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EvenMore v0.85 - Amiga | EvenMore is an text viewer for AmigaOS. The features are proportional font support, multi-coloured text, file conversion plugins, and more. Recent changes: XPK plugin, updates for AmigaOS directory and document icons. Powerpacker plugin and OpenURL links are now working on AmigaOS 4.

Games That Weren't 64 | The GTW64 web page has had an update of the following games: Baffle, Catch 2, Eye Of The Moon, Force Of The Vulcan, Hangman Deluxe, Hydrogenese, MiniDon, Reflect, The 4th Dimension, The SuperCan, Your Computer Software Exchange and Zaxon.

Happy 2015 | I wish all of you Commodore users a very happy 2015. I hope that we all can enjoy our Commodore hobby in 2015, play games, develop software or hardware, watch demos, visit meetings or just chat about Commodore.

Richard

880 Gamer #5 | 880 Gamer is a English pdf magazine for the Amiga user. In this magazine the following articles: News, Cover Disk, Game On: Desert Strike, Cadver, The Settlers, Populus, Super Skidmarks Plus and Iso Mia. Bleeding Eyes: Flower Power, The Engine and Dose. Cheat and Talk Back.

C64FC | Stian Søreng has a working version of his C64FC Flash cartridge for the Commodore C64. The cartridge will emulate a 8 kByte EPROM, but you can program the cartridge from your PC. The C64FC has a ATmega16 micro controller for the USB communication and a IDT7005 RAM chip for the emulation of the 8 kByte EPROM.

SoundBankster 1.3 - MorphOS | Antoine Dubourgs released a new version of SoundBankster. SoundBankster is a program that DJ's can use to play there music. The changes are: Support for French and English language. Improved equalizers (shelf filters) and improvements for the loop handling (added x2 and /2 buttons). Minor GUI changes and many small errors are removed.

MultiMax cartridge | MultiMax is the ultimate cartridge for the Commodore MAX Machine. It contains all 24 games that were released by Commodore for this machine. The cartridge has a power-on menu and a reset button. The cartridge is also compatible with the C64, C64c, SX64 and the C128. The software was created by Rob Clarke and Michał Pleban developed the hardware.

SimpleMail 0.41 - Amiga | SimpleMail is a mail program for the Amiga platform ( classic and OS4) and compatible systems (MorphOS). Changes in this version: Added server certificate checks. AmigaOS 4.x uses OpenSSL until AmiSSL has been updated.

IntroBase v2 | K.C. has updated his IntroBase64. All (9350) intros available at intros.c64.org are now available in IntroBase64. The intros will have screenshots, music/sound info (SID file) and a link to the online version. The VICE, CCS64 and Hoxs64 emulators are included and pre-configured.

Vasm 1.7b | Vasm is a 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.

MIST - VIC20 core | MIST is an configurable device that's able to emulate the entire hardware of the computers of the 80's and early 90's. A Commodore VIC20 core is now available for the MIST with support for the PAL VIC20 with 3 or 16 kByte RAM memory.

FCEU v1.5 - MorphOS | FCEU emulates the classic NES / Famicom game console. FCEU currently has great compatibility with sound support and save ram / save state support. Changes in this version: Added a preview screenshot in main window and the save state manager. Adjusted the visible area to match an TV display with over scan. And a filename filter for dir listing (NES|FDS) is now available.

Battle Khaos II - C64 | Battle Khaos II is a multiplayer strategic war game inspired by the games like Magic: The Gathering, Dark Legions and Chaos - The Battle of Wizards. The goal of the game is to kill the enemy wizards. The game is developed by Asterion and Trompkins from the group Tinnitus.

Boingsworld #59 | A new episode of BoingsWorlds (German language) is now available. You can listen to the following articles: 10 Years a1k.org, 15 Years Amigaworld, Calimero, Amiga Game Creator, Sqrxz 3, Kickstarter: Chris Huelsbeck - The Piano Collection, BMR, A-EON - Personal Paint & Aladdin 4D, EasyNet Pro, RNDIS, Dynablaster, Leatherneck, Over the Net, Sneech, Street Racer and Base Jumpers.

The Adventures of Alain - C64 | The Adventures of Alain is a new game for the Commodore C64 made by Martin Piper (code), Fredrik (music) and wile coyote (graphics). In the game you are Alain and must escape from an hotel in the countryside. It looks simple but watch out for surprises.

AmigaRemix | You can listen to new remixes on the AmigaRemix web page. The following Amiga music is added to the web page: Dynablaster, Enigma, Lazer Squad, Street Fighter 2, Echoing, Golden Axe, Speedball 2, Full Contact, F/A-18 Interceptor, Lotus III, Cannon Fodder, Pinball Dreams, Dazzler, Harlequin, Pool of Radiance, Secret of the Silver Blades, Shadow of the Beast I, II & II, Turrican I, II & III, Elysium, Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge - Checkpoint and Dogs of War - Metal Version.

No More Secrets | No More Secrets is a documents that describes the so called 'illegal' op-codes for the NMOS 6510 microprocessor. The document is maintained by Groepaz and gives you information on op-codes such as: RLA, LAX, ANC, ARR, TAS and many more.

Govert Fredrik Rico Blom interview | The C64.com web page had an interview with Govert Fredrik Rico Blom. Rico started in the Commodore scene with the group Silver Rom Crackers. Later he was a member of Triumph 2001, Agile and Pretzel Logic. You can read the whole interview on the C64.com web page.

C64 Endings | The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: Captain Power (Box Office Software), Devastating Blow (Beyond Belief), Deja Vu (Mindscape), Dark Star (Mastertronic), Epsilon IV (Loadstar) and Fi$tful of Buck$ (Ocean Software).

Hall Of Light | The Hall of Light (HOL) web page has been updated. On this website you can find information about games for the Amiga. You will find screenshots, game info, cheat codes and much more. The last couple of weeks more than 200 games were updated.

VirtualC64 0.9.8 | Dirk Hoffmann has released a new version of his VirtualC64 emulator. This emulator can turn your Mac (OS X) into a Commodore C64. Changes in this version are: Supports for multiple keyboard & joystick mappings. Improvements for the VIC II and USB devices. Visit Dirk's web page for all the details.

vbcc v0.9d - Amiga | A new version of vbcc for AmigaOS 3/4, MorphOS, PowerUp und WarpOS is available. Vbcc is a C-compiler made by Volker Barthelmann and Frank Wille (Amiga version). Visit the web page for all the details and changes in this version.

Afterlife #16 | Afterlife is a English language diskette magazine for the Commodore C64 users. This weekly disk magazine is dedicated to the NTSC news and phreaker Scene. Oldschool style. Spreaddisk with latest releases compiled for each issue.

AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition | Hyperion Entertainment has released the AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition. The final edition contains all the big and small updates from the last 6 years of development. AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition is available for: AmigaOne XE, SE, MicroA1, AmigaOne X1000, AmigaOne 500/Sam460, Sam440, Pegasos 2 and Amiga 1200/3000/4000.

HVSC #62 | There is a update available of the High Voltage SID Collection. There are now more then 46.000 SIDs in the collection. In this update 639 new SIDs, 168 fixed/better rips, 181 SID credit fixes, 7 SID model/clock infos, 12 tunes identified and 26 tunes moved. You can download the update from the HVSC web page.

CD32 - CDR adjustment | RetroGameModz made a video about the adjusting the CD-32 to read CD-R discs. In the video you can see: The disassembly. Identification of parts. Explanation of the signal paths. Schematics & block diagrams. The servo system. And the adjustment of FEG, TEG, FEB, TEB and laser power.

Mastertronic Chronicles | Mastertronic Chronicles is a blog of witchfinder dedicated to the Mastertronic games for the Commodore C64. The most recent reviews are: Top 15 Mastertronic Game Tunes, Developer Focus - Mr Chip Software, Pigs in Space (1984), The 5th Quadrant (1988), Star Race (1984), Rugby Manager (1990), Sub Hunt (1984) and Hyperforce (1987).

AmiKit 8.1 | A new version of AmiKit is now available as a download. The changes in this version are: Updates for MUI 4.0 (r4283), AHI Prefs 6.2, AmiKit Android application, AmiKit AmiPUP ISO 8.1, AmiKit MorpheuZ 2.1, IconLib 46.4.404, Wet 6.4 and WHDLoad 18.0. Improvements for BDSlide, NetSurf, AmiTradeCenter and WHDLoad.

Blackjack / Twenty-One - Plus/4 | Jörg Heyltjes (Dataland) released a new game for the Commodore Plus/4. The game includes Insurance, Split, Double down, Surrender, Five card Charlie and Triple Seven in one / two player mode and demo mode. The game has a game assistant, many settings and special effects.

Love Dungeon - Amiga | Jay Aldred released a new game for the Amiga. The game is based on the classic game Bruce Lee from the year 1983. In the game you must collect all the hearts in the level within a limited time. The code is written by Jay Aldred, the graphics are from Kagesan and the music is made by Mike Clarke.

SID Known v1.09 | Wilfred Bos released an update of SID Known. This version is compatible with the latest HVSC (#62). SID Known is a tool which you can use to identify SID tunes from SID and PRG files.

ZX-Live - Amiga | Dmitriy Zhivilov released a new version of the ZX-Spectrum 48/128k and Pentagon 128k emulator for the Amiga. Features: Emulation of all Z80 instructions, flags, registers and interrupts. Support for keyboard, Kempston joystick / mouse, border, sound, 1818VG93 and load & save in many formats.

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