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Amiga Conversion Kit v1.0 | Jason started a project to help people who need to use Windows. He made a conversion kit that changes the icons on your Windows computer into icons used on Amiga OS4. Besides the icons there is also a Amiga mouse pointer, a registry tweak for no explorer bars and UXPatcher for themes.

AmiArcadia v16.33 | Amigan Software released a new version of the AmiArcadia emulator. The versions for AmigaOS 3, MorphOS and Windows are now updated to v16.33. With the AmiArcadia you can play games from Signetics-based consoles. Changes: Pipbug tape input emulation support. Autosense support for the 13 new Pipbug dumps. Elektor: Supports for CASR and CASW. Improved handling of qualifier keys. Titlebar now indicates when debugger CLI is in use.

UAE-Wii | UAE-Wii is a Amiga emulator for the Nintento Wii. The emulator is based on the UAE emulator and can emulate the Amiga 500, 600, 1000 en 1200. It allows you to play Stunt car racer, Turrican, Midwinter and the other good old Amiga games on your Wii. On the WiiBrew web page you can read all the details on installing the emulator on your Wii.

Micro64 | Micro64 is an cycle exact Commodore C64 emulator. It is still in development but you can try this beta version. Micro64 has beside a normal VIC II emulation also a half-cycle exact experimental emulation, but this emulation is a bit slow at the moment. You must also take a look at the program micro64ide.exe. This program shows you the how a program runs inside the C64 and you can watch the memory.

ACE - MorphOS | ACE is an Amstrad CPC emulator made by Philippe Rimauro. The emulator is written in the language C and its GUI is based on MUI 4. The current version of ACE does not offer all the features but most of the games and demos are working perfectly. The features are: Full screen, Overlay display, Memory editor, Z80 editor, CRTC editor, Gate Array & PSG analyzer, breakpoints management and AREXX commands for cross-development.

WinUAE 2.3.3 | A new version of the Amiga emulator for Windows is available. New in this version: Very low Latency and experimental raw input joystick / joy pad support. Updated in this version: IDE emulation (Max Transfer IDE error). joystick / mouse auto switch, A590/A2091 emulation. Direct3D blank screen and the analog joystick. Visit the WinUAE web pagina for all the details.

VirtualC64 0.9.6 | Dirk Hoffmann has released a new version of his VirtualC64 emulator. This emulator can turn your Mac (OS X) into a Commodore C64. Changes in this version are: Enhanced sound emulation after the ReSID library has been integrated. Fixed joystick issues on Lion machines. Fixed bug that caused the emulator to crash on some Lion machines. Visit Dirk's web page for all the details.

Android App: Frodo C64 USB - 2 Player | Poke 64738 released an new Android app called: Frodo C64 USB - 2 Player. This app makes it possible to use a real C64 keyboard with the Frodo emulator on a Andriod device with the help of the Keyrah interface. Features: Easy GUI. 2 Player support. D64, T64, PRG and P00 support. Disk change. Drive LED support. F-keys (LIST, RUN, LOAD, DIR). Requirements: Android 3.1 or higher tablet with minimum resolution of 1024x600 and an USB Keyboard or Keyrah.

A/NES PRO v1.15 | A/NES is a Nintendo Entertainment System emulator for AmigaOS. In the last couple of month there were many improvements and changes: Mappers added and fixed. More PPU compability. CHRROM and CHRRAM fixes. Audio improvements. CPU improvements in clockcycle timing, stackhandler and the CMP instruction. For the A/NES emulator you will need a 68020 CPU and a few megabytes of FastRAM.

YAPE v1.0.2 | A new version of YAPE is available. YAPE is a Windows emulator for the Commodore Plus/4. The changes in this release are: Removed some programming errors with recording media, joystick scanning, MPS 803 emulation and TED emulation. The in-memory bitmap of the printer emulation is now visible.

VirtualC64 0.9.5.1 | Dirk Hoffmann has released a new version of his VirtualC64 emulator. This emulator can turn your Mac (OS X) into a Commodore C64. Changes in this version are: Support for OS X Lion. Redesign of the CIA debug and the Preference panels. Fixed bugs in the BCD to binary conversion routine, keyboard events and the TOD. New startup animation. Visit Dirk's web page for all the details.

TAWS v0.17 | TAWS (The Amiga Workbench Simulation) is a JavaScript-Simulation of the Amiga-Workbench 1.x - 3.x for IE, Firefox, Opera and WebKit-Browsers. With TAWS you can work with the Amiga Workbench inside your favorite web browser. Changes in this version: AmigaGuide Interpreter improved. New color definitions. More short keys and many more small changes and improvements.

RunInUAE | A new version of RunInUAE (r5) is available. RunInUAE is a system that makes it possible to run old Amiga games or programs on Amiga OS4. And RunInUAE comes with an easy installer. Changes in this version: If not available a WB3.1 will be created. Improved emulation performance. Added a Help menu item. Added Mason's icons for RunInUAE's folder, plus UAE's folder and program. A comprehensive online manual (English) for RunInUAE is available.

XRoar v0.25.1 - AmigaOS 4 | XRoar is an emulator for the Dragon and Tandy computers with the 6809 CPU. XRoar can use virtual diskettes, cassettes or cartridges. There are 3 video modes, joystick support and a audio output available. XRoar is available for the Amiga OS4, GP32, Nintendo Dual Screen, Linux and the PSP. In this version many new options, bug fixes, improved audio and CPU emulation improvements.

FPGA64 | The FPGA64 project from Sabbi has made progress in the last weeks. FPGA64 is a Commodore 64 inside a FPGA chip on a Altera Cyclone-II development board. Recent changes: VIC displays the 50 pixel wide sprites in the Krestage 3 demo. Stable $D013 Interrupts. SpriteEnable now works correctly. You can follow the progress on FPGA64 blog page.

WinUAE 2.3.2 | A new version of the Amiga emulator for Windows is available. In this version a new AROS ROM and a new auto-fire option. A serial port telnet server was added. The disk emulation accuracy and the CIA timer are improved. And many bug fixes, you can read all the details on the WinUAE web page.

YAPE v1.0.1 | A new version of YAPE is available. YAPE is a Windows emulator for the Commodore Plus/4. The changes in this release are: Light-pen support (user-port), IEC drive directory mode now recognizes USR files, TED sound bug correction, Watch-point and monitor fixes, Printer reverse mode bug fixed. The light-pen is emulated with the mouse and its left button.

AmiArcadia v16.0 | Amigan Software released a new version of the AmiArcadia emulator. The version for AmigaOS 3, MorphOS and Windows are now updated to v16.0. With the AmiArcadia you can play games from Signetics-based consoles. A few examples of these consoles are: Elektor, Astro Wars, Malzak 1, Chaos 2 and PHUNSY.

Minimig on a Chameleon | TobiFlexx has adapted the Minimig-core for the Chameleon cartridge. He made a video where you can see a demonstration of the Minimig on the Chameleon. The specifications of the Minimig-core can be seen with sysinfo. The Chameleon cartridge is a cartridge for the Commodore C64 but can also be used as a stand-alone device.

Hoxs64 v1.0.7.2 | David Horrocks released a new version of his Hoxs64 emulator. The latest changes are: Fixed broken 320x200 and 320x240 modes. Text rendering bug fixed. Added trace till IRQ/NMI function. Miscellaneous monitor GUI fixes and improvements. Improvements on the VIC and CIA emulation. The Hoxs64 emulator is available for 32 and 64 bit Windows systems.

TAWS v0.16 | TAWS (The Amiga Workbench Simulation) is a JavaScript-Simulation of the Amiga-Workbench for IE, Firefox, Opera and WebKit-Browsers. With TAWS you can work with the Amiga Workbench inside your favorite web browser. In this version many improvements and bug fixes. You can read all the details in the file TAWS/Browsers in the directory Systems.

FPGA64 | Sabbi has made progress in developing his Commodore 64 inside a FPGA chip. In February he started his project with an Altera Cyclone-II FPGA development board and later he added a AD725 for color video. You can watch several YouTube videos on his blog of the FPGA64 project.

Emu64 | Thorsten Kattanek is working on his Commodore C64 emulator. He changed his development system to Qt. With Qt he can develop the Emu64 for Windows but also for Linux and Mac. On his web page you can see a video about the SID part of the emulator. If you want to help Thorsten with feedback you can try the new Windows or Linux version.

AmiArcadia | Amigan Software released a update of the AmiArcadia emulator. This emulator is available for AmigaOS 3, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and Windows. With the AmiArcadia you can play games from Signetics-based consoles. A few examples of these consoles are: Elektor, Astro Wars, Malzak 1, Chaos 2 and PHUNSY. James Jacobs of Amigan Software also released version 8.64 of Worm Wars. This is an advanced Tron/Snake-style arcade game for up to 4 simultaneous players.

MCC promotion video | On YouTube you can view a promotional video for the Multiple Classic Computer Platform (MCC). The MCC is a FPGA board that can emulate classic computers like Commodore, Atari, Sinclair and Amiga.

WinUAE 2.3.1 | There is a new version available of WinUAE, the Amiga emulator for Windows. Changes in this version: Manual filter configuration. Auto-resolution. MIDI device names are stored in configuration file. Directory file-system ACTION_LOCK_RECORD and ACTION_FREE_RECORD. Improved SCSI en custom chip-set emulation. M68K AROS compatible IDE and RTG emulation. For all the details please visit the WinUAE web page.

VICE v2.3 | The VICE team has released version 2.3 of the Commodore 8-bit emulator. In this version the following changes: New accurate C64 emulator called x64sc. Disk-drive improvements. New reSID version. Many emulation improvements based on photographs of the real chips. CRT Emulation. True aspect ratio. Improved machine language monitor. Improved accuracy of CIA interrupts. Added v364 speech emulation for the 264 emulator. At the moment you can download the source code, if you want the normal (binary) version you have to wait a little bit.

Playstation 3 | Did you know that you can play the really good games on the Playstation 3. In this YouTube video you can see a demonstration of the VICE emulator running on the PS3. For the demonstration the game Nebulus was used.

VirtualC64 0.9.3 | Dirk Hoffmann has released a new version of his VirtualC64 emulator. This emulator can turn your Mac (OS X) into a Commodore C64. New features are: Cheatbox. T64, PRG and P00 as virtual disk, Improved keyboard mapping, More different 1541 roms can be used, Improved CIA emulation, Cartridge support (.crt) and many more. Visit Dirk's web page for all the details.

Fuse 1.0.0.1 | Fuse is a ZX Spectrum emulator for AmigaOS. The 16K, 48K, 128K, +2, +2A and +3 Spectrums are emulated accurately. Changes in version 1.0.x: Improvements for the Amiga port for loading files. NTSC Spectrum support. Improved sound output and Fuller Audio Box support.

Janus-UAE v0.8 | A new version of the Amiga emulator for AROS from Oliver Brunners is now available. In this version the following changes: Minimum blit size is now 64 bits, Window border gadgets are now done as AROS gadgets. Fixed a sound and mouse pointer hide bug. Hotkey for the GUI. New load/save configurations and much more.

C64 ITX PC | Stiggy made a slide show of his Commodore C64 ITX PC project. This C64 is built using a 1.6 Atom ITX motherboard and a C64 Keyrah interface. It runs on Windows XP, Gamebase 64 with 17000+ games and the Commodore C64 emulator VICE.

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