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Emu64 v4.20 | Thorsten Kattanek released version 4.20 of his Commodore C64 emulator. New in this version: GameBase64 interface with search. Disk drive sound is improved, disk swap is recognized. A virtual keyboard is implemented. Stereo SID is now available. Speed control for the emulator. Visit the Emu64 forum for all the details.

Super Cobra | DATA-LAND (Jörg Heyltjes) has released a new game for the Commodore C64 called Super Cobra. The game is a clone of the arcade classic Scramble.

1541 Ultimate II | Gideon has developed a successor of the 1541 Ultimate. The new version will include: MircoSD instead of SD cards, Tape emulation, Real-time clock, Significantly improved audio output and there will be a case available. The Ethernet option will not be available on the new version. Visit Gideon's web page for all the details.

300 new C64 intros | The web page c64Intros has updated there database and have added 300 new intros. A few examples of groups with new intros are: A-Team, Atrix, Cocoon, Doughnut Cracking Service, Fucked Beyond Repair, Online, Rough Trade Incorporated, Success, Talent+International Network of Chaos, Tristar+Red Sector Incorporated, Vagabonds, Varsity+Acrise, World Wide Expressive, Xpert Protection Busters. Visit the web page for the complete list.

Rendezvous im Weltraum - Find Another Way... With You! | Two games made by DATA-LAND (Jörg Heyltjes). The games can be played with two players. Rendezvous im Weltraum is an arcade style game and Find Another Way... With You! is a puzzle game.

Hoxs64 - v1.0.5.26 | A new version of Hoxs64 is available. Hoxs64 is a Commodore 64 emulator made by David Horrocks and can be used on a Windows 2K/XP/Vista Computer. In this version: In the FDI file format reader is a bug removed. The 1541 emulation is improved. Raster and IRQ behavior of the VIC-II is more accurate. A small error in the joystick emulation is removed.

Missile Alert | Missile Alert is a new game made by DATA-LAND (Jörg Heyltjes). The game is based on the arcade classic Missile Command. The game can be played with a joystick and has a high-score saver.

Lotek64 #30 | In this German-language pdf magazine the following articles: Interview with Brandon Cobb / Super Fighter Team, Giana Sisters DS, Lovecraft-Adventure Shadow of the Comet, A little piece of history, Part 2: Musikalische Videospiele.

200 new C64 intros | The web page c64Intros has updated there database and have added 200 new intros and 15 new groups. A few examples of groups with new intros are: A Touch of Class, Arcade, Cross, FBI Crew, Fresh, Laser Incorporated, Madonna Cracking Group, Rage for Order, Slaughter, TempesT, The Force and Vagabonds. Visit the web page for the complete list.

Berzerk Redux | Martin Piper released a new game Berzerk Redux and 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.

WISEGUYS | Sander Alsema has made a new game for the Commodore C64 and it's called WISEGUYS. Some Wiseguys have kidnapped your girlfriend and demand a large sum of money for her safe return. Unfortunately you don't have a large sum of money, but what you do have is a Tommygun. Armed with this you decide to face those gangsters and attempt to free your girlfriend. You can shoot at whatever pops up behind the windows. These could be Wiseguys, medikits, ammobox's, powerguns, explosives or even your girlfriend! Just be careful not to harm your girlfriend. Sander would love to know your opinion, his e-mail address is in the game (Read the rules)

The Seuck Vault | With the addition of 5 more games the total has reached the 100 games. The latest games are: The Push, made by Anthony Burns. You have to go deep into enemy territory to blow-up bunkers. Art Thief is made by Andrew Fisher and Wayne Womersley. You have to steal valuables, but beware of the security guards. Spy Academy is also made by Andrew Fisher and Wayne Womersley. This time after a training course you have to fight the enemy. Planet of the Balls, made by Andrew Fisher, is a Shoot 'm Up game. Nyaaaah! 11 is the final version of the Nyaaaah series and was made by Richard Bayliss.

C64 emulator for iPhone rejected | A C64 emulator is developed for the iPhone, but it was rejected by Apple. At the moment developer Manomio is working hard to iron out the kinks with Apple's approval system. Read all the details on the Pocket Gamers web page.

MazezaM v1.1 | Dr.Hirudo (Ventzislav Tzvetkov) released a puzzle game for the Commodore C64 called MazezaM. In the game you enter the mazezam on the left and you have to get to the exit on the right. To solve the puzzle you have to push rows of blocks left and right. If you get stuck you can retry the mazezam, but this will cost you a life. You can play this game with the keyboard or a joystick. There is also a verion of Mazezam for the Amiga, Apple II, Gameboy, Oric Atmos and the Sinclair.

Twitter - C64 | Johan van den Brande wrote a Twitter client for the Commodore C64. To connect to the internet he uses a MMC replay cartridge with the RR-net option. The Twitter program runs on the C64 with the help of the Contiki operating system. If you don't have an MMC replay cartridge with RR-net, you can use the VICE emulator.

CEVI-Aktuell 06-2009 | In this German-language d64, pdf magazine the following articles: The most impornant book, The Mega-Cart, 4th Retro-Meeting in Bochum, Jeri strikes again, Computer auction FH Kiel, Market review Tapes, Review: Space Trap, Interview with R. Brandstötter, Final Expansion, Commodore 1572 bilding overview, Review: Aztec Challenge, Interview with Scorp.ius.

C64 Forever | Cloanto has released a new package called C64 Forever. Many people will know Cloanto from the Amiga Forever series, and now they have made the step towards the Commodore 8-bit machines. C64 Forever is a complete emulator package included many games and demos. Some of the features are: PET / CBM, VIC-20, Plus/4, C64 and C128 emulation. 200 pre-installed games and demos. Database with info about 5000 C64 games. RP2 support. Auto update for the emulator.

200 new C64 Intros | Another 200 intros are added to the C64 intros database. A few examples of the groups are: Accuracy, Best Cracking Team, DWI, Navy Seals, Offence, Paragon, Remember, Success+Ruling Company, Unicess, Vision, Xentrix and many more. Besides the new intros there also many intros updated. The total of intros is now 4200.

5 new SEUCK games | Mat Corne found 5 games on disk, which he made in 1990. The games are now available at the seuckvault web page. The games are: Invade Iraq, inspired on the arcade game Cabal. Resque Mission, a straightforward shooter. Starforce, a shooter in the style of R-Type. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with Leonardo and Raphael. Traffic Cop, where you have to shoot the bad guys from your police car.

Digital Talk #86 | In this German-language d64 magazine the following articles: Computer Scene, Talkies und Diskussionen, Hall of Fame, Games-Corner, Out of C64, Music box and much more.

Infection | This is a new-old puzzle game for the Commodore C64. The game was written by Craig Galley, David Whittaker made the music and the graphics are from David Crummack. The game is actually 20 years old, but was never officially released. You can download the game from the Games That Werent web page.

64NIC+ | Jim Brain developed a new cartridge for the Commodore 64. The 64NIC+ cartridge is a Retro Replay/TFE compatible ethernet cartridge. You can pre-order a unit at the cost of 50,-- US$.

CCS64 V3.7 | Per Håkan Sundell released a new version of his Commodore 64 emulator. In version 3.7 the following is changed: The cursor up / left are now emulated with SHIFT down / right. Number of joystick is now 16 and auto fire can be switched off. Via the Joystick Calibration screen almost any joystick can be mapped. Sprites in the side border with NTSC is now fixed. You can download the latest version of CCS64 on Per's web page.

The Ultimate Commodore 64 Talk | Michael Steil made a presentation about the C64. In this presentation Michael explains all details about the Commodore C64. This presentation is available as a video (64 min.) or as a Apple Keynote file (256 slides).

Games That Werent | Another 12 never released games found, the games are: Bloid Bros, Beast Busters, Boxing Manager 2, Dan Dare PT1, Death Star Interceptor II, Get Dexter, Kaiser, Necronom, Quadrant 4, Spore 2, Shinobi V1 and Wildfire. Also 11 other games were updated.

4000 C64 intros | After adding another 154 intros the total has reached 4000 C64 intros. A few examples of the Latest intros are: Accept, Akrak, Bassline, Computer Freaks Association, Dynamic Technology, Excess, Fatum, Genlog, Hokuto Force, Lazer, Mental, Onslaught, Paralax and many more.

Emu64 - v4.10 | Thorsten Kattanek released a new version of his Emu64 emulator. Emu64 is a Commodore 64 emulator for Windows. This emulators emulates the C64, 1541-II and the 1530. Besides the emulator there are also many tools included: Quick Freeze, SID dump, Debugger, 2 pass Cross assembler, SID player and LAN64. With LAN64 you can transfer data from your PC to your C64 with a special cable. Emu64 is freeware and is available for Windows 2000, XP and Vista.

c64games.de | The web page c64games.de has been updated. More than 40 games were added, and brings the total to more than 4800 games. A few examples of the newly added games are: Alien Blast I and II, Bundesliga Manager V2.5, Frogs and Motorways I and II, Power Force, Speccy Attack and Ultimate Combat Mission.

Fortress of Narzod | This is a conversion for the Commodore C64. The original was made for the Vectrex game console in 1982. The C64 version is written by Benson and Peiselulli, the music is made by Linus. Fortress of Narzod is a very addictive shoot 'm up game. Your goal is to get to the fortress. You have to destroy the enemy, but look where you shoot at...

C64 Laptop | Benjamin J. Heckendorn made a laptop of a Commodore C64. He used a modified C64c motherboard, original keyboard, 15 TFT screen and a 1541-III DTV. Ben also made the case for the laptop. The most work was to get the C64 motherboard and keyboard fit inside the laptop. Take a look at Ben's web page for all the details.

VirtualC64 | VirtualC64 is a C64 emulator for a Mac with OSX 10.5. This emulator is an open source project and it's written in C++. You can download the emulator but you have to provide the ROMs yourself.

Lotek64 #29 | In this German-language pdf magazine the following articles: Newsticker, Aktuelles, R8ro!, Schlicht und glanzlos, Retro Game Challenge, pixelpunch, Der Amiga als Astrokamera, Suhl-Treff 2009, Historiographie der Musikvideospiele, Korg DS-10, Chris Hülsbeck, Wirtschaftsspiele, Lexikon der Computer- und Video-Spielmacher, SilverRock Cartridges, Sowjet-Unterzögersdorf, Sektor II and Aktuelle Musik.

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