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Spillhistorie - Jesper Juul | You can read an interview on the Spillhistorie webpage with Jesper Juul. Jesper is an author and has written a number of books, and his latest book is called Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64 Computer. In his book he tries to solve two mysteries: 1) why is the C64 missing in so much game- and computer history? And 2) how did the C64 live so long and be so many different things to different people?

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: Flashtro - Yoomp, Flashtro - Tiny Pixel Adventure and Satan - Liverpool 3d Soccer.

ALBERT v2.2.0 - 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.

Nordischsound | Ben from the Nordischsound YouTube channel is making music with retro computers. The latest additions are: Blue Monday (New Order), Hey Brother (Avicii), Epic Chiptune Medley and Super Mario 64's Cool Cool Mountain.

TheRetroChannel - 1084s repair | Mark Sawicki has made a new video for his YouTube channel. In this video: Mark is repairing a Commodore 1084s monitor with a bad fly-back transformer.

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: Coloris (Avesoft, 1990) and Popeye (Nintendo, 1982).

Commodore.software | The web page Commodore.software has had an update with many new items: Timeworks Data Manager 128, Database 128 v5.1, Trojan Penmaster Lightpen Manual, Spell Check 128, Speedscript File Converter, Big Ed Enhanced C128 Basic Editor, MusiCalc 1 Owner's Manual, The 64 Money Manager Manual, Machine Language Development System, Keystone Software - Label Maker v2.1 Manual, Koala Painter Owner's Manual, Stack Light Pen Manual, TCX Terminal 128, Trojan Cadmaster User Instructions, Super Explode! v5.0 Reference Guide, Snapshot 64 Instruction Manual, Lt. Kernal Hard Drive Quick Reference, Snapshot 64 Enhancement Disk Manual, Commodore 16 User Manual, Reflexterm 128 v3.0, RS232 Schematic, Identifile, The Home Video Manager v2.0, Font Editor II, Discat v4.0, TrackSaver, 1541/71 File Copy for the C-128, File Browser v2.0, Word Writer 4 Font Pack and Quicksilver Fast IEEE Interface Instruction Manual.

DLH's Commodore Archive | DLH's Commodore Archive is a web page for Commodore documentation. You can find magazines, books and manuals. The latest additions are: Commodore 64 Graphics Compendium.

ALBERT v2.1.0 - 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.

HxC floppy emulator - v2.16.10.1 | There is new firmware available for the HxC floppy emulator. The HxC floppy emulator is a replacement of a 3.5 inch disk-drive in for example an Amiga or an Atari ST. Recent changes in the firmware: Improvements for Disk layout, DosDiskBrowser, Disk viewer, GUI, hxcstream, DMK, Apple II, EDE, SCP, FLTK, MFI, IMD, SAP, 86Box 86F, XML, HFE, CPC DSK and CPC EDSK.

Vintage Computer Festival 2025 | The Vintage Computer Festival 2025 will be held in Zürich, Switzerland on 18 and 19 January 2025. You can visit the festival, participate as a computer user group or show your private collection.

The golden age of Personal Computers | You can watch a video about the golden age of the personal computer on the Retro Dream YouTube channel. The video shows 80 personal computers from the Apple II in 1977 to the Amiga 1200 in 1992.

NEO1541 - PC | NEO1541 is a Commodore 1541 emulator for Linux, developed by Domenico Muti. Currently, you can load and save PRG files directly from your hard disk, or from D64 image files. To use it, you need a hardware parallel port and an XM1541 cable.

Retro Gaming Dino - 12-2024 | You can watch a new video from the Retro Gaming Dino YouTube channel. In this episode new games for the Commodore C64 computer: InfeZtation, Tony Montezuma's Gold Color, Captain Ishtar vs. the Federation's Most Wanted, Weights and Crates Deluxe, The Pretzelves, Hitokiri, Bereft, Soiled Iron, Final Spook, Hero Fantasy: The Kings Sword, Dr. Maria, The End of the World, Santa's Ice Crisis, Space Game!, Quatris, Concentration , Toki C64, Santa's Fall 2, Piddle 2, Parallaxian, Manky 3, Grid Commander, Matchblox, Wacky Races, Alladin's Cave, Super Hang-On v1, The Number of the Beast, Apprentice and Secret Mission.

The Cody Computer | The Cody Computer is an 8-bit home computer intended to be built as a DIY project. Inspired by the Commodore home computers of the 1980s, it's built around the 65C02 and 65C22 and the Parallax Propeller microcontroller. The features are: partial SID emulation, C64 / Plus/4 graphical modes, BASIC interpreter, serial communication, Atari-style joysticks, expansion port, a 3D-printed case and a keyboard.

Vintage Computing Christmas Challenge 2024 - Results | 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. You can now see all the results on YouTube.

Tynemouth Software - 2025 | Tynemouth Software wrote a blog about the projects for the year 2025. One of the projects is the Mini VIC project, with a better video output circuitry and a VIC chip replacement. Other projects are the Penultimate +3, Mini PET II, ORAC and a few Z80 projects.

VICE 3.9 | A new version of VICE (Versatile Commodore Emulator) is now available. Changes in this version: Improvements for Joystick, IRQ, reSID, CIA, VICII, DQBB, Z80, TED, CRTC, Monitor, SDL, GTK, c1541 and much more.

No More Secrets v0.99 | No More Secrets is a documents that describes the so called 'illegal' op-codes for the NMOS 6510 microprocessor. The document is maintained by Groepaz and gives you information on op-codes such as: RLA, LAX, ANC, ARR, TAS and many more.

ASM magazine | ASM (Aktueller Software Markt), is a German computer magazine. In this edition: Retro releases (2023-2024) from A for Amiga to Z for ZX Spectrum, Great London Fire, Lemmings, Paradroid, Chris Hülsbeck, Julian Eggebrecht, Clem Chambers, Michael Kafke and Stefan Vogt.

Retro Commodore | The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high-quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: C64 Predator and VIC-1540 Users Manual.

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: Batman Group - Cracktro, Flashtro - Battle Squadron 2 and Bad Brothers - Music Line Editor.

Nordischsound | Ben from the Nordischsound YouTube channel is making music with retro computers. The latest additions are: The Best C64 Tunes Ever Made, Final Fantasy IV - Mount Ordeals, Summer Kirby Music and Metroid Music - Kraid's Lair.

Commodore Users Europe | You can now watch the videos from the most recent online meeting of the Commodore Users Europe. The topics are: Tony - Mantezuma's gold - Maciej Malecki, ugBASIC - Marco Spedaletti, Assembler in BASIC on the C64 - Marc El Dendo, B128/B256/Pet-II/CBM 700 reference manual - Micah Bly and 1551 drive sim. for C16/116/Plus4 tcbm2sd - Maciej Witkowiak.

Commodore History - d64 | You can watch a new video from the Commodore History YouTube channel. In this video, a look at the d64 file format. The d64 files are used with all popular Commodore emulators instead of a real diskette.

TPUG - Michael Tomczyk | You can watch a new video from the TPUG (Toronto PET Users Group) YouTube channel. In this video: An interview with Michael Tomczyk. Michael played a crucial role when the Commodore VIC20 and the C64 were introduced. His innovative marketing strategies helped Commodore to become a leader in the early home computer industry.

Retro Asylum Podcast - 343 | You can now listen to a new episode of the Retro Asylum Podcast. In this episode: A competition between 6 grown men about what 8-bit home computer is best by playing a load of budget games.

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.

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