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The Commodore 64 was a monster in 2020 and 2021 is already looking amazing as well

The Commodore 64 was a monster in 2020 and 2021 is already looking amazing as well

Jan 11, 2021

As I stated recently on social media, most vintage video game and computer platforms – even the ones that weren’t particularly successful – have thriving homebrew communities. These communities include the talented developers making new software (mostly games), as well as the enthusiastic users of such software. Yes, 40-year-old (and...

Top Emulators Amiga Forever and C64 Forever 8 Receive “R2” Update

Top Emulators Amiga Forever and C64 Forever 8 Receive “R2” Update

Sep 10, 2019

Press Release September 9, 2019 – Cloanto released today the “R2” (8.2.2.0) update for Amiga Forever 8 and C64 Forever 8. The “R2” build is the result of eight months of work since the previous major release, and takes into account user feedback, operating system enhancements and numerous features from our own wish list....

Amazing classic Bruce Lee videogame remix now out as Bruce Lee – Return of Fury for C-64!

Amazing classic Bruce Lee videogame remix now out as Bruce Lee – Return of Fury for C-64!

Mar 1, 2019

One of the greatest action platform games of all-time, Bruce Lee, first released in 1984 by Datasoft for a variety of platforms, including the Apple II, Atari 8-bit, and Commodore 64 (C-64), has a new C-64-specific remix out. While the similarly superb Bruce Lee II was released for Windows and Linux in...

Amiga Forever and C64 Forever 8 Released – Great new features!

Amiga Forever and C64 Forever 8 Released – Great new features!

Dec 31, 2018

As fans of the best commercial Commodore Amiga and C-64 (as well as most other Commodore-series 8-bits, including PET, CBM series, VIC-20, C-16, and Plus/4) emulator know, there’s always something to look forward to with Cloanto‘s annual updates. Here are a few of the flashier highlights: Virtual Keyboard – Open...

SSI’s classic first person dungeon crawler Eye of the Beholder on the Commodore 64? Yes!

SSI’s classic first person dungeon crawler Eye of the Beholder on the Commodore 64? Yes!

May 30, 2018

Andreas Larsson has reported on the Dungeon Crawlers: RetroGaming group on Facebook that he has restarted his efforts to develop SSI’s classic dungeon crawler, Eye of the Beholder, for the Commodore 64 (C-64), which would make it the first sub-16-bit port. Here’s Andreas in his own words: “Two months ago...

Master List of Commodore 128 Games and Software

Master List of Commodore 128 Games and Software

Apr 2, 2018

Unable to find a single source listing of Commodore 128 (C-128) games, I did a Google search and Facebook post in the Commodore 64/128 group. I then took some time to compile what others had found into a single spreadsheet, which I can further modify as edits are inevitably required....

Weighing in on known defect rates for the Commodore 64

Weighing in on known defect rates for the Commodore 64

Feb 16, 2018

Inspired by a discussion on AtariAge, I was curious if there were any defect rate numbers available for the Commodore 64 to see if it indeed was significantly more failure prone than select contemporaries like the Apple II and Atari 8-bit, and how the percentages worked out (not that we’d...

The Longest Lived Personal Computing Platforms

The Longest Lived Personal Computing Platforms

Oct 3, 2017

In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, there are some of us – me included, naturally – who just aren’t happy unless we replace our electronic devices every year or two. The promise of faster, better, and just more of what we already love is hard to resist. Of course, this...

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