Posts Tagged VIC20

CPU Reverse Engineering: 6502

A video of a wonderful presentation and ongoing project, currently reverse engineering the 6502 CPU, but the process and tools are a springboard for other chips (video, sound, i/o) and pcbs:

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CommodoreServer

Talk about retro-cool technology. This web site features a new internet modem for all Commodore 8-bit computers, for easy “Load & Go” access into their online software library. And I was able to contribute to that library my very own VIC 20 collection as a floppy disk. How neat is that? This demo is fascinating [...]

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Atarileaf’s Video Review

I ran across this avid YouTube poster and retro gamer fan from Canada who was showcasing his latest find in Omega Race on the VIC 20.  Great video review, so after a few emails exchanged, I shipped a couple of cassette tapes housing my homebrew video games in Berzerk MMX, Omega Fury, and Quikman+.  Watch [...]

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Retro Gamer Review

Issue #77 arrived the other day with a nice review of my homebrew game, Berzerk MMX.  I do not think I will go to such extremes getting in scanned and printed as before with the Quikman 2008 review, but I will transcribe it here because of its brevity (not that I am complaining, it was [...]

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New High Score!

Yes, it is a rare treat to surpass my typical game-playing abilities, and today I set a personal best score at my Quikman video game.  I think it helped playing it on a real VIC 20, too, although it really should not matter.  Perhaps there is old muscle memory kicking in from squeezing the bat-handled [...]

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