Tag: commdore 64

Mahna Mahna

There were some great demos, music and graphics released at Transmission64 2021 yesterday but one of my favourite demos was Mahna Mahna by Mahna Mahna. You can watch it above but if you have a C64 emulator or real hardware then grab it from CSDb and watch it there. So fun. I love it.

I loved the PETSCII King Tut too. An amazing piece of work when you realise it was made from the characters available on the C64 keyboard and not drawn pixel by pixel.

Find more of the releases on this page at the Transmission64 website but before I leave you here’s a selection of the stunning graphics entered in the competition this year.

The entire stream of the Transmission64 demoparty is available on Twitch.

Tags C64, commdore 64, demoscene

C64

Rivalry (C64) – GP Bonzai Censor FLT Bonzai Offence

Post author By Donncha
Post date May 5, 2019
No Comments on Rivalry (C64) – GP Bonzai Censor FLT Bonzai Offence

If this is what rivalry can produce let’s have some more fighting and arguing! What an amazing C64 demo!

You can find the demo here on csdb, and there’s also a live video made at Revision 2019 where the demo was released.

Tags C64, commdore 64, demoscene, irishblogs

C64

17,827 Euro for a Commodore 65 on Ebay

Post author By Donncha
Post date May 8, 2013
2 Comments on 17,827 Euro for a Commodore 65 on Ebay

The Commodore 65 was a prototype computer produced by Commodore between 1990 and 1991 to be an improved Commodore 64. I’ve hardly ever come across it online and never heard of it back in the day, but when Commodore was liquidated they sold the prototype machines. If you have one and are willing to part with it you could be in for a nice surprise!

This one on Ebay went for €17,827 last month. It’s not as if much can be done with it as it was never official released but I guess you can run it in C64 mode.

Anyone got one or played with one? (via)

Tags C64, commdore 64, commodore, commodore 65, ebay, irishblogs, Retro Computers

Reading Material

Hannibal House
The story of a Seattle man who visits Wales, and decides to buy a house there. Great characters, and and a good read!

Protector
An odd and weird science fiction story by Larry Niven. Did not see that ending coming!

Batman: Knightfall
One of my favourite Batman stories, and the story the last Nolan film took inspiration from. Only bettered by the superb Batman: Son of the Demon.

The Golden Compass
First of a three part fantasy/sci-fi series. Some people hate it because of it's anti God message but it's a great read. I found it hard to put down. There's even a Snopes article about the film adaptation.