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Portal - C64 | Portal is a new puzzle-platform game for the Commodore C64. The original game is developed by Valve Corporation. This conversion is made by Jamie Fuller (code), Del Seymour (graphics) and Roy Widding (music).

Leading Motive - 1541 | Leading Motive has made a video about repairing and improving a Commodore 1541 disk drive.

Thomas Tilley - 1541 Joystick | Thomas Tilley built a custom joystick for his Commodore SX-64. The joystick has the same shape as a Commodore 1541 disk drive.

Ultimate Map v2.0 | The Ultimate Map from SVS contains the complete OS ROM of the Plus/4 (and C16), a large TED Registers list, graphic plans of all allowed text/graphic modes, and a table of Plus/4 bugs.

Daniel Renner - SidAMP | Daniel Renner made a video about the use of SidAMP on Andriod.

AmigaAMP v3.23 | GUI based MPEG audio player, but it can also play AIFF, WAV and FLAC files. Changes in this version: Improvements for application.library, skins, plugins, command line, ID3v2 tags and the playlist.

Unicart64 | Peto74 is developing a new cartridge for the Commodore C64. He is working on a prototype and the features are Altera Cyclone II FPGA, SD card, 3 buttons, 8MB Flash ROM and 8MB SRAM.

Z64K | Z64K is a pixel exact emulation of the Commodore 128, Commodore 64, VIC 20 and Atari 2600 written entirely in Java. The emulators should run on any platform with an updated Java Runtime environment. Recent changes: Improvements for VDC, SID, joysticks and RS-232.

JSIDPlay2 - v4.0 | JSIDPlay is a Commodore C64, cycle-exact, emulator optimized for SID sound reproduction. It is also a SID player for music collections like HVSC and CGSC.

Maze of Death - C64 | Maze of Death is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is made by Hamrath. The game is competing in the Ludum Dare #43 Compo.

TAWS v0.30 | 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 favourite web browser. Changes in this version: Presets, keyboard configurations and a few small errors are removed.

Tynemouth Software - 8 KB cartridge | Tynemouth Software has developed a 8 KB cartridge for the Commodore C64. Features: Gilded contacts, configuration jumpers and a reset button.

AmiKit X 10.5.2 | A new version of AmiKit is now available as a download. The changes in this version are: HALT3, HDToolBox, RAWBInfo, Startup, MorpheuZ, LiveUpdate, AmiKitReset, IconLib and MathLibsUAE.

VirtualC64 v3.2 | Dirk Hoffmann has released a new version of his VirtualC64 emulator. This emulator can turn your Mac (OS X) into a Commodore C64. The changes in this version are: Support for Kingsoft, StarDos, and Atomic Power cartridges. Improvements for ROM, CRT, VIC-II and sprites.

Mashed Turtles v2 - C64 | Mashed Turtles v2 is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is developed by Angelsoft (code & music) Dorndorf (graphics) and Groepaz (help). The game is a Frogger game and has support for 8 joysticks.

Worm Wars v9.14 - Amiga | Worm Wars is an advanced Tron / Snake-style arcade game for up to 4 simultaneous players. There are 36 types of creature and 32 types of Power-Up objects. There is also a level editor for making your own levels. New in this version: A new bonus level: Jump the walls.

RetroGamerNation - L'Abbaye des Morts 64 | RetroGamerNation made a video about the game L'Abbaye des Morts 64 for the Commodore 64.

Amigos | The web page Amigos added new articles last month: Microprose Formula One Grand Prix, Pierre le Chef is Out to Lunch, Zeewolf 2: Wild Justice and Alien 3 & Personal Nightmare.

IECHost | Luigi Di Fraia has added more functionality to his IECHost device. With this device you can connect a Commodore IEC disk drive via USB to a PC. This time he added block allocation details.

The Games-Coffer | On the Games Coffer web page you can find games, demos, animations, slideshows, diskette magazines, history, FAQ, emulators, reviews and advert Scans. The new additions for this month are: Egg Blasters, Ouch!, Save The Trees, Schach Deluxe (DE), Starbike V11, Bally V, Domingo, Pool, Pythagoras, Dragonslayer, Dragontiles, F-15 Eagle Strike, Frontal Assault and Trailblazer.

Retro Commodore | The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: Microsoft Works Expressly for Commodore, C1940/1942 Color Monitor Service Manual, GEOS Product Catalog, Kort vejledning til Commodore SX-64 Computer, GEOS Desk Pack 1 User's Manual, Mediator PCI User Manual for A1200, GVP A1200 SCSI/RAM+ User's Guide, A500 System Schematics and Computermalschule Fantasy.

AMIGArama | AMIGArama is a weekly podcast about the classic line of Commodore Amiga computers. Covering games, utilities and all sorts of extras. The recent episodes are: R-Type, Road Rash, Smash TV, Micro Machines and Cannon Fodder.

Iz8dwf - PET 2001 repair (2) | Iz8dwf made a video of the repair of a PET 2001. This time he cleaned the Datassette and the keyboard.

Angry Video Game Nerd - Amiga CD32 | Another video of the Angry Video Game Nerd. As usual the concentrates on the flaws of the system and it's games. It's not to be taken too seriously, although he does have some points.

Vixmas 2018 - VIC20 | Vixmas 2018 is a new demo for the Commodore VIC20. The demo is made by Leuat (code & grafix), Warlord (music), Arlequin (fonts) and Majikeyric (help).

A1208 Memory expansion | The A1208 is a new memory expansion for the Amiga 1200 computer.

EightBall | EightBall is an interpreter and bytecode compiler for a novel structured programming language. It runs on a number of 6502-based vintage systems (C64, VIC20). The system also includes a simple line editor and the EightBall Virtual Machine.

Seq - Amiga | Seq is a simple MIDI sequencer for the Amiga. With quick editing and features for live performance.

PET 2001 clone | Glen Kleinschmidt has built a clone of a CBM PET-2001. The specifications are: 32 KiB RAM, BASIC#2, WDC65C02N (CPU), WDC65C21N (PIA) and a WDC65C22N (VIA).

Cave Story - Amiga | Cave Story is a side scrolling platform game for the Amiga. The game is converted from the original PC game Doukutsu Monogatari and has support for the CD32 gamepad.

Scene World Podcast #57 | Scene World Podcast is a podcast about the Commodore scene. In this episode: Andras Kaptas, 8 Bit Symphony, Chris Abbott, Rob Hubbard, Dave Lowe, Commodore: The Inside Story, Farming Simulator C64, Limbo C64, Aquanox Deep Descent and LLL.

The Retro Hour - Warren Pilkington | 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: Warren Pilkington.

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