• Judland's Commodore Blog

  • by judland

These are the ramblings of a happy Commodore computer user since 1983. I cover topics on both the C64 and C128, reviewing my favorite games and applications, as well as share some of my favorite memories from the 8-bit era. If you'd like to read more, you can visit my blog at: https://www.my64.in.nf -or- https://www.my128.in.nf

Sep
14

C64Forum.com Choose Best of 2022 4K Craptastic Compo

The team at C64forum.com decided to play all the games submitted to the Reset64 2022 4k Craptastic Game Competition and choose our three favorite games. Read more...

Jul
26

New C64 Forum Launched!

Last month, everythingc64.boards.net was unfortunately closed, and the Admin moved on to Discord. For the folks that can't or don't wish to join Discord, a few of us EverthingC64 "refugees" decided create a new forum to fill the gap. Read more...

Feb
8

New Game: Lil' Potato

This is a game of tyranny and ultimate justice. Lil' Potato is besieged in his "castle of spuds" on the hill. Can he make it past the workers encamped outside the gates and make it to his hiding place under the bridge? Read more...

Oct
9

Game Review: Bastion

Most of the popular video games from the 80s were ported, in one fashion or the other, to the C64. But why no Star Castle? It took me a while, but I actually did find a Star Castle clone on the C64. Read more...

Oct
4

Necessity Being The Mother of Invention

With a couple of lines of BASIC, I turn a two minute process of logging into my CommodoreServer account into a thirty second one, thanks to the C64's full screen editor. Read more...

Sep
27

A Growing Collection of NTSC Specific Games

Just finished another update to my collection of NTSC specific games; the ZIP file now contains approx. 237 games to enjoy. These games have been created to run on NTSC C64s and 128s without glitches and at the proper speed/frequency. Read more...

Sep
13

Game Review: Chiller 2

Back in 1984, the trailblazing budget video game publisher, Mastertronic, released the zombie themed game, Chiller. Now, thirty seven years later, Andy Vaisey took it upon himself to take the basis of Chiller and produce a version of it that is actually challenging and entertaining. Read more...

Sep
9

Record your hi-scores with 64GameLogger

For anyone who may be interested, I recently wrote a program in BASIC, for the C64, to record video gaming achievements and hi-scores. Read more...

Apr
9

My First Game on the C64

A question that I see crop up, from time to time, is “what was the first game you ever played on your C64?” It's an interesting question and I enjoy hearing and reading other's answer to this question. For me, it's not an easy question to answer. Read more...

Jan
29

Game Review: L'Abbaye des Morts

I share my thoughts on this new game, released by Canadian publishers Double Sided Games. At the time of writing, there are not many box sets available for purchase. But you can still get the download of the disk image. Lots of fun and really well done. Read more...

Nov
18

A new C64 game from Canadian publisher

I happened to stumble across information about another new game for the C64, set to be released early next year. What excited me most about this new game is that it is being produced by a retro games developer, here in Canada! To me, this is fantastic news and is something that compels me to throw my support behind. Read more...

Oct
30

A failing 1541

After sitting in cold/hot storage for the better part of four years, I finally got around to getting out my original 1541 floppy disk drive and giving it a test drive. Right from the get-go, however, the drive didn't sound very good, nor did it appear to work properly. Oh boy. Read more...

Oct
16

I join the Mini revolution

I was pleasantly surprised today with a belated birthday gift from my son. Apparently, he placed this pre-order earlier this spring and, today, it was finally delivered by the retailer. I am now the proud owner of a new C64Mini specifically released for the North American market. Read more...

Aug
7

Archiving Game Instructions

Maybe it's because I'm getting older, but I can't recall game controls as easily as I used to; at least with games that I haven't played for an extended amount of time. So, I've started jotting down these commands for easy reference. Read more...

Jul
4

Game Review: Organism by Psytronik

Psytronik has been pretty busy, this first half of 2018. In this review, I take a look at their most recent release, Organism, by Trevor Storey & Achim Volkers. Read more...

Jun
29

More Fun With the Flyer

One of the reasons why I purchased the Retroswitch Flyer modem was for backing up and archiving my collection of floppy disks before they degraded and became unreadable. It's been working out well, in this capacity, but I'm ashamed that I never thought of this use for it until now! Read more...

Apr
20

1541 DOS Wedge Command Reference

For those of us who still enjoy working with original Commodore hardware, here is a list of commands for the DOS Wedge utility, which originally came bundled with the 1541 floppy drive. Read more...

Mar
20

Video Demo of CS V-1541 Floppy Disk Editing

I know, I've been gone for a long time. But, long story short, I have my C128 back in operation and I'm blogging once again. For my first relaunch entry, I've posted a video demonstration on copying files using CommodoreServer's virtual "deca drive". Read more...

Dec
1

It's amazing how the human mind works

Just a simple sound or image can bring back such vivid memories. Read more...

Sep
17

My first BASIC program in fifteen years

After fifteen-plus years, I try my hand at programming in BASIC once again. I start with a bank account balancing program. Read more...

Sep
2

A ten-floppy disk drive for your C64

CommodoreServer launches new functionality for their Comet64 Internet modem; Access ten virtual disks at once! Read more...

Jun
22

Comet64 File Searching Demonstration

Just uploaded a short demonstration on searching for files using your Comet64. Read more...

Jun
21

64 PowerPack on Public Shares

Added 64 PowerPack office suite to public shares. Read more...

Nov
6

199 issues of LoadStar

What would have been over four hundred floppy disks in the 1980s now all fits on one CD. Read more...

Oct
16

The C64 Underground of the 1980s

With no such thing as the Internet and access to very few places that sold C64 software - not that I had the cash to buy it in the first place - what was a teenager to do in the mid-eighties? Read more...

Oct
11

A short introduction

Being new to the Commodore Server scene, I thought I'd post a short introduction. Read more...