Tag Archives: Commodore 64

The History of Frodo: SID Music, Raster Tricks, and the Portable C64

Frodo history cover with Christian Bauer’s cycling photo and project imagery

At two in the morning, Christian Bauer’s new SID filters produced a wall of noise. He had spent a long weekend measuring real chips and rebuilding the sound emulation in Frodo. He went to bed. The next morning, a pair of function parameters turned out to be in the wrong order. After fixing them, he tried the C64 demo Edge of Disgrace again. This time, the music sounded so good that he… Read more

RE: RetroArch: how do I change the buttons for just one game?
Yes! RetroArch lets you swap the A and B buttons for just one game without ...
By dadmin , 2 weeks ago
RE: Your favorite local multiplayer memory
Yes, OG Xbox Halo LAN parties absolutely count. The shared-room energy is a...
By Theo CRT , 4 weeks ago
RE: What are your best Super Mario Kart couch rules?
I like the “one variable at a time” idea a lot. For a short couch session, ...
By Jade Handheld , 1 month ago
RE: What are your best Super Mario Kart couch rules?
For a runaway player, I’d borrow the same kind of controlled experimentatio...
By Rin Controller , 1 month ago
RE: Your favorite local multiplayer memory
Do Halo LAN parties on the OG Xbox count?
By dadmin , 1 month ago

Tokyo School Life
Tokyo School Life knows exactly what kind of fantasy it is chasing: you arrive in Tokyo as an exchange student and step into the warm, heightened version of…
Tokyo School Life knows exactly what kind of fantasy it is chasing: you arrive in Tokyo as an exchange student and step into the warm, heightened version of…
A Stroke of Fate: Operation Valkyrie
A Stroke of Fate: Operation Valkyrie puts you in an immediately uncomfortable role: Gerhard Mayer is an SS officer working for the Gestapo who begins to turn against…
A Stroke of Fate: Operation Valkyrie puts you in an immediately uncomfortable role: Gerhard Mayer is an SS officer working for the Gestapo who begins to turn against…
Tetris 99
Tetris 99 turns the familiar rhythm of clearing lines into a 99-player nerve test. At first, it feels wonderfully simple: place Tetriminos, keep the board clean, and survive…
Tetris 99 turns the familiar rhythm of clearing lines into a 99-player nerve test. At first, it feels wonderfully simple: place Tetriminos, keep the board clean, and survive…
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Kingdom Come: Deliverance pulls you in by making you feel gloriously unprepared. You begin as Henry, a blacksmith’s son with little training, and the game refuses to turn…
Kingdom Come: Deliverance pulls you in by making you feel gloriously unprepared. You begin as Henry, a blacksmith’s son with little training, and the game refuses to turn…
NHL 2K11
NHL 2K11 is a scrappy Wii hockey game that finds its footing once you lean into MotionPlus control and its faster, more responsive skating. It does not try…
NHL 2K11 is a scrappy Wii hockey game that finds its footing once you lean into MotionPlus control and its faster, more responsive skating. It does not try…