Time for a new #BeyondTheScanlines!

Had to pick a #C64 game for #c64month, and curiosity struck with Artech's Killed Until Dead, which eschews Whodunnit mysteries for stopping Whosgoingtodo them instead, with a side of humour.

Though I mainly focus on the C64 original here, I did take a bit of time to poke around with the #AppleII and #zxspectrum conversions, both offering unique takes on this gem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-sqas0Jzbw

At the last minute for #C64month! The latest issue of #Freeze64.

The first time I played Spy vs Spy on my #c64 as a kid, I was utterly confused since I did not know the comic and had no idea what it was all about.

#commodore64

And #c64month continues with FREEZE64 issue 62 arriving from
https://freeze64.com !

(and with it I've found the first TAP file that my datasette emulator can't handle .. spy vs spy 2 never reaches the loading bitmap for some reason..)

Found the (signed) physical CDs from the #C64Rocks kickstarter by #FASTLOADERS in my mailbox today! Not a bad way to wrap up #C64Month... 😎​

#C64 #RetroComputing #Music

If the IEC64 cartridge still has I/O active despite the ROM replacement being jumpered OFF, and there is no further beef with Ultimate 64 Elite compatibility, I recon something like this should prove the MC6821 PIA on it is up for some action... 🤔​

#ieee488 #c64 #c64month

So today is twice as much #c64month as usual.

Tonight I get to enjoy the Chip SID Show!🤘

https://chipsidshow.co.uk/

and I've received a bunch of #c64 games and some sweets to keep my busy until then 😀⌨️🕹️

To conclude the mystery cart part of #c64month I bought a couple of 2864 EEPROMs, burnt a copy of Simon's BASIC onto them and thereby fixed the cartridge.

A really odd detail is that the cartridge does not work in a #C64 Reloaded MK1 but works perfectly well in a real C64C.