Games That Weren't 64
An new entry on the GTW64 web page is Exodus. Exodus was a game developed by Paul Clansey in the late eighties. The game was a mix of Elite, Civilisation and Traveller RPG. Paul is now searching if he can find any diskettes with the game.
Updates of other games: Angel of Hell 2, Al The Fish, Bilbo, Car Game 2, Charlie Chaplin, Marc in Wonderland, Mission of Mercy, Sword of Abbadon, Sun Ball, THC Bros and Where time Stood Still.
Updates of other games: Angel of Hell 2, Al The Fish, Bilbo, Car Game 2, Charlie Chaplin, Marc in Wonderland, Mission of Mercy, Sword of Abbadon, Sun Ball, THC Bros and Where time Stood Still.
Tape Master Pro V2.1
An new version of Tape Master Pro is available. Improvements in this version are: You can choose your own text scroll speed. Loading stripes now also work before starting the IRQ turbo tape system. Resolved a small error in the boot loader. And it is now possible to continue with Tape Master Pro after saving your program.
C64games.de update
The web page c64games.de had an update. You can now find more than 5800 games on this web page. A few examples of new games are: Breakers, Epyxgames, Essex, Fetz-Out, Fetz-Out II, Mindwheel, Project Hell-Storm, Sky Terror - Space Blitz, Sodan Attack, Space Action (Ingo Sander), Tennis (Compute), The Games, Verschollen in Alaska, X-Dir and monopoly online.
Squarewave Orchestra
Squarewave Orchestra is a chip-tune band with Kvee and Nooly. They play game music on home computers and game consoles. On the ArcadeHry 2012 party they gave a live performance and they also used a Commodore C64c for making the music. You can watch the performance on YouTube.
Fairy Well cartridge - C64
The web page RGCD presents the cartridge version of the game Fairy Well. This game won the 2011 C64 16kB cartridge game development competition. The game can be played with a joystick on a C64 PAL / NTSC and the 64 GS. In the game you need to guide your fairy through the labyrinthine underworld on your quest to rescue the captured princess and restore peace to the forest! The game comes boxed (artwork by Flemming Dupont), printed manual and exclusive sticker.
SD2IEC Backpack
SwissMäc developed his own version of a SD2IEC. He named his version the Commodore 64 SD2IEC Backpack. In the video you can see that the device is installed on the Commodore C64 as a little backpack.
More information about the Commodore 64 SD2IEC Backpack (German language).
More information about the Commodore 64 SD2IEC Backpack (German language).
TAPgen v0.1
TAPgen v0.1 is a tape loader program made by Enthusi. With this program you can make your own tape loading system for your games. It supports games up to 44 kB (173 Blocks) including loading music, loading picture and a scroll text with custom character set. The program can be used on a PC with Python and recent version of Exomizer.
Wyverns - C64
Christian Siege released the second part in the Wyvern series. The game is developed with the Sideways SEUCK system and can be used with an Commodore 64. In the game you control a holy dragon who has to save the land of Progidia from the Evil Dragon lord. You have to fight against dragons and minions.
C64 Endings
The web page c64endings.com has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: Rally Cross (Anco), Redhawk (Melbourne House), Stunt Car Racer (Microstyle), Scout (Mastertronic), Tintin on the Moon (Infogrames), Tales of the Arabian Nights (Interceptor Software), Toadforce (Players), Tarzan Goes Ape (Codemasters), Ultimate Wizard (Electronic Arts), Vindicators (Domark) and Wild West Seymour (Codemasters).
TMPx v1.0/Style
TMPx (TMP cross) is a cross assembler that is 100% compatible with the full syntax of the Commodore C64 program Turbo Macro Pro. TMPx was tested thoroughly and will produce the same output as Turbo Macro Pro on the real C64. Besides TMPx you can also use TMPview. This program will show the ASCII version of the Turbo Assembler code.
Quod Init Exit v1.2
Simone Bevilacqua (saimo) released an update of his game Quod Init Exit. In the game you are a little pig, and you need to eat all the food you can find. The game has excellent graphics and is fun to play. You can download the game from the Commodore Scene Database (CSDb) web page.
GTW64 - Memo
Memo is a simple memory game and was developed in 1992 by Göran Johansson (Code), Anders Elmen (Music) and Kim Nordström (Graphics). The special thing about this memory game was that is was a two player game and you could steal "pairs" from your opponent. But in 1992 the game publishers had lost interest in the C64 market and the game did not get released.
Darren Melbourne interview
The web page c64.com interviewed Darren Melbourne. Darren developed games for many computer systems. For the Commodore C64 he worked on Hades Nebula, Blazer, Shinobi, Ninja Warriors, Gemini Wing and Speedball. Nowadays he develops games for the Nintendo and the iPhone. You can read the complete interview on the c64.com web page.
Commodork 64
Warrenterra79 collected an number of videos of Commodore C64 games with strange behavior. A few examples are: Circus games, Decathlon, Summer Games, Summer Games II, World Games, Winter Games and many more.
Allan Elegeert (Mad All) interview
The web page c64.com has interviewed Allan Elegeert, also known as Mad All. Mad All was active in the Belgium C64 scene from 1985 until 1990. He was a member of Commando and Commando Frontier (CFR) and did a lot of demo design and disk swapping. You can read the whole interview on the c64.com web page.
Digital Talk #94
In this German language d64 magazine the following articles: Editorial, Computer Scene: News, CF Geschichte, TheRun's kleine C= Welt, Factor64, DT-Texte konvertieren, My litle Retro-X-mas, Radiointerview - 30J. C64, Retro22, Interviews with Schonkel and Radio6581. Party-Corner: GC Bericht, VCFE11/12, HomeCon 15, RCT 5, 3. Retrobörse Wien, BCC 6. Talkies und Diskussionen, Games Corner, Out of 64 and the Musikbox.
Chime - SID
Flex (Antti Hannula) made a new SID for the Commodore C64. He made the SID with the help of the Goat Tracker program. He also made a real nice "old skool" demo screen. You can download Chime from the Commodore Scene Database.
Commodore 64 drivers
Commodore 64 drivers is a web page with many drivers, manuals and ROMs for the Commodore C64. The aim of this web page is to help people when they are testing equipment or when they have lost the original drivers or manuals. You can find 115 drivers, 56 manuals and 44 ROMs.
C64games.de update
The web page c64games.de had an update. You can now find almost 5800 games on this web page. A few examples of new games are: Arcades Compilation 1 Casino Poker, Escape from Earth, Guzzler, Indian Poker, Leap Frog, Magess of Midgard, Mask II, Provi Stars Quiz, Ripper!, Space Lords, Sudoku, The Little Puck Goes Home and The Way.
Ну, погоди! - C64
Ну, погоди! (this is pronounced as: Nu, pagadi!) is a new game for the Commodore C64. The characters in the game are based on the Russian cartoon about a wolf and a hare. The game is converted from a old hand held game and can only be played with the keyboard. The game is made by Hamar (code) and Mitchell (graphics).
Krawall Deluxe - C64
Krawall Deluxe is a new demo for the Commodore C64. The demo is made by Benson, Peiselulli, Street Tuff, Stainless Steel, Knoeki, titus, Krill, jESSiKA and Zer0-X. The demo won the second price at the mixed demo competition at the Revision 2012.
Lotek64 #40
A new edition of the German pdf magazine Lotek64 is now available. The articles in this edition: Lo*bert, Editorial, News, 30e birthday Commodore 64, Rainer‘s Rants, Piracy keeps old computer games alive, Aus dem Nähkästchen, Ms. Astro Chicken, Easter Eggs, Kunst, Coder und Maschine, Commodore 65, Interview with Hannes Graf, Retro Treasures, Plug and Pray, C64-Spiele auf Modul, Mario-Shirts, C64 Fighting games, Chipmusic, Bügeln auf der Wii, Alter Ego, Lapfox Trax and Jazz Jackrabbit.
C64 Endings
The web page c64endings.com has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: Mancopter, Mask III, Nexus, Operation Thunderbolt, Pac-mania, Questprobe 1: The Hulk and Redhawk.
C64 Studio v2.2
C64 Studio is a assembly development environment which is dependent on VICE. You can write assembly code and test this with the VICE emulator. Changes in this version are: Stored open state of element. Improved the D64 export function. Added support for: breakpoint, !bank macro, Magic Desk cartridge type and help documentation.
Micro64
Micro64 is an cycle exact Commodore C64 emulator. The most recent changes are: More settings for VIC-II audio leak sound. Improved the VIC-II emulation. Better low level 1541 emulation. Added on/off setting for OpenGL canvas texture interpolation. And a "HLT is jam" on/off setting.
Games That Weren't 64
The GTW web page has updated the following games: Motorcross Mania, Simon Nicol car game, Murder, Trojan, Tornado Tom and Wildfire. Soon there will be new entries added to the web page.
Mr.Cipo in the Lost Planet
Roberto Ricioppo made a new game for the Commodore C64 with the help of SEUCK. In the game you are Mr. Cipo and you find a new planet to live on. But the Zarxions find your planet and decides to invade it. You need to defend your home with your laser cannon and destroy all of the Zarxions.
A video of Mr.Cipo in the Lost Planet on YouTube.
A video of Mr.Cipo in the Lost Planet on YouTube.
Hell Racer - C64
Jörg Heyltjes also known as DATA-LAND made a new game for the Commodore C64. In the game you have to shoot your enemy, but you can only shoot them if they are close. You can drive slow or fast, but the faster you go the more fuel you use. The game will end when you run out of fuel. Every area has 3 enemies and up to 5 helicopters. And as a bonus a set of multi-colour pictures.
QR Code Generator - C64
Jwh1977 made a program for the Commodore C64 that can produce QR codes. QR codes are two dimensional bar-codes that can contain an internet address. If you take a picture with a modern mobile phone of the QR code you automatically go to the internet page. The program and the source code are available on the CSDb web page.
Mini Mag #01
Mini-Mag is a German diskette magazine. In this first edition: Editorial, Reviews of C64anabalt and Enforcer. Top 10. Hardware test of the Easy Flash 3 and the Doreco #3 party.
FunkPaint 0.40k
FunkPaint is an multi format graphic editor for Hires / Multi / Multicolor and DTV pictures. The editor is programmed by SOCI. The program can be used with an joystick or mouse and supports memory expansions (+60k, REU, Ramcart, Georam etc.).
CheeseCutter v2.3.0
CheeseCutter is a tracker program for composing music for the SID chip. The program uses the reSID engine for SID emulation. The packed files can be played on a real C64. Changes in this version: Extra keys for laptop users. Packer updated to handle sub-tunes. Absolute notes are no longer affected by the sliders in the player. Keyjam mode.
Scene World #18
Scene World is a English diskette magazine for the PAL and NTSC C64 scene. In this edition of Scene World: Editorial. Party scene: VSTsw#4. PAL scene: News and The Mad Scientist. NTSC scene: News, Wave HQ BBS and EEEC. Interviews: Michael Tomczyk and Captain Crunch. Games: News, reviews, C64 Power Game Mod Compo and Overkiller's Crack List. Charts.
Huntress of Midgard - C64
Huntress of Midgard is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is made by Anthony Burns with the help of Sideways S.E.U.C.K. In the game you play the role of Eris. You have to save Midgard from the power of Morrigan. To be victorious you have to find all the pieces of the talisman. The music in the game is made by Richard Bayliss.
Hoxs64 v1.0.7.4
David Horrocks released a new version of his Hoxs64 emulator. The latest changes are: The application is now "DPI Aware". This will re-render all text in Windows 7 when a users uses the "make text bigger" option. The bitmapped rendering of the C64 is non DPI aware. Breakpoint listview with context menu options "Show Address" and "Delete All Breakpoints". Improved emulation of illegal opcodes. Removed an error with reading G64 files with custom speed zones.
CGSC v1.22
The CGSC (Compute's Gazette Sid Collection) has had an update. The COMPUTE!'s Sidplayer was a music system, created by Craig Chamberlain and Harry Bratt, for the Commodore 64. The aim of the Compute's Gazette Sid Collection is to preserve as many of those Sidplayer music files in one location as possible. The current collection contains 12228 MUS, 3597 STR and 4360 WDS files.
C64 Intros
The web page C64 Intros has added another 100 intros bringing the total to 8800 intros. A few examples of updated or new groups are: Ahead (DE), Aliens, Axis (BE), The Bitbusters, The Celestial Knights, E.T. Cracking Service, The Gamebusters 1541, High Tech Boys, Looser, Mak-Soft, OK-Koral, Paradroid, Shock Xpress, TMB, Time Zone, Venom (DE) and Vibrators.
FPGA64
Sabbi is still working on his Commodore 64 inside a FPGA chip. He wanted to add a expansion port to his FPGA, but the old board did not have enough I/O. The new board has enough I/O and Sabbi can now also use the Flash IC on the board to store the Kernal, BASIC and Charset. He also added a Arduino micro controller to control the Joysticks and the video output has now 3 bit RGB colours.
Icon Run - C64
Icon Run is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game can be played with 4 players using the "4 player interface". The game was made by Evil Joe and it was released at the BCC Party #6. The game entered the Mixed Competition and reached 5th place.
C64 Endings
The web page c64endings.com has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: Black Gold (Electronic Zoo / reLINE), Game Over (Imagine), Nightbreed (Ocean Software), Terramex (Grandslam) and Woolly Jumper (TND).
On the Farm III - Sheep Invasion - C64
Achim Volkers released the third edition in the "On the Farm" series. In this game, again filled with sheep, a greedy seagull is now the star of the game. You have to stop the sheep eating all the food. The only way to stop the sheep is by pooping on them. You can get better result if you also poop on the farmer and the mole.
Bardiax I - C64
Bardiax I is a new game for the Commodore C64 made by Roberto Ricioppo. The game is a "Space Invader" game where you have to defeat your enemy with your laser canon. The game is made with the help of SEUCK (Shoot 'Em Up Construction Kit) and the music was made by Richard Bayliss.
C64 Studio v2.1
C64 Studio is a assembly development environment which is dependent on VICE. You can write assembly code and test this with the VICE emulator. The features are: ACME syntax. Project viewer. Compiles: plain, prg, t64 and d64. Cartridge support. Debugging. Variable, memory and register viewer. Charset and sprite editor. Media Manager for t64 and d64.
Star Wars - Yoda
This is a new demo for the Commodore C64. Code by TWW, music by Jeff and the graphics are from JSL.
Sheepoid 2 - Woolly Jumper - C64
Richard Bayliss made a new game for the Commodore 64. In the game you are a sheep called Pepito. After eating mushrooms and drinking beer you fall asleep. In your dream you visit a strange psychedelic universe called Mind Space. Your task is to "jump" through all 16 levels of Mind Space. A tape inlay and diskette cover are included.
Umma Gumma #02
Umma Gumma is an English diskette magazine for the Commodore C64. In this edition: Why a new issue (after 14 years), Fake charts, Old news and new olds, Medvurst is testing, Readers Questions, Son's corner, Mark's anything und Too bad it's over.
Evil Wizard 2 - C64
Evil Wizard 2 is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is made by Pingo and the music is from Goto80. The game has many levels, it will start in the forest and will end in the evil wizard's castle. In the game you need to defeat many spooky creatures and break the spell from the wizard.
C64 Studio v2.0
C64 Studio is a assembly development environment which is dependent on VICE. You can write assembly code and test this with the VICE emulator. Changes in this version: Added !endoffile macro. Umlauts in labels are now allowed. Fixed a couple of programming errors. Enhanced the watcher, debugger and the media manager.
Jason C. Brooke
The web page c64.com interviewed Jason C. Brooke. Jason is a computer games programmer and a computer musician. His professional computer career started with Binary Design in Manchester. He worked on games like 10-pin bowling game Strike, Rasterscan, Bosconian and Inspector Gadget. You can read the complete interview on the c64.com web page.
PenPalz - C64
The web page GTW64 found another lost game. This time they found PenPalz, it is a game that was made for the magazine GO64. The game is developed by John Pericos and Nathan Perry in 1997. In the game you need to fill the screen with a drawing, but there are creature who want to stop you. The game is not finished but it can be played.
Another game called, Angel of Hell II, is also found. The development of this adventure game was started in 1996 and was a serious project with 3 diskette sides and a impressive introduction sequence.
Angel of Hell II - C64
Another game called, Angel of Hell II, is also found. The development of this adventure game was started in 1996 and was a serious project with 3 diskette sides and a impressive introduction sequence.
Angel of Hell II - C64
