C64 Retro Computing – Having fun Programming the Commodore 64

VIC-20 Memory Expansion

My first computer The VIC-20 was my first computer growing up. My parents got it for me after I took a summer class on

17 Apr

It’s one of those things that I couldn’t figure out as a kid that drove me crazy. I wanted to be able to get a

23 Dec

Note: I made a few corrections in red. Most notably the placement of the utility in memory. See below. The disk image has

27 Apr

In the last post, I talked about how L-systems work and how you can make interesting images with repeating patterns using

13 Apr

Download: l-system.d64 image So my continued dive down the rabbit hole of fractals has led me to discover L-Systems. To quote

03 Apr

.d64 image (needed for the graphics wedge software) Since I wrote my Down & Dirty Graphics Wedge, I’ve been playing with

25 Mar

Well, I suppose it was bound to happen, but the site was hacked and certain blog posts were redirecting people to a Viagra

23 Mar

It started with a video by 8-Bit Show And Tell showing 10 rarely used Commodore 64 BASIC features. As the title suggests, the

11 Mar

Listing .d64 image THE PROJECT It has been a crazy couple of months for me personally and I haven’t had as much time as

12 Oct

Often when I write in machine language, I start by writing small proof of concept programs in BASIC. The maze program I wrote

04 Apr