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  1. It's been decades since I last wrote anything in #Commodore assemby, and the first time I wrote one on the #Commodore16 / #Plus4. Amazed it worked, even if it only used standard kernel routines.

  2. 40 new games for the Plus/4 (and the upgraded C16).

    It is impressive the comeback of this platform. It sold bad at time for mismanagement from Commodore, getting only later a niche in Europe. TED chip is a lot more capable than it was given for, but it never got the chance to shine until modern times.

    youtube.com/watch?v=iBcS7dI7ou0

    #retrogaming #commodore #plus4 #c16

  3. Il C16/Plus4 sta rivivendo quella giovinezza che non ha avuto all'epoca della commercializzazione. I ports dei giochi usciti negli ultimi anni sono stupefacenti.

    L'unica differenza tecnica tra C16 e Plus4 è solo la quantità di memoria e le applicazioni in ROM. Oggi è comune espandere il C16 per permettergli di eseguire il software Plus4, con il vantaggio di una tastiera molto migliore.

    @[email protected] @giochi

    youtube.com/watch?v=iBcS7dI7ou0

    #retrogaming #commodore #plus4 #c16

  4. 🎁 Gem'X Lite 26 by pzsolt & hege8 for the Plus/4 is an engaging 🧩 puzzle game inspired by the classic Gem'X. The objective is to ✨ copy patterns accurately!

    Check: plus4world.powweb.com/software

    #homebrew #plus4 #retro #game #gemxlite26

  5. Putting together a new exec summary on the Plus/4 vs the Mac Studio M2 Ultra that it sits facing in my basement

    #retrocomputing #commodore #plus4

  6. Got the Commodore Plus/4 running last night. I could use an RGB monitor cable if you have one :)

    #retrocomputing #commodore #plus4

  7. More fun with C264 series - I also got these three "modern" Plus/4 game cartridges a friend bought at some retro meeting to try out. They all work fine, unsurprisingly.

    These don't work in a C16, they need more RAM. So out comes my 64K-expanded C116! 😁

    The Elite port by Pigmysoft is a true classic, the Stunt Car Racer port is a modern masterpiece. Mad Pod Race I did not know from before -it seems to be a Plus/4 original? Anyway, It was fun to try it out.

    #plus4 #retrocomputing #8bit

  8. Homo Sapiens, another mid-1980s Italian text adventure now translated and enhanced for some machines including #Atari8bit and #AtariST computers (The BDB Project) bdb-project.itch.io/homo-sapie #atari #c64 #c128 #msx #apple2 #amiga #bbc #plus4

  9. The Seeds of Evil and The Horror of Goldmine City, two mid-1980s Italian text adventures now translated and enhanced (BDM Project) for some machines including #Atari8bit and #AtariST computers bdb-project.itch.io #atari #c64 #c128 #msx #apple2 #amiga #bbc #plus4

  10. Commodore Plus/4 - GNG Music Box - A music box featuring all musics from Ghosts'N Goblins Arcade Version plus4world.powweb.com/software

    Credit x.com/Commodore_lives

    #Commodore #Plus4

  11. Here is another project I've been working on: github.com/ytmytm/1551-RAMBOar

    It's a RAMBOard, but for 1551. As far as I know this is the first of its kind. Just like on 1541-II a small daughterboard that plugs into the ROM socket. It adds 8K of RAM ($8000-$9FFF) plus 8K of extra ROM space ($A000-$BFFF).

    There is a patched ROM which uses the extra RAM as a track cache: it reads the entire track in one disk revolution, then serves subsequent sector reads from memory. Same idea as the track caching ROMs I did for 1541 and 1571.

    The project also includes a tiny fastloader wedge (HypaRAM) that calls the code embedded in the patched ROM. The same fastloader is already supported by the latest version of Parobek ROM for C16/116/Plus4.

    The performance is on par with DolphinDOS - about 27x faster than a stock 1541, about 7x faster than a stock 1551.

    #commodore #commodore16 #plus4 #hardware #8bit #cbm

  12. Death Sector è stato pubblicato qualche ora fa. Da una preview del 1992 con sprite rubati e fondali banali, in una parabola di 15 anni, Csabo KiCHY e Unreal tirano fuori un puzzler arcade-adventure dotato di una storia sci-fi avvincente, grafica convincente con effetti a sorpresa, 21 brani che si adattano dinamicamente al gioco, collisioni al pixel, 4 criteri di finale, 4 livelli di difficoltà, un bad ending segreto.

    plus4world.powweb.com/software

    #CommodorePlus4 #Commodore #Commodore16 #Plus4 #C16

  13. The 8 Bit Guy’s Histories of Commodore
    I'm still deep in the 8-bit computing weeds right now, and I always look to connect what I'm personally researching with what I put up on Set Side B. So lucky you, what I've been looking at today is The 8-Bit Guy's videos about the history of Commodore!

    It's a series of videos (yes, on Youtu
    setsideb.com/the-8-bit-guys-hi
    #retro #8BitGuy #amiga #c128 #c64 #commodore #history #pet #Plus4 #retro #vic20 #video #youtube

  14. New video: C1531 Datassette Refurb
    The Commodore Datassette is a very classic and iconic piece of equipment. It had a couple of variants. Today we have a black C1531 for the Commodore 264 range of computers: C116, C16 and Plus/4. It has some mechanical issues that we will try to fix.
    youtu.be/Sp_V16Fn_r4
    #commodore #c64 #c16 #plus4 #datassette #retrocomputing

  15. Cleaning and testing a 1531 tape drive. Courtesy of @eazy. This one only had mechanical issues. Watching a tape load is kind of mesmerizing.
    #commodore #plus4 #datassette #tapedrive #retrocomputing