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Boulderdash | 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, number 56.

Doomed Planet - SID | Doomed Planet is new SID-music for the Commodore C64 computer. The music is made by Richard.

Comaland - C64 | Censor Design and Oxyron released a new demo for the Commodore C64 at the X-2014 party in the Netherlands. Code: Axis, Bob, CRT, Lavazza, Mirage, Peiselulli, Swallow and The Human Code Machine. Music: Fanta and Magnar Harestad. Graphics: Bitbreaker, Creeper, DeeKay, Mirage, N3XU5, Sphinx, Veto and Yazoo. Linking & Loader: Bitbreaker. Sampling: Magnar Harestad, Swallow and The Human Code Machine.

Ultimate II - Blog | Wiebo de Wit is writing a blog (English language) about the Ultimate II cartridge for the Commodore C64. The Ultimate II is an cartridge that can emulate the 1541 disk drive, it has SD / USB storage, a real-time clock, REU emulation, SID player and tape emulation. Wiebo has written the following articles: Floppy Copy, Software!, File use and Hardware.

C64 Endings | The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: Sgt Slaughters Mat Wars (Mindscape), Terror of the Deep (Mirrorsoft), Ultima III: Exodus (Origin Systems), Vegas Jackpot (Mastertronic), The Wombles (Alternative Software), Whistler's Brother (Br0derbund), Wheelin' Wallie (Interceptor Software), Weird Dreams (Rainbird), Warlock's Quest (Infogrames) and War in Middle Earth (Melbourne House).

X-2014 | The results of the X-2014 competitions are available. C64 Demo: (1) Comaland by Censor Design, (2) Uncensored by Booze Design, (3) RGB by Fairlight. C64 Music: (1) 64 Forever by Linus, (2) Featuring Daft Punk by Randall, (3) Title Needed by 6R6. C64 Graphics: (1) Duck it! by Pal, (2) Tentacles by redcrab, (3) Fakers Home Boobs Palace by Yazoo.

International Karaoke + - C64 | A new karaoke game made by Björn Odendahl, Thomas Koncina, Ass it, Brian, dalezy, Harmony Productions, Hein, Hithouse, Lyon, ne7, Static and Cadaver is now available. The SIDs are: Adeste Fideles, Alle Jahre Wieder, Greensleeves, Helle Lieder, Ihr Kinderlein, IK+, Jingle Bells, Kling Glöckchen, Laßt Uns Froh, Leise rieselt, O christmas tree, The Jesus Band, Twinkle Twinkle and X-MAS Music.

Propaganda #28 | Propaganda is an English diskette magazine for the Commodore scene. In this edition the following articles: Latest gossip, the charts, an interview with Spelpappan, wanted, feedback, miscellaneous, awards and the list.

Memwa Project | The Memwa Project is a hardware project from Staring Lizard. The hardware that he developed is a replacement for the Commodore C64. The MCU is an STM32F407, the display controller is an SSD1963, the memory is a H27UBG8T2BTRBC and a the display is an 7 TFT 4-WRT. The whole C64 is emulated and for the sound a real SID chip is added to the design. You can follow the whole development on his blog.

C64 / C128 Power supply | Ray Carlsen has built a replacement power for the Commodore C64, 128, VIC-20CR and Plus4 power supplies. The specifications are: Input = 120V, 60Hz or 220V, 50 Hz. Output = 5VDC / 5A, 9VAC / 1A. Built-in surge suppressor (Computer Saver). Metal case and a one-year warranty.

Games That Weren't 64 | The GTW64 web page has had an update. New: 3D Snooker, Hooray for Henrietta, Mix and Match with Maggie, Rick Dangerous 3 and Samurai Warrior V1. Update: 7 Minutes To Midnight, Batman Returns, Cable Run, Crystal Chamber, Fireblaster, Great Giana Sisters, Money Minefield, Reach For The Moon, The Tripods and Xybots.

Game Corner Q3/2014 | Games Corner is an English diskette magazine about new games and about cracking games. In this edition: Alter Ego, Burnin'Pen '64, Die Ringe von Coplar, Foren Huren, Lunar Blitz RX, Krakout - Doreco, Power glove and Warflame RX.

Wacky Waste - C64 | Alf Yngve released a new SEUCK game for the Commodore C64. In the game Wacky Waste you play a rat. You must compete against the enemies of Garbageville. Between the competitions you must keep the street clean of enemies by throwing goo at them.

1541 Ultimate - firmware | For the 1541 Ultimate is a new version of the firmware available. Changes in this version: A new function to make it possible to write a .tap file to a real cassette. Supports for the new Flash chip (revision D). Improvements for the configuration screen (USB module).

Galaxians of Xiabex - C64 | Galaxians of Xiabex is a new SEUCK game for the Commodore 64 made by Roberto Ricioppo. In the game you must guide your drone across the planet of Xiabex and fight against the Galaxian empire. Don't think your drone can survive for long, you must be very careful.

Afterlife #9 | Afterlife is a English language diskette magazine for the Commodore C64 users. The topics in this edition are: Always Rants, Vaping Time, Spread disk (4 diskettes), Phreaky times, Hardware news and Diskette cracking 101.

SID Duzz' It v2.1.7 - C64 | SDI is a music tracker system for the Commodore 64 and is written by Geir Tjelta and Glenn Rune Gallefoss. The system has the following features: Sequencer, tracker and a sound editor. Load, save and dump menu. DOS commands. Vibrato, pulse, filter, arpeggio and tempo. Changes in this version: Improvements for the filtercutoff routine and the play routine had a problem with the gatetimeout setting.

Ultimate Opus | Ultimate Opus is an application for the Ultimate cartridge for the Commodore C64. The program is developed by Lft an can be used for managing files on the SD card or via the USB connection. You can download the program from the Commodore Scene Data Base web page.

Games That Weren't 64 | The GTW64 web page has had an update. New: 7 Minutes To Midnight, Grey Slayer, King, Legendary Wings, London Exchange, Money Minefield, Test Match Special, The Sentinel 2, Fireburner and Crystal Chamber. Update: All Terrain Gardener, Cycleburner, Gold Runner, Lock On, Nimitz and Pimple Panic.

C64Studio v3.8 | 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: Comments, DASM, Files, Pseudo op's, Dependencies, External commands and Images. Added: Symbols/tokens of dependencies and included files are now also updated after successful compile, !warn pseudo op, Binary not operator (!), CHARVERT, COLORVERT, CHARCOLORVERT, COLORCHARVERT, CHARSET and !mediasrc.

C64 Endings | The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: Neuronics (Thalion), Oh no! (Silverbird), Penetrator (Melbourne House), Seabase Delta (Firebird), Storbringer (Mastertronic), Sheep vs. Fox (TND), Sergeant Seymour (Codemasters), Skull & Crossbones (Domark), Slug (Alternative Software) and Technocop (Gremlin Graphics).

Attitude #15 | In this English diskette magazine the following: Editorial, Scene news, News from the groups, IRQ loader, Framemeister, Interviews with BHF/Hoaxers, Radiantx/Panda Des. and Randall/Arise.

Commodore 64: a visual Commpendium | The book Commodore 64: a visual Commpendium is a now available in the on-line stores. The book celebrates the beauty of the greatest home computer ever made; the C64. The focus of the book is on the beautiful loading screens and game images.

TherapSid | The TherapSid is a music system that can be used to play music with the original SID chip. The features are: Compatible with all SID's, 3 Oscillators, 4 Waveforms per oscillator, Multimode Filter, 35 Knobs, 31 Buttons, 100 Pre-sets, 16 Step Modulator and the system is compatible with the iPad.

Sopwiths and Pterrordons - C64 | Anthony Stiller made a new action game for the Commodore C64. The game Sopwiths and Pterrordons is made with the Shoot'Em Up Construction Kit (SEUCK) and is based on the games 1942 and 1943 but in the prehistoric times. In the game you are a pilot and must shoot down the flying dinosaurs.

XLCUS | The web page Games That Weren't has had an interview with Paul Kubiszyn from the game company XLCUS. The company made games for the Commodore C64 in the mid nineties. A few examples of the games that Paul worked on are: Square Scape, Amorphous and MegaForce.

BitJam #193 | In this BitJam the Wackee SID Selekta. You can listen to the following music: Jammer - Spirals, _V_ - Phat Beats, celticdesign - SID Nation, Flex - Luminator, Linus - Grandma was a Druglord, Drax - Delusional, Conrad - Intrinsic V2, Wiklund - Euro Trash, MCH - Attitude #14, Wackee - For Those About To Acid (edit), _V_ - Red Sector Inc Circa 1994, Wackee - Oh My God What Have I Done, Zabutom - Storm, Linde - Dbwud, Xiny6581 - Substral Hyperwaves III (original mix), Devilock - Scale of Recreation, Flex - Vandalized Paradize, Scarzix - Starhiker (Director's cut), Hein Holt - Game Player, _V_ - Win a Cookie, Psycho8580 - Little Trip to Nowhere and Jammer - Spirals (reprise). Total playing time: 45:16.

1 MB - C64 | Tomasz Nowak is developing a system that makes it possible to run 16 virtual C64's inside 1 real Commodore 64. The extended memory is divided in 16 block of 64 kB (16 virtual machine), 0.5 kB RAM for program MMU, and 16 memory blocks for the VIC, CPU, zero-page and the hardware stack.

Aircraft Patrol 3 - C64 | Aircraft Patrol 3 is a new SEUCK game for the Commodore 64 developed by Roberto Ricioppo. The loader picture is made by Johan Janssen and the music from Richard Bayliss. In the game you are a pilot and you must shoot down the enemy planes and make a safe landing.

Games That Weren't 64 | The GTW64 web page has had an update. New: Football Game, Skweek and Space Action 2. Update: Arthema, Body Slam, Car Wars, Dangerous Sports, Enduro Racer V2, English Invaders, I Can Remember, Murder!, Myth 2, R-Type V1, Rocket Roger V1, SDI and Time Scanner V1.

Magic Desk - Cartridge Generator | Zzarko and Msolajic developed a file generator to make EPROM files for a Magic Desk compatible cartridge. The generator includes a system to make the menu for the cartridge. A schematic for making the cartridge is also included. The system can use 512 KB, but if you want to use it in VICE the limit is 128 KB.

C64 TrueType v1.2/Style | A new version of C64 TrueType has been released. Both versions C64 Pro Mono (fixed pitch) and C64 Pro (variable pitch) are updated. Changes in this version: Improved the Unicode mapping. Improved compatibility with Apple / Microsoft TrueType recommendations. Added Direct PETSCII mapping to the C64 Pro version.

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