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Amiga Forever 2012 and C64 Forever 2012 "R2" Enhanced Versions Just Released!
Amiga Forever DesktopCloanto has released the latest "R2" enhanced versions of their popular and easy-to-use Amiga Forever and C64 Forever 2012 emulators. This is great news for old and new fans of the...
View ArticleMark plays... Zaxxon (Arcade)
A link to a great comparison video by http://www.youtube.com/user/GamingHistorySourcehttp://youtu.be/a9FDaHxVrCEZaxxon, I believe this is one of the first isometric arcade games out there. It was...
View ArticleMark plays... Krakout (C64)
The nice Arkanoid/Breakout clone on the C64 called Krakout. Great gameplay, great music. Mind you on the C64 and TV screen the gameplay is really fluid my grabby thingie really mocks up the smoothness...
View ArticleMark plays... Robotron 2084 on C64 (dual joystick mode)
This mode does exist in this C64 version and also on the Atari 8-bit version of the game!The C64 port of the game shown here running on a PAL C64G (the German Aldi version with the C128 CPU) playing...
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Making My Collection Usable - Part I - The Classic Computers (photos)
As mentioned previously, I've been re-thinking my collecting activities, including selling off the non-working and duplicate portions of my collection, which presently consists of over 430 videogame...
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Making My Collection Usable - Part II - The Commodore Amiga (photos)
As mentioned previously, I've been going great guns in an attempt to make my overly large collection of 400+ videogame and computer systems more accessible and immediately usable. In other words,...
View ArticleMatt Chat 169: The Eidolon--a journey into the mystical realm of the mind
This week features a retrospective of Lucasfilm Games' The Eidolon, a 1985 game that builds on the fractal routines introduced in Koronis Rift and Rescue on Fractalus!. Unfortunately, this game...
View ArticleMatt Chat 177: Dave Marsh on Shadowgate and Kickstarters
Shadowgate designer Dave Marsh returns to the show this week to talk about ICOM Simulations' Macventure series. We also chat about Kickstarter and why his earlier effort, Sherlock Holmes: Consulting...
View ArticleCommodore World 2012 Videos Online
I admit I've been out of touch on the Commodore scene for a while... basically because my system finally smoked. :( Still, I figured I would throw this link out to interested parties..read more
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Amiga Forever Essentials for Android
Our friends over at Cloanto have just released Amiga Forever Essentials for Android. It's a tremendous package on the PC and we'll definitely be checking out this interesting new Android version. The...
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The Retro-Repair Adventures, Part 1
Shatner & The VIC-20How to do "The Shatner Rub"...Hello my fellow Armchair Arcadians! It's good to be back. Didn't mean to be gone so long again, but hey, Life happens. This time, I'm putting on my...
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Amiga Forever 2013 and C64 Forever 2013 Just Released!
Amiga Forever DesktopHot on the heels of Amiga Forever Essentials for Android, Cloanto has just released the latest "2013" versions of their popular and easy-to-use Amiga Forever and C64 Forever...
View ArticleRetro-Repair Adventures, Part 2
Retro-Repair Adventures:Part OnePart Two(You're here already. Quit clicking.)Part ThreePart Four - (coming somewhat less soon)read more
View ArticleMark Plays... Some VIC-20 Classics (1hr extravaganza)
In this video I play quite a few of the classic arcade ports and well known games on the Commodore VIC-20. I grabbed the footage using a Pioneer HD-DVD-Recorder that allows me to grab the footage on...
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Retro-Repair Adventures, Part 3
"Doing the Shatner..."Secrets of the Machine - A Roadmap on Paper...Hello everyone! I hope that your Summer is beginning well, and that nice weather showed up with it for Memorial Day. In this third...
View ArticleVIC-20 Repair / Transplant Surgery - December 8th 2013
A little while ago I got a second VIC-20 which was in a cosmetically almost mint condition. Sadly the motherboard has a fault where it fails to read the joystick and the keyboard correctly resulting...
View ArticleAbsolute Inebriation (Amiga)(Demo)(Scene)(PAL)
Dug out the old Amiga 1200 and hooked it up for a bit of demo watching and gaming. I have a PCMCIA compact flash adapter installed as well as a compact flash IDE interface booting into a very nice...
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Using the Tandy Color Computer 3 with an RGB monitor
The classic Tandy Color Computer (CoCo) series of computers featured only RF output right up until the release of the CoCo 3, which features not only RF, but also much needed color composite (mono...
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Why did the Commodore 64 succeed where the Atari 8-bit didn't?
After seeing yet another topic on AtariAge about why the Commodore 64 (C-64), released in 1982, succeeded in both sales and software support, where the Atari 8-bit series, released in 1979, didn't, I...
View ArticleReviewing items from the red (fragile) parcel from The Retro Computer Shack
I got a nice bright red 'Fragile' in the mail. It contained some things I ordered and actually quite a few extra items. It was sent to me by Ian Priddey the owner of Retro Computer Shack, he...
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