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VirtualC64 v1.1.3 | Dirk Hoffmann has released a new version of his VirtualC64 emulator. This emulator can turn your Mac (OS X) into a Commodore C64. Changes in this version are: Improvements for the internal texture buffers (blur, sepia and simple CRT). And VirtualC64 now uses Metal, the old OpenGL code has been removed.

Stripefixer C64 | Bwack is working on a stripefixer. This electronic circuit will counteract some of those vertical bar interference on the screen that the C64 is known for. In the videos you can see how he is building and testing the stripefixer.

Time of Silence v1.0 - C64 | Claus released the game Time of Silence V1.0 for the Commodore C64. The game reached the second place in the Forum64 Game Competition 2015. The game is an adventure game and is available in the English and German language. And Claus is already working on a sequel.

HerMIDI v1.0c | HerMIDI is a MIDI interface for the Commodore 64 made by Hermit. The devices has only a few components and you can built it yourself. Changes in this version: Commodore Plus4 and C-16 support, Update for the documentation, Better initialization and improvement for asynchronous mode.

Petscii-Poker - C64 | Petscii-Poker is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is made by Ron (code), Shine (graphics) and NVitia (music). The type of game is five card draw. The game was released at the RetroKomp / LOAD ERROR 2015.

Sean Connolly Interview | The C64.com web page had an interview with Sean Connolly. Sean started with an Commodore VIC-20 followed by an C64. Sean was a member of Pulse Productions, and is still a member of Cosine. In the C64 scene he had the role of coder and musician. You can read the whole interview on the c64.com web page.

Blap 'n Bash - C64 | Richard Bayliss released a new game for the Commodore C64. In this game you are an alien, who has been captured and you are now trapped in a space cell. You can escape by destroying all the bricks with your ball and space-bat. But be careful with the red zone.

Relaunch64 - v3.3.5 | Relaunch64 is a program (text editor) for programming 65xx assembly on a modern computer. This editor works together with common cross assembler like Kick Assembler, acme, dasm, c64asm or ca65. Changes in this version: Improvements for nesting and code folding. And no more problems with single backslashes and local labels with autocomplete.

Arc64 V2.7 | Arc64 is a tool to deal with D64, T64, LNX and ZipCode archives, made by Graham. It can be used to edit or convert D64 images, run D64 images in the VICE emulator. Changes in this version: An error is removed that caused a crash when right-clicking on non existing directory entries.

Station64 v2.4 - C64 | Station64 is a live player system (via midi). The features are: 3 voice polyphony, oscillator control via midi, advanced glide and pitch wheel control and works with 8580/6581 on PAL/NTSC. New in this version: Support for hermidi midi interface and namesoft midi interface. The test tone has 2 modes - single note / repeated notes and the arpeggiator is now available.

Boulderdash - Firefox | Are you tired of playing the original Boulderdash game again and again? There are lots of people who create their own Boulderdash versions. Firefox released his newest Boulderdash game called 000 White Dash.

C64Studio v4.4 | C64 Studio is a assembly development environment which is dependent on VICE. You can write assembly code and test this with the VICE emulator. Recent changes: Direct calculation to Calculator, Mem-Dump in idle queue, Open last session, Setting colours, keybinding, fonts to defaults per button and the Tool Windows visibility is now saved.

Sprint 1 - C64 | Sprint 1 is a new game for the Commodore C64 made by Norbert Kehrer. The game is based on the Atari arcade version that was released in 1978. The program on the original arcade machine was written for a 6502 microprocessor and is now converted to the C64. The game can be played with the joystick.

Caren and the Tangled Tentacles v1.1 - C64 | Caren and the Tangled Tentacles is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is a point & click adventure game and is the winner of the Forum64 Game Competition 2015. The game is made by enthusie (code), Jammer (music), Veto (graphics) and Krill (loader).

C64 intros | The web page c64Intros has updated its intro database and added 100 new intros. The new groups are: Acid (UK), Acid Crew, ACT 501, Asics, Browbeat+Motion, Brainstorm, The Crack Machines [TCM], Demo, Fame (US), Hoaxers, Markiz, Power Cracking Group [PCG], Plutonium, Psygon, Red-Baron, Saphire, Scorpios, Sierra, Spitfire 2000, Squadron, The Action Crew [TAC], The Fantastic Five [TFF], Tracer, United Crackers, Zeen 666 and Zynapz.

Game Corner Q2/2015 | Games Corner is an English diskette magazine about new games and about cracking games. In this edition: Game Watchtower, Cracking Competition 2015, Cracked Stuff and the World of first releases.

Retro Reto Pan - C64 | Retro Reto Pan is a new game for the Commodore C64 and is the second entry in the 2015 Sideways SEUCK Compo. The game is made by Errazking and the music is from Baron Ashler. In this game you must stop the evil Moriarty and save the world.

C64 Endings | The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: BMX Trials (Mastertronic), Code Hunter (Firebird), Cosmonut (Codemasters), Chain Reaction (Durrell Software), Dragon Wars (Electronic Arts), Dick Tracy (Titus Software) and Dark Force (TND Games).

Nuclear Strike Force - C64 | Nuclear Strike Force is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is made by Martin Piper and Richard Bayliss. You are in the year 2031 and a member of the Nuclear Strike Force. Your mission is to stop the terrorist organisation Red Section from launching a nuclear missile. The SIDs in this game are Purge 101 and Tick Tock Time Bomb.

C64 Mags #10 | C64 mags is an web page that archives diskette and paper magazines for the Commodore C64. The total amount of magazines is now 4180. You can download the whole archive or you can download individual productions.

C64 Game Programming | Steve Morrow has started a new series of videos to show people how to program games on the Commodore C64. In this videos: Game scrolling map, Full screen scrolling, Design & Tips, Vertical scrolling, Rasters, Animations, Collisions, etc.

Gamebase 64 - v14 | The team of Gamebase 64 released a new version. The total number of games is now more than 25,000 entries, 200 more then the previous version. And many files are updated. The goal of Gamebase 64 is to preserve all software that was made for the Commodore 64 computer.

Scene World magazine #25 | Scene World is a English diskette magazine for the PAL and NTSC Commodore 64 scene. In this edition of Scene World: 30 years Boulder Dash II. Interviews with V-12 Billy Mitchell, Steve Wiebe, Alexis Neophytides, Hank Chien, Richie Knucklez, Sound of Games, Uğur Vigo Özyılmazel, Peter Franky Smets and Cary Chaney. And information about RetroKomp/LoadError!

SID Anthology Vol. 1 | Chris Huelsbeck released the first volume of SID Anthology. On this album: Planet Of War, Shades, Holiday Morning, Holiday Night, One More Night, Dance At Night, Soldier (1 & 2), Madness, Madness High Score Screen and The Baby Of Can Guru (1, 2 & 3).

Compilation64 | The Compilation64 web page is reborn. Compilation64 is an attempt to archive the multi-game compilations that have been released for the Commodore64. All the games from the old web page have been rescued and new information / scans will be added over the coming weeks / months.

cOS - C64 | Jim released a new Operating System for the Commodore C64. It is a modern looking graphical user interface with drivers for a touch screen, joystick or the cursor keys. You can try out the test / demo diskette with cOS. The diskette includes a cBooks app and the SAM-Siri.

Hangman's Hazard - C64 | In 1992 Craig Golab released the game Hangman's Hazard for the Commodore C64. But only a few copies of the game were sold. Long time the game was lost but now it is available on the Commodore Scene Database. The game is very nice to play and is highly competitive.

VirtualC64 v1.0 rc | Dirk Hoffmann has released a new version of his VirtualC64 emulator. This emulator can turn your Mac (OS X) into a Commodore C64. Changes in this version are: Many optimisations for the VC1541 emulation. Cycle-based sprite drawing and many other improvements.

64TASS v1.51.992 | C64tass is a multi pass compiler with 65816 support, CPU64, DTV, illegal opcode's, optimizations, and a lot of features. The syntax is the same as the well known Turbo Assembler on C64. C64tass can be used on a Linux, Windows or Mac OSX computer.

Games That Weren't 64 | The GTW64 web page has had an update. New: Daffy Duck, Behemoth, Ilogicall, Welcome to hell, Moonraker, Black Hawk, Butch - Hard Guy, Coma, Coven, Double Dragon V1, Enforcer 2, M45, Maelstrom, New Zealand Story V1, Operation Gunship, Planet Quarx, Quark IX, Screaming Wings, The Black Onyx, Unknown adventure game and Wreckers.

Relaunch64 - v3.3.4 | Relaunch64 is a program (text editor) for programming 65xx assembly on a modern computer. This editor works together with common cross assembler like Kick Assembler, acme, dasm, c64asm or ca65. Changes in this version: Compile-options via scripts. Support for latest 64tass, logging parameters and script command lines can now be split over multiple lines.

Andrián Pertout interview | The C64.com web page had an interview with Andrián Pertout. Andrián is a music composer from Australia, but he was born in Chili. He made music for the C64 games Penetrator (1984) and Fighting Warrior (1985).

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