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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: Enabling the Super-Cap on the MEGA65 R4 PCB and MEGA65R4 Bring-Up.

Amiga Future #163 | A new edition of the English and German Amiga magazine Amiga Future has been released. In this edition: News, Settle The World, Amiga Ruhrpott Convention (ARC) 2023, Amiga User Group Switzerland 2023, Playfield, ASM - Das Computer-Spiel (The Director's Cut), Boxx 4, Cyberpunks 2, Ambermoon Advanced, Tenebra, Board game vs Amiga - Castle Danger, Xevious, Aminet, Dr. Fruit, Tank Mouse, IceDrake, Trevors Soapbox, Amiga Future 25 Years (4), Demoscene, Combitec Clock (2) and Pagestream (1).

Linus Akesson - C64 Auto start cartridge | Linus Akesson has developed an auto start cartridge for the Commodore C64 computer. This cartridge uses an ATmega88 microcontroller and a 74541 (8-bit tristate buffer). At start-up, a small bootloader is placed in RAM, and then this bootloader can load up to 8 kB from the cartridge into the RAM of the C64.

RMC - A4000 Paint removal | In this episode of the RetroManCave: The restoration of an Amiga 4000 computer. The main problem was the removal of the black paint from the case and the keyboard.

HVSC #79 | There is an update available of the High Voltage SID Collection. There are now 57,576 SIDs in the collection. In this update 920 new SIDs, 45 better rips, 211 SID credit fixes, 32 SID model/clock info's, 4 tunes identified and 26 tunes moved. You can download the update from the HVSC web page.

RetroMagazine World #19 | A new edition of RetroMagazine World is now available. In this edition the following articles: Atari VCS/2600, iQue, Grundy New Brain, C64 PLA, Susi strikes again, MSX BASIC, Turbo Pascal, FORTH, Atari 50, Game Boy, Kick Assembler, Sensible World of Soccer, Nolan Bushnell, Japan, Zak McKracken, ListAmiga, RM, None of us, Son of the Kung Fu Master, Advanced Busterhawk Gley Lancer, Kidou Soukon Dion, Star Fox Ex, New Joe & Mac:Caveman Ninj, Turrican II AGA, Bosconian, Duck Hunt, Toki, Stevedore, Alice Sisters, Kiki Kaikai Advance, Project Blue, Wonderboy, Muddy's Racers, Terrestrial, Supercooked, Wyvern Tales and Gremlins.

WinGames - C64 | WinGames are three new games for the Commodore C64 computer. The games are developed by WebFritzi in the style of Windows 3.11. You can play Solitaire, Freecell and Minesweeper.

YAPE v1.2.3 | A new version of YAPE is available. YAPE is a Windows emulator for the Commodore Plus/4 computer. The changes in this release are: Improvements for trace window, CPU halt, PAL display phase inversion, 16 kB mode, joystick, monitor and colour-palette.

Alien Invaders Plus! - C64 | Alien Invaders Plus! is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer. The game is developed by Codey, and is based on the same game on the Odessey2 and Videopack from the year 1978. In the game, you must defeat the robotic army of Merciless Monstroth with your laser-gun.

RANA - Amiga | RANA - Reckless Amphibian New Adventures is a frogger style game for the Amiga OCS/ECS computer. The game is developed, in 68000 assembly-code, by Lorenzo Di Gaetano (code) and Crain (music).

SID Known v1.25 | Wilfred Bos released an update of SID Known. This version is compatible with the latest HVSC. SID Known is a tool which you can use to identify SID tunes from SID and PRG files.

FairLight TV | You can now watch a new episode of the FairLight TV YouTube channel. In this episode: Bacchus will explain how to make a stable raster on your Commodore C64 computer.

Advent 101 - C64 | Advent 101 is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by JJFlash. The game is a text adventure game and is based on the original game, Colossal Cave Adventure 101, by Willie Crowther and Don Woods.

Pacific Commodore Expo NW 2023 | You can now watch the photos from the Pacific Commodore Expo NW 2023 meeting in Seattle, USA. The PaCommEx is supported by the Fresno Commodore User Group, the Puget Sound Commodore User Group, the Seattle Commodore Computer Club, and the Seattle Retro-Computing Society.

Arctic Retro - SX64 restoration | You can now watch a new video from the Arctic retro YouTube channel. In this video, the restoration of a Commodore SX64 computer.

CRG - Amiga 2000 - GBScontrol | A new YouTube video from CRG. In this video, the build of a GBScontrol for an Amiga A2000 computer. The GBScontrol is a scan doubler that is modified to display the video from the Amiga on modern screens.

Digital Talk #113 | In this German language d64 magazine the following articles: News, Games Corner, Spezialkram, Außerhalb C64, Musicbox, Pat Power - Gold Quest VI, Interviews: Andira, Nordischsound & Miyagi1980, Monkey Island C64, C128-Reparatur, XUM1541 Hardwaretest, Diskmags, Sizecoding, Computermuseum Laibach, Evoke 2022, Meine Reis in die 80er and The Micro Kids.

FlashFloppy 3.40 - Gotek | Keir Fraser released new firmware for the Gotek. Changes in this version: Improvements for XDF, HFE, QuickDisk and the LCD.

Boxnightmare Deluxe - C64 | Boxnightmare Deluxe is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer. This game is developed by Iceoutgames and is the sequel to the original Boxnightmare (2021) game. The features are more box merging action, new pixels and more bonus modes.

Wayfarer - MorphOS v5.5 | Wayfarer is a web browser for MorphOS, based on a recent branch of WebKit. Changes in this version: Improvements for auto-update, downloads, mjpeg, cURL, user scripts, HTTP/2, youtube scripts, NetStack and sqlite.

VirtualC64 v4.6 | Dirk Hoffmann has released a new version of his VirtualC64 emulator. This emulator can turn your Mac (OS X) into a Commodore C64.

Jailbars - VIC20, C64 & C128 | Dave wrote a blog about removing the jailbars from the video signal of the Commodore VIC20, C64 and C128 computers. He writes about the LumaFix64, LumaFix128 and the Super Video RF replacement.

Amiga Future - Amiga38 | At the Amiga38, there will be a special edition of the Amiga Future magazine, that each visitor will receive free of charge. This edition will have a special section where programmers can showcase their programs / games. Each programmer can publish a text (2000 characters) to describe their program / game.

Randy Rossi - VIC-II Kawari (8) | A new YouTube video from Randy Rossi is now available. In this video Randi shows the recent updates of his hardware replacement for the VIC-II chip in the Commodore C64.

glUAE - AmigaOS4 | With glUAE it is possible to integrate the UAE emulator into AmigaOS 4. The features are: Any application can be started transparently from Workbench, AmiDock, menu, shell, keyboard shortcut, script, etc. Supported files: .adf, .dms, .fdi and .ipf, .hdf hardfiles, WHDLoad and AmigaDOS. Each application can be packed to a single file and configured for UAE.

Retro Commodore | The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high-quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: Markedsprisliste 1. Maj 1993 and Suncom accessories advert.

Amiga Art Contest 2023 | You can now compete in the Amiga Art Contest. The categories are: Hand drawn artwork, Digital photography, Animation, Ray tracing and Music.

Commodore History - Commodore radio | You can watch a new video from the Commodore History YouTube channel. In this video, an answer to the question: did Commodore ever produce a radio?

A-Pet - model 2 | The A-Pet is a metal case for an Amiga 500/2000 computer in the shape of a Commodore PET computer. You can see an update of the project on the YouTube channel of Mikes Vintage Tech.

Nordischsound | Ben from the Nordischsound YouTube channel is making SID music on the Commodore C64 computer. The latest addations are: Cococabana, Beach Hopping, Duke Nukem 3D, We Love PETSCII, Good Old Times and Tina Turner (1939 - 2023) - The Best.

Amigos: Everything Amiga | You can listen to new episodes of the Amigos: Everything Amiga podcast: Beach Volley, Amiga vs. Atari ST, RetroRewind.ca, Bubble and Squeak , Datastorm and Amiga Addict Magazine.

JC64dis v2.6 | JC64dis (next generation C64 disassembler) is an iterative disassembler for MUS, SID and PRG files of the Commodore 64. The program is available as jar (java) and as exe for Windows.

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