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C64Studio - v8.0 | C64 Studio is an assembly development environment which is dependent on VICE. You can write assembly code and test this with the VICE emulator. In this version: Improvements for Map Editor, Autocomplete, Autosaving, Tooltip, Sprite editor, Charset editor, Graphic Screen Editor, BASIC editor, ASM editor, File manager, Assembler Map Editor, Text editor, Docs and PDS.

CBM prg Studio v4.5.0 | Arthur Jordison has released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: Added scripting for the native debugger and a project explorer.

Almos Rajnai - Preic | Preic is a Commodore BASIC source code pre-processor tool, developed by Almos Rajnai. The features are: Auto-line numbering, comments, variables with longer names, define constants and file including. Keep mind, that you still have to code according to BASIC rules.

rePlayer v0.16.8 - PC | With rePlayer, you can play a lot of old school music format from the old times, such as the Amiga (which was the original purpose of this player), Atari, C64, Nintendo, Sega, etc. The rePlayer software is developed by Arnaud Neny, and is available for Windows 10/11.

Vintage Computing Christmas Challenge 2024 | The Vintage Computing Christmas Challenge 2024 is a programming challenge for all retro computers. The goal is to produce a specific picture on the screen with the smallest program possible. The competition closes at the 25th of December 2024.

8-Bit Resurgence - GFD-4000 & CMD RAMLink XL | You can now watch a new video from the 8-Bit Resurgence YouTube channel. In this episode, you can see the GFD-4000 disk drive, which is a Gotek equipped CMD disk drive. The video will explain how you may configure and install a Gotek in your original or reproduction FD-Series disk drive.

In the second video you can see a CMD RAMLink upgraded and enhanced with a 64 MB RAMcard, which gives a total of 96 MB of useable storage.

Commodore History - Commodore thermostat | You can watch a new video from the Commodore History YouTube channel. In this video, Commodore-branded programmable electronic thermostats that hit the market in 1980.

Commodore Users Europe | The Commodore Users Europe organizes online meetings for all Commodore users. You can join the next (Zoom) meeting on Saturday evening 14-Dec-2024 at 19:30 (CET).

Retro Commodore | The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high-quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: VIC-1540 User's Manual and Z80 Assembly Language Programming.

Nordischsound | Ben from the Nordischsound YouTube channel is making music with retro computers. The latest additions are: Metroid Music - Kraid's Lair, C64 Chiptune Cover, Feels Like Summer, The last 80s Chiptune Cover You'll ever need and This Game Should Be REAL.

Return #59 | Return magazine is a German printed magazine for classic computers and consoles. In this edition: Battle Garegga, Hardware: Saturn Saroo, Return to Play: Enterprise, Durchgezappt XL: TV - (1), Neu & verpixelt: Shadow of the Ninja, Tagebuch Jo Hesse: Lotus Turbo Challenge 2, Basically BASIC: Fraktalprogrammierung, Clever & Smart - Agenten auf Computer, So gut wie Alt: Rechner-Repliken, Crossover: Commando, Nach Gehör gespielt, Johnny Castaway, SidecarTridge and Atarisoft.

Abyssal Karma - C64 | Abyssal Karma is a game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Rodrigo Yeowtch. The game is a difficult shoot-em-up game, and you will need a lot of practice and memorization.

Flashtro | On the web page Flashtro.com you can see many cracker intros within your browser. The original intros from the Amiga, Atari-ST, Dreamcast, PC, Playstation etc. are converted to the browser. The most recent flashtro's are: Bad Brothers - Music Line Editor, the Tycoons - Escape from Colditz, Trilogy - Indiana Jones, Black Monks - X Copy 2, Complex - Art Department 2, Agnostic Front - Monster Business, Endless Piracy - Monster Business, Adictor - Fist Fighting, Ackerlight - Bubble Bobble, ACHE - Stack Up, Abakus - INTL Cricket, The Web Inc - Shanghai II, Fairlight - Burgerman, Black Monks - INTL Championship Wrestling, Tarkus Team - Player Manager, Crass - New Import, Kefrens - New Import, the Band and CBC - Bob Morane and Tristar - Eco.

Commodore Chronicles Podcast | You can now listen to a new episode of the Commodore Chronicles Podcast. In this episode: The Commodore Years 1993-1995, Super Mario Bros 64 and Sonic The Hedgehog.

FlashBack - Cosy in the dark | You can listen to a new FlashBack podcast with lots of music. In this episode: Agem - Blured, Renard - Zerd_01, Tuner - Ecuador Remix, Speechless - Soviet NES, Blue Zone and Sinope - Dust of Eternity v2.0, Brandon Hale - Club Sandwich (TB Remix), LGR, Defilus - Minna saapuu kaupunkiin, Dilik - Hanashiro, Spamtron and Random - Bwargh, Dj moonraver - Where are you?, Purple Motion - Aquaphobia - 1993 / spring, JaseChong - Funky Jam, Reed Richards - Imploder remix, Ng Pei Sin - Souvenir D'enfrance, Peter oakson - Venusian winds, Vangeli Erotokritaki - Hyperatlantic and Vince Kaichan - Geoconstruct 1998.

C64 intros | The web page c64Intros has updated its intro database and added more new intros. Updates: 42 new intros and 10 new groups.

FRGCB | FRGCB (Finnish Retro Game Comparison Blog) is a web page that writes about retro games. But the difference is that this blog compares the games between the different computers like the C64, Amiga, MSX, NES, CPC, DOS, etc. The most recent comparisons are: Push-Over (Ocean, 1992), Match Day (Ocean Software, 1984) and Nemesis the Warlock (Martech, 1987).

Neon Noodle - Steamboat Willie | You can watch a new video from the Neon Noodle YouTube channel. In this video a PETSCII version of the famous Mickey Mouse cartoon Steamboat Willie, to honour both the C64 and the Neon Noodle channel's 5,000,000 views.

Commodore.software | The web page Commodore.software has had an update with many new items: Blackboard II BBS Users Guide, GEOS Desk Pack Plus, Word Processor, Word Pro 64, Poet in a Can, Word Worker v1.0, geoTheo Instruction Manual, geoTheo, CardCo CardPrint +G Manual, CardCo CardPrint A Manual Addendum, C2N Tape Drive Operating Instructions, 1540/1541 Technical Reference Manual, CardCo CardPrint +G, Cardco Card/? A (Card/Print) Manual and PaperClip Publisher.

TPUG - BitBinders | You can watch a new video from the TPUG (Toronto PET Users Group) YouTube channel. In this video: Craig from BitBinders talks about the replicas of the Commodore 1581 disk drive, including a horizontal and vertical 1581 double disk drive.

Komoda & Amiga Plus 26 | Komoda & Amiga Plus is a printed and a pdf magazine (English and Polish language) for the Commodore user. In this edition: Tony, Wizard of Wor, Roguebot, Binary Battle, Warzone, XC=BASIC (7), 6502 Assembly (3), Kondi Krush, Mars Patrol, FiZZ, Ami H.E.R.O., Cecconoid, BabeAnoid, Roguecraft, The BIG Deal, Pierre le Chef is Out to Lunch, Talking Heads, Lovebyte 2024, Sea Dragons and Johnny presents.

RobSmithDev - Triple format diskettes | You can now watch a new video from the RobSmithDev YouTube channel. In this episode, Rob talks about how one diskette can work for an Amiga, a PC and an Atari computer.

OldVCR - Commodore HHC-4 | Old VCR wrote a blog about the Commodore HHC-4 Hand Held Computer. This HHC-4 was announced on the CES show in the year 1983 by Commodore, but it was not seen after that. In reality it was a Toshiba Pasopia Mini IHC-8000.

FairLight TV | You can now watch a new episode of the FairLight TV YouTube channel. In this video: An interview with Fabulous Furlough of The Humble Guys.

RetroMagazine World #23 | A new edition of RetroMagazine World is now available. In this edition the following articles: FPGA (1), 7800 Game Drive - Mega 780, NES/Famicom (1), Fortran C64, Infinite Lives, Weird products, Permutations, Libdragon, Knights of Bytes, Amiga38, Japan (23), GP Cars, RMW, G-Zero, Attack of Petscii Robots, Sam's Journey, Electronic Dreams the Space Odissey, Reshoot Proxima 3, Rocky & Co, SNK VS Capcom, Legend of Wukong, Pampas & Selene, Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back, Super Monza GP2, Cornelius, Time Wizard, BurgerTime and Dracula's Castle.

RECOIL 6.4.5 | RECOIL is a viewer of pictures in native formats of Amiga, Atari 8-bit, Atari Portfolio, Atari ST, Atari Falcon, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum computers. The program is available for Andriod, Windows and Linux or as plugin for XnView, Imagine or Paint.NET. Changes in this version: Improvements for colours in some XIMG files. A new VIC-20 format: MG. And PAINT?.PIC is now recognized as Paint 256.

Retro Commodore | The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high-quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: Z80 Assembly Language Programming and the Torrents are updated.

IECDevice | The IECDevice library for the Arduino IDE provides a simple interface to connect microcontrollers to the Commodore IEC bus used on the C64, C128 and VIC20 computers. The library is developed by David Hansel, and is tested on the following microcontrollers: Arduino Uno R3, Mega, Mini, Micro, Leonardo, Uno R4, Due, ESP32 and the Raspberry Pi Pico.

Nordischsound | Ben from the Nordischsound YouTube channel is making music with retro computers. The latest additions are: Valhalla Calling, Space - Magic Fly, Timo's Castle - Intro-Title, Oxygene 4 - Jean Michel Jarre, Popcorn, Final Fantasy 6 and Equinoxe 4 - Jean Michel Jarre.

ALBERT v2.0.1 - PC | ALBERT is an editor for creating extended Commodore C64 images on the PC. The program is developed by Luigi Di Fraia and Joachim Ljunggren.

Denise v2.4 | Denise is a cycle accurate and platform independent C64 / Amiga emulator. This emulator is developed by piciji. The recent changes are: Improvements for the keyboard, joystick, file dialog, shader, disk drive (sound), Blitter and Copper.

Spillhistorie - Linus Åkesson | You can read an interview with Linus Åkesson on the Spillhistorie web page. Linus has worked on many different software and hardware project for Commodore computers that are related to music or musical instruments.

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