The video signals coming from the Commodore 64 may be challenged by numerous factors including the version of VIC-II graphics chip being used and the applied display technology (e.g. LCD, LED, Plasma or CRT). The problems are easily recognized in the form of vertical lines (banding … Read more
In the heart of Vienna, Austria lies the Millenium City Mall. The shopping center is like any other in the world, but in the basement you will find a little gem of an arcade hall… Compared to the arcade ‘Virtualand’ in Singpore (link), which was an arcade … Read more
My six year old nephew recently told me that he was saving up money to get a Sony PlayStation 7… I have heard of a PS 4, but at my age it’s socially acceptable not to be completely up-to-date with the latest console versions… Curious as … Read more
During the light hours of the day, the machine looks just like any other Commodore 64 in a transparent Kickstarter case…. However, when entering the dark hours of the night, the case is transformed into an inferno of light – a dashing flashing Commodore 64!!! … Read more
One year and 64 posts later… Exactly one year ago, the first blog post was uploaded here on breadbox64.com – and today the 64th (quite a coincidence in numbers there, eh?) post is being uploaded! During the last year many many hours of soldering, faultfinding, game-playing, … Read more
After waiting patiently for more than two months, I finally recieved my Commodore 64 games back from grading by the Video Game Authority (VGA). The VGA (link) is a company which verifies the authenticity of games, checks for signs of tampering and appoint each game with a … Read more
Nothing beats the thrill of modding a mod!! The Switchless Reset Mod (link), in which an Arduino Pro Mini is used to do Warm or Cold Resets (Soft and Hard Resets), needed a little upgrade… Instead of just resetting the C64, I wanted to keep track … Read more
Some people just can’t be satisfied with how things were back in the good old days when Mario was called Jumpman and real computers ran on 8 bit. These high achievers keep tampering with the old hardware to make it perform even better compared to … Read more