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I cover a lot of unofficial, okay they are illegal at their core, ports of popular games to other platforms the owners never supported. Sometimes though, I get a chance to cover an official port, as is the case with Farming Simulator for the Commodore 64. For those that do not know, Farming Simulator is […]
Archive for the ‘Commodore 64’ Category
Farming Simulator to See Official Commodore 64 Port
November 24th, 2018 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Commodore 64, Comp, News, Windows 
Tags: bandit gaming, demake, Farming Simulator 
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Star Wars Commodore 64 Will Make Your Jaw Drop
November 18th, 2018 Carl Williams Before we get into this too far, let me be clear – this is a demo, not a game. Demos can make the hardware do things it could not do if there was player input to have to worry about. On computers, the demo scene is quite robust and sometimes jaw droppingly awesome, as is […]
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C64 Mini Firmware Update Unlocks USB Ports
October 21st, 2018 Carl Williams Commodore 64 undoubtedly represents one of the most important landmarks in the spreading of electronic gaming in many parts of the world. It was in fact the first mass computer to enter homes that left a permanent mark on the history of the video game industry. Launched in 1982, the C64 dominated the home computer […]
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Commodore 64 Receiving Hellbound, Run and Gun Platformer
August 19th, 2018 Carl Williams Hellbound is a new run and gun platform action game by Marvin Hardy. This new title is coming to the Commodore 64 sometime soon, hope against hope that it is this year but I understand if it is next year sometime. As gamers we sometimes have to wait for the fun stuff. Considering the age […]
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Fan Porting Street Fighter II Champion Edition to Commodore 64
June 10th, 2018 Carl Williams If you were a gamer in the early 90’s that only played on computers, then you missed out on the best versions of Street Fighter II. Plain and simple. It is no secret that the computer ports of Capcom’s arcade 1 on 1 fighter were lackluster at best. Most were published by US Gold or […]
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Populous Review
June 9th, 2018 Carl Williams Sure, today playing god in a game is nothing new. We have plenty of options if this is your one and only goal in your electronic entertainment. Back in the late 80’s and early 90’s though, options were much more limited. Populous took the idea of a sandbox game, mixed in plenty of “god like” […]
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Posted in Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, Comp, Genesis, Macintosh, News, Nintendo, Reviews, Sega, Super Nintendo, Windows Tags: Bullfrog, ea, electronic arts, playing god, Populous, simulation, strategy No Comments »
Wolfenstein 3D for Commodore 64 Updated
December 28th, 2017 Carl Williams Wolfenstein 3D released in 1992 to an unsuspecting PC gaming populace which quickly lapped it up, launching id Software into the stratosphere with gamers. Three years later id Software would release the source code for Wolfenstein 3D which opened gamers using it to do new things. They released the source code to the follow-up title, […]
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Top Five Games to Load on the C64 Mini
October 3rd, 2017 Neil Reive We recently announced the impending arrival of the C64 Mini: a mini reproduction of the classic 8-bit computer from Commodore. However, there are still many questions about the full sized version (with working keyboard), the length of the C64 Mini’s joystick cable, and most importantly, the ability for gamers to load their own games on […]
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Double Dragon Pulls Brawler Genre into Mainstream – July 2nd, 1987 – Today in Video Game History
July 2nd, 2016 Carl Williams When you think of arcade brawlers there are not many names that will top Double Dragon. Technos knew they had a good blend of unique to the competition game play and graphics with this one. Sure, there were other brawlers available before Double Dragon but none captured the fan base that this arcade unit did. […]
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