Category Archives: Commodore

Kickstarter: Generation 64 – How the Commodore 64 inspired a generation

Posted on July 22, 2015 by frankeivind

You should support the Kickstarter for translation of the Swedish book Generation 64. This is a great book and it’s about the Commodore 64 and how it influenced Swedish gamers in the 80’s. The Kickstarter run until August 4, and … Continue reading →

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Kickstarter: The story of the Commodore 64 in pixels

Posted on July 16, 2015 by frankeivind

Chris Wilkins is back with a new book on Kickstarter, this time it’s a book about the C64: The story of the Commodore 64 in pixels. He have previously made books about the ZX Spectrum and Ocean. I have them … Continue reading →

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Kickstarter – Commodore: The Amiga Years book

Posted on June 19, 2015 by frankeivind

I’ve found a new Kickstarter to support. Commodore: The Amiga Years book is a new book by Brian Bagnall. It was funded on opening day and will last until July 15. Take a journey from Amiga’s beginnings in 1982 to … Continue reading →

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Review: Lemmings (Amiga, 1991)

Posted on May 14, 2015 by frankeivind

“Take command of the wackiest collection of misdirected rodents ever seen on your screen.” This is the description of Lemmings on the back of the Amiga box. In the manual it also says that the Lemmings ar cute, but stupid. … Continue reading →

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Kickstarter: From Bedrooms to Billions – The Amiga Years!

Posted on March 7, 2015 by frankeivind

It’s time to support another Kickstarter. This time it’s From Bedrooms to Billions – The Amiga Years! It’s a 90 minute long documentary of the making of Amiga an its life. To qoute from the campaign description: Welcome to our … Continue reading →

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Retro Gamer – The Amiga Book

Posted on January 17, 2015 by frankeivind

This time around, the people at Retro Gamer have  made the bookazine The Amiga Book: Amiga 500 Amiga 500: Perfect Ten Games The Making of… Lemmings 1 & 2 Company Profile: The Bitmap Brothers The Making of… Sensible World of … Continue reading →

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Kickstarter: Commodore Amiga – a visual Commpendium

Posted on October 31, 2014 by frankeivind

Not long ago, I bought the book Commodore 64 Book: A Visual Commpendium and thought that was great. Then I found out that the author of that book had made a new Kicstarter for a book called Commodore Amiga: a … Continue reading →

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