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Real AmiKit - v0.5 | Real AmiKit is a 16 colour version of AmiKit adapted to work with a real Amiga AGA computer. New in this version: BDWatch, BDSlide, WBStartup, WBRun, UAEquit, z.library, Clock faces drawer, Slide drawer in Prefs/Presets, Wallpapers, ShutDown, TinyMeter, Boot music, Copymem, MinStack, SaferPatches, Poolmem, VBRControl, ACATune 1.7, Start Menus and BlackBorder.

SID Known v1.07 | Wilfred Bos released an update of SID Known. This version is compatible with the latest HVSC (#60). SID Known is a tool which you can use to identify SID tunes from SID and PRG files.

AmigaRemix | You can listen to new remixes on the AmigaRemix web page. In the last weeks they added the following Amiga music: Seeing is Believing, Baal Title (Solar Mass Mix), Cannon Fodder (Amiga game intro) Reloaded, ball Illusions Remix 2012 remastered, Apidya, Scream Of The Earth, Amazing Fireworks and bris (Childhood memories).

CBM prg Studio v2.9.0 | Arthur Jordison has released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: Extended colour mode and binary file import for the screen designer. User defined links in Help. Batch files for user tools menu. Updated the help file. Improvements for ROL, LSR, ADC, SBC, STX, STY, Macros, Labels Undo and indirect jumps.

V.A.M.P. v1.05 | Virtual Amiga Multimedia Player is a media player made with the help of Hollywood. Changes in this version: Support for the m4v format from Apple. Fixed a bug in time uncounter of movie or song and added the seconds too. Added end time playback for movies in the information box.

Cowboy Duel - C64 | DATA-LAND released a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is based on one the oldest games ideas. Features: Traditional western melodies by Richard Bayliss. 1 or 2 player mode with tournament support and many game settings.

XSidplay2 - v2.1.5 | Tognon Stefano (ice00) released a new version of XSidplay for Linux. XSidplay is a SID music player for Linux, initially developed by Michael Schwendt. Changes in this version: Updated to libsidplay-fp version 1.1.0. And it is now also possible to view the SidId.nfo information about the players.

C64 Longplays | New games on the C64 Longplays web page. On this web page you can watch how a game can be played and see how it ends. The latest entries are: Ninja, Uridium, Skate Rock, Sanxion, Alleykat, Deceptor, Infiltrator, Rambo - First Blood and Labyrinth.

C+4Hires - v2 | C+4Hires is a new picture diskette for the Commodore Plus/4. The diskette is released by Carrion and it contains high resolution pictures converted from the Commodore C64. The original artists are: Deev, Frost, Leon, Electric, Mermaid and Veto.

Chameleon 64 - 8i | An new core is available for the Chameleon. Changes in this core: Multimode resonance filters for the SID emulation and 6581 / 8580 selection. Improved CPU IO registers access at address 0 and 1. Improvements for the file browser and better support for Easyflash ROMs.

Arcade Evolution Joystick | The company AmigaKit has a new joystick for sale. The features are: Micro switches for two fire buttons and the four directions. Metal shaft and base plate. The dimensions are 20 x 20.5 x 5 cm, the front lip is curved for additional comfort and the cable has D-Sub 9-pin connector.

Lotek64 #47 | A new edition of the German pdf magazine Lotek64 is now available. The articles in this edition: Lo*bert, Editorial, News, Retro Treasures: J-Cart, Movies on the C64: Nuvie, Test Drive 2 (C64), Interview: Robin Harbron, Whacky Roll, WiSim GameBiz 3, Godzilla, Superfrog HD, Retrogaming iPhone / iPad, Toronto PET User Group, Retro-Börse 2013 - Wien, Chipmusik, SIDologie and Videogame Heroes (13).

YAM 2.9 | YAM (Yet Another Mailer) is a email client for AmigaOS. After 6 months of development a new version of YAM is available. In this version many changes to YAM to make it possible to implement IMAP support in the future. Also many improvements and many small errors removed. YAM is available for AmigaOS 4, AmigaOS 3, AROS and MorphOS.

Games That Weren't 64 | The GTW64 web page has had an update. New: Flok, Jet Combat, Master Blast, CDU Games Disks, IndeflataBall, Erik, Earth Mover, Assault Force, Make My Day, Navadon, Pet Rescue, Questor 3, Cybowormz, Questerious and more than 30 other new games added.

AmiKit v1.6.7 | A new edition of Amikit is available. There are changes or updates for the following programs: BDSLide, BDWatch, Codesets Library, IconLib, MCC_BetterString, MCC_NList, MCC_TheBar, OpenURL, playOGG, SimpleMail and WHDLoad.

Warrior of RAS Volume I - Dunzhin | Kichy converted a Commodore C64 game to the Commodore Plus/4. The game Dunzhin is a 2D role playing game. You must enter the dangerous dungeons and fight with many enemies. In the game you must recover the hidden treasure hidden. The levels are always randomly generated, which will ensure a fresh experience each time you choose to play the game.

Commodore Free #76 | A new edition of the English pdf, text, seq, d64, html and Ebook magazine is now available. In this edition the following: Editorial, Commodore Free E-Cover Tape #9, News, Reviews: Sgt. Helmet Zero [Plus/4] and Pitfall [VIC 20 - 16KB], The SCPU - CMD and a interview with Anders (boray).

Pooyan VIC-20 | Beamrider (Adrian F) released a Commodore VIC20 version of the arcade classic Pooyan. If you want to play the game you will need an Commodore VIC20 (PAL), a 16KB memory expansion and a joystick. This is not the final version and you can give your feedback about the game.

Odyssey Web Browser 1.21 - MorphOS | Fabien Coeurjoly released a new version of the Odyssey Web Browser for MorphOS. The features are: WebKit, Javascript, CSS, DOM, SVG, Unicode, SSL and HTML5. Changes in this version: Updated to WebKit r155188. New Webinspector layout. Added proxy support and a TopSites feature. The latest version of ffmpeg and much more.

D64 Lister v1.7.2 | Lars made a new version of his D64 Lister program available. D64 Lister is a Windows (W95-W7) program for manipulating or viewing D64 images. Changes in this version: Compatible with Windows8. Mouse wheel support. Resizing for the BAMViewer with dynamic Font scaling. Improvements for MainForm, TOK64, Save, Display, BamViewer, GEOS Functions: ShowFont, PhotoScrap and HTML Export.

Online Amiga 500 Emulator | Christian Stefansen made it possible to use a Amiga 500 (PAL) emulator in the Chrome browser (version 31+). Before you can use the emulator you will need a Kickstart ROM. The source code of the emulator is available.

Club Info 132 | In this German language d64 magazine for the Commodore C116, C16 and the Plus/4 the following articles: Forum, Scene Focus, Tips & Tricks, Uebung/Umrechn, Banner/Swift, Sgt. Helmet Zero, Momento, The Frog, Hasenjagd, Robo Knight, Tiere Erraten, M.A.H.V., Computer Spass, Hardware: Keyboard, Games/Users Guide: Championship Wrestling, ScapeGhost and SVS-Cal.

MorphOS 3.4 | A new version of MorphOS is now available. Changes in this version. More support for Apple systems. New REXX commands. Improvements for Rdesktop, Scandal, Scribble, Sketch, Transfer, VPDF, Lha, NetConfig, Devs, Libs, MUI, Prefs, Reggae, Tools and Utilities.

Labyrinth - C64 | Labyrinth is a new game for the Commodore C64 made by Lobogris and R. International from the group Revive. In the game you must find your way through a labyrinth. When you encounter a man, he will tell you a spell key. You will need these spell key later in the game.

Saga 1.84 - Amiga | Saga is a conversion of the 1981 TSR board-game Saga: Age of Heroes, for up to 6 players. Players can be controlled by human or the Amiga. In Saga you must defeat evil monsters, win fabulous treasures and rule great kingdoms. Changes in this version: New option: Watch Amiga movements and miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

Doom - VIC20 | Kweepa released the game Doom for the Commodore VIC20. For the game you will need an Commodore VIC-20, a 35 KB memory expansion and a disk drive. The game has 8 levels, 4 enemies, 5 weapons, 11 music tracks, 20 sound effects, cheat codes, a map screen, corpses, secrets, pick-ups, exploding barrels, intermission and victory screens, and more!

Håvar Bruvold Hojem (HBH) interview | The C64.com web page had an interview with Håvar Bruvold Hojem (HBH). Håvar is from Norway and was active in the Commodore scene between 1984 and 1993. His activities were organising, coding, graphics and swapping in the groups Foxx, Frontline The Hidden Forces (THF), Abnormal and Panoramic Designs.

Flashtro Amiga | On the web page Flashtro.com you can see many cracker intro’s with your browser. The original intros from the Amiga, Atari-ST, Dreamcast, PC, Playstation etc. are converted to Flash. The most recent flashtro’s are: Taipan - New Stuff, Taipan - Dragon Breed, Scoopex - Snow Bros, Megaforce - 944 Turbo Cup, The Power Connection - It Came from the Desert and Stoneware & Morque - Stonecracker.

Gary Dunne interview | Gary Dunne started programming on the Commodore VIC-20, followed by the Atari 800XL, the Commodore 64 and later the Amiga. Gary made the games Toobz, Infection and Confuzion for the Amiga.

The Frog - C16 | The Frog is a game for the Commodore C16 made by Jens Engel. The game is written in machine code and can be used on a C16 (16 KB version) or Plus/4 (32 KB version). You can also use a level editor to make your own levels in the games.

BetterWB v3.2 | BetterWB is a new workbench pack, like AIAB, Amikit, AmigaSYS, ClassicWB etc. It aims to be an enhancement and an update to AmigaOS 3.1 but without the need of extra hardware. Changes in this edition: DosPrefs, Trashcan, Improvements for MagicMenu, Boards.library, requestchoice command, Tooltypes and Format GUI.

Retrochallenge Competition 2014 Winter Warmup | The winter edition of the Retrochallenge competition will be held from 1-1-2014 until 31-1-2014. Everybody with a retro computer project can compete. Examples of the entries are: TCP/IP stack Macintosh 128K. New game for the hand-held toy from Mattel. New programming language for the C64. Apple II Prince of Persia. ViewData BBS system. An 6502 based computer. Memotech MTX512 rebuild. Apple /// programming project.

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