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DirMaster v3.1.1/Style | DirMaster is a Windows-based GUI tool useful for the management of emulator formats such as: .d64, .d81, .t64, etc. as well as archival formats such as .arc, .sda, .lnx, etc. New in this version: Improvements for NAT partitions (.dhd) and a horizontal BAM display for .d71.

Hoxs64 v1.0.8.9 | David Horrocks released a new version of his Hoxs64 emulator. The latest changes are: Removed an error in the VIC (IRQ) emulations that caused a problem with Vandalism News #64.

CMD Reader - C64 | CMD Reader is a new program for the Commodore C64 computer. With CMD Reader it is possible to copy a partition from a CMD device.

C64games.de | The web page c64games.de had an update. You can now find 6429 games on this web page. The new games are: 200-1 C64GS Collection, Alienator (RGCD Competiion 2015), Alone against the BSE9, Beach Head Id, Beppe Kid, Blap N Bash Revisted, Boulderdashes, Bug Hunt, Castle of Life, Chichen Itza, Chobin II, Coach, Crackers Revenge II, Crackers Revenge III, Crackers Revenge IV, Crackers Revenge V, CRX Race, Dress Up (Steveboy 2016), Drugs, Dungeon Wizard, Grannys Garden, Heathcliff, Hugo Hunt, Icicle Race and ISS - Incredible Shrinking Sphere.

Regenerator 1.4 | Regenerator is a program made by Tomaz Kac, that will disassemble a Commodore 64 machine code program on your Windows PC. Changes in this version: TAB Size selector, WORD table generator, improvements for comments, TEXT blocks, block type and a few other small errors were removed.

Scene World magazine #26 | Scene World is a English diskette magazine for the PAL and NTSC Commodore 64 scene. In this edition of Scene World: Editorial, SWO info, Feedback, Interviews: David Pleasance (Nafcom), Friendhelm Hillebrand, Graham Axtern and Hans Ippisch, Commodore PET Phone, Mega 65 Computer, C64 Reloaded, C= WIFI Modem, Sneakernet, Diskmag Reviews, BCC#10, Syntax 2014, 2015 Crack List, Blap'n Bash, Heroes & Cowards and Nuclear Strike Force.

Pentagram - C64 | Pentagram is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is developed by Emu and Rod. In the game you must help Sabreman to find the lost Pentagram, an artefact of magical power. The game is a conversion of the ZX Spectrum game from 1986.

Alien Formation Maker V1.0 - C64 | The New Dimension released a new tool for making games. With this program you can make a table with X and Y position for sprites which uses the XMSB (asl, ror $d010) method. You can record the sprite movements and play them back.

C64 Endings | The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: Jammin' - Taskset, Ikari Warriors (US version) - Data East, Harbour Attack - Commodore Business Machines, Garfield: Winter's Tail - The Edge, Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O'Fun - Mindscape, Elite - Firebird, Dante's Inferno - Beyond / Denton Designs, Captain Fizz meets the Blaster-Trons - Psyclapse, Bangers and Mash - Alternative Software, After Burner - Activision, Warlok - Calisto Software, Velocipede II - Players, etc.

FM-Sid V1.3 - C64 | 4-Mat developed a program that can be used to make music with the SFX FM Expander cartridge. This makes it possible to use 12 channels in total. The channels 1-3 are SID and the channels 4-12 are FM. You can use 256 FM instruments and 256 SID instruments.

Slavia 2 - C64 | Slavia 2 is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is made by Minimoog and tested by H3R0 and Kondzio. In the game you choose your tribe Polans, Pomeranians, Moravians or Drevlans, buy things , hunt, trade and go into battle.

The 64 - Indiegogo project | A new Indiegogo project is started to produce a modern version of the Commodore C64. The 64 will be available as a console and as a handheld. The features are: ARM Cortex SoC, HDMI, cartridge slot, audio, USB and SD card.

LostTurboCard64 - update | Egretz is working on a modern version of the TurboCard64. The original TurboCard64, from the year 1987, is an hardware expansion for the Commodore C64 with an 4 MHz 65816 CPU and 256 kByte RAM. You can follow his progress on his web page (German language).

Tape Master Pro V3.0 | A new version of Tape Master Pro is now available. Improvements in this version are: You can write your own scroll text and loading banner. You can edit the colours of the scroll, stripes and flash text bar. 5 different tape turbo loading / saving speeds and an update for the documentation.

Sidplay64 v1.10 | Sidplay64 is a program that can playback .SID files from the HVSC collection on a real Commodore 64/128. The SID music will be played back at correct speed on both PAL and NTSC computers. Changes in this version: More support for IEC, CMD and IDE64. Improvements for BASIC SID's, REU, RunStop + Restore and the 1541U2.

VChar64 v0.0.13 | Ricardo Quesada developed a character editor for the Commodore 64. The features are: Import, export, rotate, invert, clear, shift to left, right, up and down. Changes in this version: Added grid / zoom level and improvements for Copy/Paste.

QuarxProbe - C64 | QuarxProbe is a new game for the Commodore C64 made by Alterus. The game was part of the C64 1K Game Competition at NOMAM 2016 and reached the number 13. In the game you must guide the QuarxProbe through a dense asteroid field.

C64Warez.com | The web page C64Warez.com has had an update with many new items: UPTIME, geoJOURNAL, Wheels 64 Programming, K&A Plus, View64 1.59, PSID64 1.2, The Master Memory Map for the Commodore 64, Commodore 128 / 128D Service Manual, Commodore Marble & Moss, Commodore 64c Setup, etc.

The Seuck Vault | There are two new additions to the Seuck Vault web page. The latest games are: Galaxy and Phasor.

Retro Gaming Couch | Retro Gaming Couch is an YouTube channel for the fans of retro computing. The most recent video is about all the Commodore C64 models.

Uni-Joysti-Cle | Riq developed a new way to play games. What you need is a smartphone attached to your uni-cycle. The smartphone sends the movements via Wi-Fi to your C64. The game on your C64 can be controlled with the signals from the Wi-Fi receiver.

GTW64 - Sleepwalker C64 | John Darnell, developer of the Kane series, Jet Set Willy 2, Dragon's Lair and many others, has decided to resurrect his long lost Sleepwalker game that was originally meant for Software Projects.

Club Revision - SID | Winks of Fairlight made the C64 SID Club Revision. This SID reached the first place at the Revision 2016 music competition. The audio is recorded with the VICE Emulator with a 8580R5 reSID-fp.

SEUCK competition 2016 | You can now submit your games for the SEUCK competition 2016. Already three people have entered there new game: Matador '16 - Igor 'Errazking' Errazkin, Night of the Valkyrie - Eleanor Burns and Split Second - Alf Yngve.

RGCD C64 16KB Cartridge Competition 2015 | The games for the RGCD C64 16KB Cartridge Game Development Competition 2015 are now available. You can test the following games yourself: Alienator (Georg Rottensteiner), Blap N Bash Revisited (Richard Bayliss), Bug Hunt (Eric Hilaire), Icicle Race (John Christian Lønningdal), Pickle's Pod Patrol (Steve Ody), Platman (Andrea Schincaglia), Qwak (Daniel Hotop), Ring On A String (P-a Bäckström), Slime Deluxe (Mike Johnson), Terra.Heaven.Eternity.Arctic. (Simon Quernhorst) and Vortex Crystals (Richard Bayliss).

Die! Alien Slime (3) | Jason Daniels and Tom Lanigan were the people behind the game company Pagoda Software. In 1989 they released the game Die! Alien Slime for the Commodore C64. In part 3 Jason is going to work on some errors.

Spectacular Copy Turbo 2 Disk V2.0 | A new version of Spectacular Copy is available. Changes in this version: Fastsave I/O (1541/1581/DolphinDos). Added support for JiffyDos, HeadAlign v1.1 and Safe(slow) is now available.

RetroPC64 - Dual | Andreas Wagener has upgraded his Commodore C64c. The specifications are: CPU 1: Mos Technology 8500 @ 1,02 MHz, CPU 2: Intel X5-Z8300 4 x 1440 MHz, Memory 1: 64 KB Ram, Memory 2: 2GB DDR3 Ram, SSD, USB 3.0, HDMI, LAN, WLAN 300 and Bluetooth.

C64 Endings | The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: Saliva Kid (CP Verlag), Rainbow Dragon (Firebird), Parallax (Ocean), Para Assault Course (Zeppelin Graphics), Olli & Lissa - The Ghost of Shilmoore Castle (Firebird), Necromancer (Synapse Software), Magic Land Dizzy (Codemasters), L.A. Police Dept. (Interceptor), Katakis (Rainbow Arts) and Jack the Nipper 2 (Gremlin Graphics).

Contiki 2016 | A new edition of Contiki is now available. Changes in this edition: Improvements for the Telnet server and the web browser. You can run the configuration via a .d64 / .d71 image (not online) and Contiki now has IDE64 support.

Movement - C64 | Movement is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is made by Steveboy in Basic and can be played with the joystick. In the game you must move the joystick towards the flashing square as fast as possible.

MSD2IEC | The MSD2IEC is a classic SD2IEC device but with an extra EEPROM. The 8 kByte EEPROM is an Basic extension with the following commands: .I - Info, .ACT - Drive number, .B - File browser, .L- Load, .S - SJLOAD, .T - Tape-load and much more.

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