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    SHADOW GANGS ZERO - Retro-style ninja action game for Neo Geo, Sega Genesis / Mega Drive, and Dreamcast !

    Less than £1,000 away from unlocking: 2-player co-operative gameplay. Join the party: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jkmcorp/shadow-gangs-zero
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    SHADOW GANGS ZERO - Retro-style ninja action game for Neo Geo, Sega Genesis / Mega Drive, and Dreamcast !

    The core campaign ended on September 14, 2024 and was a smashing success. Not only was the project fully funded, but it also surpassed the stretch goal for having the female ninja included as a playable character! Due to extremely strong demand, the developer has decided to accept Late Pledges...
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    SHADOW GANGS ZERO - Retro-style ninja action game for Neo Geo, Sega Genesis / Mega Drive, and Dreamcast !

    Only a few days left in the campaign, so please help out if you can: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jkmcorp/shadow-gangs-zero Thanks!
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    Vision BASIC v1.1 - Major Update - Commodore 64 Compiler !

    Vision BASIC v1.1 for the Commodore 64 has just been released: https://visionbasic.net/vision-basic-1-1-has-arrived/ What's new: - Support for GeoRAM as an alternative to REU, for the expanded RAM required to run Vision BASIC. - Support for battery-backed GeoRAM variants (e.g. NeoRAM) to...
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    SHADOW GANGS ZERO - Retro-style ninja action game for Neo Geo, Sega Genesis / Mega Drive, and Dreamcast !

    If you enjoyed games like Shinobi (1987) and Shadow Dancer (1989) in the arcades, or at home on consoles and computers, this following game series would be of interest to you. A Shinobi-style action game called Shadow Gangs was released in 2020, and its success has now led to the development of...
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    DARE TO DREAM - A new book co-authored by Dave Haynie and David Pleasance !

    There's a Kickstarter campaign going on right now, with less than two weeks left. The book is titled, "Dare to Dream - The Vision of What Commodore and Amiga Could Have Been... Should Have Been..." Check it out...
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    ONLINE EVENT (short notice): AmigaBill - Thursday, July 18, 2024 - 7:00PM ET !

    Toronto PET Users Group (TPUG) normally doesn’t meet up in July, but we’ve made an exception this year as we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to chat with Bill Winters, a.k.a. AmigaBill - the world’s greatest ambassador for everything Amiga. We’re trying something new this month, hosting the...
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    Blingboard64 - New keyboard for the Commodore 64

    If you're in the market to replace your old, broken C64 keyboard, check out this campaign: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/keyboard-for-your-commodore-computer#/ The campaign originally ended May 31, 2024, but has been re-opened for a limited time due to overwhelming demand from Commodore...
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    ZOOM MEETING: Commodore Engineer DAVE HAYNIE - Thursday, May 30, 2024 - 7:30PM ET (Toronto) !

    Come hang out with TPUG as they host an informative chat with Dave Haynie, the legendary Commodore chief engineer who began with the company in 1983 and stayed until the very end in 1994. He began his time at Commodore under Bil Herd, but soon carved a legacy of his own at our favourite computer...
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    SPEED TEST: Simons' BASIC vs. C128 BASIC vs. Vision BASIC

    Retro Old Guy has released a new video comparing Simons' BASIC with C128 BASIC and Vision BASIC: There's a mismatch clearance sale over at the Vision BASIC website, where they're practically giving away a few copies of the product: https://visionbasic.net/purchase/
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    ZOOM CONFERENCE: Brian Dougherty - Founder of Berkeley Softworks - GEOS for Apple II computers !

    TPUG (Toronto PET Users Group) is pleased to reconnect you with one of the most intriguing entrepreneurs of the mid-1980’s home computing era. Brian Dougherty was the founder of Berkeley Softworks, the company that developed GEOS (Graphic Environment Operating System) for the Apple II series of...
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    ZOOM MEETING: Brian Dougherty - Founder of Berkeley Softworks - GEOS - Thursday, April 18, 2024 !

    TPUG (Toronto PET Users Group) is pleased to reconnect you with one of the most intriguing entrepreneurs of the mid-1980’s home computing era. Brian Dougherty was the founder of Berkeley Softworks, the company that developed GEOS (Graphic Environment Operating System) for the Commodore 64...
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    ZOOM MEETING: Legendary C64 Music Composer CHRIS HUELSBECK - Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 7:30PM ET (Toronto) !

    He's the music composer on classic games such as The Great Giana Sisters, R-Type, Katakis, the Turrican series, and many others. Join the Toronto PET Users Group (TPUG) for a delightful evening of conversation with Chris Huelsbeck, where you get to interact and ask questions alongside his many...
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    ZOOM MEETING: Jessica Petersen - Programming in TRSE - Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024 - 7:30PM ET !

    Please watch the video here: The files for the tutorial are here: https://github.com/fuzzybad/trse/tree/main/c64/spritePhysics https://github.com/fuzzybad/trse/blob/main/c64/spritePhysics/bin/spritephysics.d64
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    ZOOM MEETING: Jessica Petersen - Programming in TRSE - Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024 - 7:30PM ET !

    If you love programming or playing homebrew games, you won’t want to miss this presentation. Jessica Petersen is a Commodore enthusiast who specializes in the use of Turbo Rascal Syntax Error (TRSE), a complete cross-platform suite for making retrocomputer games and demos. With the Pascal...
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    ZOOM MEETING: Commodore Engineer Bil Herd - Thursday, January 11, 2024 - 7:30PM ET !

    Bil Herd was the principal engineer on the Commodore Plus/4, C16/116, C264, C364, and the C128. Join in for a lively discussion with one of the most important figures in 1980's Commodore history. More details here: https://www.tpug.ca As always, you can watch the video recording on YouTube...
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    WORLD OF COMMODORE 2023 - Toronto, Canada - December 2nd & 3rd - ft. RJ Mical !

    Enjoy this whirlwind tour of World of Commodore 2023, courtesy of rising YouTube star retroCombs (Steven Combs): Introductory greetings were provided by Bruce Boxleitner and Claudia Christian, where they discussed their impressions of Babylon 5's revolutionary use of visual effects on TV...
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    WORLD OF COMMODORE 2023 - Toronto, Canada - December 2nd & 3rd - ft. RJ Mical !

    The first World of Commodore expo took place in 1983, in Mississauga, Canada. Come join us in Mississauga (near Toronto) on December 2nd and 3rd for the 40th anniversary - more details are available at: http://www.worldofcommodore.ca Here's a listing of the scheduled speakers at World of...
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    ZOOM MEETING: Creator of the C64 DTV - JERI ELLSWORTH !

    Meet Jeri Ellsworth - creator of the C64 DTV. Released in 2004, it was a fantastic single-chip implementation of the Commodore 64 computer, contained in a joystick and with 30 built-in games included. The Zoom meeting takes place on Thursday, November 16, 2023 - 7:30PM ET. Free to attend -...
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