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Mega65 | Paul Gardner-Stephen is working on a FPGA version of the Commodore C65. His goal is to make an 8-bit computer for the 21st century. Most recent updates: Kickstart, disk menu and double tap the Restore key to enter Hypervisor freezer.

Commodore back in Germany | After a pause of several years, fans of classic computers worldwide can look forward to a series of Commodore PCs. The company Individual Computers GmbH, based in Germany has licensed the rights of the Commodore trademarks from Polabe Holding N.V.

Retro Commodore | The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: Datassette C1530/1531 Bedienungshandbuch, Commodore +4 Manuel d'instruction du logiciel intégré, The Einstein Assembler, Scala 500 Manual, Professional Page, Communicator III + Communicator III Lite Manual, VIC-1541 User's Manual, Commodore Printer Model 4023, COMputer, Textomat Plus manual (and disk) For C128, M.R. Gruppen I/S Priskatalog forår/sommer 1994, Rossmöller VBS Manual, 64'er, Joystick, Amiga User Guides, Commodore MPS-802 Brugervejledning, Commodore MPS-801 User's Manual, Worms Code booklet, Guldkornexpressen manual and Trackman Marble on the Amiga.

Eight Bit Magazine 2 | Eight Bit Magazine will celebrate early eight bit microcomputers from the 1970's to the early 90's. The magazine is a Kickstarter project and if the funds are met you will get a full colour 48 page magazine full of great articles written by people with a wealth of knowledge and passion for those computers.

D64 Explorer | Daniel England made an application for viewing the contents of a C64/C128 disk image file. It presently supports images from the 1541 (.D64), 1571 (.D71) or 1581 (.D81). It supports partitions in .D81 and reading GEOS format disks including GEOS file details.

Retro Asylum Podcast 147 | Retro Asylum Podcast is an English podcast for the retro computer fans. In this episode: Dean Swain, Mads Kristensen & Steve Erickson discuss the current trend of modernising popular 8 bit systems of yesteryear.

VChar64 v0.2.0 | Ricardo Quesada developed a character editor for the Commodore 64. The features are: Import, export, rotate, invert, clear, shift to left, right, up and down. Changes in this version: Import of VICE Snapshot including maps and an auto update function.

Lighthammer v2.0 | If you have access to a 3D printer and are able to solder then you can now build your own lighthammer. Visit the website of Jan for more information.

TapEx - v1.0 | TapEx is a tool for analysing, verifying and cleaning Commodore 64 tape images (TAP V0, TAP V1 and DC2N RAW files (16, 24 & 32 bit). Changes in this version: Support for Martech block-loader, Visiload, Cult, Bleepload, Audiogenic, Hitload, Firebird loader, ODEload, Burner, Microload, Alternative Software loaders, CHR loaders, Power Load, Anirog Tequila Sunrise loader and Flashload.

Chicken Lips Radio #008 | Chicken Lips Radio is a Podcast for the Commodore user. In this episode: Amiga 2000HD, Commodore PET 4032, KansasFest Retr0Brite / Javier, WiFi - Commodore 128, CommVex v12 2016, MicroDrive 1541 Emulator- Jim Drew, Habitat, Generation Amiga Pro, Vampire 500, Debugging Tool, Commodore VIC-20: A Visual History Book Kickstarter - Giacomo Veroni, ARMiga , C64C Cases in retro colours, SX-64 JiffyDOS Kernal and Tynemouth Software: Commodore PET Diagnostics 6502 Replacement.

MIDIbox aSIDity | Sauraen and Oikanys are working on the MIDIbox aSIDity project. This project will be the most powerful SID-based synthesizer in the world. The system will have 8 Commodore 64 SID sound chips (4 x 6581 and 4 x 8580) 160 modulators and many control options.

Steve Hammond interview | The Retro Video Gamer had an interview with Steve Hammond. Steve is one of the founding members at DMA Design. DMA designs created the game classic Lemmings.

Mega65 | Paul Gardner-Stephen is working on a FPGA version of the Commodore C65. His goal is to make an 8-bit computer for the 21st century. Most recent updates: GEOS, Disk menu and the Decimal Flag.

Retro Commodore | The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: Joystick, SUPER Pascal, COBOL64 / COBOL128 Software System, Data Becker FORTH für Commodore 64, Scala Multimedia 200/300 full box, COMputer, Lancelot Manual, Commodore 1701 Monitor User's Guide (German), SOFT Today, InterWord 2.0 (Danish), VIC Computing Christmas 1981, Commodore 1081 Manual + Schematics, Twin Express User's Guide, SupraDrive Operator's Manual and Wordsync Addendum, ACE II Cover + Instructions, VIC Forth Handbok och referensmanual (Swedish), Benutzer Handbuch zu Digital Image (German), Ami-Back Tools manual addendum, MiG-29 Fulcrum (HitSquad), PagerSetter User's Guide + Extras, Network PC Instructions, SOFT Type-ins, Pool of Radiance Manuals, Amiga ROM Kernel reference manual: Exec, Introduction to the Amiga 2000, BASIC Programma's voor de Commodore 64 (Dutch), Maxtron Computer Cassette Unit and Railroad Tycoon.

Pixcen v0.7.0.10 | Pixcen is a graphics tool for the PC. You can use it on a Windows computer to make graphics for the Commodore C64. The program is developed by Censor Design. Recent changes: Improvements for rendering, loading, flip, shift, 1x2, 2x1 and 2x2 fonts and the colour picker.

The Retro Hour | The Retro Hour is a professional Podcast ran by Dan Wood & Ravi Abbott. The Retro Hour aims to help the world understand the UK and European gaming industry. The podcast are 30/45 minutes and cover the latest gaming and retro technology news.

Bunkerparty 2016 | Dienstagstreff organises a Commodore meeting from 9 until 11 September in Bochum - Germany. You can stay for three days and the food and drinks are included in the entrance fee. You can also participate in the Mixed-compo (demos, graphics or games).

Lotek64 #53 | A new edition of the German pdf magazine Lotek64 is now available. The articles in this edition: Lo*bert, Editorial, News, Retro-Publishing: poly.play, Mirco Geldermann/Magic Disk 64, Diskdrive - C65, PLLUG, Amiga-Prototyp Velvet, USB-Adapter Unicorn - Atari ST, TV-Gameshow, DK Bongos, Resume, Youtube-Channels, Star-Wars, Quod Init Exit, Nerd-Roadmovie, Coco-Notes, U-Bahn-Kunst, Commodore Meeting Wien 2016, Chipmusik, GameBoy-Music, SIDologie and Videogame Heroes #19: Q*bert.

Retro Asylum Podcast 144 | Retro Asylum Podcast is an English podcast for the retro computer fans. In this episode: Matt Wilsher & Mad’s Kristensen talk with Mark Hardisty about his book on Gremlin Graphics.

The Retro Hour #27 | The Retro Hour web page had an interview with the legendary C64 and Amiga musician Chris Hülsbeck, the man behind classic game soundtracks like Turrican 2, R-Type and The Great Giana Sisters.

Commodore.software | The web page Commodore.software has had an update with many new items: HxCEdit, Pro Fills Volume 3, Gamesmith Development System Reference Manual, Pagesetter Users Guide, Ham It Up Addendum V1.02, Amigavision, Hisoft Basic Professional, Bbs-Pc Electronic Bulletin Board System Addendum, Prowrite V3.2.2 Users Manual, Express Copy Operators Manual, Superjam! V1.1 Users Guide Addendum, Organize!, Superjam!, The Director, Animouth Manual, Thinker Users Guide Release 2.2 Supplement, Bbs-Pc Electronic Bulletin Board System V4.03 and Blitz Basic 2 Addendum.

C64 Intros Reorganizer | K.C. released a new version of the C64 Intros Reorganizer. This script copies or moves the intros available from intros.c64.org to a folder structure that is more convenient when using a 1541Ultimate or another C64 storage solution.

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: FRGR #06: Octapolis (English Software, 1987), Test Drive (Accolade, 1987), APB (Atari Games/Tengen, 1987), SWIV (Storm, 1991) and FRGR #05: Space Satellite (Teknopiste, 1985).

Commodore Free #93 | A new edition of the English pdf, text, seq, d64, html and Ebook magazine is now available. In this edition the following: Editorial, news, Mastering Tapes, JAM IT - C64 Game, Growing Pains (3), Heroes & Cowards and Microsound 64.

CBM prg Studio v3.8.0 | Arthur Jordison has released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: Logical operators, code relocation, watch labels/addresses, local character mapping, more export options for the screen editor and multiple layers for sprite preview.

Gremlin Graphics | Mark Hardisty has launched a dedicated blog full of memorabilia, pictures and stories, about the famous software house. You can also find source files and disk images. Mark will also release a book about Gremlin Graphics.

Return #25 | Return magazine is a German print magazine about the 8-bit computers from A (Atari) to Z (ZX Spectrum). In this edition: 30 Years NES, Robocop vs. The Terminator, Les Schtroumpfs Autour Du Monde, Alundra, SIO2BT, Old Bits, Turrican 2, Com Illusion Hamburg, Ejagfest, Retroland, Britsoft - An Oral History, Nebulus, Double Dragon and Pixelkunst: Canvas-Style.

DefleMask v0.12.0 | DefleMask is a Multi-System music tracker for producing music for many sound chips and old school systems. The system uses real-time emulation, it has an FM instruments editor, Envelopes editor and a Wavetable instruments editor. DefleMask can produce files for SEGA, Nintendo, NEC PC-Engine/TurboGrafx-16 and the Commodore 64.

Chicken Lips Radio #007 | Chicken Lips Radio is a Podcast for the Commodore user. In this episode: VCF East XI 2016, Commodore Exhibit, Zybo Zynq-7000 ARM/FPGA SoC Training Board, The 64, Jeffrey Brace & Dan Roganti's Network Game Server, BitFixer, Ethan Dicks' Scott Adams Text Adventures, TheGuruMeditation and an Amiga 4000 repair.

Retroloader | Retroloader is a windows program that makes it very easy to play retro games in a emulator. You do not have to install an emulator, everything is integrated in the Retroloader. The C64 version is almost complete.

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