VCF Southeast 2026

I just got word that I've snagged a table at VCF Southeast 2026 in Atlanta, at the end of July/beginning of August! They also asked if I'd like to present there too and of course I said yes! This time I won't be staying at a hotel but with a friend in Atlanta, so my cognitive load will be a lot...

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Photo Safari - Bug

Photo Safari - by Jon Mattson (Published on Loadstar #69) - Use your camera to take pictures of wildlife and avoid the monkey stealing it! (Use return to switch between walking and camera mode) There's a weird bug in the game where when you get to the second level it fills with trees and only...

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The KIM-1 Programming Guide

Ran into this on Rich's Classic Computer Pages, a PDF copy of the KIM-1 Programming Guide, which contains one of the most readable explanations of how to program 6502 assembly I've seen. I wish I had a chance to read this back then!

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Murder in the Museum - DOS conversion

Play the DOS conversion of Fender Tucker's Murder in the Museum that was published on Big Blue Disk. https://classicreload.com/murder-in-the-museum.html#

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Gumshoe

I re-visited this game, and I still can't figure it out! It is Dave's puzzle detective game from LS #111. I'm guessing the key is to find out which suspect arrived first (or is it last)?

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Crimbo 1982 Demo

This was just released, an amazing remake of the 1982 Commodore Christmas demo. Seeing things like this makes me realize how much potential in still in the C64!

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Commodore Codey - First Editor

For the first few issues of Loadstar, the editor went by the name of "Commodore Codey" - Does anybody know who this really was? (It's also interesting to note that these early issues had a space shuttle theme - programs were called "payload programs" - and there was a take off sound when loading...

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Plumb Crazy

I'm currently trying to finish Plumb Crazy. (Dave's Pipe Dream clone from LS #154). The difficulty spikes to INSANE during the last four levels - even with constant SAVE / LOAD savestates and running it at half speed in VICE - I haven't been able to beat it yet. I recall talking to Dave about...

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Once a junglist, always a junglist. #dnb #dnballstars #loadstar #elibrown

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All issues of Loadstar Letter are now available for download. It took a little longer than expected to go through each issue to include the list of contents in the download descriptions.

https://loadstarce.com/resources/categories/loadstar-letter.12/

We are still working on tracking down copies of the one-off #Loadstar offerings, like the various "Extras" and "The Compleat..." disks. They are providing hard to find.

#Commodore #Commodore64 #Commodore128

Loadstar Letter

Loadstar Letter was published monthly as a companion newsletter to the Loadstar and Loadstar 128 Quarterly disk magazines.

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