It's time for the Commodore 64 community to get a retro gaming news heads up, as earlier today we were informed by our good friend and Youtubber Saberman, that TND has released a new game for the C64 called 'Lunar City'; A challenging space shooting gallery type of game that's available to download or play online via itch io! To coincide with this news, Saberman has also done a video showing the game in action.
VIOS - Enhanced Edition by Carl Mason for the Commodore 64
Trawling through the latest The New Dimension entries looking for a decent C64 game to play, and one that stood out in the crowd was Carl Mason's updated and enhanced Commodore 64 Shoot em up of ' VIOS '. This game according to The New Dimension, is an updated version of the game which now features special enhancements such as a new front end, a hi score table, as well as other bits described in the information below the gameplay video provided by Per Ola Eriksson and Saberman.
Diamond - A C64 vertical scrolling Shoot 'Em Up makes an appearance via Pinov Vox
Yet another game for you to enjoy, as we've recently been informed by Per Ola Eriksson, Saberman and The New Dimension, that if you're looking for a cool Shoot 'em up to play right now, then make sure to check out Pinov Vox's Commodore 64 game of 'Diamond''; A fun arcade blaster in which piloting your Space Craft Diamond, you must fly your spaceship into the deep void of space blasting through many waves of deadly alien invaders. To coincide with this news, Saberman has done a new gameplay video which can be as always viewed below.
Cruiser-X 79 - In dev C64 shoot 'em up via The New Dimension looks awesome! (+Demo)
Another upcoming game to add to a long list of C64 designed shoot 'em ups, as we've recently been told by a good friend of ours via Facebook, that The New Dimension has released a brand new playable demo of the upcoming Commodore 64 game of ' Cruisder-X 79 '. This game developed by Richard Bayliss and Saul Cross, pits your fighter against an alien force, as you must escape from an Alien Base on a mission to reach an earth like planet called ' Earth-X '.
Cruiser-X 79 - An upcoming C64 shoot 'em up via The New Dimension gets a 1 level demo!
Another upcoming game to add to a long list of C64 designed shoot 'em ups, as we've recently been told by a good friend of ours via Facebook, that The New Dimension has released a 1 level playable demo of an upcoming game called ' Cruisder-X 79 '. This game developed by Richard Bayliss and Saul Cross, pits your fighter against an alien force, as you must escape from an Alien Base on a mission to reach an earth like planet called ' Earth-X '.
Ray Fish Deluxe - A brand new vertical scrolling underwater shoot 'em up released for the C64
The C64 news just keeps on coming, as if Pillars and PETSCII Portal wasn't enough to whet your appetite, then you might be interested to learn as thanks to a heads up from a good friend of ours, we've just found out that if you head on over to the itch page linked below, you can now download the latest C64 game of Ray Fish Deluxe; a brand new vertical scrolling underwater shoot 'em up from Martin Piper, Richard Bayliss, Alf Yngve and Hugues (Ax!s) Poisseroux published by The New Dimension!
Ray Fish Deluxe - A brand new vertical scrolling underwater shoot 'em up announced for the C64
The C64 news just keeps on coming, as if Cosmic Combat DX wasn't enough to whet your appetite, then you might be interested to learn as thanks to a heads up from our good friend Per Ola, that as from 3rd December, you'll be able to play the latest C64 game of Ray Fish Deluxe; a brand new vertical scrolling underwater shoot 'em up from Martin Piper, Richard Bayliss, Alf Yngve and Hugues (Ax!s) Poisseroux published by The New Dimension!
Cruiser-X 79 - C64 shoot em up preview teased by The New Dimension
Another game to add to a long list of C64 designed shoot em ups, as we've recently been told by a good friend of ours that The New Dimension has released an early preview of an upcoming game called ' Cruisder-X 79 '. This game developed by Richard Bayliss and Saul Cross, pits your fighter against an alien force, as you must escape from an Alien Base on a mission to reach an earth like planet called ' Earth-X '.
Let's Invade 2 - A psychedelic Space Invaders on the C64 by Richard Bayliss
Some years back we mentioned Richard Bayliss's Space Invaders game with a twist ' Let's Invade! '; a C64 game which takes the original Arcade 1978 Shooter Space Invaders by Tomohiro Nishikado and adds psychedelic moving backgrounds with upbeat trance music. Well fast forward to this month and we've been informed by Saberman, that The New Dimension with coding and music by Richard Bayliss has released the sequel for the R.G.C.D 16KB compo called ' Let's Invade 2'.
Starfysh Remix - Wicked blaster released for the C64 by TND with a musical update!
Super Galax-I-Birds isn't the only game worth talking about this week, as The New Dimension has released a rather lovely C64 Shoot 'em up called ' Starfysh Remix', which was programmed and music by Richard Bayliss and graphics by Shaun Pearson. Now if you love the classic game Delta, then this game is the game for you as not only does it look like a clone of that game, but it has varied enemies, different enemy wave patterns, multiple levels and the need to blast everything in your path for a decent score!
Super Toboggan Challenge - A Richard Bayliss C64 game using a new Assemble IT Update
We now look towards the C64 for our retro kicks, as this week Richard Bayliss through The New Dimension has released the fast scrolling sports game ' Super Toboggan Challenge ' for the C64! This game developed using the new Assemble IT Update, was developed as a fun example game to show off the smooth upwards and downwards scrolling that can be created using the new IT update.
Rogue Ninja V1.1 - Challenging Arcade game for the C64 released by The New Dimension
Previews and early developments are not the only thing worth mentioning today as we've recently learnt of a new game by The New Dimension called ' Rogue Ninja ', which has been released for the C64 as version 1.1. If you like your games to be a constant challenge while having to deal with an ever increasing amount of Ninja's on a single level, then read on, as Rogue Ninja will have your adrenaline pumping for that top high score.
C64 Weekly Roundup - Exiting new projects, more amazing sound tricks and more!
Welcome to roundup #8. This week has seen more amazing project announcements, also FM-YAM a new sound device built into a C64 cartridge, and Hokuto Force have worked their magic on a few forgotten gems. I will also shamelessly plug my own channel, as I am making a brand new C64 SEUCK game for The New Dimension's 2018 SEUCK compo, in collaboration with my viewers, live on TwitchTV.
C64 Roundup Weekly - New games, and early game pics, just another week on the C64
C64 Roundup Weekly - All the latest from the current world of the biggest and best 8 bit machine.
Hi and welcome to the second instalment of my C64 weekly roundup. All the latest C64 news compiled into one weekly article of news. This week we've got new game announcements, new game releases, new C64 music and utilities. There is so much going on on the C64 right now, we might have to start doing these daily!
Mix Box - A C64 Trilogy of Musical Mix Boxes from The New Dimension
Some of you are probably wondering why we've left out the C64 lately, well for one thing there hasn't been that many awesome releases this week, but also we were waiting for something special to come along. So sure enough, here's a rather decent tune set up that was released today from The New Dimension for the C64 with lots of cool tracks, 'Mix Box'.
Cruiser X-79 - A new C64 shoot em up in development by TND64
Even more C64 news to keep you company as The New Dimension have announced a new shoot em up titled as ' Cruiser X-79 ', that is currently in development with music by our personal favourite SID guru Richard Bayliss. Announced via a gameplay teaser, this latest game is currently being migrated and is being written in C64PRGStudio V3.0.1. Also as the video shows it features new music, in game sound effects, temporary graphics and 4 test alien formations.
Super ACE 1942 - TND's SEUCK C64 game inspired by a classic!
In 1984 a great shoot em up was released for the Arcade by Capcom and that game was 1942. A game in which you shoot down enemy planes, avoided being shot out of the sky and performed awesome rolls while collecting power ups. One of the more unusual power ups was being escorted by two other planes in formation that gave you the edge. It was an awesome game and still is today, but thanks The New Dimension we have a brand new SEUCK game on the C64 that is inspired by 1942 and is called ' Super ACE 1942 '.
The Hunter - Destroy underwater mutants in this latest C64 SEUCK game
As most of you know The New Dimension have been running another Shootemup Construction Kit (SEUCK) competition for 2017, which aims to bring developers together making action packed games for the C64. Now we've already mentioned one such game in the competition as Border Blast 3, but this time we are going underwater against Mutants and Subs in Errazking's latest C64 game ' The Hunter '.
Vortex Crystals [16kb cartridge] - TND's new C64 game for the RGCD C64 16KB Cart Comp 2015/16
I was hoping to get all my updates done by this morning, but when it comes to much younger sisters nagging to go shopping, that was put aside. So without further ado, it's time to mention The New Dimension's new game ' Vortex Crystals ', which was released for the RGCD C64 16KB Cartridge Game Development Competition 2015/16. Programming and music by Richard Bayliss and graphics and design by Alf Yncve, this game is an action shooter in which you need to grab all the diamonds and get to the exit.
















