Atari ST’s Battle Chess vs Gameboy’s Chessmaster

Today I ran a chess game between the Gameboy playing Chessmaster and the Atari ST playing Battle Chess. According to the rules that I have made for myself the Gameboy and the Atari played at level 1. The current ELO rating for the Gameboy is 1482, and 1527 for Atari. The winner is the Gameboy, … Read moreAtari ST’s Battle Chess vs Gameboy’s Chessmaster

C64 vs Atari ST in Battle Chess

Today I ran a chess game between the Commodore 64 and the Atari ST, both playing Battle Chess. According to the rules that I have made for myself the C64 played at level 1, as in has lost one game. The Atari played at a novice level, as it was it’s first game. The current … Read moreC64 vs Atari ST in Battle Chess

C64 Battle Chess vs Gameboy The New Chessmaster

Today I ran three games between the Commodore 64 playing Battle Chess against a the Nintendo Gameboy play The Chessmaster. According to the rules that I have made for myself the Battle Chess ran in level 1 as it has lost one game, with a current ELO 1498. Chessmaster will was set for novice level, … Read moreC64 Battle Chess vs Gameboy The New Chessmaster

Random Retro – Using GEOS in 2020

Random Retro – Using GEOS in 2020 In this article… Introduction | Booting Up | geos | geoWrite | geoPaint Introduction This time in Random Retro I am writing about GEOS, a graphical user interface (GUI) for the Commodore 64 and 128. I decided that it might be interesting for me to actually write this blog in GeoWriter, and … Read moreRandom Retro – Using GEOS in 2020

Random Retro – Rik’s Collection – Games Disk 49

Today on Random Retro I take a look at another C64 collections disk called Rik’s Collection – Games Disk 049. Doing a directory lookup you can see there are several files on this disk. 0 “games xlix ” g49 2 4 “m” prg 2 “the goonies” prg 8 “fast” prg 49 “msg” prg 194 “file” … Read moreRandom Retro – Rik’s Collection – Games Disk 49

Random Retro – High Voltage Collection Demo Disk 402

The High Voltage Collections disks are a set of disks for the C64 that contain demoscene and music files. The following are the files contained in this disk pack. Soundpack / HXS The Commodore was home for some great chip music, the ones on this disk were mostly good. The following were the artists and … Read moreRandom Retro – High Voltage Collection Demo Disk 402

Random Retro – The Wrong Number

For my first Random Retro topic i am writing about the Commodore 64. The C64 was and still is the number one selling computer of all time. It was my second computer, in which the first was made by the same company called the VIC-20. The VIC-20 was Commodores second computer as it followed the … Read moreRandom Retro – The Wrong Number

Random Retro

I though I would start a blog series called Random Retro. This is where I would pick a retro computer or console system, and write about a random application, game, or article. Why Random? well there is so many things I can write about, and after trying to find a topic to write about I … Read moreRandom Retro

Commodore 64 Battle Chess vs Sjeng

Today I ran a game between the Commodore 64 playing Battle Chess as white against a mordern engine called Sjeng. According to the rules that I have made for myself the Battle Chess ran in novice level as it is the first game it is being played, and initial ELO set for 1500. Sjeng will … Read moreCommodore 64 Battle Chess vs Sjeng