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Boulderdash (17 KB)
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Commodore 64 was my first personal computer. Not so long ago, I bought a second hand C64
to replace mine which had been broken for ages. I was filled with wonder at the way the
1541 disk drive worked.  In
the past, I only had a poor cassette player and that made a big difference. I found my old
cassettes in a box, and saved everything I could on floppy disks. I was thrilled to format
my first C64 floppy, and to use a knife to transform single-sided floppies into
double-sided ones (don't worry, I used PC 5.25 inches disks, so I knew it could be done
safely).
Anyway, I also discovered the
fabulous world of emulators. Little gems like CCS64 and
WinVICE have brought me many hours of fun until
now, and I know that they will continue in the future.
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 ately when I play C64 games on my emulator, I happen to wonder if I could do a
better job than the designer. How presumptuous of me! Well in most cases, this is not
as easy as it seems at first. But in some occasions I come up with some interesting
results.
To be honest, this is a bit unfair. At that time, graphic designers didn't
have smart editors like Paint Shop Pro, full of useful features. And of course
if I had drawn this in 1990 (more than 10 years ago), it wouldn't have looked
this way. I wasn't so good at that time (who said I am now?). But in the
end, I'm doing my best to respect the gaphic modes they chose to use.
Now don't you want to see what your favorite game looks like when I'm in charge?
Then follow one of the following links and find out.
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 ere are the games that kept me
coming back for more. Each link will lead you to a review (or at least a description) of
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 discovered the following games
on the net and realized they were very good indeed. They would have been in my top twenty
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 he aspect of Commodore 64 games
that really made the difference for me was the awesome graphics. Hard to imagine how
programmers and graphists were able to pack such colorful and varied games on such small
disks (less than 200 KB on each side!!).
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Commodore 64 Art
Follow this link to be filled with wonder at some great pictures from the past.
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CCS64 - a reliable and efficient emulator
Arnold - simply the most extensive Commodore 64 games archive
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Iain's C64 Homepage
Nostalgic about the good old time?
Go straight to Iain's homepage and you'll find covers, editorials and articles from such
great magazines as Zzap! 64, C= User, Your Commodore and more!
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The Demo Dungeon
Can you believe it? People are still programing C64 demos right now as I write !
This website features some of the greatest demos around, along with snapshots and tunes.
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 Last update: 26-May-2006
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Commodore 64 
s soon as I got my hands on my
Commodore 64, I started drawing pictures and designing games. Now that
I have bought a 
hat is SID? Well, nothing less than the sound chip of our beloved Commodore 64, of
course! Back then, music artists had to code assembler routines to create game tunes. And
great they sounded too!
