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Return #27 | Return magazine is a German print magazine about the 8-bit computers from A (Atari) to Z (ZX Spectrum). In this edition: Lemmings, Secret of Evermore (SNES), Maze of the Mummy (C64), Zeit der Stille (C64), Philips CD-i, Indiana Jones Greatest Adventures (SMD), Rainbow Six: Black Ops (PC), Keyman64, Game magazine from the 80s & 90s (2), AmigaOS (6), Old Bits, Pixelkunst, Crystal Castles, Forgotten Worlds and Dr.Future - Auf Wiedersehen Monty.

SEUCK A-Z | Mase64 made a YouTube video about SEUCK games, a few examples are: 1917, 1941, 2000 Kung Fu Maniacs, Abyssonout, Action Tank II, Alaste, Alian Kill II, Anger, Argon and many more.

Kick Assembler v4.4 | The last couple of months there have been updates for Kick Assembler. The recent changes are: Added an errorif directive. Improvements for referencing variables and a small update for the manual.

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: TWOFER #14: Formula 1 Simulator (Mastertronic, 1985), Maniac Mansion (Lucasfilm Games, 1987), Ghostbusters (Activision, 1984), NGOTM: Reaxion (Cosine, 1994) and Anarchy (Hewson Consultants/Rack-It, 1987).

Vandalism News #66 | In this English diskette magazine the following items: Interviews: Lman, Oziphantom and Goto80. World of demo’s, Hardware corner, Crackers map, X206, Gamescom, Thunder from down under, Spanish game dev scene and The list.

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: 64 Doctor, Chipwits, Z-Pilot, Alien Destruction Set, The Mandroids Files, Omnitronic The Hot Shot Graphics Printer Interface, Blue Chip Commodore Printer Interface, Astro Talk, Intrigue!, Kartridge Kracker, COCO, Tower Toppler, Circus Charlie, Action City, BASIC Lessons, Mind Shadow, Gameware 2-on-One BMX Trials, 1985 The Day After, Pinball Construction Set, Stocker Capcom Disk Pak Captain Commando Series, Simon & Schuster Catalog, The Commodore 64 Program Book, Pastfinder, Graphics Basic, Computer Tutor Basic Learning Series Grade 4-6 and Hack Driver.

Commodore.software | The web page Commodore.software has had an update with many new items: The Commodore 64 Program Book, Getting More from you Commodore 64, MegaPatch 3 ver. 3 Englsish, 1541 Ultimate II Firmware v2.6h, 1571 Floppy Drive Repair, GEOS Programming Info, Catweasel MK4 Short Manual, DKB MultiStart II - Manual-ENG, Picasso IV Video Card, GVP HC8 Impact2000 SeriesII SCSI Controller, Squirrel SCSI User Manual, ACA 620 Manual, Phase 5 Cyberstorm MK2 Manual, A530 Turbo Accelerator User Guide 1992 GVP A500, Retro Replay ROM 3.8BN w/TMP 1.2, C64 Datatool Docs and Amiga 1200 Next Steps.

Chicken Lips Radio #009 | Chicken Lips Radio is a Podcast for the Commodore user. In this episode: PET 2001-8, PC10-III, ARM, Dirty Old Commodore Still in Operation, Amiga 2000, Texas Commodore Users Group, Clone-A-Dore, Dual core C64, CommVex v13, Bil Herd, Shotgun, C128 Hardware Bugs, Commodore USA C6x, ZoomFloppy, XUM1541, CBMXfer GUI, 1541 Ultimate II and Star Commander.

Diskette cleaning / Copy Clone XL | Steve has made a YouTube video about the cleaning of a diskette. He also shows in this video a demo of Copy Clone XL for the Commodore C64.

The Retrogaming Times #5 | The Retrogaming Times is a retro computer magazine (English language) for all retro computer fans. In this edition: Prepare to Qualify, Upcoming Events, More C64! - Konami and the C64 (Track & Field / Castlevania), Retrogaming Feels - Sinistar, The Return of the Arcades?, A Pirate's Life For Me - Fourth Journey, The Controller Chronicles - Dreamcast Control Pad, Bomberman Parties and See You Next Game.

Retro Commodore | The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: COMputer, CU Amiga Magazine, VIC Computing, D.A.B.G. AMOS, Amiga Centrum, Det Nye Computer and Eprom Brænder for CBM 64.

Retro Bullet - VR | Retro Bullet is a new Kickstarter project to convert retro game to Virtual Reality. The games will be from retro computers like the Commodore C64 and the Amiga. A few examples are: Shinobi, Roling Thunder, Last Ninja, Operation Wolf and Pang.

The Retro Hour - Rob Hewson | The Retro Hour is a professional Podcast made by Dan Wood & Ravi Abbott. The Retro Hour aims to help the world understand the European gaming industry. In this episode: Rob Hewson.

Commodore disk drive repair | Iz8dwf made a video of the repair of a Commodore disk drive. The problem this time was a bad rubber drive belt.

The making of a small PCB | Iiz8dwf shows in a video how to create a small PCB yourself. In the video he makes an adapter PCB for the 2364 EPROMs in a Commodore VIC-20 or the C64.

Scene World Podcast #26 | Scene World Podcast is a podcast about the Commodore scene. In this episode: Paul Solomine, A Video Game Con, Jeroen Tel, Cinemaware Retro, Tarnkappe.info, Return Magazine, Project SIDFX, 3D Realms' Rad Rodgers and Rad Rodgers Kickstarter.

Retrochallenge 2016/10 | The October edition of the Retrochallenge competition will be held from 1-10-2016 until 31-10-2016. Everybody with a retro computer project can compete.

Retro Commodore | The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: COMputer, VIC Computing, CCCP, Iguana, Amiga CD32 Tech, Data Becker Tegne/Male-bog/Program, Starvision International amiga software poster, A2300 Genlock Technical Specifications, A2286 Service manual, A2058 Service manual, A2052 Service manual, Kalkumat and MiniMem.

Gamedeed.com | Gamedeed.com is a database with computer games for many platforms. You can find screenshots, articles, personal high scores and much more. At the moment the database contains more than 18.000 games.

KiloByte magazine 2 | KiloByte magazine is a pdf magazine (English language) for 8-bit home computers and game consoles. In this edition: Alan Sugar (Amstrad), Floppy disk sleeves, NES, TED (FPGA), Jens Schönfeld, Gamescom, Shotgun, Barnsley Badger, Eye of the Gods, Maze of the Mummy and My Life.

Komoda & Amiga Plus #5 | Komoda & Amiga Plus is an pdf magazine (English and Polish language) for the Commodore user. In this edition: Blocky Skies, Back to the Golden Age, Boxx 2, Cinnamon Writer, Dungeon Master, Mp3info, Fresh News, Following the footsteps of Ghosts'n Goblins, Resurrection: Shadow of the Beast, Pixel Heaven 2016, Talking Heads: To cheat or not to cheat?, Johnny presents, Doom, Werewolves of London, Night of the Valkyrie, Game Over II, The Lands of Zador, SID Adventures: Linus, Platman, Qwak. Vortex Crystals. Soulless and Fast bitmap plotting.

Commodore History | Stefan Egger is writing a book about the history of Commodore. He started an Indiegogo campaign to finance the book. In the book you will find all the Commodore and Amiga models and interviews with Michael Tomczyk, Hedley Davis, Bil Herd, Chuck Peddle and Yash Terakura.

Reset Podcast 01 | In this episode of the Reset Podcast: The people behind the Reset Magazine talk about the background and features of issue 9 with the games of Hewson Consultants. And a few hints about issue 10.

WinMTAP 1.0 | Gaia released WinMTAP 1.0. This is a Windows front-end for TAP2WAV. The program makes it easy to convert TAP files for the Commodore 8-bit computers.

Retro Asylum Podcast 148 | Retro Asylum Podcast is an English podcast for the retro computer fans. In this episode: P.C Fuzz for the Commodore 64 and Apidya for the Commodore Amiga.

C2NEmu | Luigi Di Fraia is working on the C2NEmu. This device connects to a Commodore 64/VIC 20 Datassette port to a PC through a USB cable. The possibilities are playback a TAP file (PC to C64/VIC20) and record (C64/VIC20 to PC).

Return #26 | Return magazine is a German print magazine about the 8-bit computers from A (Atari) to Z (ZX Spectrum). In this edition: Reshoot, Legend of Zelda, D42 Adventure System, Secret Of Mana, Jocopod, Game magazines from the 80s and 90s (1), Tronimal, Amstrad NC-100 / NC200, Vintage Computing Festival, Scooby Doo Mystery, Bobby Bearing, Wonderland Dizzy, Atari Multijoy, Shadow of the Beast II, Pooyan and Joust.

Commodore.software | The web page Commodore.software has had an update with many new items: IDE64 v4.1 Release, Catweasel MK4 Short Manual and Mini X-Pander - Arkanix Labs.

History of Personal Computing: Jason Compton & Jason Timmons | A new episode of the Personal Computing podcast is available. In this episode: Jason Compton, vcfmw.org, starbase, vcfed.org, Commodore World magazine, Info magazine and Jason Timmons.

Commodore Free #94 | A new edition of the English pdf, text, seq, d64, html and Ebook magazine is now available. In this edition the following: Editorial, news, Growing Pains Part Fin, Fast Load Cartridge Comparison, Growing Pains Part Quad and interviews with Alessandro Abbruzzetti, Christian Krenner and Tomas Pribyl.

The Retrogaming Times #4 | The Retrogaming Times is a retro computer magazine (English language) for all retro computer fans. In this edition: Prepare to Qualify, Upcoming Events, More C64! - Akalabeth, Shotgun & Barnsley Badger, Retrogaming Feels - Yars' Revenge, Apple II Incider - Sundog: Frozen Legacy, A Pirates Life For Me - Third Journey, The Controller Chronicles - NES Controller, Show Report - California Extreme 2016, The Paths We Are Lead Down, TriForce Johnson and See You Next Game.

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