisher.

2024-05-10 - 12:11:00 - Week: 19 - Item number: 12364 - Category: C64, Book

My Developer Thoughts - C64 IDE

You can now watch a new video from the My Developer Thoughts YouTube channel. In this video, you can see how to set up a PC to use Kick Assembler and Visual Studio Code to write Commodore C64 Assembly Language.

2024-05-10 - 12:09:00 - Week: 19 - Item number: 12362 - Category: C64, Program

Retrospex 0.0 - PC

The program Retrospex, developed by Michel de Bree, can convert an image to match Commodore C64 graphic modes specifications. The program is designed to be used as part of a development toolchain.

2024-05-10 - 12:05:00 - Week: 19 - Item number: 12358 - Category: C64, Program

C64 intros

The web page c64Intros has updated its intro database and added more new intros. Updates: 50 new intros and 11 new groups.

2024-05-10 - 12:03:00 - Week: 19 - Item number: 12356 - Category: C64, Demo

Sprite Castle - Congo Bongo

Rob O'Hara has made a new podcast. The subject of this episode is the game Congo Bongo (1983/5) from Sega for the Commodore C64 computer.

2024-05-03 - 12:21:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 12352 - Category: C64, Podcast

Impossible Mission III (preview) - C64

ICON64 is working on version 3 of the game Impossible Mission. You can watch a short video of the work in progress on YouTube.

2024-05-03 - 12:17:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 12348 - Category: C64, Game

Martin Piper - SEUCK Left scrolling

You can now watch a new video from the Martin Piper YouTube channel. In this episode: Martin is showing how he adapted SEUCK for the Commodore C64 computer so it can scroll to the left, instead of down or right as the previous releases did.

2024-05-03 - 12:15:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 12346 - Category: C64, Program

Castle Belmar - C64

Castle Belmar is a new text-adventure for the Commodore C64, developed by Geir Straume (code) and Lobogris (translation). The game is available in the English and Spanish language.

2024-05-03 - 12:09:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 12340 - Category: C64, Game

Chip SID show - 67

You can now listen to a new episode of the Chip SID show with Max Hall. An hour long classic and new SID music.

2024-05-03 - 12:03:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 12334 - Category: C64, Music

Games That Weren't 64

The GTW64 webpage has had an update. New: Bacillus, Beat Em Up, Bruce Lee 2, Galencia Khaos Sphere, Infared and Strider USA. Update: ABC, Arthur, Breaker, Bushido Warrior, Chart Breaker, Euchre for Four, Field of Fire, Goremium, Habitat, Horror Drive, Koshimo, Lotya, Mindsmear, Orbital Run, Piracy, Quest for Cyrus, Starfighter One, Starglider 2, Super Elite, Super Pinball, Super Stardust, Time Scanner V1, Twintris and Ultra Games.

2024-05-03 - 12:01:00 - Week: 18 - Item number: 12332 - Category: C64, Game

Hasty Climber - C64

Hasty Climber is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed in the BASIC programming language by Massimo Bonucchi. In the game, you must climb the building to get to the balloon, avoiding the closed windows.

2024-04-26 - 12:19:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 12330 - Category: C64, Game

C64 Take-away podcast 60

A new episode of the C64 Take-away podcast is now available. In this podcast: Vandahlia - Robocop 3, AMJ - Selfmade Executable, Eivind Sommersten - Blue, Linus - Sheds on a Sea-Girt Isle, SoundLogic - The Beginning, Dr Future - Plastic Pop, Dan Tootill - Crazy Comets, Reyn Ouwehand - Flimbo's Quest, Eivind Sommersten - Stableraster, ROTY 2023 Awards, Datahits Rewound and Remix64 on Discord.

2024-04-26 - 12:16:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 12327 - Category: C64, Podcast

Zapped to the Past

You can now listen to a new episode of the Zapped to the Past podcast. In this episode: 4th Dimension: Insects In Space, Wild Streets, Fighter Bomber, Super Wonderboy, Pro Mountain Bike Simulator, Neutralizor and 4th Dimension: Head the Ball.

2024-04-26 - 12:09:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 12320 - Category: C64, Podcast

8-Bit Show - Sky Travel

Robin Harbron made a new YouTube video. This time he talks about the C64 astronomy program Sky Travel. He also takes a look at the prediction of the recent solar eclipse, with the help of the 20 MHz CMD SuperCPU Accelerator.

2024-04-26 - 12:05:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 12316 - Category: C64, Program

FREEZE64 - 67

FREEZE64 is a fanzine for Commodore 64 gamers and hackers. In this edition: Good Kniight, Andrew Braybrook (Paradroid), Doughboy, Cops 'n' Robbers, Sabre Wulf, Saucer Attack, Gridlock, Bounder, Keith Wood (Mr. Dig, Arena 3000, Pengon & Space Shuttle), Fragile Gamebert, Back To The Future 2, Blagger, FRAK! and Karl Hörnell (Inbread).

2024-04-26 - 12:03:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 12314 - Category: C64, Magazine

YARC - C64 repair

You can watch a new video from the YARC (Yet Another Retro Channel) YouTube channel. In this episode: The repair of 10 Commodore C64 computers.

2024-04-26 - 12:01:00 - Week: 17 - Item number: 12312 - Category: C64, Repair

Bre4Kout - C64

Bre4Kout is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Massimo Bonucchi. Bre4Kout is a simple game written in BASIC V2.0, inspired by Breakout and Arkanoid. The object of the game is to knock down the wall of coloured bricks.

2024-04-19 - 12:18:00 - Week: 16 - Item number: 12309 - Category: C64, Game

Retro Tech Insanity - Ridiculous Cart - SID

You can watch a new video from the Retro Tech Insanity YouTube channel. In this episode, a new addition to the Ridiculous Cart for the Commodore C64/128 computer: An extra SID chip.

2024-04-19 - 12:15:00 - Week: 16 - Item number: 12306 - Category: C64, Hardware

8-Bit Resurgence - C64x - RGB keyboard

You can now watch a new video from the 8-Bit Resurgence YouTube channel. In this episode, a look at the translucent C64x computer with an RGB mechanical keyboard. The C64x is a modern PC inside a C64 case.

2024-04-19 - 12:13:00 - Week: 16 - Item number: 12304 - Category: C64, Hardware

The Last Defender - C64

The Last Defender is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by LC-Games. In the game, you must defend earth from a hostile alien race. You can use the laser gun to hit the enemy, but with each shot, the gun temporarily loses energy.

2024-04-19 - 12:11:00 - Week: 16 - Item number: 12302 - Category: C64, Game

Arctic retro - C64 repair

You can now watch a new video from the Arctic retro YouTube channel. In this video, the repair of two Commodore C64 computers.

2024-04-19 - 12:09:00 - Week: 16 - Item number: 12300 - Category: C64, Repair

Bart Venneker - Chat64

Bart Venneker has made a new YouTube video (Dutch language). In this episode: An update on the Chat64 cartridge. With Chat64 you can chat online with a real Commodore C64 computer.

2024-04-19 - 12:07:00 - Week: 16 - Item number: 12298 - Category: C64, Program

Missione Lunare - C64

Missione Lunare is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Massimo Bonucchi. Missione Lunare is a simple game written in BASIC V2.0, inspired by Lunar Lander and Jupiter Lander. The aim of the game is to land the lunar module on one of the two platforms on the inhospitable lunar terrain.

2024-04-19 - 12:05:00 - Week: 16 - Item number: 12296 - Category: C64, Game

Circuit-stance ROMance

Northwest Interactive has started a Kickstarter campaign for making a new game for the Commodore C64 computer. The game will be a dating simulator.

2024-04-12 - 12:19:00 - Week: 15 - Item number: 12287 - Category: C64, Game

Hammurabi - C64

Hammurabi is a new text adventure game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Pararaum (code), Chrabz (music), ComSha & Logiker (pixels & dir art) and Wil (test).

2024-04-12 - 12:17:00 - Week: 15 - Item number: 12285 - Category: C64, Game

Chip SID show - 66

You can now listen to a new episode of the Chip SID show with Max Hall. An hour long classic and new SID music.

2024-04-12 - 12:15:00 - Week: 15 - Item number: 12283 - Category: C64, Music

Spinning Image - C64

Spinning Image is a new puzzle game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Carleton Handley. In the game, you must try to get the picture on the left to match the picture on the right side of the screen. The game is PAL and NTSC compatible and has 50 levels.

2024-04-12 - 12:13:00 - Week: 15 - Item number: 12281 - Category: C64, Game

Cats 'n Critters - C64

Cats 'n Critters is a new platform game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by NellyByte Software. In the game, you must help the cats Maple and Button to rid their garden of menacing critters that have invaded their home.

2024-04-12 - 12:10:00 - Week: 15 - Item number: 12278 - Category: C64, Game