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Linus Akesson - SID music on the C64 | You can watch a new YouTube video from Linus Akesson. In this video, Linus makes 8-bit SID music on a Commodore C64 computer with standard BASIC, poking numbers into memory and hardware registers.

Wolfgang Kierdorf - Turbo Chameleon v2 | A new YouTube video from Wolfgang Kierdorf is now available. In this episode: Wolfgang is using the Turbo Chameleon 64 v2 from Individual Computers.

Propaganda #35 | Propaganda is an English diskette magazine for the Commodore scene. In this edition the following articles: Editorial, News & Gossip, an interview with MAT64, C64 cracking groups, FM-YAM digis, The ghost story, ICG artifact, jukebox, Fjälldata 2024, Pågadata 2024 and X'2024.

Chip SID show - 71 | You can now listen to a new episode of the Chip SID show with Max Hall. An hour long classic and new SID music.

Olympic Skijumper - C64 | Olympic Skijumper is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer. The game is developed by Frostbyte (code) and jab (pixels). The game was released at the PsykoZ 2024 meeting.

PETSCII Lumberjack - C64 | PETSCII Lumberjack is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Kornel Kolma. You can play against the computer or against another player. The goal is to chop down as many trees as you can within a limited time.

Zapped to the Past | You can now listen to a new episode of the Zapped to the Past podcast. In this episode: Creatures, Outlaw, Hard Drivin and Prison Riot.

Games That Weren't 64 | The GTW64 webpage has had an update. New: Stargate, Harris House Software titles, Mission Extreme, Monster Bash, Sinister en Time Capsule. Update: 7 Minutes To Midnight, Black Cauldron, Championship Run, Covermount casualties, Industria 14, Make My Day!, Murder!, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3, Tetris and Xamitlu.

FREEZE64 - 70 | FREEZE64 is a fanzine for Commodore 64 gamers and hackers. In this edition: Nick Jones - Cybernoid, Alleykat, ZZAP!64, SWAG and Karl Hörnell - Inbread.

Dice 255 - C64 | Dice 255 is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Iceout. The game is only 512 bytes in size.

C64.ch | The demo portal C64.ch has added new demos for the Commodore C64 computer. The new files are: War Picture Pack 7, Remember this, Bordersam III, Z-Rock IV, Barbarian, F1, Act Naturally, Beachday, Trade it, Huestack 2, By-Tor Tribute, Don't Be Square, Night Session, Oblivion-Grounds, Superlópez, HKO Digi-Samples, Garfield Dia-Show 2, Racey, Who needs nukes, Robot Couple, Garfield Show, Lachen mit Uwe 1/2 and Basic Demonstration 7.

Spelunky - C64 | Spelunky is a cave exploration / treasure-hunting game, where the goal is to grab as much treasure from the cave as possible. Every time you play the cave's layout will be different. This Commodore C64 version is developed by PaulKo64, and is PAL and NTSC compatible.

MemTest64 v1.09 - C64, C128 & C65 | MemTest64 is a system detection and memory testing utility for the Commodore 8-bit computers, developed by Rosettif. The tests are: CPU type, memory, PAL/NTSC scan-lines, extensions, CPU-speed, memory expansions and memory transfer speed.

Adrian Black - C64 repair | You can now watch a new YouTube video from Adrian Black. This time he is repairing Commodore C64 computers with different faults.

Joyride v1.8 - C64 | Joyride is a universal monitor for joystick, mouse, paddles, Koala tablet, light-pen and user-port adapter for the Commodore C64 / C128 and the MEGA65. The program is developed by Dillo.

Games That Weren't 64 | The GTW64 webpage has had an update. New: Altair's Adventures, Butterflies, Chase on Wheels, Countdown 64, Flight Simulator, Hunting with the Columbia, In Search of the Aurora, Mandragore, Nightmare around the Falklands, The Astronaut Eater, The Flintstones V1, The Blob, Unknown Chinese puzzle game, Unknown boat game, Unknown four-part game, Which one out of Seven, Whuppie Tale, Windsurf and Zoids 2. Update: Apprentice, Arthur, Ball Breaker, Black Bandit, Born In Space, Centurion Software titles, Cyber Cop, Freewheel Burning, Gremlins: Part 2, Memory Man, Metal Army, Moreta - Dragonlady Of Pern, Ooze, Quark, Software House, Splish Splash, Telmar's Gold, Unnamed Star Trek game and Zzap Italia homebrew.

C64 intros | The web page c64Intros has updated its intro database and added more new intros. Updates: 53 new intros and 12 new groups.

Retro Relix - Compucase 64d | You can now watch a new video from the Retro Relix YouTube channel. In this video the Compucase 64d conversion kit from the Schmolz Unternehmensberatung, and the installation of a SD2IECdevice and a custom rear panel.

The Last Tomb - C64 | The Last Tomb is a new text adventure game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Commodore Plus (Bieno, Narcisound, Ax!s, Csixx, Buzz click, Sirdrak and Josepzin). In the game you must search through a pyramid in Egypt to find the secrets within.

VS64 - The C64 Development Environment | VS64 is an open-source extension for Visual Studio Code The VS64 extension makes it easy to build, debug, inspect and run C64 assembly code from Visual Studio Code. It provides in-depth editing support for the ACME assembler syntax, an integrated project and build system and support for the Visual Studio Code task and launch system.

Mars Patrol - C64 | Mars Patrol is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by joeyc64. The game is based on the classic Moon Patrol from Atari. Drive your tank, but be careful with the UFOs and avoid the craters, rocks and mines.

Mineshaft Gap - C64 | Mineshaft Gap is a new strategy game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by drmortalwombat. In the game you control up to 32 independent bunker dwellers in their strive for a less radioactive and better future.

Sire Fire - C64 | Sire Fire is a new text adventure game for the Commodore C64 computer. The game is converted by Carmine Migliaccio from the original Italian game for the Sinclair Spectrum computer.

Zapped to the Past | You can now listen to a new episode of the Zapped to the Past podcast. In this episode: Golden Axe, Kamikaze, Zombi and Kwik Snax.

Splatch - C64 | Splatch is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, develop by Vector5 Games. In the game you must collect all the carrots before time runs out. But be aware of the falling acorns, the squirrels and the butterflies. The game is based on the game for the Amstrad computer from the year 1985.

Black Ninja - C64 | Black Ninja is a game for the Commodore C64 computer developed by KWAYNE. The game is a remake of Mr. Speed's Black Ninja, originally written for the Commodore Plus/4 computer in the German language. This version can be played with the joystick and has an English version aside the German one.

Quantum Soundtracker - C64 | Quantum Soundtracker is a 3-channel sample-based tracker with 16 kHz mixing rate and internal 8-bit resolution. The editor loads 8-bit mono raw samples. The output resolution is about 6.5 bits on a standard computer. The Quantum Soundtracker program is developed by Aleksi Eeben.

SIDKick pico - update | SIDKick pico is an inexpensive dual-SID-replacement without making compromises regarding quality. It also emulates Sound Expander/FM and has a built-in PRG launcher. The new firmware offers the possibility to flash PRGs from disk, adds diagnostics and more paddle configuration options.
There is also a new hardware variant which hosts the microcontroller, flash, DAC, op-amp etc. on a footprint only slightly larger than an original SID chip.

Programming Redux - sharkC64 | Mauno Rönkkö is developing a new programming language for the Commodore C64 computer, called sharkC64. It comes bundled with a compiler and an integrated development environment. You can watch many videos where Mauno shows how to use sharkC64.

Disk Manager 5.0 - C64 | Disk Manager is a new program for working with diskettes for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Skylord64. The features are: DOS commands (delete, rename and copy), view and organize the directory structure of your diskettes, fast format and change the disk-header.

Linus Akesson - The Tenor Commodordion | The Tenor Commodordion is an ergonomically improved version of the Commodordion. This musical instrument, developed by Linus Akesson, combines an accordion with a Commodore C64 computer.

Sperrstunde - C64 | Sperrstunde is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer. The game is developed by Wil (code) and Logiker (pixels). The game was released at the Vintage Computing Carinthia $2B meeting.

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