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Emu64 V5.0.9 | Thorsten Kattanek released a new (beta) version of his Commodore C64 emulator Emu64. The recent changes are: Android version. Improvements for the SID, VIC, CIA and the CPU emulation. And REU and GEORAM emulation is added.

The Ace team needs help | The Ace team is working on a new operating system for the Commodore C128. The development is going on for the last couple of year but the team is now down to only one person. So, if you are a C128 enthusiast and want to help with the development, testing or give suggestions, please contact Miro from The Ace team.

TAWS v0.23 | 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: Added OS 1.0 and OS 1.1. OS 3.9: Start-up screen, AsyncWB and Trashcan. OS 4: More short keys and menu option, Early Start-up Control and Start-up screen. And many improvements for better emulation in IE, Firefox, Opera Chrome and OWB.

Paddle Shooter - PET/CBM | Chizman made a new game for the Commodore CBM / PET computer. The game is a shooting game controlled with paddles. In 2008 Chizman made this game for the Commodore Plus/4, but this CBM / PET version is more enhanced with speech and music. The game can also be played with the keyboard on a real CBM / PET or with the VICE emulator.

Redit - Amiga | Redit is a word processor for the Amiga computer. Redit can be used from Kickstart 1.2 and 0,5 MByte. Changes in this version: Create documents with the CLI interface. The tab size and colours are configurable. Status bar for cursor line and column. Switching between documents with a hotkey.

Crazy Dog Racing - C64 | Crazy Dog Racing is a new game for the Commodore C64 made by Kriss and Rihardo. The game is a top-down viewing arcade racing game. The main characters are dogs, and they race on twelve different circuits from the desert to the north pole. The game has a two player option and you can use the fire button for activating the turbo.

A.R.C.O.S. - C16 | Baron Ashler released the game A.R.C.O.S. for the Commodore C16 and the Plus/4. In the game you must fight against the aliens. You have the control over the ultra secret weapon called A.R.C.O.S. Besides defeating the aliens you must also save as much spaceman as you can.

WHDLoad | WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. Improved: Megademo 1, 2, 3, Musicland 2, Jungle Mania, New York Warriors, Musication, E.C.E.S. Slideshow, Snap!, Det Kniber, Sane Sounds, Our Definition of a Boombastic Demo Style, King's Quest Enhanced, Indiana Jones & The Fate of Atlantis and Altered Destiny.

CSAM Super | CSAM is a Windows application for importing images or video, and then converting it into a Commodore 64 format. The program analyses the original picture and will make a codebook (2 KByte) and screen-data (1 KByte). With this data you can display your image on the C64. This version uses a new algorithm for a better end result.

Hires Color 8 | Erich/Unlimited has released a new picture diskette called Hires Color 8. You will find 32 images on the two disk-sides, and all images use the hi-res graphics mode. The picture show is made with the Magica program.

Vampire 600 | Mfilos tested the new Vampire 600 FPGA accelerator for the Amiga 600. The Vampire 600 is developed by Majsta and has recently become available. On mfilos blog you can read about installing and configuring the new accelerator.

SEUCK competition 2014 | The TND64 web page announced the new SEUCK competition for the year 2014. You can send in your games from January until March. The voting will be in April or May. The rules are similar to last year's competition, but this time round, no enhancements or music is allowed to be added to the game for the competition.

HerMIDI / SID-Wizard | HerMIDI is a MIDI interface for the Commodore 64 made by Hermit. The devices has only a few components and you can built it yourself. The schematics, firmware and PCB are available. The device works together with the SID-Wizard program.
Hermit also released a update for SID-Wizard. Changes in this version: MIDI-in, 2SID (stereo), 324 new instruments, new Bare player, Sound-FX support, and much more.

Jack v4.3 - Amiga | Jack is a multi-purpose program for AmigaOS, AROS and MorphOS. Features: Preferences, Screen snapshot, Knowledge Base, Image editor, Music player, Slideshow, File-management, Auto-updates, etc. Changes in this version: APPDIR: is now accessible from the shell. Dashboard: Improved the function of the Go button. New Tab for Tech RSS NewsFeeds. Knowledge Base: Improved the function of the Go to website button.

C64 Power adaptor | MAD Scientist made a new power adaptor for the Commodore C64. He uses a standard power supply from the PC with a Molex connector that has 5 VDC and 12 VDC. His adaptor makes 9 VAC from the 12 VDC and together with the 5 VDC it is connected to the Commodore C64. You can follow the progress on the Forum64.de web page.

Retro Asylum Podcast - 65 | Retro Asylum is a English podcast about retro computing. In this episode: Music from the Amiga. Matt Denaris talks about music from games and demos but also about other music that is made with the Amiga.

A.R.C.O.S. | Baron Ashler released the game A.R.C.O.S. for the Commodore C64. In the game you must fight against the aliens. You have the control over the ultra secret weapon called A.R.C.O.S. Besides defeating the aliens you must also save as much spaceman as you can.

Boingsworld #47 | A new episode of BoingsWorlds (German language) is now available. You can listen to the following articles: Amigakit Joystick, Elbox Turboflyer 530, Rasberry Pi as Floppy, Odyssey 1.22 - MorphOS, A-Eon & ACube, MorphOS 3.4, Joypad Boomerang, Tetris, ACA 500, ACA 1232, Flight of the Amazon Queen, Hybris, Legend of Kyrandia, Solid Gold, BoingsWorld radio, torrent and RSS-Feed.

Tetris - C64 | This game is a conversion of the Atari arcade version of Tetris. The game is written by Karoshier, the music is from fieserWolf and the graphics are from Karoshier and Sampaguita. The original Atari version is from 1988 and is based on the original Teris game from Alexey Pajitnov from 1985.

CCS64 v3.9.1 | Per Håkan Sundell released a new version of his Commodore C64 emulator. Changes in this version: Emulator improvements to support more demo's such as EmuSuxx0r from Crest. More PAL artefacts such as blurring, etc., have been implemented. You can download this C64 emulator from Per's web page.

Retrogaming Times Monthly #116 | In this English pdf and html magazine about the retro gaming computers the following articles: Apple II Incider, CoCoLicious, Rejects Gaming Hall Of Fame, More 64! - Avoid The Noid, The Simpsons, Mega Man, Shining Force II, The Pixelated Mage +More!

Creatures Cartridge - C64 | On the web page of Siem Appelman you can now download the game Creatures as a cartridge image. The game was made in 1990 by John and Steve Rowlands and released for the Commodore C64, the Amiga, the ZX Spectrum and the Atari ST. The original game was only available as a cassette or as a diskette.

David Fox interview | The C64.com web page had an interview with David Fox. David started to work with computers in 1964. When the home computers became popular he started with making conversion of adventure games. His first game he made himself was Mix and Match Muppets. 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: Harbour Attack (CBM Inc.), Ikari III - The Rescue (SNK), Jackal (Konami), Kinetik (Firebird), Legend of The Amazon Women (Silvertime), Ninja Warriors (Virgin Mastertronic), Oops! (The Big Apple), PSI-DROID (Zeppelin Games), Race Against Time (Codemasters), Shark (Players Premier), Santa Claus' Helper (Santa Claus' Helper), Scarper! (MC Lothlorien), Sabotage (Zeppelin Games), Taskforce (Players Premier), T-Bird (Virgin Mastertronic) and Trans-Atlantic Balloon Challenge (Virgin Games).

Commodore Fan Gazette #003 | Commodore Fan Gazette is a pdf Commodore magazine in the Italian language. In this edition: Editorial, Ready…Return!, MorphOS, Aegis Sonix - Amiga OCS, Assembloids, Stunt Car Racer, Super Bread Box, M.A.C.E., Bomberland 64, Amigaro (3), C= 64x, Cartridge games for the C64,. Top 100 and the mail.

C64games.de | The web page c64games.de had an update. You can now find 6058 games on this web page. The new games are: Air Rescue (Ahoy), Alien Armada, Arena (Ahoy), Bellringer III, Bloodwheels, Codename Desert Storm, Conrad Dash, Cosmic Ark, Deep Star, Der Fall Sydney, Devil Ronin, Dodos Deep Doo-Doo, Flin Flon, Gigamaze, Grayhawk 2013, Guardian (Ahoy), Harrier Strike, Helsings Hunt, Humphrey, Hunt for Bubbers Bathtub, Invert, Island of Secrets and The Sydney Affair.

Galahad interview - Putty Squad | The Codetappers web page has had an interview with Galahad. In the year 1990 System 3 developed the game Putty Squad. But the game was not released for the Amiga. In 2013 System 3 announced that the game would be released for the modern consoles, but again not for the Amiga. Galahad contacted System 3 to offer his help to make an Amiga version. You can now read how Galahad made the Amiga version of Putty Squad.

Mini Mag #07 | Mini-Mag is a German diskette magazine. In this edition: Editorial, Forum, Interview: The Ryk, Hannover Classic Computer, Doreco#38, Block 'n' Bubble, Turbo Chameleon 64, PETSCII Editor 3 and a Puzzle.

Re-Alienator - C64 | Re-Alienator is a new game made by Yngve with the help of Sideways Scrolling SEUCK. The music in the game is made by Aldo Chiummo. The military base has been infested with hungry slimy green aliens. A time bomb has been set to destroy all alien life forms. But you must escape the site before the bomb will detonate.

HVSC #60 | There is a update available of the High Voltage SID Collection. There are now more then 44.000 SIDs in the collection. In this update 825 new SIDs, 233 fixed/better rips, 910 SID credit fixes, 120 SID model/clock infos, 8 tunes identified and 67 tunes moved. You can download the update from the HVSC web page.

Reproduction of the SX64 parts | Erwin van Betten has successfully reproduced the handlebar caps and the keyboard clips for the Commodore SX-64. Erwin uses an CAD program to design the parts and a 3D printer to make the parts. The parts are printed with an LulzBot TAZ 3D printer equipped with a Budaschnozzle 2.0 w / 0.35mm nozzle.

ACID 64 Player Pro v3.5 | Wilfred Bos released a new version of ACID 64 Player Pro. Changes in this version: Improvements: Folder management for the HVSC, MUS files, layout, first file played is now always added to history list and other small improvements.

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