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Spectacular Copy - Turbo to Disk | Sailor has released an improved version of the transfer program Spectacular Copy. The original program was written by Stephan Senz and can be used to transfer programs from a datassette to a disk drive. The features of Spectacular Copy are: Transfer Turbo-tape programs from datassette to disk drive. Auto transfer mode. Rename file name. Device number configuration. Load error detection. File size maximum is 230 blocks. Check on blocks free.

Emu64 V4.30 | Thorsten Kattanek released a new version of his Commodore C64 emulator Emu64. A few examples of the changes in version (4.30) are: PAL video emulation/configuration, VIC configuration, REU 2MB Ram, EasyFlash, Gamebase V7.0, CPU logging and much more. Visit the Emu64 forum (German Language) for more information.

Echofied 6581 | The famous Dutch music group Maniacs of Noise released a music-disk with 6 great SIDs. On this release you can find music from: Drax, Geir Tjelta, Jeroen Tel, Jogeir and Laxity. The code and design are from: Geir Tjelta, Mirage and Jon Hare.

Toxic | The website 'Games That Werent' has found another lost game. This time a nice platform game called Toxic. The game was made by Przemyslaw Soltan, Adam Kazmierski (code), Sebastian Bachlinski (music) and Rafat Zgryziewicz (graphics). The original game was never finished but Jazzcat, Piotr Tracz and Ian Coog have finished the game and can now be played on a Commodore

Concrete Ball | Richard Bayliss (TND) released a new SID that he called Concrete Ball. You can download the tune as a .d64 or as a .sid file.

CartographPC V1.1 | Arkanixlabs have released a new version (1.1) of CartographPC CartographPC is a PC software package for making graphical maps that can be used on a Commodore C64 in games or demos. In this version: New layout. More user settings added. Undo. Random fill. Export datamaps. Drag'n'drop added and various bug were fixed.

X-Pander 3 | Jim Brain is working on a new cartridge expander for the Commodore C64. The cartridges can be placed in 3 upright and 1 rear connector. Each cartridge slot can be controlled via 8 DIP switches (GAME, EXROM, IO1, IO2, ROML, ROMH, POWER). The proto-types are tested and the X-pander 3 will be for sale very soon, estimated price will be $30,--.

geoLink (IRC) | geoLink is a networked GEOS application for the Commodore 64 written by ShadowM using the ip65 network stack. What you need is a Commodore 64, a 1541 disk drive or the 1541 Ultimate and a RR-Net compatible cartridge (1541 Ultimate, RR-Net, MMC Replay or FB-Net). You can download a .d64 image on the web page with GEOS 2.0 and the IRC client.

Spike | TRSI released a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is a conversion of the Vectrex classic Spike. In the game you must help our hero Spike to rescue Molly from the villain Spud. The game was made by Peiselulli (code, Graphics, text), Linus (music), Street Tuff (graphics), Yazoo (graphics) and Benson (crack). The game won the second place at the Mixed Game Competition at Breakpoint 2010.

Barney | Barney the Cowfish is a new game for the Commodore C64. The coding of the game is done by Chris Yates, Jon Wells and Rchard. The music is from Richard. The graphics and design is from wile coyote. In the game you have to travel through the see avoiding all kinds of dangers.

Digital Talk #90 | In this German-language d64 magazine the following articles: Computer Szene, Leserhistory, Talkies und Diskussionen, Hall of Fame, Games-corner, Games-corner, Out of C64 and the Musikbox.

CCS64 v3.8 | Per Håkan Sundell released a new version of his Commodore C64 emulator. Advantages over previous versions: Multiplay over Internet, windowed mode, more screen resolutions, increased compatibility, more Windows friendly, integrated HardSID support. The CCS64 emulator can be used with Windows 98 to Windows 7 with DirectX 9.0.

X·2010 | The 10th X party will be held from October 1th until October 3rd 2010. The party will be at the new and improved location: De Hoof 18, Someren - the Netherlands. Competitions: C64 Demo, C64 Music and C64 Graphics. Visit the web page of X·2010 for all the details.

Cartograph | A new release of Cartograph is available. Besides v1.4 for the Commodore C64 there is now also a PC version 1.0 available. With the Cartograph program you can design tile-based screens and use them in your own games or demos. The program supports a REU with autobackup, backup and undo.

SEUCK-Vault update | The SEUCK-Vault web page has collected new SEUCK games: Mutilator by Richard Bayliss (2010), 1944 by The Criminal Empire (1988), Armada by Sebastian Loehn (1988), Atlantis by B. N. Lewis (1987), Aurora by Luciano Morpurgo (1988), Baseline by The Criminal Empire, Brothers in Arms 1/2 by Met, Bubblez by Haydn Dalton, Dragon by Darlef Steffens (1988), Fighting Racer by United Software Kings (1993), Hawk Mission by Roberto Limonta (1991), Kodann by Swivy of Phuture (1988), Nova Force by High Tech Software (1988), Rejuvenator by Swivy of Phuture (1988), Shoot 'em Up (1988), Sidewinder by The Highlight Company 3001 (1988), Siper jet Fighter by Stewsoft, Tank '92 by Champion Soft, Tiger Warriors, Voyage by Pirate Software.

D64 Lister v1.7 | Lars made a new version of his D64 Lister program available. D64 Lister is a Windows (W95-W7) program for manipulating or viewing D64 images. New in this version: BASIC Token Table, CSV Tokens, Support for broken Files in GeosDetails, FileViewer and TOK64, Import Functions for *.TXT, *.RTF and *.PRG files. Visit the web page of Lars for all the details.

1541 Ultimate II | Gideon Zweijtzer has revealed a new photo of the 1541 Ultimate II. The first board is made and is working. The new 1541 Ultimate II will be available in the near future. The Ultimate will be available with a custom made (black) casing. Visit Gideon's web page for all the details.

Another Byte Out Of The Dust | DJ Goons made a (60 minutes) SID remix called Another Byte Out Of The Dust. Besides listening to the SID remix on his web page you can also watch the Flashtro that is made for the SID remix. The SID's are from: Rob Hubbard, Martin Galway, Chris Huelsbeck, Matt Gray, Maniacs of Noice, Sonic Grafitti, Reed, Adrock and Sean Connoly.

Rita Raute | Prof. Pi^2 released a new game for the Commodore C64 called Rita Raute. The games reached the third place at the BCC Party #4 (Mixed Competition). The game is written in BASIC, and is very original in the game play. The game can be downloaded from the Commodore Scene Database (CSDb) web page.

Egy szippantás a jóból | Hermit (Samar Productions) made a SID of the song Egy szippantás a jóból. The original is from the Hungarian jazz singer, Charlie Horvath.

Attitude #10 | In this English diskette magazine the following: The Scene, Reports, Causeries, Opinions, Tutorials, Music and a 33 page interview with V-12/Tropyx.

$Mandelbrot Madness | Skull released a program to produce computer generated fractals for the Commodore C64. The program can use Hires, Multi-color Hires, FLI, AFLI and Super Hires. You can download the program from the Commodore Scene Database (CSDb).$

C64 Intros | The web page C64 Intros has added another 500 intros bringing the total to 5800 intros. Updated groups include: Alcoholics, Chaos, Crash, Devils+Druids, Dynamix, Faces, Genesis Project, Holocaust, Laxity, Pentacle, Phoenix, Royalty, The Ancient Temple, Tristar, Ultimate. New groups include: Abyss (DE), Afros, China Syndrome, Collision+Electric Boyz, Compagnions, Curve, Duplex, Garbage+Troep, Inceria, Jam, Oxygen, Poison, Pyrotech, Ruhrpott Knacka, Section 8 (Rebuilt), Sire, Slothsoft, Tintin, The Wise Guys.

GB64 v7.0 | The Commodore C64 Games Database is Updated to version 7.0. There are now 21.000 entries in the database! With this edition there is now a section where you can see what's new in v7.0.

The Cursed Key | The Cursed Key is a new game for the Commodore C64, developed by The Mad Scientist. The game is a adventure and you need to find the keys to complete the game. There is a .d64 and .tap version and a walk trough available. You can download the game from the Commodore Scene Database (CSDb) web page.

C64Pixels.com | There is a new web based database for c64 graphics. On this web page you can find high quality Commodore 64 graphics from the 80ies until now. To see all the graphics you need to register first. The following graphic formats are available: AFLI, CharMode, FLI, HiRes, IFLI, MCI, MUCSU, MultiColor, MUIFLI, NUFLI, SHI, SHIFLI, UIFLI and XFLI. For more details you can contact enthusi/onslaught or veto/oxyron by personal message via the CSDb web page.

Space Limits II | Achim released his game Space Limits II for the Commodore C64. This 4 kbyte game is the successor of Space Limits from 2009. In the game you control a space ship and has to destroy the enemy. The game can be downloaded from the CSDb web page.

C64 Mags Update #8 | The Ultimate C64 Scene Mag Archive is a collection of magazines from the C64 scene underground. In this update: 79 Disk magazines, 38 Paper magazines, 78 Disk covers, 2 Bonus files, 17 Bug fixes and 20 Vote sheets. You can download the update or the complete archive from the web page.

Atlantis | Last month the group Technische Maschinenfabrik released a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is called Atlantis and is a clone of the original Atlantis from Imagic. The game is made by Jörg Heyltjes and Christian First.

Tape Master Pro V1.0 | Richard from TND made a utility for datassette users. With this program you can include a game with an autoboot turbo loader with music and loading picture. The utility comes with full documentation and examples files.

Games That Weren't | Another update on those missing games. There are 8 new games available from Kayde Software: Ace in the H.O.L.E, Arcane Quest, Horror Atoll, Leopard Lord, Picnic Adventure, The Roundsby Incident, Terror from the Deep and The Swamp. And a major update of Jimmy's Grand Prix. New finds of Reyn Ouwehand music: Flimbos Quest 2 and Caveman Ninja. Other finds: Shove off, Thundercats V1 and The Secret Path.

Catalypse v1.1 | Andrea Pompili released the game Catalypse v1.1. Version 1.0 was published in 1992 but the game had some small bugs. Andrea has now fixed the bugs and added a level 2 loading screen. The improved game is now available for download.

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