As many of us know, some of those games of the 8-bit era take a very large toll on the most common implement used to control them: the joystick. Yes, some of them just aren’t made to last (Mr Cheetah Annihilator, with your poorly designed plastic shaft, I am lookingContinue Reading
It’s been a tremendous year for newly published retro books, especially the sort you are proud to have on your coffee table when guests are round. With the Sega Megadrive/Genesis: Collected Works (see review here), the overdue but awesome looking ARTCADE book and Bitmap Books second Visual Commpendium title onContinue Reading
Those wonderful guys over at www.CommodoreFormatArchive.com have carried on where Commodore Format magazine left off, 19 long years ago and released Power Pack number 62 as a download over on the Commodore Format blog. This free download features exclusive games and some of the very best C64 titles of recentContinue Reading
Back in the heady days of the early 80’s I was witness to, and also the instigator if I’m honest of many a playground argument regarding which micro was best; ZX Spectrum or Commodore 64. I was always fighting Sinclair’s corner back then and still do hold the Spectrum toContinue Reading
The internet is a wonderful place. You can find almost anything. Recipes, tips on how to mend your car, what that great big lump is behind your ear… even Commodore disk images for your 30 year old computer. How to get those .d64 disk images onto your beloved bread binContinue Reading
What a treat we have for you all this time. For this installment of the SUYC series, we are off to Belgium to visit a self-confessed Commodore geek, nuclear physicist (yes, really) and CEO of OriCon (www.oricon.eu) Robby Boey. This really is a jaw-dropping collection of epic proportions and aContinue Reading
Want to know what today’s school children think of the technology we found amazing when we were kids? This short but fascinating BBC video gives a humorous insight into just that. Thanks to Ibrar Khan (@K_Ibrar) for the heads-up. See the video here.Continue Reading
If you are of a certain age and owned a ZX Spectrum you will remember well the playground taunts from your Commodore owning friends regarding colour clash, its rubber keyboard and feeble sound effects. Likewise if you owned a Commodore 64 you will remember the playground taunts regarding washed outContinue Reading
Have you ever wanted to Twitter from your Commodore 64? Probably not, but I bet those of you with C64’s lying around will be paying attention when I tell you it is now a possibility thanks to Johan Van den Brande from Belgium. Your C64 will need an internet connectionContinue Reading