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"Nobody Should Have This Many Zippers"

Contest, papercraft, Final Fantasy and the Commodore 64.

My Steampunk Papercraft [Boing Boing TV]


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Guitar Hero For The Commodore 64 In 8-Bit Action

Remember Shredz64, Toni Westbrook's Guitar Hero retro port to the Commodore 64? What was once nothing but a fun concept is now a reality, with a playable C64 version of Harmonix's rhythm game that uses a standard guitar controller. It doesn't play stock tunes, as you might expect, but SID files, which Westbrook demonstrates in the above clip. The tune? The Legend of Zelda Overworld Theme, something that only makes us pine for Nintendo remixes in future Wii versions of Guitar Hero.

For more, without all the exposition, check out the second clip.

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Commodore 64 Games To VC, Take 2

Remember way back in September 2006 when we reported that Commodore 64 games would be making their way to the Wii Virtual Console, only to discover it was simply speculation? Well it's speculation no more. Commodore Faming has teamed up with Nintendo of Europe to deliver some truly classic PC gaming to the VC. The single best selling computer system of all time, the C-64 had over 4,000 games released throughout its 12 year lifespan, and Nintendo Europe plans to tap that.
Bala Keilman, CEO of Commodore Gaming, commented, "The massive impact the Commodore 64 had on video-gaming is still evident today with many gamers remembering the computer and its games with great fondness. By working with Nintendo of Europe, we are ensuring that future generations of gamers can play some of the best and most popular titles that kick-started the computer games revolution and so keep the C64 legacy in gamers hearts."
The first titles to appear on the VC will be International Karate and Uridium, priced to go at 500 Wii points each. No plans for regions outside of Europe currently, but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!
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Guitar Hero For The Commodore 64

The Commodore 64's fondly remembered SID audio chip seems like a perfect match for a retro rhythm game, doesn't it? It seems that Toni Westbrook thinks so, as he's fashioned the PSX64 controller adapter to work with a Guitar Hero guitar controller—the PlayStation 2 type—and is hard at work on the C64 port of the game. Lo-fi hacking at its best.

Shredz64 [The Shredz64 Project via Waxy.org]


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New Commodore Gaming PC: "What Gamers Need"

Commodore is back. Make that, Commodore the name is back. The brand has risen from the ashes, and a new Commodore PC geared for PC gaming will launch in Germany at the CeBIT show on March 15th. Commodore Gaming CEO Bala Keilman says that the new gaming PCs will provide "what gamers need and want." Which is...? More »

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A Very Small Commodore 64

How darling! Insert Credit points to Jason Winters and his Commodore 64 palmtop. Backstory: Jeri Ellsworth created a line of C64 plug 'n plays that were sold to Walmart and the like. The interesting part was that she put the entire thing on a chip, making it possible to create devices like this truly cool C64 palmtop. Nice work. More »

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Giant Working Commodre Logo

Details are few and far between. Alls we knows is that this is a giant Commodore logo with a monitor and working C64. Cool, but where the hell ya supposed to put it? More »

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Are You Keeping Up With The Commodore?

To put the PS3 price in perspective, it costs just as much as a Commodore 64 did almost two decades ago. And that's not even taking inflation into account. But a PS3 doesn't include four swell programs, including Teach Yourself Basic, nor — I guess — two luscious blonde twins sliding down a water slide in their pink bikini tube tops. So I think the Commodore 64 was still probably a better value.

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Commodore 64 Joins The Wii Virtual Console?

In the most recent issue of Nintendo Power, it has been reported that the Commodore 64 will join the NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, Sega Genesis, MSX and Turbografx 16 as one of the available platforms for the Wii Virtual Console. More »

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Hardball in Beads

There's perhaps more likely games to capture in bead bracelet form than Summer Games and Hardball for the Commodore 64. But it's the implausibility of taking the pixellized audience from the game and making it into a bracelet that makes Joe Beuckman, a Southern Illinois physics student, a minor genius. More »