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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’ve often thought that some of the Nine Inch Nails stuff is very SID chippy. Never gave it much more thought, but I have seen this from a Trent Reznor interview today. Influential, at least! ❤️
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The loading times don’t annoy me like they used to decades ago. In a world that’s too fast, it’s nice to find yourself suddenly sitting and waiting for something that’s worth it.
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Neil Grayson @neilgrayson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I’m really sad to hear that the former games journalist, Tim Smith, recently died. If you bought games mags in the 80s and 90s, you certainly read his exceptional work. Later in life he moved to York and opened a bakery, named after his late daughter. timwrite.net
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Welcome - timwrite.net - ZERO Ai
Welcome to TimWrite. I've been writing professionally for many years. This is where you can read a lot of fiction, factual work, poetry and the odd opinion piece. All free. All totally free of Ai. Enj...
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Warren Pilkington @zawtowers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Oh chinny rec on. Sadly BBG own the rights to First Star software too, so Boulder Dash, Soy vs Spy etc. Be more like @thalamusdigital.bsky.social and do things *properly* - no AI slop, just games made by humans with care.
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Glad to hear you’re getting back on your feet. This sounds awful. The C64 awaits back home!
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Andy Roberts @scaryfish.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The 8bit and 16bit waters were relatively safe and calm for years. Now it seems like the sharks are back, and hungrier than ever. If you own IP or have made your own game, for the love of God please do your due diligence. Or find a safe place to land like Thalamus.
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
❤️ Supporter roll call! 🫡 Thanks to everyone. You keep the legacy of our fantastic magazine and a unique era of the C64 online. 💯 Every £1 goes to running the site - nothing else. We run this appeal one time a year. 👇🏻 Support those who support CF! commodoreformatarchive.com/these-are-th...
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Commodore Format hall of fame: these are the people who’ve donated to help keep us online. Thanks to you all!
Everything that we ever receive from you goes straight back into the site – either the hosting or domain costs, or things like a dedicated laptop. You can be sure your money will only ever be…
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LogrusUK @logrus.uk · 17/08/2026
Any #C64 Fans and especially any #SID Fans should have quick click and take a read at break / lunchtime. Top article - would read again. A+++ (And with a name like Pilkington, he should be a Private Dick! - Ed) #CommodoreFormat
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
‼️ Lemmings Reloaded is available now and it’s free. lunaticlab.itch.io/lemmings-rel...
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Lemmings Reloaded by LunaticLab
C64 fan remake of the classic Amiga game from 1991
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
‼️ Lemmings Reloaded is available now and it’s free. lunaticlab.itch.io/lemmings-rel...
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Lemmings Reloaded by LunaticLab
C64 fan remake of the classic Amiga game from 1991
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
❤️ Supporter roll call! 🫡 Thanks to everyone. You keep the legacy of our fantastic magazine and a unique era of the C64 online. 💯 Every £1 goes to running the site - nothing else. We run this appeal one time a year. 👇🏻 Support those who support CF! commodoreformatarchive.com/these-are-th...
commodoreformatarchive.com
Commodore Format hall of fame: these are the people who’ve donated to help keep us online. Thanks to you all!
Everything that we ever receive from you goes straight back into the site – either the hosting or domain costs, or things like a dedicated laptop. You can be sure your money will only ever be…
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Also, as we’re on the topic of this game…surely I’m not the only one to have noticed the Winter Camp and Rick Dangerous nods? Very cool. More of this sort of thing in our games I say.
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
In fact, yes. If you are releasing C64 stuff and you’d like a review on the site - I think I’d contain them to the front page rolling blog bit so they’re chronological and easy to find - wang me a .d64. It’s D64 only, due to unpredictable import charges and the unreliable post system in my country.
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I bought Thin Ice from Thalamus last night. Super fun action puzzler sort of thing. I would recommend it and it makes me think about doing CF reviews on the site again 🤔 That’s it, that’s the post. It’s a cool game .
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
It really does. Thank you very much, you’re a good person. It all goes to keep CF online ❤️
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Thank you @merman1974.bsky.social 🫡
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Thousands of visitors a month enjoy our articles, scans and new Power Packs. If we have brought you any joy at all, please consider a one-off donation to keep us online for another year. The site costs are low but donations are its main source: commodoreformatarchive.com/donate-and-k...
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Help keep the site online with a one-off or recurring payment.
Supporter hall of fame – thank-you! The Commodore Format Archive is the result of a decade’s work dedicated to bringing you conversations with the writers you love and the stories …
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Due to local laws in my country I can only accept PayPal for site donations - sorry about that!
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Thanks Waz. Your help over the years is massively appreciated! I hope I strike a deal to get scans back on the site again soon 🫡
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
If everybody who’s spent time on the site this year gave £1/$1, we’d never have to do these embarrassing posts again. The funds would outlive us! The site is 10+ years of work: if it’s valuable to you, please consider a bob or two.
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Thousands of visitors a month enjoy our articles, scans and new Power Packs. If we have brought you any joy at all, please consider a one-off donation to keep us online for another year. The site costs are low but donations are its main source: commodoreformatarchive.com/donate-and-k...
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Help keep the site online with a one-off or recurring payment.
Supporter hall of fame – thank-you! The Commodore Format Archive is the result of a decade’s work dedicated to bringing you conversations with the writers you love and the stories …
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
🚨 New Thalamus game this Thursday. 🐭 If you’ve ever wondered what was going on deep below Camp Nice ‘n’ Icy…
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
System of a Down - Chop Suey #C64 🤘🏻 youtu.be/6oRUCkAbPn0?...
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System Of A Down - Chop Suey (C64 Cover, SAM, Hokuto Force)
YouTube video by Noplan
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Zzap! did review it but - as Gary Penn later winced - they didn’t give it a score due to being “too original” 😂 so it doesn’t appear in a lot of listings. Gold medal though. And it’s Steve Jarratt’s fave C64 game, fact fans. www.zzap64.co.uk/zzap20/senti...
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The Sentinel
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Neil Grayson @neilgrayson.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
1993: Commodore Format magazine reports that Sony is entering the video games market. Can’t see it working out.
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Dunno where our Jason Finch article is getting shared, but thanks to the 170 people who read it today and the 2K+ last month! 🫡
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
🥔 A first encounter with Wild West Seymour tonight. A Speccy convo, but playable enough and packed with very meta charm (on level 1, you’re at the Codemasters office). If you wanna tackle it CF style, the full solution and maps are in issues 32 and 33 (May/June ‘93).
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
🥔 A first encounter with Wild West Seymour tonight. A Speccy convo, but playable enough and packed with very meta charm (on level 1, you’re at the Codemasters office). If you wanna tackle it CF style, the full solution and maps are in issues 32 and 33 (May/June ‘93).
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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Alan Fleming @radioal.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Was over at my best friend's house - he got the 'playful intelligence' pack, which included a cartridge with Flimbos quest, Klax, Fiendish Freddy, and International Soccer. Played it for hours, and I was amazed at the music and the graphics. It was magical. I wanted one instantly!
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Commodore Stuff @commodorestuff.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
My older brother bought one second- possibly third-hand around 1986. The first game I played was Terra Cresta, a fantastic arcade game, O thought. The in-game music, title music and loading music blew my mind. Somewhat the worse for wear, it's still going.
An old Commodore 64 with fudge coloured function keys and an ugly key stem brutally cut into the top of the case, functioning as a reset switch.
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
And that’s probably peak CF. 1-5 are 👌🏻
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
❤️
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Neil Grayson @neilgrayson.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
World Soccer for the Commodore 64 contains a 36-year-old troll of Forest fans, which probably hasn’t been documented until now.
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Everybody remembers the first time that they used or saw a Commodore 64. Would love to hear your stories in the replies.
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Tomorrow’s my birthday, which means it’s 36 years since I was given my own Commodore 64. We were pretty skint but my Dad found the money for that somehow (£159.99 World Cup pack in 1990!). And here I am nearly four decades later, still messing about on this sensational computer. Thanks, Dad.
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Neil Grayson @neilgrayson.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Zzap! 64 magazine, August 1988.
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Never managed it!
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
As do CF.
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
In fact, Ollie gets a credit at the end of the game proper!
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
I think the mischievous review is its own island; the game itself isn’t beloved by all. No doubt the daft review harmed it though.
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Mayhem, ‘course, a game that divides. But let’s all agree it is at least the game with the longest running “magic dust” joke in C64 history. Enjoy it do you, Theo?
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
We were sent this intro from a Mayhem crack, which on booting reproduces Commodore Format art editor Ollie Alderton’s magazine advertisement for the game. It featured in both CF and Commodore Force.
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Neil Grayson @neilgrayson.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
A lot of what Commodore say here confirms what I think the larger problem with this direction is: Christian is trying to piggyback his own thing about digital detox etc etc on the Commodore brand. It is not the right vehicle. I have no beef with the guy and want C= to succeed but this ain’t it.
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
❤️
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Commodore Format Archive | Commodore 64 @commodoreformat.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Via Joachim Ljunggren on LinkedIn - It is always so cool to see modern day stuff on a C64 screen. Worlds collide ❤️
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Sometimes in demos where you tell a story you have to create pixel art images that moves over the screen. This means creating art that is 4-5 times bigger than a standard screen resolution on the… | J...
Sometimes in demos where you tell a story you have to create pixel art images that moves over the screen. This means creating art that is 4-5 times bigger than a standard screen resolution on the Comm...
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