Every so often, a retro project turns up that makes you stop and say: hang on, that machine can do that? That’s exactly the case with a brand new, fan-made arcade-style version of Ghosts ’n Goblins for the Commodore Plus/4. Yes, the Plus/4. The often-forgotten sibling in Commodore’s 8-bit family.Read More →
As classic games go, Stunt Car Racer is one of the stand-out titles on the Commodore 64, but it never really took advantage of the C128’s hardware… until now. A developer, known as cobbpg, has issued a Commodore 128 update of the game, which is notably faster than the gameRead 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 →
Looking for some new Commodore 64 games? March 2024 has so far seen the release of 3 new C64 titles, an addition of a key title to the Commodore Plus/4, and a new Amiga point-and-click game is in development. New Commodore 64 games Chaos Engine for Commodore 64 Work hasRead More →
As a Commodore 64 owner, I looked upon the release of the Commodore Plus/4 with a fair dose of derision. After all, what was the point in releasing a machine that didn’t run the same software? Back in 1984, this was Commodore’s “business-oriented” alternative to the C64, along with theRead More →
Retro systems developer Electron.Greg has released Super Star Trek for several 8-bit systems, including the C64 and VIC-20. On his Itch.io page for the Acorn Electron version, he says, “I have taken the original 1970s source code of the 80 column printer terminal based simulation and converted it for theRead More →
Or is this Lemmings game conversion an elaborate prank? If you were around in the 1990s then you would know Lemmings. A cute arcade puzzler requiring a very strategic mind, the game was published by Psygnosis in 1991, and developed by DMA Designs. While considered an Amiga game, Lemmings eventuallyRead More →
Coming soong from Pystronik Software is an intriguing new Commodore 64 game also available for Commodore 16/Plus 4 systems. Described as their “biggest 8-bit production yet”, Lykia – The Lost Island is an “epic quest” that would span both sides of two floppy disks if given a physical 5.25-inch release.Read More →
Back in 1984 I was presented with my first computer, a Commodore 64, which shipped with one game: Galaxy, an adequate take on Galaxians, for £7.99. After several weeks of struggling to get past stage 3, my mum finally acquiesced and agreed to buy some extra games. The result wasRead More →
