Remember Sports Games? (The First Home Video Game System I Ever Played)
While I am delighted with my retro computer and console collection, there is one item missing that causes me sadness. My childhood “TV Sports System”
XC-BASIC v3 First Impressions
XC-BASIC v3, the Commodore BASIC cross-compiler is now available.
Let's take a look to see what was new and if it is worth looking at over, say, TRSE.
Which Retro game can you still play for hours?
Berzerk - one of my all-time favourite games (though I fell in love with a Vic 20 clone!)
Redemption of the Sinden Lightgun
As is often the case, as soon as I publicly articulate a problem, a solution starts to bubble up. Yesterday I wrote on social media about my initial impressions of the Sinden Lightgun and how I felt deflated. Well, it turns out what I thought was a software problem was, in fact, a pretty weird …
AOZ.Studio Tutorial: Getting Started
Is AOZ.Studio a BASIC for the 21st Century? - Modern, Cross-Platform Game Coding with AMOS-Like BASIC Syntax
Commodore 64 + WiFi (C64 Electronics Part 5)
Connect your Commodore 64 to the internet for under $10? Let's see how!
Commodore 64 + Arduino (C64 Electronics Part 4)
In Part 1 we blinked an LED using the Commodore 64 User Port, in Part 2 and Part 3 we got input from the user port and analog signals from the control ports. Now let's kick things up a notch and integrate our C64 with Arduino!
Reading C64 Joysticks and Analog Signals (Programming Electronics with the Commodore 64 Part 3)
In Part 1 we blinked an LED using the Commodore 64 User Port, and in Part 2 we read binary (on or off) input also using the User Port. In this part we will use the Control Ports to read Joystick input and also analog signals.
C64 “Security System” / Digital Input (Programming Electronics with the Commodore 64 Part 2)
In Part 1 we blinked an LED using the Commodore 64 User Port, but outputting is only half of the equation so in this video we use the INPUT to alert us when various sensors are tripped.
Cheap and Easy Arduino C64 Keyboard to USB Adapter
Ever look at your Commodore 64 keyboard and wish you could use it with Vice emulation or PETSCII art programs?
Programming Electronics with the Commodore User Port Part 1: Blinking an LED
Part 1 of a series of electronics projects using the Commodore User Port. In this first lesson we blink an LED on and off with C64 BASIC
Loading Game Data – Commodore BASIC Programming Part 6
Part 6 of the Commodore 64 BASIC programming tutorial series.