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The first season of Stranger Things was a standout success for Netflix in 2016. With its blend of old-school science fiction and horror set within the backdrop of the 1980s, the television show hit a cord with many viewers who grew up grew during that era. And if you’re a fan of the Commodore 64–which, […]
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Stranger Things Prototype for Commodore 64
February 11th, 2017 
Neil Reive 
Posted in Comp, News 
Tags: adventure, c64, commodore 64, prototype, SCUMM, Stranger Things 
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Border Blast 3 Blasts onto the Commodore 64
January 20th, 2017 Neil Reive Prolific Commodore 64 coder Alf Yngve has released his latest SEUCK game with Border Blast 3. The game, which was developed with the popular coding software SEUCK (Shoot ‘Em Up Construction Kit), is the sequel to Border War and Border Blast 2, which were released in 1989 and 1992 respectively. Arriving 25 years after its […]
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Posted in News Tags: Alf Yngve, c64, commodore, commodore 64, Commodore 64 Scene Database, Richard Bayliss, seuck, shoot em up construction kit, shoot-em up No Comments »
Commodore 64 Full Motion Video
December 29th, 2016 Carl Williams Think the Commodore 64 cannot do Full Motion Video? Think again, it can even do a great rendition of the Knight Rider and Dallas intros.
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: Bad Tom, c64, cartoon, commodore 64, dallas, introduction, Kitt, Knight Rider, miami vice, Nuvie, RAM Expansion Unit, television, Thundercats, Tom and Jerry 1 Comment »
Something for the Weekend – December 17, 2016
December 17th, 2016 Neil Reive The weekend is a time to wind down. A time to reflect on all the happenings in the retrogaming scene. At time to revisit the week’s main news, previews, reviews, retrospectives, and updates. This week, we looked at news on an upcoming one-on-one Super Nintendo fighting game, a 3D printer Zelda map, checked out Super […]
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Posted in Comp, Console, News Tags: commodore 64, dreamcast, Intellivision, ios, kickstarter, mega drive, nintendo, pc, playstation, sega, sega genesis, snes, Something for the weekend, zx spectrum 1 Comment »
Kickstarter – Unknown Realm – 8-bit fantasy RPG for PC and C64
December 16th, 2016 Neil Reive A promising fantasy role playing game, Unknown Realm: The Siege Perilous, has hit Kickstarter. Developed for the Commodore 64 and PC (Windows and Mac), the game harks back to the 1980s era of classic RPGs such as Ultima, Wasteland, and SSI’s Gold Box series. With a good dose of rewards on offer, the project has […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: cartridge release, commodore 64, fantasy, kickstarter, mac, role playing game, Unknown Realm, windows pc No Comments »
The Final Attack 2017 Redux Remastered Edition Lands on the Commodore 64
December 10th, 2016 Neil Reive This game has a fairly long and interesting history. The original version of The Final Attack, a SEUCK (Shoot’Em-Up Construction Kit) vertical shoot-’em-up, was developed by Damian Caynes (aka Slartibartfast) back in 1988. In the game, the player controls a lone space ship tasked with defending Earth against a fleet of invading alien attack ships. […]
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Commodore 64 Receives Shotgun Four Player Deathmatch Game Available Free and as Box Set
August 6th, 2016 Carl Williams It is not often that we are alerted to new Commodore 64 games but when we do get these, we make sure to tell everyone we can about them. Why? For me it is simple, I love the Commodore 64 gaming computer. It is iconic and awesome, I mean, short of the NES name a […]
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Fort Djangos New Commodore 64 Action Game Released
August 4th, 2016 Carl Williams The Commodore 64 is a classic computer that most of us here at Retro Gaming Magazine have fond memories of. This little computer just keeps giving, year after year, decade after decade. New games are being released for the C64 every day it seems. One such new game is Fort Djangos by Dr. TerrorZ. If […]
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5 Indie Titles Prove 2D Still Lives
November 30th, 2015 Carl Williams 2D is a rarer and rarer occurrence, especially on consoles. That is saddening for a retro gaming fan like myself as I grew up playing the greats. Super Mario Bros 1/2 (site link)/3 (site link)/World/Land, Mega Man series, Castlevania (site link) etc. Even the obscure ones like Shockman (Turbo Grafx-16), Popful Mail (Sega CD), even […]
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Sam’s Journey Tells Mario to put up or Shut Up on Commodore 64, Nintendo Silent
April 11th, 2015 Carl Williams Super Mario Brothers never made it to the Commodore 64, though Hudson Soft did license the series for IBM PC computers. That might be why Nintendo stopped allowing their games onto other platforms, till the CD-i debacle with Zelda and Mario. That has not stopped other publishers from doing games that are quite similar to […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: action, adventure, c64, commodore 64, indie retro news, Knights of Bytes, nintendo, platform, retro, retro game, retro gaming, retrogame, retrogaming, Sam's Journey, SMB, super mario bros 3 Comments »
