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Vampire V500 V2+ | It is now possible to make a pre-order for the FPGA-Turbocard: Vampire V500 V2+. When the cards are available you will be contacted. The price for a Vampire V500 V2+ will be 300 Euro.

Bergbert III - The Blue Knight - C64 | Bergbert III - The Blue Knight is a new SEUCK game made by CFS (code / graphics) and Response, Richard and Rob Hubbard (music). In the game you must save the environment.

Wicher 500 | The Wicher 500 is a turbo card for the Amiga 500. The specifications are: MC 680000 processor, clock 7/14MHz, Fast RAM max. 8 MB EDO SIMM, IDE controller and SPI controller. The prototype is ready and a speed test is available.

FREEZE64 - 05 | FREEZE64 is a fanzine for Commodore 64 gamers and hackers. In this edition: Hunchback, Lasse Öörni, free cheat card (2), 4K Crap game competition cheats, an Xmas download, Hackersoft tutorial: Level skip, Games in the making, Next level: The Bear Essentials, Game ending focus: Last Ninja 3, and lots of exclusive pokes

Slack - C64 | Jeff Harris developed a Slack Client for the Commodore C64. He connected an Raspberry Pi via an RS-232 to the user port of the Commodore C64. He also wrote an application in 6502 assembly for the C64 and a NodeJS app which talks to the Slack RTM API.

Amigos | The web page Amigos added new articles last month: Popeye 2, Pray For Death, Fightin' Spirit, Amiga CD32 repair, Amiga 2000 Weird Mouse Issues, A1200 Power Supply Option, James Pond, Simon the Sorcerer, Huckleberry Hound, Archon II, A600, A1200, RJ Mical - Simpsons, A2000 floppy, Stunt Car Racer TNT, Bar Games, Hardball! and Doody.

C64 Endings | The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: Gerry the Germ (Firebird), Final Fight (U.S. Gold), Enduro Racer (Activision), Dark Lord (Datasoft), Castle Master (Domark), The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown (Electronic Arts) and Aigina's Prophecy (Unknown).

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: Apple Hunt, Edd Schiester, Karate Worm 2, Merc Sim, Mutant Penguin, Power Games 20, Space Panic, Message Center 9, Oepir Risti 8, ROM 3, Using AMOS Issue 1, Warriors Inn 12 (German), Kids Disk 2, 3 & 6, Snowy, Chain Reaction/CPU, Frantix & Mutant Pigs, Litterbusters, Snake In The Grass, Tonys Glider Game, Worm Hole, Childrens Favourites 2, Key Quick II, Kids Only 1, Night Math Attack, The Gallows and The Weather Guide.

SD-BOX v1.17 | The SD-BOX is a cartridge with an SD card interface for the Commodore C64. The cartridge has many functions for the disk drive and the Datassette. Recent updates: Improvements for PSID, diagnostic system, manual, SID player and copying from a cassette to a diskette.

Retro Commodore | The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: AlterImage Genlock Manual, The Publishers Choice Manual, COMputer, Commodore Computing, Amiga Hardware Reference Manual, Commodore 1801 Monitor User's Guide, Gunship 2000 Manual, Star LC10c User's Manual, Commodore plus/4 Commercial (Danish), Commodore C16 Commercial (Danish), Blasters Party Invite, HiScore and CU Amiga Magazine.

ADFBlitzer v3.0 | Rob Cranley release an update of ADFBlitzer. With ADFBlitzer it is possible to transfer ADF images to and from the Amiga. Changes in this version: Progress bar, cancel function, AB3 format, error checking (file & drive), low memory mode and improvements for the GUI and read / write routines.

Great Giana-Sisters Construction-Set v3.1 | Merlin released a construction set for the game Great Giana-Sisters. He also added new features: moving platforms (elevators), Giana can swim, many new enemies and more.

Club Info 144 | In this German language d64 magazine for the Commodore C116, C16 and the Plus/4 the following articles: Forum, Scene, Tips & Tricks, Arcanoid, Fakultaet, Minefiled, Bombrunner, Knack dem Code, Binominalkoeffizienten, Primzahlermittl., Computerspass, Hardware, Crazy Worms,Space Invaders, Convoy, Climb-It, Rich Freddy, Borrowed Time (9) and Music Composer Synth.

Firefox Boulderdash - Yellow Dash | Are you tired of playing the original Boulderdash game again and again? There are lots of people who create their own Boulderdash versions. Firefox released his newest Boulderdash game called Yellow Dash.

Altiworld BBS | The Altiworld BBS has had an update and a new tutorials on effectively navigating the system is now available. The BBS has a sub-board for almost every system. You can use a modern browser to access the BSS.

YAPE v1.0.11 | A new version of YAPE is available. YAPE is a Windows emulator for the Commodore Plus/4. The changes in this release are: Improvements for tape (signal detection), hue phase (CRT), sound, speedometer and the monitor.

UniJoystiCle v0.4 | Riq released the UniJoystiCle v0.4. Changes in this version: ESP8266, mini webserver, two c64 joysticks with one game controller and updates for the iOS Client, Android Client and the documentation.

Shotgun X-Mas Edition | ZeHa made a X-Mas edition of his Commodore C64game Shotgun. The game can be played with four players! In the game you can collect guns and shoot at each other, but each gun only has 3 bullets. It is a very fast game and perfect for a retro or demo party.

Commodore Free #95 | A new edition of the English pdf, text, seq, d64, html and Ebook magazine is now available. In this edition the following: Editorial, news, Commodore SID chip, Andreas Beermann, FPGASID, Growing Pains, DUBCRT, Tim Koch and Space Chase (PET).

Boingsworld #81 | A new episode of BoingsWorld (German language) is now available. You can listen to the following articles: Amiga 32 Germany, MorphOS, Enemy2, Prisma Megamix, Viva Amiga, Hyperion - WB 3.1, A500+, Deepwood Castle, BB 2016: Petro Tyschtschenko, Jens Schönfeld & Bizcocho, Amiga MADF Manager and Bad Bramstedt 2016.

CBM prg Studio v3.9.0 | Arthur Jordison has released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: Added a TARGET directive, ifdef and import of SEQ files. Improvements for constants, label names, status bar, sprite editor and the character editor.

Netsurf 3.6 - AmigaOS 4 | A new version of the web browser NetSurf is now available. Changes in this version: Improvements for time handling, CSS, SVG, GIF, BMP, web-search, scheduler, tabs and AmigaOS3 support.

D64 Editor v0.035 | A new version of the Windows based D64 editor is now available. The features of this program are: Reading of D64 files, display the directory, move files around in the directory and rename files. Export from D64 to PRG. View/Edit the BAM and the data blocks.

AMIcast #18 | AMIcast is an English podcast about the world of Amiga. In this episode: Amibian (Raspberry Pi / Amiga) with Gunnar Kristjánsson and Thomas Navarro Garcia.

Mapping the Commodore 64 - Excel | Steve Morrow made an Excel sheet with the memory map of the Commodore C64. At the moment he has documented the memory addresses 0 - 62097. He is still working on the last part of the memory map.

VICScript v0.1 | Bobbi is working on a scripting language for the Commodore VIC20. At the moment he is still developing VICScript but if you find a problem or have a suggestion please contact Bobbi.

Return #27 | Return magazine is a German print magazine about the 8-bit computers from A (Atari) to Z (ZX Spectrum). In this edition: Lemmings, Secret of Evermore (SNES), Maze of the Mummy (C64), Zeit der Stille (C64), Philips CD-i, Indiana Jones Greatest Adventures (SMD), Rainbow Six: Black Ops (PC), Keyman64, Game magazine from the 80s & 90s (2), AmigaOS (6), Old Bits, Pixelkunst, Crystal Castles, Forgotten Worlds and Dr.Future - Auf Wiedersehen Monty.

SEUCK A-Z | Mase64 made a YouTube video about SEUCK games, a few examples are: 1917, 1941, 2000 Kung Fu Maniacs, Abyssonout, Action Tank II, Alaste, Alian Kill II, Anger, Argon and many more.

Hall of Light | An update for the Hall of Light web page: DeLuxe Galaga, Abandoned Places: A Time For Heroes, Miklós Tihor, Hawkeye, PacMan '96, Crystal Dragon, Violator, Jürgen Schober, Christopher Dissauer, Andreas Oberdorfer, SmurfHunt, SuperTed: The Search For Spot, Smurf Rescue, José Antonio Herrán Martin, Bundesliga Manager Hattrick, Antti Kallioinen, Mortal Kombat, Blutrausch, Jacco Van't Riet, Pete Dabbs and King Of Karate.

Kick Assembler v4.4 | The last couple of months there have been updates for Kick Assembler. The recent changes are: Added an errorif directive. Improvements for referencing variables and a small update for the manual.

Kickstarter: New keycaps for the Amiga | Philippe Lang started a new Kickstarter project to produce new keycaps for the Amiga computer. The project will include 96 keycaps for the Amiga 1200, 12 extra keycaps for the other Amiga models (A500, A600, A2000, A3000 & A4000), 100 springs and 16 plastic clips.

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: TWOFER #14: Formula 1 Simulator (Mastertronic, 1985), Maniac Mansion (Lucasfilm Games, 1987), Ghostbusters (Activision, 1984), NGOTM: Reaxion (Cosine, 1994) and Anarchy (Hewson Consultants/Rack-It, 1987).

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