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How high can you PET? Donkey Kong comes to Commodore’s 1977 computer

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Jim Orlando has recreated Nintendo’s classic platform arcade game, Donkey Kong, for the Commodore PET, as PETSCII Kong. He says “Move your character around four different playing screens. Jump all the obstacles that Kong throws your way. Reach your princess. For the Commodore PET/CBM 2001, 3032, 4032, 8032. Uses its monochrome screen and PETSCII graphics. … How high can you PET? Donkey Kong comes to Commodore’s 1977 computer

Seven Squared add new California Games T-Shirts to range

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Retro-themed T-shirt retailer, Seven Squared, have added two new California Games t-shirts to its collection. California Games is a sports video game developed and published by Epyx in 1987. It was released for several platforms, including the Atari Lynx, Commodore 64, Apple II, Amiga, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, and many others. California Games was part … Seven Squared add new California Games T-Shirts to range

Site update

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We’ve moved the site back to WordPress after a few years of being on Xenforo – (I thought it would be fun to have a forum, but no-one seems to use forums any more, so back to WP! If you do use forums, we’ve made a big list of retro computing/ retro gaming forums here) … Site update

TFW8bit’s Penultimate+2 cartridge for VIC-20 available to pre-order

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The Future was 8-bit are launching an update to their popular VIC-20 cartridge, the Penultimate. Features include: 0-35K Configurable RAM Expansion Games, lots of them! The entire TFW8b VIC collection plus many more. Including some exclusives titles and classics. With 200ish built in games listed by A-Z & Category – (SHIFT+LETTER is your friend!) Spoilt … TFW8bit’s Penultimate+2 cartridge for VIC-20 available to pre-order

1nvader gets Oric port by raxiss

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1nvader, the one button game inspired by Space Invaders has been ported to the Oric, by raxiss (part of the team who produced the excellent Wizard’s Lair) The game, which was originally coded by Darren Foulds on the Commodore 64, has also been ported to the Atari 8-bits, Arduboy, Channel F and Intellivision. You can see a video of the gameplay … 1nvader gets Oric port by raxiss

Amiga gets two new unofficial Arcade ports: Tapper and Galaxian

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The Amiga has been blessed with some top quality arcade ports in recent months (as an example, take a look at Xevious), and now we’ve got a few more with the classic shooter, Galaxian and bartender simulator, Tapper. Galaxian 500​ Like Xevious, Galaxian was transcoded, which means that the original code was disassembled and reverse-engineered, … Amiga gets two new unofficial Arcade ports: Tapper and Galaxian