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Indie developer currently working on a game called "Of Mimas" (PC) and maker of silly retro games and 4k craptastics Obsessed with the Commodore 64 Made Counterweight Kate more than half a decade ago: https://cogitarecomputing.itch.io/counterweight-kate

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This weeks RSA is now online!

The annual membership drive is now complete, and I get to do my favourite part of this whole thing. Mailing prizes and RSA swag to everyone! As a celebration of your generosity here's a brand new show!

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01.03.2026 12:56 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This weekend is the last chance to jump on board the Membership Drive train!

www.synthetic.org/membership.php

I'll be starting to mail out prizes on Monday morning!
Thank you all for your support!

27.02.2026 13:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Community Spotlight: The Bear Essentials Meet Graham Axten, creator of The Bear Essentials (2016) now available on the Commodore 64 Ultimate.

Summer of laziness? That’ll cost you 326 apples, pal.

The Bear Essentials developer Graham Axten talks apples, β€œthe Bear dance,” and his controversial take on which game he’d like to see on the #C64U. Read our β€œfruitful” conversation here:
tinyurl.com/bxpm5s7w

25.02.2026 19:44 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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24.02.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also the first ever Codemasters game too. The spine number of 1001 indicated two things: in 4 digit spine numbers, first digit was the format (C64 was 1, Spectrum 2 etc) and the release number (so here 001.)

24.02.2026 07:26 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The latest dose of #C64 greatness has been thrust through my letterbox!
With our new Operation Vostoka game being a gnat's whisker from release, it's good to read the dev diary to see how far things have progressed! 😎

24.02.2026 13:37 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Aegon Targaryen looks around his living room on acid and sees more than meets the eye. Inexplicably, the egg-shaped cunt is wearing boxing gloves.

Aegon Targaryen looks around his living room on acid and sees more than meets the eye. Inexplicably, the egg-shaped cunt is wearing boxing gloves.

#LogLoads64 (Reloaded)
Dizzy

Back we go, good morning sweet reader, back we go to the beginning of time. Dizzy Time, that is. Back we go to 1988 and Ian Gray has been tasked with converting a #Speccy game to the #C64. Arguably, the result is superior. As arcade adventures went, well... 1/2 >>>

24.02.2026 09:35 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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On the bench today.. possibly the most gorgeous Commodore ever made. I present my Commodore MAX. A rare beast, with a chequered history.

22.02.2026 15:47 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi, if you like Commodore Format I also write about old games and magazines more broadly on my Substack! I would love you to subscribe. πŸ™Œ

23.02.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This weeks Real Synthetic Audio is online!

www.synthetic.org/membership.php

Welcome to the final episode of the annual RSA membership drive! You've got just a few days left to get in on the prizes and keep RSA going for another year!

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www.youtube.com/@RealSynthet...

22.02.2026 14:21 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
C64U Starlight running a highly advanced Commodore BASIC program.

C64U Starlight running a highly advanced Commodore BASIC program.

#commodore

21.02.2026 19:22 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Founders Edition keyboard is absurdly beautiful. Just look at it. 🀩

Photo by Martijn Bosschaart.

21.02.2026 17:36 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A new arrival for my Retro Shelf - Gamers 2: Ghosts in the Machine (Kickstarter signed copy) by Mel Croucher.

It’s the second of five books planned in the series, this time looking at 20 computers released during the 1970s and 1980s

21.02.2026 10:26 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This weeks RSA is online!

Welcome to the 3rd week of the membership drive

www.synthetic.org/membership.php

My Valentines gift to you all is a great new show!
I made sure that I recorded this on Friday the 13th so I could get it out today!

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14.02.2026 14:18 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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One screen. Two players. Infinite rematches. What’s loading up for your Valentine’s Day? #C64U #RetroGaming

14.02.2026 13:20 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah I've actually been playing with that idea a bit. I'm thinking of transplanting the board into a transparent C64C case.

11.02.2026 21:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I did the same thing 🀭
I think the rationale was that if I'm going to buy a new version of a computer I already own numerous versions of I might as well go "all in" crazy and get the Founders edition that has a limited run.
Hopefully it looks better IRL than it does one some videos πŸ™‚

11.02.2026 21:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s finally here now! So gorgeous! πŸ₯°

10.02.2026 12:16 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Another Single from Reformation 5: The Palace Main Theme Matt Gray has released another single from his upcoming Reformation 5 album: the main theme of The Palace level from The Last Ninja. Although Matt has already tackled this tune on his Reformation 3 album, he has reworked it significantly. It's availabe now on Bandcamp.

Another Single from Reformation 5: The Palace Main Theme #c64
https://remix64.com/news/another-single-from-reformation-5-the-palace-main.html

09.02.2026 06:47 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This weeks RSA is online!

The weather outside up here in the great white north is bright and clear and -30c with the windchill. So I decided that today was a good day to finish RSA and stay inside to avoid that nastiness.

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07.02.2026 17:44 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Nothing weird to see here.. Keep on moving along 😜

06.02.2026 16:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Same here.. Founders edition, still zero changes to the order status since 12th December 2025. Fingers crossed it changes soon...

05.02.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This! Be afraid. Somehow Notepad++'s web host got compromised, and the hackers were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack (of sorts), delivering the wrong update binaries.

The issue has been mitigated by changing hosts, and verifying signatures. If you host files, take note!

02.02.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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31.01.2026 18:22 πŸ‘ 2203 πŸ” 803 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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This weeks RSA is online!

Welcome to the Annual Membership Drive.
Please visit the page, check out the prizes, and consider supporting us!

Secondly as of the date of "production" today RSA has officially turned 28 years old!

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31.01.2026 15:00 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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"How GEOS handles disk drives..."
An informative quick tip on using various versions of GEOS with disk/harddrives saving you a lot of time and headache, now that the #Commodore64 is back!

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30.01.2026 06:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Commodore 64 Ultimate Review - IGN Does the modern Commodore 64 Ultimate do justice to the original?

Did you know that the #C64U received a perfect 10/10 review from @IGN? Perfect scores don't come around every day, but when they do, you have to feel like you're doing something right. You can watch the full review here: www.ign.com/articles/com...

30.01.2026 01:40 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ•ΉοΈ C64 High-Score Challenge for February 2026: Mayhem in Monsterland (Apex Computer Productions, 1993)

πŸ‘‰ Link: discord.gg/rH7BcFWBpW

#Commodore #Commodore64 #C64 #C64U #RetroGaming #RetroComputing

30.01.2026 11:03 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#TillysCursedLibrary πŸ“š No. 48

#FakeBookTitleFriday

30.01.2026 12:21 πŸ‘ 140 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 1