We have a new Commodore company, courtesy of retro enthusiast Christian Simpson and a team of notables. But there is already a company claiming to be Commodore… Following news of the efforts Christian “Perifractic” Simpson and various others have gone to in order to revive the Commodore name (following aRead More →
You’ve heard of Amiga Forever, but did you know there was a C64 Forever for Windows as well? The ownership of Commodore properties is confusing, and I don’t want to get into it here. Suffice to say, one company, Cloanto, maintains and licences the Amiga OS and Commodore (or CBM)Read More →
It has come to our attention that C64 USB sticks of Commodore 64 games, complete with “TheC64” label, are available to buy on AliExpress and eBay. It should go without saying that these should be avoided. Boasting over 5000 games, these devices are typically described as “USB Stick Adapter ForRead More →
Promising to stick MS-DOS games in your pocket, the Pocket 386 is an imported classic PC handheld that has sold out on AliExpress. Last year we brought you news of the Weecee, a mini PC designed to run MS-DOS and Windows 95 games. Well, the Pocket 386 (a smaller version,Read More →
Copying Commodore 64 cassettes to my PC pretty much covers what I’ve been doing over the past few months. A cursory glance at my C64 collection revealed I have a third as many “blank” cassettes – that is, shop-bought cassettes optimized for data – as I have published games onRead More →
Fancy a wall-mounted home arcade system in your home? If so, the Polycade Sente Kickstarter campaign is worth keeping an eye on. This system can play current PC titles (with the right hardware) as well as retro games, boasts a modular design, and features a 60Mhz 1080p display. The lowerRead More →
Could a “maxi” full size Amiga console be coming from RGL? It looks like it! Following months of speculation, the Retro Games Ltd Facebook page revealed the full sized version of TheA500 Mini would arrive in late 2024. As you can see from the roadmap above, the “A500 Maxi” isRead More →
A Raspberry Pi and Greaseweazle floppy drive adapter can be used together to read and image Amiga disks. Pulling an old Amiga 1200 out of a box and hoping it will work is always worrying. If it turns out the board is ruined (sub-standard capacitors were used on original A1200s,Read More →
25 classic Amiga games are bundled in with the A500 Mini, making this the ultimate mini retro console. Announced in 2021, released in 2022, and now available for less than £90, the A500 Mini is closest you can get to owning an Amiga – unless you happen to own anRead More →
