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USBSID-Pico: Bridging Real Commodore 64 Sound to Modern USB - SmallRun

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:57:20 +0000

I am LouD (short for loudness) and I created USBSID-Pico to bridge real SID silicon directly to modern workstations, phones, and media players over USB (CDC/WebUSB/WebSerial), MIDI, ASID and in the future possibly WiFi and Bluetooth. Powered by the Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller series (rp2040 and rp2350), the board acts as a flexible controller for up to two (and soon four) physical SID chips or modern hardware replacements.

Tags: #c64 #commodore #hardware #raspi #retro #sid

LEGO Batman's Commodore 64 BASIC easter egg - Waxy.org

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:18:09 +0000

Cabel Sasser found a great easter egg in the new Lego Batman game. (Audio on!)

Tags: #basic #batman #c64 #fun #nifty #retro

Crystian and the Lost Crystals by ntpr

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 18:00:40 +0000

Will Crystian remain just an ordinary boy, or will he find the strength of a hero and return for his lost almost-crystals? The adventure is just beginning...

Tags: #c64 #commodore #gaming #retro #retrogaming

Meshtastic 64 Radio Demo on Commodore 64 - The Oasis BBS

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 22:32:04 +0000

The Meshtastic 64 Radio connects through the user port and sits inside a cartridge shell with a built-in battery. Once installed, the device powers up and runs with a custom BASIC program loaded from floppy disk. This software lets the Commodore 64 send and receive text messages across the Meshtastic network, linking retro hardware with modern mesh communication.

Tags: #c64 #commodore #diy #hardware #meshtastic #radio #retro

[CSDb] - Soundmonitor V1.0 by Chris Huelsbeck (1986)

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 23:58:00 +0000

Tags: #c64 #commodore #music #retro #sid

COMPUTE!'s Sidplayer

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 23:57:34 +0000

Tags: #c64 #commodore #music #retro #sid

DeepSID | Chordian.net

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 23:57:18 +0000

Tags: #c64 #commodore #music #retro #sid

More retrocomputing, less nostalgia | datagubbe.se

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 16:52:53 +0000

Music, art and games are timeless human pursuits. Why should those pursuits be about nostalgia or reminiscing just because they happen to take place on an old computer? When creating, a home computer - just like any other tool - provides certain intrinsic qualities that affect both the process and the outcome. This happens to appeal to some people, while others would rather choose an aerosol, a violin or a brand new PC: the guitarist doesn't want to switch to a keytar, the chess player wouldn't trade chess for Quake, and the painter doesn't think of her brushes as artifacts of her childhood.

Tags: #art #c64 #computing #nostalgia #retro

LOADSTAR COMPLEAT | Extra Future

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 18:11:02 +0000

John, my co-founder at Set Side B, has released a dump of NEARLY the complete Commodore 64 magazine-on-disk items from the legendary LOADSTAR zine:

Tags: #c64 #loadstar #retro #software

nurpax - Dirty tricks 6502 programmers use

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 21:33:28 +0000

This post recaps some of the C64 coding tricks used in my little Commodore 64 coding competition.

Tags: #c64 #hacks #retro

Nine Explained

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 04:18:41 +0000

In this video and accompanying article I reveal how the seemingly impossible effect in Nine was pulled off.

Tags: #c64 #demos #demoscene #hacks #retro

Building a Frankenstein 64 - Celso Martinho

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 05:09:03 +0000

Last year, I decided that I was going to build a Commodore 64 from scratch. This is the blog documenting the project.

Tags: #c64 #commodore #diy #electronics #retro

BBS PETSCII, 1986-1993 (WIP) | text-mode.org

Sat, 25 Jan 2025 23:44:51 +0000

Old Commodore 64 BBS graphics are not easy to find. A lot of it was probably never saved, and there’s not really any obvious place for it online either. So I was thrilled to get a whole bunch disk images from Sixx: more than 1,000 PETSCII graphics and animations! I’ve gone through it, removed duplicates, identified artists, etc, and captured it as images and videos. I’m not done yet, but I’m presenting it as is.

Tags: #art #bbs #c64 #petscii #retro

Indiana bakery still using Commodore 64s originally released in 1982 as cash registers — Hilligoss Bakery in Brownsburg sticks to the BASICs | Tom's Hardware

Sat, 21 Dec 2024 04:39:03 +0000

Aside from the technical curiosity, it would seem that Hilligoss Bakery is actually well-appreciated in its local Brownsburg community for the quality of its pastries and not simply the oddity of using a "microcomputer" originally released in 1982— though to Hilligoss' credit, the shop actually opened back in 1974, which would make the Commodore 64s a year-eight acquirement at the earliest. We can only suppose that further upgrades haven't been needed since.

Tags: #c64 #doughnuts #retro

Programming the C64 with Visual Studio Code - Retro Game Coders

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 04:47:03 +0000

Surprise! You can code for the C64, for free, using Microsoft Visual Studio Code!

Tags: #c64 #dev #retro