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ELIZA 65 | King Durin released a new version of the famous ELIZA computer program. The original ELIZA program was written by Joseph Weizenbaum in 1966. ELIZA is a computerised psychotherapist. The program analyses the input of the user and gives advice to the user.

Nyaaaah! - 15th Anniversary Edition | Richard Bayliss made an anniversary version of his game Nyaaaah! The game is a Shoot 'em up and its made with the help of SEUCK. Snodge the Biblet is back in his final adventure. His cyan Biblet friends have been captured by the new evil king. Snodge needs to rescue his friends but he will encounter the evil Biblets, an underwater stage, caves and a death-saw challenge.

1,000 Kung-Fu Maniacs! | Alf Yngve, Richard Bayliss and Jon Wells have been working on an new game for the Commodore C64, named 1,000 Kung-Fu Maniacs! The game is a side-scrolling beat'em-up, and is also a parody game. You can view and read more about the game on YouTube.

C64 Longplays | There are 5 new game videos available on the C64 Longplays web page. If you want to see how a game ends you can watch the video. The new entries are: Cauldron 2 (1986), The Detective Game (1986), GI Joe (1985), Rescue On Fractalus (1985) and the Great American CC Road-Race (1985).

Sprite Pad v1.7 | Subchrist released an update of his Sprite Pad program. Sprite Pad can be used to manipulate sprites for the Commodore C64 computer. You can edit normal and multi-colour sprites and besides the normal functions of a sprite editor you can also do: rotations, overlays, flood-fill, fat brush, pixel swapper, paste into and many more.

Quod Init Exit - C64 | Simone Bevilacqua (saimo) released the final version of his game Quod Init Exit. In the game you are a little pig, and you need to eat all the food you can find. The game has excellent graphics and is fun to play. You can download the game from the Commodore Scene Database (CSDb) web page.

Hoxs64 v1.0.6.1 | David Horrocks released a new version of his Hoxs64 emulator. In this version: Adjusted $D011 and $D016 for pixel exact output. Improved keyboard matrix emulation. Adjusted VIC light-pen and CIA6526A IRQ timing. Adjusted audio sync. Please visit the web page for more information.

Mafia v1.3 | TheRyk released an English version of the German game Mafia. He also fixed the game for NTSC computers. In the game you want to reach the top of the Mafia. This road to the top is long and hard and you need to do many nasty things to reach your goal.

C64 Endings | The web page C64 Endings has added new game endings last month. The latest additions are: Cholo, Deliverance: Stormlord 2, Ghostbusters 2, Oink!, Pastfinder, Square Scape 2, Transformers - TBTSTE and Werewolves in London. On this web page you can read how the game ends and look at the screen-shots or the YouTube movies.

Nova Master A1000SA | The Mad Scientist released a tool to package your programs with the Novaload A1000SA loader. The tool only works with tapes, but there are plans to add more features to the tool in the future.

VVVVVV - C64 | Paulko64 released a pre-view of his new game VVVVVV for the Commodore C64. The game is a conversion from the Adobe Flash game for Windows and MacOS. The game is a maze game where you can run and jump. But if you jump something strange happens. You can download and try-out the preview from the CSDb web page.

Minestorm | Tristar and Red Sector Incorporated released a new game called Minestorm. Minestorm is a Commodore C64 conversion of the famous Vectrex game from 1982. The game was made by Peiselulli (Code), Linus (Music), Peiselulli and Yazoo (Graphics) and Benson (Crack). Minestorm is a Asteroids-type game and can be played with the joystick.

Recollection #3 | The third edition of Recollection is available for download in a D64 or D71 format. In this English magazine the following articles: Editorial, How it all began, Early 80's scene, Compunet, Protection analysis, Scene wars, Revolution, NTSC fixing and the Delight of FLT.

Replay Resources | The web page Replay Resources is a wiki about the Action Replay. On this web page you can find pictures, schematics, manuals, software, adverts, screen-shots, etc. for the Action Replay. But the wiki has also information about all kinds of freezers (Expert cartridge, Magic Formel, Nordic Power, Power Cartridge, Final Cartridge etc.), Kernal ROMs, Cartridge speeders, REUs, Expansion port expanders, Parallel cables and game pokes.

CartographPC v2 | Arkanix Labs released a new version of Cartograph for the PC. With this program it is possible to make tile based maps on the PC. The maps can be used on the Commodore C64 for games or demos. A few examples of changes in this version are: Hires mode. Tile undo. Save Tileset to bitmap, chr and prg. Projects. Hover mode. Export to d64. Tile invert, rotate, mirror X/Y and many more.

Lampa i Sofa | Surgeon made a new SID tune from the original song by Ania Wyszkoni. The SID reached the fourth place at the Silesia Party 4. The SID is available as a .prg file.

The SEUCK Vault | The SEUCK-Vault web page has collected new SEUCK games: Xenonoid (ICU/Exact), Casanova (Rainer Dohnem, Frank Wankum), Spitti's Search (Sönke Rahn - 1989), 2112 - The Battle for Planet Earth (Alf Yngve - 1992), B-Raid (Al Dukes - 1989), Fight Driver (Holger Holstem - 1988), Underground (Hol Soft - 1988), The Way of the Ghost (Matthias Zint - 1988). If you like to make SEUCK games yourself don't forget to enter your game in the vertical SEUCK Competition of The SEUCK Vault.

C64SD v2.0 - Advanced | Manosoft released an advanced version of his C64SD v2.0. The C64SD emulates a IEC disk-drive and uses a SD memory card to store your diskette images (.d64, .d71, .d81). The advanced version has a aluminum casing to protect the electronics. The advanced has an extra IEC connector to connect external disk-drive. It is also possible to connect a second C64SD (dual mode). Visit Manosoft's web page for all the details.

C64 Endings | The web page C64 Endings has added 10 new game endings last month. The latest additions are: Transformers, Crush, Castle Master 1 and 2, Co-Axis, Storm Warrior, Cybernoid, Elven Warrior, Garfield: Winter's Tail, Mr. MWino and Rasputin. On this web page you can read how the game ends and look at the screen-shots or the YouTube movies. The web page has now more than 530 endings and is still growing.

500 new C64 intros | The web page c64Intros has updated there database and have added 500 new intros. A few examples of groups with new or updated intros are: Atheist, Collision, Destiny (EU), Federation Against Copyright [FAC], Inceria, Noise, Poison, The Softteam, The Stars, The Ancient Temple [TAT], Triad, Union, Yankees, Bonanza Crew, Hurricane, Megadeath [MGD], SpeedCracker, Twilight Zone (UK) [TZ], Zagreb Cracking Service and many many more!

USB-64 | Luigi Di Fraia well known for his digital replacement of the datassette (DC2N) has been working on a new project. This time he is working on a USB system for the Commodore C64. The prototype uses two devices. A cartridge to provide software and commands to operate the USB device, and a user-port device that interfaces with the USB stick. With the proto-type it is possible to transfer files at 1.2 kB/s (serial) or 9.5 kB/s parallel. You can follow the progress of USB-64 on Luigi's web page.

Vandalism News #53 | In this English D64 magazine the following items: The Charts, News, World of Demos, Meet the Press, On the Edge, Interview with Mr.Syvertsen (PAL of Offence), Cracker's Map and The List.

Bionik Granny Returns | Richard Bayliss released a new version of the 1984 game Bionik Granny. In this game Granny has to clobber people in the street to get her hands on coins. But beware of people throwing things or shoot at Granny. The game has 8 levels and can be played on the Commodore 64.

Contiki v2.4 | C64web has made a web page where you can download a disk image with the latest Contiki OS. you can fill in you internet configuration and choose which Ethernet card you are using. Contiki v2.4 contains the following programs: dhcp client, web server, web browser, wget, smtp client, irc client and a Twitter client.

Uwol, Quest for Money C64 | A new game for the Commodore C64 from the Mojon Twins. The game was released for the ZX Spectrum and the Mega Drive in the past, but now there is also a C64 version. In the game you need to grab as many coins as you can. In the game there are four area's: the driveway, the laboratories, the rooms and the basement. But there are some enemies you should be aware of, they are called Franky, Vampy, Wolfy and Fanty.

SPRedit | Hermit made a new sprite editor. This program can be used on a PC and gives you the opportunity to edit overlay sprites. You can edit 4 x 4 overlay sprites with all of the 16 colors. The program has the following features: Zoom, Move, Load, Save, Convert, Drawing modes: floodfill, lines, circles, rectangles, UNDO, REDO, Shortcut-keys, Command-line, etc. There is also a manual available for SPRedit.

Tiger-Disk #170 | Tiger Disk is a German diskette magazine for the Commodore C64. In this edition of TG: Editorial, Leserforum, Hitparade, Marktplatz, Anleitungen, News, Reviews, Interview mit Michael Hengst, Forbidden Forest History and the programs: Atlantis, Inbissbude, Trickkiste 64.

Morph | Morph is a new game for the Commodore C64 made by The Mad Scientist. It is a C64 conversion of the Amiga PD puzzle game Polymorph, by Andrew Campbell from 1993. The game can be downloaded from the Commodore Scene Database.

Snake on a Plane | Snake on a Plane (SOAP) is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is made by Ned Ryker (Code, Graphics) and the music is from Antony Crowther and Ben Daglish. The game is based on a fake game cover for an Atari 2600 game based on the film Snakes on a Plane.

Seuck Vault update | The team of the Seuck Vault web page made another update. This web page searches for the best games made with SEUCK software for the Commodore C64 or the Amiga. This update includes: Super Space Invaders, Bum Button, Cybernator end Sequence, Mega Blaster, Micro Machines War Challenge, Axel Burner 2, Biker 94, Crack Commando and Alienator from Frank Gasking. Desert Force and Gun Smog from Bamse. Car Wars by Fox/K Designs. Kill Hill by Wayne Womersley. And the latest news is that the web page will add a Atari ST section soon.

C64-Archiv v3.2 | C64-Archiv is an easy to use file manager for C64-files on your PC. This program can work together with emulators such as VICE, CCS64, HOXS64 and EMU64 to start programs. It can handle archives from zip, 7zip and cab and has a GameBase frontend. The program supports English, French, Italian and German.

Berzerk Redux v1.10 | Version 1.10 of Berzerk Redux is now available. This game is based on the classic arcade game Bezerk. In the game you have to escape the maze, you can shoot the robots, but beware of Evil Otto. The game can be played on a Commodore C64 or with a C64 emulator.

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