BUILDING THE WORLD’S FIRST 100% NEW COMMODORE 64!
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Frank
- January 15, 2023
- 1980s
- 2sid
- 6502
- 8 bit
- armsid
- Build
- C64
- c64 keycaps
- c64 reloaded
- chip replacement
- chiptunes
- classic computers
- commodore
- Commodore 64
- dual sid chips
- emulation
- EVO 64
- EVO64
- FPGA
- hack
- ics64
- j-cia
- kawari
- keyboard
- keycaps
- keys
- new c64
- new commodore 64
- new keycaps
- plankton
- Raspberry Pi
- Retro
- retro computing
- retro gaming
- retrocomputer
- review
- sixty clone
- sixtyclone
- swinsid
- THEC64
- Ultimate 64
- Ultimate64
- vintage
- vintage computers
Retro Recipes takes new components and rebuilds the world’s first new C-64 since 1994. The Commodore 64 was discontinued in 1994 and since then it’s been impossible to find a 100% new “real” (non-emulation) replacement. Thanks to the sponsorship of http://PCBWay.com – great PCBs from $5! – let’s try to build the world’s first brand […]
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In 1964 Arthur C Clarke Predicted the Future. How Did He Do?
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Frank
- November 11, 2022
- 1960s predictions
- archive
- archive bbc
- Arthur C Clarke
- Arthur Clarke
- BBC
- bbc archive
- british tv nostalgia
- classic tv
- funny predictions
- Future
- future predictions
- futurology
- Horizon
- legendary television
- nostalgia
- past predictions
- people predicting the future
- Prediction
- Predictions
- retro tv
- science documentaries
- science fiction history
- science fiction novelists
- science fiction writers
- the bbc archive
- vintage
- Visions of the future
- wrong predictions
“The only thing we can be sure of about the future, is that it will be absolutely fantastic. So, if what I say now seems to you to be very reasonable, then I will have failed completely.” – Arthur C Clarke. The science-fiction writer and futurist Arthur C Clarke undertakes that most impossible and unrewarding […]
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Are YOU Ready for the INTERNET? Video clip in 1994
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Frank
- September 24, 2022
- 1990s internet
- 90s computer
- 90s tech
- archive
- archive bbc
- BBC
- bbc archive
- bbc tomorrow's world
- british tv nostalgia
- classic tech
- classic technology
- classic tv
- early internet
- future tech
- information superhighway
- kate bellingham
- legendary television
- nostalgia
- outdated science
- outdated technology
- past science
- retro internet
- retro tech
- retro tv
- science and technology
- Tech
- the bbc archive
- tomorrow's world
- tomorrows world
- vintage
- vintage technology
Watching this video reveals the optimism around the internet in the mid 90s. Who knew that we’d end up using the technology to argue with strangers and share pictures of cats. Kate Bellingham reports that an exciting new interconnected world – a world where every word ever written, every picture ever painted and ever film […]
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Deconstructing the 8-bit Arcade Font
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Frank
- April 6, 2020
- 1980s
- 8-bit
- 8-bit games
- angry video game nerd
- arcade
- arcade game
- arcade screen
- arcade sprite
- argus
- astroids
- atari
- Atari 2600
- computer programming
- donkey kong
- explain
- explainer
- gaiapolis
- galaga
- galaxian
- graphic design
- jaleco
- marble madness
- monster bash
- motion graphics
- namco
- pac-man
- phozon
- retro arcade game
- sega
- skyfox
- sprint 2
- taito
- tron
- typography
- video game design
- video games
- vintage
- vintage arcade game
- vox
- Vox.com
- zelda
Last week, I explained to my son how 8-bit graphics worked. I can’t tell you how many sheets of graph paper I went through designing sprites back in the day. Although it was possible, I never made my own on Font on the Commodore 64. In his book Arcade Game Typography, type designer Toshi Omagari […]
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How Telephone Phreaking Worked
The 8-Bit Guy spoke at the Retro Game conference in Portland to talk about how phone phreaking worked.
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