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LogicProHacks - SID | LogicProHacks made a video about using the ES P synthesizer to emulate the SID chip from the Commodore C64. In the video you can see all the necessary settings of the Oscillator parameters: The triangle, saw-tooth, rectangle and the noise generator.

Arc64 V2.6 | 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 improvement for adding T64 files. A better name generator for broken T64 files. And added a file information window.

Scene World Podcast #9 | Scene World Podcast is a podcast about the Commodore scene. In this episode: Dave Lowe, Dave is one of the most prolific game musicians on any platform. Now he and his daughter, Holly Jazz Lowe, are working on a new project that is called Uncle Art: A Temporal Shift.

Zuid - C64 | Zuid is a new game for the Commodore C64 developed by Drew Rodger. He made the game a long time ago and now he found this SEUCK games on one of his old diskettes. In the game you must escape from the humans. You can use a plasma weapon, but be careful with the (very annoying) bouncing ball.

Servant64 | Servant64 is a Open-Source project that makes it possible to use a bidirectional connection between a Commodore 64 (User-port) and a Windows PC (USB). The hardware is based on cost effective and modular hardware.

Spindle 2.1 - C64 | Spindle is an integrated linking, loading and crunching solution for C64 trackmos. The core of Spindle is a cutting-edge IRQ loader featuring extremely fast loading and de-crunching. Spindle provides an optional linking framework that automates much of the tedious work traditionally associated with trackmo development.

ContikiBBS 0.2.7.0 | ContikiBBS is a tiny, little and text based bulletin board system (BBS) for the Commodore 64 home computer and a compatible Ethernet cartridge (e.g. TFE, RRnet, 64NIC+). It can be accessed through a standard telnet connection and currently provides basic BBS functionality.

Spix In Space - C64 | Roberto Ricioppo has made a new game for the Commodore C64 with the help of Sideways Scrolling SEUCK. In the game you must guide Spix through space, and shoot down the aliens that come near him. Don't let them get him, otherwise you will lose a life.

Jeroen Tel - Tel Me More | Jeroen Tel wants to make a new album that will be called Tel Me More. He wants to raise funds for studio time, CD mastering, pressing a limited edition LP Vinyl album, a poster, etc. The album will include the following titles: Robocop 3, Cybernoid II The Revenge, Rubicon, Hawkeye, Myth, Turbo Outrun, Supremacy, Stormlord, Battle Valley, Cybernoid, Eliminator and Iron Lord.

SEUCK competition 2015 | The results of the SEUCK competition 2015 are:
1. Abyssonaut - Anthony Stiller - 171 points
2. Gigablast - Alf Yngve - 158 points
3. T-UFO - Errazking - 157 points
4. Snatch McBlagger - 156 points
5. S-F-S - Wile Coyote - 141 points
6. Shamai - Slavia - 134 points
7. META14 - Errazking - 130 points
8. Shoot or Die - Tommy Nine - 116 points
9. Ocean Ninja - Slavia - 113 points
10. Scoff - PieVSPie - 99 points
11. Naait Raider - Fritske - 87 points

C64 Endings | The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: Lazer Tag (Go!), The Last Gladiator (Electronic Arts), Maximum Overdrive (Techno Tribal Designs), The Magic Candle (Minecraft) and Magnetron (Broderbund).

HVSC #63 | There is a update available of the High Voltage SID Collection. There are now more then 46,500 SIDs in the collection. In this update 798 new SIDs, 121 fixed/better rips, 412 SID credit fixes, 67 SID model/clock infos, 27 tunes identified and 46 tunes moved. You can download the update from the HVSC web page.

WiFi - C64 | Schema is developing a WiFi cartridge for the Commodore C64. At this moment he has a working prototype that is communicating on 2400 Baud. You can use a standard terminal program for the communication and all the RS-232 signals are supported.

Disco Band - C64 | Disco Band is new SID-music for the Commodore C64 computer. The music is made by Deizi.

C64 intros | The web page c64Intros has updated its intro database and added 50 new intros. The new groups are: Chaos Industries, Cyclotron [CTN], Dexion + New Life + Zargon, Advanced Dynax SidRiders [ADSR], Empire Software, Euratom, FCG (DE), Kraekers, Organisation for Software Swapping [OFSS], Sense Designs, Sphinxs, Vector, The Web Incorporated, Wicked+Burp and Zzap.

SID Known v1.10 | Wilfred Bos released an update of SID Known. This version is compatible with the latest HVSC (#63). SID Known is a tool which you can use to identify SID tunes from SID and PRG files.

Ghosts'n Goblins Arcade - C64 | Nostalgia released the arcade version of Ghosts'n Goblins for the Commodore C64. The features are: Two completely new levels added. Existing levels are expanded to be twice the size of the original. New graphics, music, sound effects, sprite multiplexer and a game map. Improved weapons and enemies and much more.

Brilliant Maze v1.1 - C64 | Brilliant Maze is a new game for the Commodore C64 and is made by Geir Straume (Code, graphics and design) and Odie (Music). In the game you must collect all the diamonds in the maze and find the exit.

Virtuoso 0.96 - C64 | Hein of Vision released a new music tool for the Commodore C64. The features are: Main editor: sequencer, patterns, instruments, step and FLO programs. Jam mode: mono, poly or layered. Selection of instruments, song, octave or song speed and a diskette menu.

Richard Löwenstein interview | The C64.com web page had an interview with Richard Löwenstein. Richard is a game developer from Germany. The games he worked on are: Let's Bounce, Twinky Goes Hiking, Persian Gulf Inferno, Top Cross and Quadranoid.

Sprite Castle | Rob Flack O'Hara has a web page for all his podcasts. His new podcasts are: Commando and Jumpman. Besides the podcast you can also find the links of web pages mentioned in the podcast.

C64 Reloaded | Ilkka Sjöstedt wrote a blog about the C64 Reloaded. The C64 Reloaded is a new C64 motherboard. This motherboard is designed to use the original C64 chipset, but it is manufactured with today’s standards. Extras are: S-video and audio connectors, ROM switcher for Kernal and character set, standard 5 VDC power supply and you can order ZIF sockets for the chips.

Back to Ziridium, Clorodino, Last Mission 5, Major Ducth - C64 | Roberto Ricioppo made 4 new SEUCK games. The games are Ziridium, Clorodino, Last Mission 5 and Major Ducth and are vertical scrolling shoot'em up games. Al the games are made in a ZX Spectrum style.

Simple Writer V1.1 - C64 | Dm of Victory and Lux of Delta Machine released a new program for the Commodore C64 that is called Simple Writer. The features are: Preview. Page create, edit, rename, delete and insert. Load / save files, font and mode.

ACID 64 Player Pro V3.6 | Wilfred Bos released a new version of ACID 64 Player Pro. Changes in this version: Support for 3SID, Network SID Device and SIDBlaster USB device. Improvements for PSID, search, device selection, emulation, file indexing and other small improvements.

Vandalism News #64 | In this English D64 magazine the following items: The Charts, News, World of Demos, History of SID, SIDTracker64, Interviews: Rock, Sphinx and Hedning, Ramblings of an Madman, RGCD, Gubdata 2015, Bruce Lee II, Revision 2015 and the list.

Gravitrix - C64 | Gravitrix is a game for the Commodore C64 developed by Nils Hammerich. In this game you most combine stones of four different gravity directions to solve each of the 120 levels. But be careful with the colour changers, conveyor belts, teleporters and other hazards. You can try the demo version for free or buy the full version of the game.

Game Corner Q1/2015 | Games Corner is an English diskette magazine about new games and about cracking games. In this edition: Cracky Thoughts, Game Watchtower, Cracked Stuff and the World of first releases.

JSIDPlay2 - v3.6 | JSIDPlay is a Commodore C64 cycle-exact emulator optimized for sound reproduction. It is also a SID player for music collections like HVSC and CGSC. In this version mostly improvements for performance and an couple of small errors are removed.

C64Studio v4.2 | 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: Improvements for: Import File in Media Manager, Nested for loops, Graphic screen and Bitmap export. New: !BASIC pseudo op, Sprite editor effects (shift, rotate, mirror, etc.), Undo for charset and graphic screens.

P0 Snake - C64 | P0 Snake is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is made by Antonio Savona (code & graphics), ilesj (graphics), Heavy Stylus (documentation) and Ald (music). The game was released at the C64 Game Competition at Flashback 2015 and reached the number 1 place.

Mevlut Dinc - Interview | The C64.com web page had an interview with Mevlut Dinc. Mevlut is a game desiger and made games for the Commodore C64, Spectrum and Amstrad computers. The games he worked on are: Gerry the Germ, Prodigy, Big Trouble in Little China, The Last Ninja 2, Time Machine, First Samurai and the development system for the C64GS.

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