New Product Announcements – 10/18/2020

New Product Announcements – 10/18/2020

We have added some great new products for our customers to enjoy.

1st. By request, we added an Australian power adapter version of our Atari XL/XE power adapter!

2nd. We added an international power adapter with an interchangeable power connector for the Atari XL/XE computers! Power connectors available include North American, Australian, European, United Kingdom, and Chinese.

3rd. Finally, by request as well, we added the PLA20V8 replacement PLA chip for the Commodore 64. Easy to install and very compatible including the Epyx Fast Loader!

Fix It Felix Jr. now available for the Commodore 64!

Fix It Felix Jr. now available for the Commodore 64!

Fans of Wreck-It-Ralph rejoice, a Commodore 64 version Fix It Felix Jr. has been released for free though a donation that goes to Unicef is greatly appreciated per the web page on itch.io. Check out the video below of actual gameplay. The game can be run in an emulator, C64 Mini/Maxi, or on original hardware through various methods.

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Portal for the Commodore 64!

Portal for the Commodore 64!

If you are a modern gamer and love first person style games, you probably are aware of Valve’s Portal and Portal 2 games. Jamie Fuller has de-made Portal into a Commodore 64 game with all the thrills that one would expect from a C64 version. Check out his site for all the details and specifics about the game, downloading, and playing including playing it on the new C64 Mini and Maxi computer from Retro Games, Ltd.

More information can be found at: link

8-Bit Classics mentioned on Floppy Days Podcast!

8-Bit Classics mentioned on Floppy Days Podcast!

Randy Kindig mentioned 8-Bit Classic’s site and products on the Floppy Days Podcast. Thank you for the shout out and enjoying our products. We love your podcasts and can’t wait for new ones ourselves. We recommend our users and customers to subscribe to both Floppy Days and ANTIC are great podcasts to listen to. Check out the podcast below that also talks to the designer of the Osbourne 1 computer. That is one computer we are still waiting to get our hands on!

8-Bit Classics mentioned in the Antic: The Atari 8-Bit Podcast

8-Bit Classics mentioned in the Antic: The Atari 8-Bit Podcast

We would like to give a shoutout to Antic: The Atari 8-Bit Podcast who in their latest episode 58, titled Show Fever who mentioned us. If you are an Atari 8-Bit Computer fan, I highly recommend this podcast. I have been listening to it myself for a few years and catch up on the older ones when I can. Mentions the latest and greatest things going on in the world of Atari 8-Bit Computers, events, and more.