This isn’t something done for internet shits and giggles. It’s an “official conversion” of awesome death simulator Canabalt running on… the Commodore 64, one that will soon be going on sale. Like, it’ll come on a cartridge. Amazing. More »
We live in an age of gaming gorgeousness. Gamers’ lives nowadays are filled with fancy normal mapping and illumination engines, powered by slickly encased hardware that outputs onto super-sharp screens. In short, there’s a lot of thought given to aesthetics in the present day. But, it hasn’t always been this way and an upcoming art show will showcase the uglier — yet vitally important — gaming hardware of yesteryear. More »
Think games based on movies, action-oriented TV shows and classic works of literature are a bad idea? They’ve got nothing on games based on soap operas. More »
Back in the UK, when I was a youngster, before SNES vs MegaDrive playground battles we had Spectrum vs Commodore. I was a Spectrum kid, but even this has me clutching my nostalgia bone – a new Commodore computer, complete with the old Commodore 64 casing, that functions as a modern computer, but runs C64 games through an emulator. It’s… it’s beautiful. More »
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As we get in a summer gaming mood here, we’re spending part of the week watching clips of the most summer-styled games. How about an ’80s movie? Here’s Epyx’s 1984 hit, Summer Games for the Commodore 64. More »
