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  • Put Your C64 Online for Ten Bucks

    Build a user port WiFi modem with an ESP8266 and Bo Zimmerman’s Zimodem firmware There is a particular kind of satisfaction in loading a terminal program written in 1987, typing ATD, and watching a BBS answer. Not an emulator. Not a simulation. A real Commodore 64, on a real network, dialing a real board that…

  • Micro Missions: BASIC Programming Challenges

    By Gazette Staff — originally published in July 2026 — Issue #13 Somewhere in an abandoned robotics facility, a brilliant mind reshapes the digital world. He calls himself The Evil Professor—a megalomaniacal genius with a penchant for cryptic puzzles and overcomplicated security systems. His previous programmers have… disappointed him. Now he seeks talent worthy of…

  • Short Circuits: Byte-Sized Hardware Roundup

    By Joe Ochwat — originally published in July 2026 — Issue #13 Items in Short Circuits are often open-source projects that are built and sold by third-party vendors. Original developer information and links are listed within each review section, along with the vendor information. The main objective is to provide awareness of the sometimes-overlooked accessories,…

  • Synapse: The Rise and Fall of Synapse Software

    By Jerry Bonner — originally published in July 2026 — Issue #13 It all started with a game… as these things usually do. Blue Max was the game. I bought it at the tail end of my Christmas vacation in 1983. I had just enough money left over from my paper route Christmas tips to…

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    The Gazette Wire: A selection of New and Upcoming Games

    By David Simmons — originally published in July 2026 — Issue #13 Petal Panic A gardener who grows plants mid-jump to fight screen-filling bosses on a Commodore 64. Yes, really. It’s brilliant. It comes from Piggy18, the team behind A Pig Quest. If you know, you know. If you don’t, the short version: it was…

  • Flipped Off: The Community Weighs In on the Callback

    By Edwin Nagle — originally published in July 2026 — Issue #13 There is a particular sound this community makes. It’s the collective intake of breath that happens every time someone hangs the Commodore badge on something new and asks the faithful to open their wallets. We’ve heard it before, most memorably in 2015, when…