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Game of the moment Twin Kingdom Valley (Conversion by Crown)
A very classic text adventure game, released on many formats. The official version didn't have any graphics, but Crown performed his magic and we have this brilliant version.
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Older News 11th August 2005 I have uploaded my beta version of the Commodore 16/Plus 4 Gamebase. If you haven't heard of this before, jump over the page and check it out :) 26th July 2005 If things weren't good enough on the site at the moment, today I'm proud to announce a new team member. His name is Andy Oakley, he used to be a graphic artist on the Amiga. Andy will be bringing a fresh perspective on reviews to the site and we will have to watch this space for some other exciting news from Andy. Although I cant say anything else it will be worth it. Welcome aboard :) Also, if you spend any time in our forum, you might notice The +4 King has introduced himself to the site. I think that I speak for all of us on the site, that we welcome you back to discussions about the C16/Plus 4 and may your stay be long.
24th July 2005
New Link 17th July 2005 We have a exclusive game available on the site, that has never been seen on the web before. It comes from the magazine Your Commodore. The game is "Monster Returns", a text adventure game and its quite good too. Click the image to download.
30th May 2005 We have a new feature, a software shop!! There is about 30 titles at the moment, but I'm hoping to increase that over the next month. All the prices include postage & packaging for worldwide distribution. 30th April 2005 I might be a little late announcing the winner of our competition, but I'm really pleased to announce that Frank Gasking from UK is the winner. Thank you to all that supported this competition by entering. 27th March 2005 The competition day has come, you have the chance of winning some great C16/Plus 4 software in original format. Just one simple question lies in your path, answer that and you could win the software. Closing date for the competition is 27th April 2005. Have a look at the competition page for more details. Have fun!!!!! 25th March 2005 Last weekend I attended the Commodore Scene meet up in Garforth. An excellent time was had by all. Some surprising news is that the weekend wasn't totally about the C64, but the Plus 4 was used so much. Firstly, Jason (TMR) showed us some of his Plus 4 games/demo's that he produced and also some of his finished work. We are proud to announce that we have been provided a copy of this work and will be reviewing it shortly on the site. Downloads wont be offered as the products will be sold through Cronosoft as commercial game. Shaun Bebbington introduced me to GEOS for the Plus 4, which is just so out of this world and in the next few weeks I will be putting a article together for the site. More details to come very soon!!!!!! Here's some pictures from the weekend. (The quality isn't too good as two of them are taken with my phone)
The plus 4 in action with Jason's new game.
Shaun Fixing one of the C64's.
A group photo :) On a last note, only 2 days to the start of the competition!!! 27th January 2005 I will be producing a bi-monthly article for Retro Revival on the Commodore 16/Plus 4, hoping to share the system and community to a wider audience. The first article includes a history lesson and top ten game recommendations, it was really interesting and fun to write it and look forward to continuing my contribution to Retro Revival. Please check out the Retro Revival website, it includes downloadable issues in PDF format. The magazine is extremely well put together with a enormous retro coverage, and now includes our wonderful Commodore 16/Plus 4 19th January 2005 This is so funny. I received a email today about the polish translation of the website. Apparently it makes no sense at all, the comedy forums in Poland have been having a really good laugh. Well if its getting me 500 hits extra a day, then great. It gives people a really good laugh and might introduce them to the Commodore 16. So a positive out of a funny negative. 3rd January 2005 Happy new year everyone, I assume everyone had a fantastic Christmas and New Year. We have some great news, Spector has written another brilliant review of a C16/Plus 4 game BMX Racers. I hope you all enjoy reading it as I did, thanks Spector :) 10th December 2004 Well its not long till were all opening our presents on Christmas day, enjoying time with and family. I may be a grown man, but I still like my toys and one of my presents is going to be a corker this year. I'm getting a GP32, I've read so much about about it I'm drooling at the expectation. The GP32 is a emulation dream handheld machine. It can play so many things and even has a emulator for the Commodore 16/Plus 4, imagine a portable C16/Plus 4 WOW. If you want to know more check out the two new links on the site. 11th November 2004 Over the last few days I have been having a conversation with Cronosoft UK Simon Ullyatt. I was investigating any future release plans for the C16/Plus 4, here's what he had to say: "I
can't give any dates as to when we'll see the first C16 or Plus 4 title, only
that it WILL happen! I'd like to see a This is such good news for all the C16/Plus 4 programmers out there, if you have made a great new title or fancy converting one of the Cronosoft UK titles. We may someday soon have a brand new commercial release. 17th October 2004 Breaking news!!!!! Jurek has nearly completed his new add-on, which is a 64kb upgrade for the C16/C116. It will be available in one months time and at the moment only available on pre-order. This is the start of things to come, after a few conversations this week we shall be seeing quite a few new products appearing shortly. 16th October 2004 A new section is added to the site after purchasing several books on the Commodore 16/Plus 4. I decided to share them with you all. Hope you find the section interesting, if you have any books in your collection that you would like to share just drop me a line. 13th October 2004 New link added for a very good all rounder site, its the Retro Experience 11th October 2004 A new review of Icicle works added to the site. Also added a new link to c16.de , a very cool site 10th October 2004 Yesterday I won four books for the Commodore 16/Plus 4 on Ebay. They were Commodore 16 Games Book, Using the Commodore 16, 100 Programs for the Commodore 16 and The working Commodore 16. I shall be creating a page to include descriptions, pictures of these books and to share some of the basic programs from the books. 12th September 2004 Today work has started again on my remake of Out On A Limb, for those that have road tested the demo, a big thank you to all. My main aim is to make the file alot smaller, so it becomes more accessible to all. Also to correct sprite detection and do alot of work on the graphics. Over the next week I will write a few more reviews. I'm looking forward to that as I get to play with my Plus 4, which is always good fun. 11th August 2004 Things have been moving along at a steady rate over the last day or so. The shop is fully up and working, keep and eye out for some exciting products coming this way. The German conversion is complete, so for all you German speaking surfers, enjoy. In the future I might consider adding another language. Two new links have been added for Retro-Trader & Console Passion, please have a look round the sites as they stock some interesting items. 9th August 2004 This is the news I have been waiting for, our shop is now open for business, please feel free to have a browse round. There are only a limited number of items at the moment but give us a little more time and you will see software arriving and unique hardware. You can visit the shop from this link or from the menu above 7th August 2004 This is the biggest news the site has had to announce since its launch, a new team member will be joining the ranks. His name is Jurek from Poland and he will be running the Hardware department of the site. As well as recreating add-ons for the C16/Plus 4, he will be creating new ones too. There are lots of idea's bouncing around between us, but if you have any suggestions/requests either make a post on the forum or email Jurek directly. Also the worldwide hardware shop, where you can purchase these items at realistic prices will be going live very soon. Will keep you posted and I hope you all welcome Jurek to the site. Also its
still taking some time to get the German pages uploaded so here is a link to the
older version of the site till its completed
24th July 2004 A new link has been added to the site by request. Its Delta Force Team, which are a German Retro site, looks cool. 14th July 2004 The competition results are out, check out the competition page for details. Congratulations to the winners and thank you to everyone else that entered. 11th July 2004 A early screen shot of my retro remake of Out On A Limb has been released and you can see it on the Site remakes page. 6th July 2004 If your interested in Retro remakes of C16/+4 games then check out the Site remakes page. It contains information on my new project to remake the classic game Out On A Limb and updates on progress 4th July 2004 Russnet has provided a brilliant review of the Mastertronic game Kikstart, this really brings some memories back to me and hopefully alot of other people too. It was one of my first games on the Plus 4 too. 3rd July 2004 A great new review for Formula 1 Simulator has been provided by Spector. Check it out on the review page. 11th June 2004 The competition has started, lots of amazing prizes to be won. Ranging from a great collection of original brand new software to vouchers redeemable at UKretro.co.uk. Ukretro is kindly sponsoring this event, they are a major Retro company providing a service selling retro software for many platforms. The competition is open to everyone. I'm so excited about this event. Please visit our sponsor to see what a amazing collection of software. 6th June 2004 Whilst scanning through the net this afternoon, I found quite a few remakes of old Commodore 16/+4 games. I therefore created a page dedicated to these fantastic software programmers. I can't stop playing them, so addictive. Also its
still taking some time to get the German pages uploaded so here is a link to the
older version of the site till its completed
3rd June 2004 Its taken about two weeks to complete the design the new layout for the site, now its up and running. I hope you all like it and find it more user friendly and easier on the eye than the old one. The German conversion will be available within a week or so, its just going to take a little bit more time with the translation. The Forum is getting a little busier, which is great, please feel free to use it. Also all the games are still available to play or download. The advertising is now only on the playable games pages in a banner form, please support the site by occasionally clicking on one of the advertisers. If anyone would like a link from this site, just fill out the form and it will appear :) 21st May 2004 After a few requests I've increased the amount of playable games that are available on the site. There are now 279 online playable games uploaded onto the site. To access these games, click on games on the menu and then to the relevant letter. The German conversion seems to be running alright too. The play online page has now been replaced with a new software section (New Projects), where programmer will be offered to showcase there new projects
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