Does mention of Commodore 64, Vic20, Sinclair ZX81 and Spectrum, BBC Micro, Acorn electron or Dragon 32 raise your pulse? Did you enjoy the heady feeling of potential and unlimited possibility at the sight of a BASIC flashing cursor? Did you love working so directly with the hardware? Maybe you're new to 8-bit computing and discovering these things for the first time.
There are some amazing people producing new accessories, software and games for these computers and I aim to support them and promote 8-bit / retro computing by listing them here.
The C64 'Cassette 50' Charity Competition Cassette 50 was an infamous collection of games based on sheer quantity rather than the quality or playability of its games. This competition is... more
SEUCK competition 2021 open for submissions The Shoot Em Up Construction Kit or SEUCK is a menu-driven shoot-em-up game creator. The official 2021 competition is held by The New Dimension and alr... more
CSDb "Only Sprites Compo" winners announced CSDb received games and demos for its sprites-only competition, so it decided to divide entries into the two categories. Congratulations to Booz... more
Helps tape loading
from Shareware Plus (Tim Harris)
price: poa
platforms: C64,C128,C16,Vic20,Pet
check all of the ICs, ROMs and I/O ports (I/O port checks requires a Full Test Harness) on your C64.
from Retro Rewind
price: 22 CAD
platforms: C64
the ultimate add-on to the Dual Diag, C64 Diag and C128 Diag cartridges.
from Retro Rewind
price: 75 CAD
platforms: C64,C128
Identify any issues you might be having with your C128
from Retro Rewind
price: 22 CAD
platforms: C128
Load up your 64 with 4 or 8 kernals
from Retro Rewind
price: 47 CAD
platforms: C64
Cheap, reliable, compatible
from Retro Rewind
price: 17 CAD
platforms: C64
The Easy Flash Cartridge Assembled and Loaded
from Shareware Plus (Tim Harris)
price: 34.95 GBP
platforms: C64
plugs into the user port and provides relay-switched i/o lines.
from Shareware Plus (Tim Harris)
price: 26.95 GBP
platforms: C64
Low cost, ultra efficient voltage protector
from Shareware Plus (Tim Harris)
price: 39.95 GBP
platforms: C64
low cost, ultra efficient voltage protector
from Shareware Plus (Tim Harris)
price: 24.95 GBP
platforms: C64
Plugs into the Tube port of any BBC Micro via a 40 way ribbon cable.
from retroclinic.com (Mark Haysman)
price: 12.95 GBP
platforms: BBC
SD card flash cartridge
from 8Bit-Tronics
price: 35 GBP
platforms: Oric1
Spectrum ROM Cartridge slot for SAM Coupe
from Quazar (Colin Piggot)
price: 39.99 GBP
platforms: SAM
Interface 2 style cartridge slot
from Quazar (Colin Piggot)
price: 14.99 GBP
platforms: Spectrum
Allows programs to load from the Commodore 1541 disk drive at approximately five times faster than the normal speed.
from Shareware Plus (Tim Harris)
price: 18 GBP
platforms: C64,C128
Perfect for CynthCART and Datel Midi Interface, and other speciality cartridges.
from Shareware Plus (Tim Harris)
price: 24.95 GBP
platforms: C64,C128
Cassette emulator containing 124 games
from k.antoniuk2012
price: 31.62 GBP
platforms: C64,C128
USB to 9-pin
from electronica4u
price: 37.79 USD
platforms: C64,C128,XL,XE
Suitable for BBC Micro Model B, the B+ and Master 128
from IFEL
price: 16.95 GBP
platforms: BBC
This upgrade will increase the RAM of very early 256K Sam Coupes to the standard 512K. (Please note that this item is only for Sams with 256K memory.
from Quazar (Colin Piggot)
price: 34.99 GBP
platforms: SAM
Fully compatible with existing SAM Software
from Quazar (Colin Piggot)
price: 49.99 USD
platforms: SAM
from Ramtop Retro (drbombcrater)
price: 42.99
platforms: Electron
Board contains PAL and NSTC VicII chips (not included) crystals etc and allows you to switch between the two
from perifractic / Retro Recipes (Christian Simpson )
price: 89.99 USD
platforms: C64
Enables the Acorn Electron to load and run disk images from a standard SD memory card, expands Electron to 64k
from Ramtop Retro (drbombcrater)
price: 39.99 GBP
platforms: Electron
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