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VIC-20 Reloaded | Steve J. Gray is working on a new 8-bit project. He want to build a new VIC-20 cost reduced motherboard. The ideas at this moment are 32K RAM, one single ROM, extra colour RAM, SID chip and a second joystick port.

WinMTAP 1.0 | Gaia released WinMTAP 1.0. This is a Windows front-end for TAP2WAV. The program makes it easy to convert TAP files for the Commodore 8-bit computers.

Retro Asylum Podcast 148 | Retro Asylum Podcast is an English podcast for the retro computer fans. In this episode: P.C Fuzz for the Commodore 64 and Apidya for the Commodore Amiga.

Dodo | Dodo is an engine for creating text adventures for the Commodore C64 in BASIC. You can use this program to make your own text adventures, a manual for dodo is included.

LISP 128 | Hamster released LISP for the Commodore C128. The LISP programming language is one of the oldest programming languages and was introduced in 1958. LISP is used for artificial intelligence and for scripting.

C2NEmu | Luigi Di Fraia is working on the C2NEmu. This device connects to a Commodore 64/VIC 20 Datassette port to a PC through a USB cable. The possibilities are playback a TAP file (PC to C64/VIC20) and record (C64/VIC20 to PC).

Return #26 | Return magazine is a German print magazine about the 8-bit computers from A (Atari) to Z (ZX Spectrum). In this edition: Reshoot, Legend of Zelda, D42 Adventure System, Secret Of Mana, Jocopod, Game magazines from the 80s and 90s (1), Tronimal, Amstrad NC-100 / NC200, Vintage Computing Festival, Scooby Doo Mystery, Bobby Bearing, Wonderland Dizzy, Atari Multijoy, Shadow of the Beast II, Pooyan and Joust.

Commodore Plus/4 Game Music Collection 1984-2016 | Skoro made a music collection of Commodore Plus/4 music. A few examples are: Auf Wiedersehen Monty, Daley Thompson's Star Events, Hollywood Poker, Icicle Works, Kazik And The Ghosts, Leaper, Skyhawk, Terra Nova, Treasure Island, Winter Events, Adventures In Time, Get It, Majesty Of Sprites, Pac-Pac, Sgt. Helmet Zero and Xplode Man.

Silicom Tunnel - C64 | Roberto Ricioppo made another SEUCK game for the Commodore C64. In this game you must guide your space ship through the Silicom Tunnel, but watch out for the nasty alien ships.

The Retro Hour - Amiga Format Magazine | 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: Amiga Format Magazine.

Club Info 143 | In this German language d64 magazine for the Commodore C116, C16 and the Plus/4 the following articles: Forum, Scene, Tips & Tricks, C16 Diskmonitor, Pac-Pac, Pentagram, Frutty Man, Verwuerfelt, Rebound, Computer Spass, Hardware, Spionagelehrling, Turm von Hanoi, Monster Hunter, Borrowed Time, Dateimanager and other systems.

WHDLoad | WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. Improved: Pool Of Radiance, Giganoid, Extension, Nitro Boost Challenge, The Adventures Of Willy Beamish, Clown'o'mania, Cabal, Worldcharts 9, Dyter-07, Art and Go, Tower of Babel, Ziriax, Switchback, Extension and Lotus 2.

TND Goat Tracker v2 music | The Richard Bayliss archive of TND Goat Tracker v2 music is now available. If you want to start making music on the Commodore C64 you can use this archive to experiment with.

Hall of Light | An update for the Hall of Light web page: The Real Ghostbusters, Time Bandit, Quiwi, Alien Breed: Tower Assault, Picsou: Chasseur de Trésor, Fire Power, Garfield: Big, Fat, Hairy Deal, Garfield: Winter's Tail, Tex 07: El Morisco, Bonanza Bros., BMX Simulator 2, Beach-Head II: The Dictator Strikes Back, Astro Marine Corps (A.M.C.), Answer Back: Junior Quiz and Basket Island.

Commodore.software | The web page Commodore.software has had an update with many new items: IDE64 v4.1 Release, Catweasel MK4 Short Manual and Mini X-Pander - Arkanix Labs.

History of Personal Computing: Jason Compton & Jason Timmons | A new episode of the Personal Computing podcast is available. In this episode: Jason Compton, vcfmw.org, starbase, vcfed.org, Commodore World magazine, Info magazine and Jason Timmons.

Commodore SX-64 repair | Iz8dwf made a video of the repair of a Commodore SX-64 Executive. The problem was a bad Kernel and Chargen ROM. He also modified the user port pins that are reserved for the 9 VAC on a standard C64.

Amiga Future #122 | A new edition of the English and German Amiga magazine Amiga Future has been released. In this edition: Editorial, News, Playfield, Chaos Guns, Crystal Kingdom Dizzy, Vampire: Curse Of The Night, Total Pattern, Blocky Skies, Lila, Center Court 2, WinUAE, OS4 Depot, Sum, VS 1011 MP3 Player, Furia 33, Trevors Soapbox, FPGA, Classic Reflections: Eyetech Group (1), Demoscene, Blitz Basic (1), Richard Löwenstein, Matthias Heinrichs and Christoph Gutjahr.

Commodore Free #94 | A new edition of the English pdf, text, seq, d64, html and Ebook magazine is now available. In this edition the following: Editorial, news, Growing Pains Part Fin, Fast Load Cartridge Comparison, Growing Pains Part Quad and interviews with Alessandro Abbruzzetti, Christian Krenner and Tomas Pribyl.

Demons of Dex - C64 | Demons of Dex is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is a port of a VIC-20 game made by Petri Hakkinen. Code: q0w. Music: Snabel. Graphics: q0w. Idea: The Overkiller. Documentation: q0w and Snabel. Test: Domspitze, E$G, Nafcom and Snabel.

C64 Debugger v0.54 | C64 Debugger is a code and memory debugger that works in real time. The program works together with the VICE v2.4 emulator. Changes in this version: New keyboard shortcuts, cycler-view, loading and viewing Vice labels, autojmp and 0-cycle background value action for breakpoint.

Vampire600 / Apollo - Gold | The Vampire600 turbo card uses the Apollo FPGA-core to emulate the 68000 CPU and the SAGA graphics chip. The changes for Apollo are: Improvements for MOVE/EXT, MPU, TRACE, CHK2, CMP2, MOVEM, CAS, LOOP, TRAPcc and MOVEQ/MOVE.l.

The Retrogaming Times #4 | 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! - Akalabeth, Shotgun & Barnsley Badger, Retrogaming Feels - Yars' Revenge, Apple II Incider - Sundog: Frozen Legacy, A Pirates Life For Me - Third Journey, The Controller Chronicles - NES Controller, Show Report - California Extreme 2016, The Paths We Are Lead Down, TriForce Johnson and See You Next Game.

AMIcast #16 | AMIcast is an English podcast about the world of Amiga. In this episode: An interview with Aaron Smith (Online-Shop Amiga On The Lake).

Games That Weren't 64 | The GTW64 web page has had an update. New: Abyss Zone, Aliens, Blaster Twins, Bomb Mania 2, Bongo King, Commando Libya - part 2, Final Lap, Freebooter, Heroquest V1, Karate, Mythos, Pet Person, Race with the Devil, Scarabaeus 2 and Space Invadaz. Update: Armalyte V1, Astaroth: Angel Of Death, Attack On Centralis, Baja Buggies, Beavers, C64GS cartridge titles, Chicago, Custodian, Cyber Tank, Dork's Dilemma, Dynablaster, Edward Randy, Enterprise, Escape From Colditz, Flashpoint, Forbidden Planet, Gargantuan, Graeme Souness Vector Soccer, Habitat, Hydrogenese, London Exchange, Maelstrom, Mag Max V1, Mario Bros, Paddle Mania, Piper Software games, Purple Saturn Day, Quadrillion, Quondam, Restrictor, Roadstar Xri, Robin Hood, Tangram, The City of Ehdollah, Tour De Force, Tycoon Tex, Up Up And Away and Zorro In Wonderland.

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: Kickstart, disk menu and double tap the Restore key to enter Hypervisor freezer.

Flashing C64 | On the Breadbox64 web page you can now see a Commodore C64 that has flashing lights inside the transparent case. The LED light scan be controlled via a remote control.

Commodore back in Germany | After a pause of several years, fans of classic computers worldwide can look forward to a series of Commodore PCs. The company Individual Computers GmbH, based in Germany has licensed the rights of the Commodore trademarks from Polabe Holding N.V.

Amigos | The web page Amigos added new articles last month: Alien Breed, Ruff 'n Ready, Amigo Scour, The Hound of Shadow, CD32 TV, New Star Electronics, Prince of Persia, Water bombs at dawn, They sold a million, No Turrican is an island, Connecting the Amiga to a BBS, Populous and The Amiga is good for your mental health.

C64 Endings | The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: On The Farm 3 (Achim Volkers), The Neverending Story 2 (Linel), MASK III: Venom Strikes Back (Gremlin Graphics), Last Ninja 2 (System 3), Killed Until Dead (Accolade) and Jet Set Willy (Software Projects).

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: 1942, Lepani, Galacto II, Galactoid, Raid, Echo Groove 2, Electric Drug, End Theme 2, Neo Drink, Nitro Acid, No Sex, Not Just Any Trip, Over The Rainbow, That Old Magic, Xstatic Magic and Zine 8.

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