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AMIcast special #4 | AMIcast is an English podcast about the world of Amiga. In this episode: Adam Zalepa and AmiWest 2016.

C64Studio v5.0 | C64 Studio is an assembly development environment which is dependent on VICE. You can write assembly code and test this with the VICE emulator. Recent changes: Improvements for the Sprite editor and nested IFs. Added the <> operator, !pseudopc (ACME) and build chains.

Armiga Review | The Game Show made a video review of the Armiga, the Amiga 500 hardware emulation console. The Armiga has a Dual Core ARM CPU, 720p video, 3D-printed case, microSD, USB ports and an original Kickstart 1.3.

Crazy Music - C64 | Crazy Music is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is developed by The Mad Scientist and The Overkiller.

AmigaAMP v3.18 | Thomas Wenzel released an update of his music player for the Amiga. AmigaAMP is a GUI based MPEG audio player, but it can also play AIFF, WAV and FLAC files. Changes in this version: A problem was solved that could occur during the changing of the settings.

Hat Trick - VIC-20 | Vic Porter made a Commodore VIC20 version of the C64 game Hat Trick. The game is an ice hockey game for two players with support for two joysticks (via userport). The source code is included in the download.

Vandalism News #66 | In this English diskette magazine the following items: Interviews: Lman, Oziphantom and Goto80. World of demo’s, Hardware corner, Crackers map, X206, Gamescom, Thunder from down under, Spanish game dev scene and The list.

DLH's Commodore Archive | DLH's Commodore Archive is a web page for Commodore documentation. You can find magazines, books and manuals. The latest additions are: 64 Doctor, Chipwits, Z-Pilot, Alien Destruction Set, The Mandroids Files, Omnitronic The Hot Shot Graphics Printer Interface, Blue Chip Commodore Printer Interface, Astro Talk, Intrigue!, Kartridge Kracker, COCO, Tower Toppler, Circus Charlie, Action City, BASIC Lessons, Mind Shadow, Gameware 2-on-One BMX Trials, 1985 The Day After, Pinball Construction Set, Stocker Capcom Disk Pak Captain Commando Series, Simon & Schuster Catalog, The Commodore 64 Program Book, Pastfinder, Graphics Basic, Computer Tutor Basic Learning Series Grade 4-6 and Hack Driver.

Amiga Future #123 | A new edition of the English and German Amiga magazine Amiga Future has been released. In this edition: Editorial, News, Spielfeld, Alarcity, Tower 57, Synergy, Giana Sisters S.E., Reshoot, Tales of Gorluth 2, OS4 Depot, Infection, Amibian, FryingPan, Trevors Soapbox, Eyetech Group, Demoscene, Blitz Basic (2), Gamescom 2016, Classic Computing 2016, Commodore Expo Las Vegas 2016, Evoke 2016 and Amiga Waves.

RasterBuster | RasterBuster is an online utility to develop rasterbars. You can choose the colours and create your own rasterbar design. You can choose between the pepto and godot colour palette, save your designs and copy/paste your bytes.

FS-UAE v2.8.1 | FS-UAE is a multi-platform Amiga emulator for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X based on UAE/WinUAE. Changes in this version: Improvements for keyboard, stretch / keep aspect and V-Sync toggle button, more transition animations and much more.

Commodore.software | The web page Commodore.software has had an update with many new items: The Commodore 64 Program Book, Getting More from you Commodore 64, MegaPatch 3 ver. 3 Englsish, 1541 Ultimate II Firmware v2.6h, 1571 Floppy Drive Repair, GEOS Programming Info, Catweasel MK4 Short Manual, DKB MultiStart II - Manual-ENG, Picasso IV Video Card, GVP HC8 Impact2000 SeriesII SCSI Controller, Squirrel SCSI User Manual, ACA 620 Manual, Phase 5 Cyberstorm MK2 Manual, A530 Turbo Accelerator User Guide 1992 GVP A500, Retro Replay ROM 3.8BN w/TMP 1.2, C64 Datatool Docs and Amiga 1200 Next Steps.

Vasm 1.7g & Vlink 0.15c | Vasm is an assembler to create linkable objects in various formats. The following CPUs are supported: M680x0, ColdFire, 80x86, PowerPC, ARM, Jaguar RISC, Z80, C16x/ST10, 6502 and the 6800. Visit the web page to read about the changes in this version.

Chicken Lips Radio #009 | Chicken Lips Radio is a Podcast for the Commodore user. In this episode: PET 2001-8, PC10-III, ARM, Dirty Old Commodore Still in Operation, Amiga 2000, Texas Commodore Users Group, Clone-A-Dore, Dual core C64, CommVex v13, Bil Herd, Shotgun, C128 Hardware Bugs, Commodore USA C6x, ZoomFloppy, XUM1541, CBMXfer GUI, 1541 Ultimate II and Star Commander.

Super Samurai Remake | Mev Dinc & Raff Cecco started a Kickstarter project to make a remake of the Amiga retro classic, First Samurai. The game will be fast with full 3D graphics, and will be developed for modern hardware.

C64games.de | The web page c64games.de had an update. You can now find 6475 games on this web page. The new games are: 1917, Agent-Test, Antarctica, Attack of the Mutant Cabbages, Awakening, Baker Street Detective, Bonkey Kong, Breakaway, C64 2016 4K Games Collection, Color Code (ACW), Color Code (Input 64), Croll Ship, Dog, Dropout, Dropout 64, Mission Odessa, Scout, Sentinel (Loadstar), Sentinel (Street Games), Stareggs, The Baker Street Kids - A Week that changed the World, Van Diemens Land, Wasser - Water, Wasser der Ewigkeit, Wassermann, Wells Fargo and West Indies.

Custom Amiga Joystick | Arananet-net made a custom joystick for the Amiga. He made a Acrylic housing and installed a joystick handle with micro switches, two fire buttons and an auto-fire system. For a special effect he also uses internal lighting. The web page is in the Spanish language.

ACE v1.13 - MorphOS | ACE is an Amstrad CPC emulator developed by Philippe Rimauro. The emulator is written in the language C and its GUI is based on MUI 4. The changes in this version are: Improvements for ASIC, CRTC, Gate Array, PPI, PSG and the Z80 edit window.

Emu64 V5.0.13 | Thorsten Kattanek released a new (beta) version of his Commodore C64 emulator Emu64. The recent changes are: Improvements for the file browser, joystick mapping, Datasette, audio-buffer and the disk drive status.

Streamer v2.11 - Amiga | Streamer is an Internet radio (ShoutCast/IceCast) player. It can stream MPEG and RealAudio files from any web server and play them in real-time. New in this version: Improvements for synchronisation, Shoutcast metadata alignment, status window and the buttons.

Moonspire & C-2048 - C64 | RGCD released two games on cartridge for the Commodore C64. In the game Moonspire you must infiltrate Draxx and cause as much devastation as possible and reclaim the stolen orbs. The game C-2048 is an addictive puzzle game. Both games are PAL/NTSC compatible.

X-2016 | The results of the X-2016 competitions are available.
C64 Demo:
1 - The Phoenix Code (Bonzai)
2 - Lunatico (Lft)
3 - Wonderland XIII (Censor Design)

C64 Music:
1 - Rastaline Dub (LMan)
2 - High Roller (Flex)
3 - The Ugly Arpling (Stinsen)

C64 Graphics:
1 - Song for the Dead (Duce)
2 - Them Apples (ptoing)
3 - No Shit (Mermaid/redcrab)

Mixed Graphics:
1 - We Are All Ejected (SHAPE)
2 - Pipe of Picard (Extend)
3 - BOSSE (Genesis Project)

Prisma Megamix music card | The Prisma Megamix music card is now available in the Amikit web shop. The specifications are: Clockport and Zorro II interfaces, compatible with Amiga A1200 T, A2000, A3000, A4000 and A4000T. VS1063 chip. Formats: MP2, MP3, WMA, OGG, LC-AAC, HE-AAC, FLAC, ALAC, IMA ADPCM, G.711 u-law, G.711 a-law, G.722 and WAV PCM.

VICrossroads - VIC20 | Vic Porter made a VIC20 version of the C64 game Crossroads. The original version was published as a type-in in COMPUTE!'s Gazette 1987/12. The game requires an 8k memory expansion and supports a second joystick via the user-port. The source code and the schematics for the second joystick are included in the download.

ModExplorer - Amiga | A new version of ModExplorer for all Amiga platforms is now available for download. The program allows you to select at random and play modules from the Aminet servers; the application also supports playlist, change skins, manage a blacklist and more.

Diskette cleaning / Copy Clone XL | Steve has made a YouTube video about the cleaning of a diskette. He also shows in this video a demo of Copy Clone XL for the Commodore C64.

GadgetUK164 - Amiga diskdrive | GadgetUK164 made a video about the repair of Amiga diskdrives. In total he got 9 Amiga drives working 100% using the techniques shown and talked about in this video.

The Retrogaming Times #5 | The Retrogaming Times is a retro computer magazine (English language) for all retro computer fans. In this edition: Prepare to Qualify, Upcoming Events, More C64! - Konami and the C64 (Track & Field / Castlevania), Retrogaming Feels - Sinistar, The Return of the Arcades?, A Pirate's Life For Me - Fourth Journey, The Controller Chronicles - Dreamcast Control Pad, Bomberman Parties and See You Next Game.

Amigos | The web page Amigos added new articles last month: Game Assets that Weren't, Time to do battle with more corrosion, A590 Hard Drive, Jonas Amiga modding, Ghosts and Goblins, Amiga 2000 - Gotek Floppy Drive Emulator, Multi Select ROM Amiga 2000, Gary Hucker, Indivision ECS, Gloom & Alien Breed 3D, Dizzy, The Oliver Twins, Primal Rage, World Class Leader Board Golf, Rodland and Amigo Scour 6.

C64 Endings | The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: Way of the Tiger (Gremlin Graphics), View to a Kill (Domark), UWOL, Quest for Money (The Mojon Twins) and Tau Ceti (CRL).

FREEZE64 - 04 | FREEZE64 is an magazine for the Commodore 64 gamers and coders. In this edition: Graham Axten (The bear essentials), Coder's Corner: John Darnell, Kane 1&2 and Dragon's Lair. Games in the making, Game Ending focus: Flimbo's Quest - System 3, Next level: Henry's house - English Software. Pokes, Codes and Cheats.

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: Emerald Mine 4 Pro, Groovy Games IV, Helicopter Mission (DE), Martial Spirit, Time Zoner & Zut Alors 1 & 2, Miggybyte 4-12, Shareworld 5-6, Whitby AMOS Club SE, Dynamite Dick, Family Fun 1, Grey Slayer, Pair Crazy, Blood, Brolly, Buzzed, Charley Cat 1-2, Eddy The Demon, High Spot Funky Dancer, Heading For Home, Midget Massacre, Morphy Magic Man, Pogo, Upgrade, Card Games Deluxe, Slider, Superballz, Kick Em, Tetras, Ultimate Tour Tennis, Vermone II, Ampu, Colourmania, Greeblies, Match, Speed Break and Witness.

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