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cRSID - PC | cRSID is a SID music player for the PC, developed by Hermit. Changes in this version: 4SID support, GUI and main-volume mixdown support.

HVTC | The HVTC or High Voltage TED Collection is an collection of music for the Commodore C16, 116 and the Plus/4. The files that are available, are the original programs that produce the music with the TED music chip. Now there are 854 files available in the database.

SID-Wizard v1.92 | SID-Wizard is a Commodore 64 music tracker made by Hermit (Mihaly Horvath). Changes in this version: 4SID support, 4SID channels mute/unmute and improvements for the pattern finder.

Niklas Ekström - Amiga - SPI | Niklas Ekström developed an Amiga parallel port to SPI adapter. With this adapter you can connect many devices to the Amiga computer, for example a SD-card module.

GadgetUK164 - ZIF & modulator | A new video from GadgetUK164. In this video he installs ZIF IC-sockets and a new modulator in a Commodore C64 computer.

Greaseweazle Tools v1.3 | Keir Fraser has released updates for the Greaseweazle hardware. The recent changes are: Support for ibm.800, ibm.2880 and *.MGT formats.

FairLight TV | You can now watch a new episode of the FairLight TV YouTube channel. In this episode: An interview with Kenny Magnusson.

Chip SID show - 47 | You can now listen to a new episode of the Chip SID show with Max Hall. An hour long classic and new SID music.

Sidekick64 | Sidekick64 is a versatile software-defined cartridge for the C64, C128, C16, Plus/4 and VIC20. It uses a Raspberry Pi 3A+/3B+/Zero2 to emulate memory expansions, sound devices, freezers, and many other things. Recent additions are: a MOD/YM/WAVpPlayer (up to 48kHz stereo with dual SID-setups), improved low-latency HDMI-audio output for SID-/FM-/MIDI-emulation, added YM3526/OPL sample playing emulation, more configurability (TFT logos), and a bunch of minor improvements.

Minky - Amiga | Minky is a new game for the Amiga computer. The game is still in development by Matze1887, but you can already play 4 levels. The full game coming soon.

SIDKick | SIDKick is a versatile sound device for C64s and C128s: it serves as a drop-in replacement for the SID 6581/8580, and at the same time provides Sound Expander-emulation (Yamaha OPL-based FM sound), a MIDI interface and can control LED stripes. It uses a Teensy 4.1 and makes no compromises with regard to quality: the emulation is based on reSID and fmOPL. It also comes with a few extras such as built-in configuration tool and PRG launcher. Recent updates add YM3526/OPL digi/sample playing emulation and some optimizations/bugfixes.

Amiga Addict 14 | Amiga Addict is a digital and printed Amiga magazine. In this edition: Black Prophecy, Duckstroma, Public Domain Special, The AGA Years, Tim Tucker, C, AmigaBill and Amiga music disks.

Fast Hack'Em v9.9 - C64/128 | Feedingdragon released an update for the disk copy program Fast Hack'Em. Changes in this version: Collected all parameters from different versions, improvements for the speed loader (NTSC), notifications, boot-sector (C128), 80 column display mode, menu and many bug fixes.

Everything Amiga | The webpage Everything Amiga added new articles last month: Flashback - a flawed French masterpiece, Aztec Challenge / Colonial Conquest II Public Domainia, Mikro Mortal Tennis Retrospective and Wacus The Detective Retrospective.

JC64dis v2.2 | JC64dis (next generation C64 disassembler) is an iterative disassembler for MUS, SID and PRG file of the Commodore 64. The program is available as jar (java) and as exe for Windows.

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 - Mission La Luna, Sofa Sceners - Yoomp, Illegal - Trapped II, Bad Karma - Balloons, Fritz Crew - New Import and Cytax - dos manager.

TheRetroChannel - C64 Silver label repair | Sawicki has made a new video. In this video Mark shows how to repair a Commodore C64 Silver label.

WHDLoad | WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. New: Worms CD32 AVI, MoonBase and Star Ways. Update: Driller, Fiendish Freddy's Big Top'o Fun, Knightmare, Ambermoon, Another World, Prince of Persia, Jim Power and Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade.

8-Bit Show & Tell - Commodore MAX Machine | Robin Harbron made a new YouTube video. This time he is talking about the Commodore MAX Machine from the year 1982.

weather.py - AmigaOS 4 | Nick Clover released the weather.py script that reads the rss feed from BBC weather and converts it to envvars so you can display your local weather in the workbench or dopus5 title-bar.

Basil PET Emulator v1.1 - C64 | Basil is a PET Emulator for the Commodore 64 computer. Basil emulates CB2 sound, PET character sets, keyboards, shift key register, joystick, jiffy clock, screen retrace bit, disables colour control codes and remaps the tape buffer.

RedEclipse - AROS | Red Eclipse is a first person arena shooter, featuring parkour, impulse boosts, and other tricks. The game is available for Windows, Linux, BSD, macOS and AROS.

Sidplay 3 | Sidplay 3 is a program to play SID-music on your PC. The program is developed by Adam Lorentzon and Inge.

WimBASIC - VIC20 | There is a new version of WimBASIC available. WimBASIC is a BASIC extension for the Commodore VIC-20 computer. The program is loaded in BLK5 of a RAM memory expansion or you can use a ROM cartridge. The changes in this version are: Added the command ERASE and improvements for the autostart function.

Sprite Castle - Boulder Dash | Rob O'Hara has made a new podcast. The subject in this episode is the game Boulder Dash from First Star Software (1984) for the Commodore C64 computer.

SLAY Radio | You can listen to a new episode from SLAY Radio. In this episode: On and off with ziona and Slaygon.

Jan Beta - Checkmate 1500 Plus | A new YouTube video from Jan Beta. In this video: Jan is building an Amiga A500 motherboard in a Checkmate 1500 Plus desktop computer-case.

Games That Weren't 64 | The GTW64 webpage has had an update. New: Australian Games, Baldor's Castle, Galactic Software titles, Knuckle Buster V1 and Triz, X-Men. Updated: Beauty and the Beast, Captain Courageous, Diabolik, Enduro Racer V2, Galaxy Patrol, Ice Age, Lunar Jetman, Mission Jupiter, Necronom, R-Type V1, Savage Platforms, Snow Bros, Stellar Manager, Stratos, Sturmtruppen, Sunburst Communications titles, Zaxon and Zero-X.

A Hobbyist's Guide to THEA500 Mini | Holger Weßling wrote a book about the THEA500 Mini. In this book: technical information about the console, fascinating facts, interviews with key personnel. And a huge amount of information about the built-in games.

Zapped to the Past | You can now listen to a new episode of the Zapped to the Past podcast. In this episode: Spore, Western Games, Madballs, Kromazone, Star Wars, Sky Twice, Rampage, Xor and Risk.

BeeBase v1.0 - Amiga | BeeBase is a relational, programmable database system with graphical user interface for the Amiga computer. BeeBase v1.0 is the successor to MUIbase v4.5. Recent changes: An Italian translation and a better installation script for Amiga OS 4.

Knights and slimes - C64 | Knights and slimes is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer. The game is developed by Monte Boyd. In the game you are a knight and you must clean-up all the slime from your kingdom.

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