Modern Retro Systems

The X65 project demonstrates 8-bit sampled sound playback on its DEV-board, offering a glimpse of its versatile audio capabilities.

Wavicle unveils the OtterX Cartridge Prototype, exploring design trade-offs, rising costs, and technical choices for the X16 cartridge project.

Voidstar Tech presents the Commander X16 Tank Preview, a BASIC project that uses vector graphics to demonstrate math in retro game design.

JohnB’s Foenix F256 Animation Tool introduces a modern tile-based system for creating smooth, efficient animations on Foenix F256 hardware.

Paul Gardner-Stephen demonstrates the MEGA65 SCART output with a working 15KHz RGB signal. The feature is close to production release, with interlace testing still to come.

Xiphod and Voidstar Tech preview Commander X16 BASIC Maze, a 3D dungeon crawler built in BASIC and inspired by Dungeons of Daggorath.

PacorexTheTrex debuts Mayhem Syndicate Beat, a community-inspired track using Commander X16 visuals, Konami sound, and oscilloscope views.

At VCF West, MEGA65 contributor Dan Sanderson explains how we remember classic computers by using them. From Commodore 65 prototypes to today’s open, FPGA-based MEGA65, he maps a path where practice, documentation, and community keep the past alive. Watch to see how Living Commodore Memory works in 2025.