Tuesday, May 10, 2011
The Commodore 64, that ’80s computer icon, lives again
May 09, 2011|By Brandon Griggs, CNN
It was chunky, a hideous tan color, and, by today’s standards, ridiculously feeble.
It was limited to 64 kilobytes of memory — about the equivalent of one long e-mail.
And yet 25 years ago, almost everyone seemed to have one.
It was the Commodore 64, an 8-bit, mass-produced machine that brought personal computing into the home for millions of users in the early- and mid-1980s. People used their C64s, as they were known, for everything from basic office functions to primitive games like “Impossible Mission.”
Commodore sold more than 17 million of its C64 systems, according to the company. The Guinness Book of World Records lists the Commodore 64 as the best-selling single computer model of all time.
‘TurboGrafx-16 GameBox’ Updated With 5 New Games
The newly included games are Bonk’s Big Adventure, Image Fight, Break In, Devil’s Crush and Nekketsu Koukou Dodgeball-bu PC Bangaihen. Payment still works the same way in that there’s a daily rotating free game, or individual titles can be permanently unlocked for $2.99 a piece.
Classic Game Room - GOTTLIEB’S 2001 pinball machine review
Classic Game Room reviews Gottlieb’s 2001 from 1971, a pinball machine from the past depicting the future in the past!! While this 70′s electro mechanical pinball machine has no relation to the classic film, 2001 A Space Odyssey, the inspiration is clearly there.
Friday, May 6, 2011
PCSX2 0.9.8
This PlayStation 2 (PS2) emulator for windows and Linux has been updated with the following changes:
GUI:
New, threaded GUI using wxWidgets.
New menus, for improved usability and faster configuration.
Convenient Memory Card editor.
On the fly pause and resume, perfectly stable, safe and fast.
On the fly setting switching and even plugin switching.
Powerful new configuration that is more user friendly with its first time wizard, reset to default buttons and a global presets system.
A plethora of new options that make playing games more fun!
All options have tooltips explaining what each of them do.
Comes translated, with many languages to select from.
Compatible with Aero Glass and Windows eye candy.
Looks and works great on Linux, too!
Core:
Entire emulation core has been overhauled. Many components are rewritten.
Countless code generation and runtime execution bugs fixed.
Added microVU, an improved VU0/VU1/COP2 recompiler.
New VIF recompiler
Multi-threaded GS rewrite: Faster and more stable than in 0.9.6.
Better BIOS splash screen skip method, better ELF support, host fs support.
New Game database detects the game you run, displays compatibility info, and auto applies special game fixes/patches if needed.
Plugins:
GSdx is faster, more stable and has more configuration options than ever before.
SPU2-X is the preferred SPU2 plugin now.
It has matured into almost completely emulating all the SPU2 quirks, making many more games work!
(And it sounds nice, too )
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
The Adventures of Jim Slim in Dragonland released on C64
Protovision have just announced the release of their latest hit for the Commodore 64. The Adventures of Jim Slim in Dragonland” (aka Jim Slim) is a jump-’n’-roll platform game where you control a colourful ball named Jim who has been tasked with retrieving a magical skull from the demon Warlord Gothar. Not only that, but Jim’s girlfriend, Candy, has also been kidnapped. Jim must make his way through the levels by rolling, jumping and various other methods to retrieve the skull and resuce Candy.
Video Games & Computer Entertainment Issue 54
The July 1993 issue of VideoGames & Computer Entertainment is now available for download over at Retromags.