Wow, this is one I did not expect to see coming back. The long forgotten ChipWits — an intriguing puzzler on the Commodore 64 as well as its original Mac and Apple II versions — is getting a reboot. But the thing is, you can play the original already, thanksRead More →
Way back when, I discovered a piece of software called SEUCK, or Shoot ‘Em Up Construction Kit. My face doubtless lit up when I saw it in a magazine, and I spent countless trips to the shops to find a copy for my C64. Several years later, I did. AndRead More →
One night, I risked everything (well, homework) to strike missile bases in the Middle East… In the late 1980s and early 1990s, western activity in the Middle East was largely (a couple of conflicts aside) represented by airstrikes. Some of these might have been launched from F-15 jets, and othersRead More →
Aiming to raise over £50,000, the Commodore Computer Museum is a Kickstarter for all fans of C64, VIC-20, and Amiga systems and their heritage. Promising to focus on the history of the overlooked Commodore computing brand the project promises to be a must-visit. The only problem is that it isRead More →
The Raspberry Pi Pico is the heart of potentially the smallest emulation platform. Twitter user bobricious has created a system that run Commodore 64, Atari 800, and ZX Spectrum games with a VGA output. With just a 133 MHz dual-core RP2040 processor, the sub-£5 board can be attached to aRead More →
A new range of European keyboard layouts is coming to the 8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard range. I’ve never really taken to mechanical keyboards. In fact, until the last few years, I didn’t even know they were actually a thing. As a kid my mum had a typewriter. That’s probably theRead More →
Way back in the 1980s, MicroProse released Geoff Crammond’s Stunt Car Racer (under the MicroStyle label). It came out on Commodore 64, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, PC (DOS), and ZX Spectrum. But it wasn’t released on Commodore’s other 8-bit system, the Commodore Plus/4. Fast foward 35 years or so,Read More →
Anthony Yates relives Gorf, the first video game he played way back whenever that was. While my obsession with gaming was nurtured by the Game Boy and Sega Mega Drive, the first machine I played games on was the Commodore 64. I vividly remember how a few games looked, butRead More →
In 1984, in the north east of England, in a tired seaside town, parents either side of 40 bought their family its first computer from a local photography and Hi-Fi retailer, McKenna & Brown. The computer was cheaper than at the Uptons department store a few doors away, mostly dueRead More →
