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C64 Endings | The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: Floyd The Droid (Radarsoft), Innerspace (CRL), Kong Strikes Back (Ocean), Koronis Rift (Activision / Lucasfilm Games), L.A. Police Dept. (Interceptor), Meganova (Alternative Software), Magazine (CP Verlag / Magic Disk 64), Ollie's Follies (Access Software) and The Scrolls of Abadon (Access Software).

Relaunch64 - v3.3.1 | 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: Improved the en-/disabled-status of dont wait for process preference. And the find by typing function is now working correctly.

Galaxy - SID | Galaxy is new SID-music for the Commodore C64 computer. The music is made by Fredrik.

Games That Weren't 64 | The GTW64 web page has had an update. New: Breaker, Crystal Chamber, Fireblaster, Rocket Roger V1, Skweek, The Ancient Art of War, Typhoon Thompson and Unknown platform game. Update: Airwolf 2 V1, Body Slam, Delphian, I Of The Mask, Mutant Zone, Search For Sharla, Star Force Seven, Star Maze and Zanaton.

Kick Assembler v3.36 | The last couple of months there have been updates for Kick Assembler. The recent changes are: Additional config files are now possible. Improvements for the == and != operators with Boolean values. Improved import of binary and text files. Added addAll, uget, the += and -= operators.

DS1307 RTC - C64 | Timo Voutilainen developed a RTC module for the Commodore C64. An RTC is a Real Time Clock an can be connected to a computer to supply the actual time and date. Timo also included a program to set and read the time and date from the Commodore C64 and he included a driver for GEOS.

DirMaster v3.0/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: Support for .d4m, .hdd, .m2i, .nib, .lbr and .spy formats. Export to .png, .rtf and .html. More possibilities for GEOS diskettes. Viewers for disassembly/hex, REL files, cset and images. Batch processing and experimental OpenCBM support.

Project 64 Reloaded | Silverdr is reloading Project 64. Project 64 is an attempt to archive all important documentation for the Commodore C64. Silverdr moved the project to Github. Github makes it possible to add documents and improve documents by multiple contributors. Silverdr asks people to join him with Project 64.

SD-Card Tape Adapter | Tony is developing a new TAP file player device. With this device it will possible to read your TAP files from a SD card into your Commodore C64. The device will be very small and you can select your TAPs via a special menu on your C64. The cost will be around 30 USD.

Burnin' Pen '64 - C64 | Burnin' Pen '64 is a new game for the Commodore C64 that you can play with your light pen. The game is made by Karoshier (code), fieserWolf (music), Bitbreaker and Karoshier (graphics) and Dilviel (sampling). The game was released at the Evoke 2014 party in Germany where it reached the number 1 place in the Mixed Game Competition category.

The Tree Angel 3SID | Hermit and Yogibear released a new SID for the Commodore C64. Yogibear made the music on his PC and Hermit converted the music to the Commodore C64. Graphical artist JSL made the picture.

C64 Endings | The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: The Colour of Magic (Piranha Software), Deadzone (Markt & Technik), Doughboy (U.S. Gold / Ocean), Days of Thunder(Mindscape), Eye of Horus (Logotron), Fiona Rides Out (Interceptor Software), Grand Monster Slam (Rainbow Arts) and Glider Rider (Quicksilva).

Relaunch64 - v3.3 | 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: Code navigation, Find-by-typing option, Toolbar with common functions, Sorting-options for sidebar, More shortcuts to menu-commands and a couple of errors are removed.

C64Studio v3.7 | 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: Dependencies allow to include symbols. Improved export for sprites. Resolved a problem with !media / sprite-sets and Charpad .ctm import.

Super Cars 4 - C64 | Roberto Ricioppo released a new SEUCK game. In the game you must drive your car through dangerous streets and shoot the enemy. You must be careful because the enemy can shoot back at you. You can download the game from the TND web page.

SD-BOX Cartridge v1.13 | The SD-BOX is a cartridge for the Commodore C64 with an SD card interface. The cartridge has many functions for the disk drive and the Datassette. Recent updates: Polish menu, updates for the manual, improvements for the listing of files and you can now use the SD-Box with the Commodore C128.

C64 intros | The web page c64Intros has updated there database and have added 75 new intros. A few examples of groups with new or updated intros are: Two Live Crew, Acid House, Assault, Crap Industries, Exult, First Cracking Girls Group, Helix, KDF, Lindenstrasse, Energy, Obliterators of the Rebel City, Reality, Sanity, Sisters Of Mercy, Secret Service, The Ultimate Mayas, Unity and Welsh Cracking Service.

Foren Huren - C64 | The group Forunkel-64 released a new game for the Commodore C64. In the game you are a tank commander and you must try to defeat the enemy. You can change weapons and you can buy new ammunition at the Sunscreen kiosk.

Sprite Pad v2.0 | Stewart Wilson from Subchrist Software released a new version of Sprite Pad. With this (Windows) program you can edit and animate your multi-colour and high-resolution sprite images. Sprite Pad has also advanced editing features like: rotation, overlay and multiple colour palettes. Changes in this version: The code is completely rewritten for .NET C++. Added animation storage, browsing and simultaneous playback.

Gamebase 64 - v12 | The team of Gamebase 64 released a new version. The total number of games is now more than 24450 entries, 450 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.

Lunar Blitz Remix - C64 | Jason released a new version of Lunar Blitz for the Commodore C64. In the game you must destroy a alien city by dropping bombs. You must find a way to safely land and be sure you have enough fuel for your space ship. The game can be played with the keyboard or the joystick.

GOS 95 | Ilker Fiçicilar developed GOS in the nineties. GOS is an Operating System and BASIC extension for the Commodore 64. The GOS features are: disk cache, read-a-head disk buffer, memory manager, memory compression, mouse support, BASIC variable transfer, linking BASIC files and external commands loaded from diskette. After 19 years Ilker found his original diskettes and they are now available again.

Scene World Podcast #1 | In this episode of the Scene World Podcast the following: Privacy, copyright of C64 SID's, world events and social network security. Special guest: freelance reporter Lars Sobiraj (Ghandy from the Amiga Demoscene).

Games That Weren't 64 | The GTW64 web page has had an update. New: Body Slam and Circus Circus. Update: Zone of Darkness, Arsenal FC, Brides Of Dracula, Heavy Barrel, Rex, The Rocky Horror Adventure Show, Total Recall V1 and Zanatron.

LSR 64 v0.31 | LSR 64 is a system that makes it possible to control a laser with your Commodore C64. The hardware is from ViTi and the software is developed by Hermit. The laser system reached the number one place in the Wild Demo Competition at the Arok Party (2014).

C64games.de | The web page c64games.de had an update. You can now find 6163 games on this web page. The new games are: Alter Ego, Amazon (Commodore Disc), Amity Island, Aurum, Breakthru in 3D, Bugs, Captain Future Preview, Commando Arcade, Crazy Painter, Darkness, Denga, Dinosaur Dig, Fuse, Gnugo Version 1.2, Graham Gooch All Star Cricket Preview, Ice-Racing, Knights and Demons, Labyrinth (Commodore Disc), Magic Duel, Onslaught Shooter Collection, Oops, Pluff, Rylan, Single Extreme Freedom, Snakman, Softporn Adventure, Spakman, Super Pac Twins, Treasure-Hunt, World Boxing Champ, Xain d Sleena and Your Fathers Nightmare.

USB Commodore C64 keyboard | Evan is working on a USB adapter for a Commodore C64 keyboard. He uses a interface based on a Olimex-32u4 that translates the C64 keyboard matrix signals to the USB signals. Evan made a couple of modifications such as the Commodore key and the wasd key combination for the arrow keys.

Mini Mag #09 | Mini-Mag is a German diskette magazine. In this edition: Editorial, Forum, Parties, Letters, Interviews with Sven Scheafer and Cyberno, Sokuban64, PM-Writer, Chats and a riddle.

C64 Emulator - Arduino | This project uses a the Arduino to emulate an 6502 computer with a BASIC interpreter. Because the Arduino is not that powerful, the emulation is limited to BASIC. But you can connect a TFT display and program in BASIC with the PETSCII graphics.

SID-Wizard v1.7 | SID-Wizard is a Commodore 64 music tracker made by Hermit (Mihaly Horvath). Changes in this version: Support for 3 SID chips, Independent order list-marks, Insert entire order list column, SWP - re-locatable music data / player and Tape slow-down effect support in player.

Lotek64 #49 | A new edition of the German pdf magazine Lotek64 is now available. The articles in this edition: Lo*bert, Editorial, News, C64 Cartridges, Flipper und ihre Wurzeln, DJ Coco / Mario Fangames Galaxy, Commando Arcade C64, The Last Door, Chuck Smith, TIE Fighter, King's Quest 5, Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, Street Art 8-Bit, Echelon - LipStik-Controller, Elektronikmuseum, Commodore Meeting Wien 2014, Chipmusik, SIDologie and Videogame Heroes #15.

Reset and ROM switcher | Vimfuego developed a new hardware device for the Commodore C64. With the device you have an 100% internal Reset switch and ROM selector, with no ugly external switches on your C64. The switch works together with the Restore key and is based on a Arduino Pro Mini. Vimfuego can program the kit but you need to install it yourself which includes soldering wires.

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