Trogue64: Drain of Doom (Beta)
Yes… It is in a state for review –so download it here: Trogue. You’ll need VICE or compatible emulator. It runs best in NTSC, but I spent a lot of time getting it stable under …
Category: Commodore
Trogue64 Programming Notes: Part 1 GFX
Before we begin… There were a lot of things that I learned in the process of making this game. I can’t imagine making something like this back in the day. I’ve always had a lot …
TROGUE64 – RGCD C64 16kb Cartridge Game Dev Compo 2019
I have been meaning to get involved with one of these compo’s for a while now — so here we go! This is a rogue-like based game, where the player starts at the bottom of …
C64 16kb Cartridge Game Dev Compo 2019
https://itch.io/jam/c64-16kb-cartridge-game-dev-compo-2019 Well, it’s back and this year I am going to enter something! I need to get cracking…
Cat Weasel v4 Running in an XP VM
I’ve managed connect my PCI Catweasel card to pass-though on my ESXi server. I took a bit of work and it’s not perfect (ie no Joysticks or Mice work) but the disk subsystem works great. …
AL-1000: Saved from Oblivion.
The Commodore AL-1000, which is akin to a mini-PET (heavy and boxy). It uses tubes to display the numbers. There was some roughhousing with this venerable calculator and it needed some TLC to get going. …
C64: First 8K Generic Cart
As of today, I made my first C64 cartridge. Most of my programming experience is either through floppy or tape-based storage. Making a ROM/BIN file and getting it to work was tougher than I thought. …
C64 NIC: Networking on the Commodore 64
I have a few of these guys in a box, mostly for a long term project that I have been working on. I haven’t had much need for them in the last while as VICE …
Amiga 2000 / PC Side Upgrades and Repairs
Yuri’s Goldfinger card was having some really strange issues — the PAS AUDIO 16 ISA card that was handling audio for the PC side of the computer was also throwing up in certain DOS configurations. …
C64: 64Bites.com (teaching old dogs new tricks)
http://www.64bites.com I will say three things about Michal’s c64 programming series: his videos are fun, fast and packed with information. I am not a bad assembly programmer, -not the best- but not bad. After watching …