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‘The Epyx Collection: Handheld’ Brings 6 Classic Lynx Games to Nintendo Switch

Australian Retro Gamer about 1 month ago

Six Classic Lynx Games Arrive on Nintendo Switch this April in ‘The Epyx Collection Handheld’ Releasing April 25th 2024. Pixel Games UK is pleased to announce ‘The Epyx Collection Handheld’ — a collection of six classic Atari Lynx games coming to …
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'The Epyx Collection: Handheld' Brings 6 Atari Lynx Games To Switch

Time Extension about 1 month ago

The collection will release on April 25th.A new emulation collection containing six classic Atari Lynx games is about to be released on the Nintendo Switch eShop later this month (as spotted by gosokkyu!).The Epyx Collection: Handheld comes courtesy of the …
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Impossible Mission Is Getting A Fanmade Port For The Atari Lynx

Time Extension about 4 months ago

Its creator hopes to license the game properly for a physical release.A fanmade port of Epyx's 1984 classic Impossible Mission is currently in the works for the Atari Lynx, as recently spotted by Atari Scene News.The port is the work of the coder Nop90, wh …
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The Making Of: Barbie (1991), The Doll's Debut On Nintendo Consoles

Time Extension about 5 months ago

"Machines were considered boys' stuff and they wanted to bring girls in".It’s hard to imagine a time before Barbie was a multi-media megastar, but at the start of the '90s, she had only appeared in one game that had ultimately failed to live up to the ex …
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Evercade Reveals TheC64 Collection 3, Coming In 2024

Time Extension about 5 months ago

Featuring Boulder Dash, Summer Games II, & many more.Earlier today, Evercade unveiled TheC64 Collection 3, the latest in its series of cartridge-based retro reissues for its Evercade line of consoles.The collection will feature 13 games that were previousl …
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C64 Collection 3 announced for Evercade

Portable Gaming Roundup about 5 months ago

 As someone still bashing away at Epyx's Impossible Mission on the first C64 collection, it is great to hear more SID-driven titles are on the way as Evercade's first official announcement for 2024. Bringing a mix of sports, combat, exploring and shoo …
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Emulators • Maxi Keyboard as a Controller

Lemon64 about 6 months ago

I am emulating C-64 games on my Odin portable device with some pretty good success. My old school Epyx 500J works pretty well with a DB9-USB adapter (as long as I make sure not to use RetroArch). RetroaArch “wants” to be the default emulator for ever …
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Help & Support • Why do certain .D64's leave the drive light flashing after being loaded via Action Replay 6 Fast Load

Lemon64 about 7 months ago

Example Arlasoft's Burger Time https://arlagames.itch.io/b... light flash's after load with Action Replay fast load No flashing drive light after loading with out Action Replay fast load .Tested with Vice and real C64 with Ultimate 2 + both le …
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Help & Support • Looking at building a SD2iEC & EPYX FAST LOAD CARTRIDGE FOR COMMODORE 64

Lemon64 about 7 months ago

I want to build a SD2iEC & EPYX FAST LOAD CARTRIDGE FOR COMMODORE 64. The PCBWAY.COM website for the PCB and BOM is: https://www.pcbway.com/proj... ... RE_64.htmlThe YouTube video for building it is: https://www.youtube.com/wat... …
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Help & Support • Pi1541 Zero with Epyx Fastload Hat Issues

Lemon64 about 7 months ago

I was wondering if anyone else had the Pi1541 cartridge model? I have not been able to get it to work. I purchased a pi zero from the pi store and it went together fine.I am using a Commodore SX64 and the cartridge/cable plug in perfectly. However, the LC …
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Help & Support • A few questions regarding the PLA

Lemon64 about 8 months ago

Hi all - I’m wondering if anyone could shed some light on some curiosities while trying to get a C64 breadbin (Assy 250425) into working condition. I’m such a complete noob that I’m uncertain if these are just a bunch of random coincidences or whet …
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Discovering R.B.I. Baseball on NES

Retro Arcadia about 8 months ago

I regularly come up with stuff here I say I’ll come back to and look at it more detail sometime later, and do you know what? Sooner or later I generally do! Either a man of my word or it just saves me thinking what’s next, take your pick! Let me give …
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Help & Support • Sixtyclone 250466 - Fastload empty blue screen, most cartridges do nothing

Lemon64 about 8 months ago

Hello all!I recently purchased a Sixtyclone 250466 from an eBayer in Europe. Since it came from PAL-land and I live in NTSC territory, I quickly modded it to NTSC: Namely, I:1) Replaced the VIC II with a VIC II from a junk/broken NTSC C64 (namely, a very …
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General • Newcomer to C64 - I just picked up an SX-64

Lemon64 about 8 months ago

Hello, everyone!I'm brand new to both the world of Commodore 64 and this forum, so I appreciate your patience as I navigate this new territory. Recently, I acquired a Commodore SX-64, and while I'm eagerly awaiting the arrival of a keyboard cable to fully …

C64 cartriges

VCFed about 9 months ago

Hi all. Wanted to ask if someone around here knows why some of the utility cartridges of the c64 required some additional logic in order to function? I have the EPYX fastload which has a 74ls07 logic gate in addition to the rom, and an old fast loader call …
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Help & Support • PLA recommendation (SX-64 251102 Rev A)

Lemon64 about 9 months ago

I need to replace the PLA in my SX-64. The motherboard is 251102 Rev A.Any good recommendations about what works with an SX-64 and has the best functionality?I saw some comparisons on Breadbox64 which suggested some PLAs have problems with e.g. Epyx Fast …
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Discovering Summer Games II on Commodore 64

Retro Arcadia about 9 months ago

Things were going so well as summer became autumn 1985, although thinking about it, maybe therein lies the problem… Summer Games II had seen some fantastic coverage as it built up to what was originally heralded as its upcoming August release that year. …
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Retro Arcadia Weekly Spotlight #92

Retro Arcadia about 10 months ago

Back again for our regular Sunday roundup of quick-fire reviews and impressions of everything under the spotlight at Retro Arcadia this week, old and new and a bit of both… There’s nothing in particular I don’t like about Zanac X Zanac but I …

Commodore 16, 64, 128, VIC-20, PET • Ballblazer C64 NTSC

MISTerFPGA about 10 months ago

I'm having trouble finding a version of Lucasfilm's classic game Ballblazer for Commodore 64 which would boot in NTSC video mode. There are .tap files of European cassette versions which work only in PAL mode, the .d64 version from Remember claims to be r …

General Topics • Next FCUG meeting - Sunday, July 23, 2023

VIC-20 Denial about 10 months ago

Happy Space Exploration Day, C= and Ami aficionados! The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 2:30+ p.m., Sunday, July 23 atPanera Bread Restaurant3590 W. Shaw Ave. (corner of W. Shaw Ave. and Marty Ave.)Fresno, CA 93711(55 …
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Games • "Top Gear style" best software publisher (C64 games)

Lemon64 about 10 months ago

I should probably explain "Top Gear style" first. A long time ago in the Clarkson Top Gear years they did a special feature on the best car manufacturer, not including super cars etc. The way they did it was the one they all agreed made the most number of …
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Retro Arcadia Weekly Spotlight #90

Retro Arcadia about 11 months ago

Back again for our regular Sunday roundup of quick-fire reviews and impressions of everything under the spotlight at Retro Arcadia this week, old and new and a bit of both… I’ve really got into baseball of late, and although I’ve got a deep-d …
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General • My first C64 experience

Lemon64 about 11 months ago

Hello everyone,My first post here I'm coming from the MSX world, and recently got interested in Commodore after a workmate gave me his old C64 computer.It was almost completey functionnal, except for the SID. I had the occasion to buy another C64 with a …
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New Releases • New Release: MenuMaster v3.0 - A Modern Disk Menu Creator and Organizer

Lemon64 about 11 months ago

I present you with the official release of MenuMaster v3.0! A powerful tool to help make the greatest compilation disks! Here are the features:- Works with the Commodore 64, SX64, 128 (in C64 mode), VICE, TheC64Mini- Compatible with 1541, 1571, 1581 flopp …
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Help & Support • FastLoad, EEPROMS and VICE question

Lemon64 about 11 months ago

I was tinkering with burning my own EEPROMS for cartridges by way of a VersaCart64 and another similar PCB I have on hand. For fun, I burned Epyx FastLoad as a test but couldn’t get it to work. I kept checking my various GAME/EXROM/LO/HI settings, etc., …