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Acuario 2012 | Acuario is a aquarium for inside your Amiga. Acuario has several fishes, a clock / date, background music and even a mermaid. The 2012 version is made with Hollywood 5 Infinity and has new fish, support for oggvorbis audio files and is available in the following languages: Español, English, French, Italian, German, Greek and Czech.

Retro computer case - X500 Plus | Loriano Pagni designed the X500 Plus. This computer case is a tribute to the computers of the eighties and nineties and is inspired by the Commodore Amiga 500. The case is build from aluminium and plastic and has a in-built keyboard. You can install a mini-itx or flex-ATX motherboard, SSDs or HDDs, slim DVD-RW or Blu-Ray drive and a card reader. You can use the case for many systems like: PC, SAM, Raspberry pi, Natami, FPGAArcade etc.

Fairy Well cartridge - C64 | The web page RGCD presents the cartridge version of the game Fairy Well. This game won the 2011 C64 16kB cartridge game development competition. The game can be played with a joystick on a C64 PAL / NTSC and the 64 GS. In the game you need to guide your fairy through the labyrinthine underworld on your quest to rescue the captured princess and restore peace to the forest! The game comes boxed (artwork by Flemming Dupont), printed manual and exclusive sticker.

Lord Of The Rings - Plus/4 slide show | Zoltán and István released a picture diskette for the Commodore Plus/4 (PAL). The pictures are in Interlaced HiRes. There are 12 pictures available and a fast loader system for the 1541 and 1551 disk drive is included on the diskette.

Amitopia TV | Amitopia TV is now 24 hours per day available. This week on Amitopia TV: Showcase, Animated Zone - Creativity into one show, AmiReporters, Commodore Amiga History - History of Commodore and Amiga, Amiga News - Latest Headlines and I Love Amiga 2012 - Tenerife Amiga Club Meeting.

Furiod - Andriod | Furiod is a 3D sequel of the great arcade title Arkanoid made by Ozzy. The game is also a tribute to the great SID composers of the commodore 64 era. This game is a Arkanoid clone , but the difficulty will increase every 10 levels. The game has 100 levels and a Final Boss. The game can be downloaded for free.

SD2IEC Backpack | SwissMäc developed his own version of a SD2IEC. He named his version the Commodore 64 SD2IEC Backpack. In the video you can see that the device is installed on the Commodore C64 as a little backpack.

The Legend of Edgar - Amiga OS4 | The Legend of Edgar is a platform game, but different from many Amiga and SNES platform games. Edgar must battle his way across the world, solving puzzles and defeating powerful enemies to achieve his quest. Features: Large levels with different environments. A variety of weapons. Boss Battles! Lots of sound effects and music tracks. Joypad support with configurable controls. Configurable keyboard support.

TAPgen v0.1 | TAPgen v0.1 is a tape loader program made by Enthusi. With this program you can make your own tape loading system for your games. It supports games up to 44 kB (173 Blocks) including loading music, loading picture and a scroll text with custom character set. The program can be used on a PC with Python and recent version of Exomizer.

WHDLoad | WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. Improved: Dizzy Prince of the Yolkfolk (Code Masters), Humans 3: Evolution - Lost in time (Gametek), Project X (Team 17), I.C.E. 2 (Cytax), Skull and Cross Bones (Domark), Labyrinth (Det Nye COMputer). New: I.C.E. 3 (Cytax), Block Shock: The Last Chance (Kingsoft), Balance Of Power: Geopolitics in the Nuclear Age (Mindscape), Snapperazzi (Alternative), Gladiators (Smash 16).

128wiki | Lance from the Commodore128.org web page started a wiki. This wiki will be filled with information about the Commodore C128. But all the other Commodore and Amiga models are welcome too. And you can help to make this wiki bigger by adding your own articles. The wiki is, like Wikipedia, freely editable.

PPOT - Home Computer | The Commodore revival band PPOT (Press Play On Tape) will release a new album on 12 May 2012. On this double album the following music: Man with the Gun, Formula One Simulator, Olympic Fanfare, Winter Games, Parappa the Rapper 2, Ghosts 'n Goblins, How to Waste this Day, Gods (Into the Wonderful), Piece of Noise, Nonterraqeuous, Zero-G, Future Knight, The Human Race, Knuckle Buster, Lightforce, One Man and his Droid, Rambo : First Blood Part II, The Last Ninja (The Wilderness), Master of Magic, Aztec Challenge, Thrust, Commando, Sanxion, Shockway Rider, Monty on the Run and Zoids.

How to build an 8-Bit TTL Computer | Many people know a little bit about the internals of a 8-bit computer. The most important part is the CPU (Central Processing Unit). You can buy many different CPU's to build a computer. But Kyle from 8 Bit Spaghetti decided to make a computer the hard way. He did not buy a CPU, he build one himself from TTL chips. In this very comprehensive blog he explains how a CPU works and how you can build one yourself.

WinUAE - v2.4.1 | A new version of the Amiga emulator for Windows is available. Solved problems with: CDFS, Software filter, D3D, USB joysticks with multiple buttons, Legacy VSync, Bsdsocket, 68020 cycle-exact mode and Chip RAM. New or improved: Fastest possible CPU mode, Display buffering system, Sound sync, Debugger and Auto-scaling.

Wyverns - C64 | Christian Siege released the second part in the Wyvern series. The game is developed with the Sideways SEUCK system and can be used with an Commodore 64. In the game you control a holy dragon who has to save the land of Progidia from the Evil Dragon lord. You have to fight against dragons and minions.

Amiga Future #96 | A new edition of the English and German Amiga (paper) magazine Amiga Future has been released. In this edition: Chocolate Doom, Aquakon, Fortress, Relics of Deldroneye, Cyber Blast 2, The Golden Medallion, Open Beats of Rage, Hollywood 5, Audio Evolution 4, Cinnamon Writer, RP9, Icaros Desktop. Network Printing, C-Workshop (13), AmigaOS 4.1 Workbench (8), D-LAN, Classic Reflection (4), Test AresOne XL, 2 MB RAM for all 68000 Amiga's, Interview Jens Henschel, Interview Mustafa Tufan, News and Letters to the editor.

Adventures In Time II – Preview | Róbert Kisnémeth (KiCHY) is working on the next Adventures In Time game for the Commodore Plus/4. In part two there will be new features: Tile types which let you slide left or right. Hidden passages. Jumper platforms. Rotating coins for collecting. You can follow the progress of the game on the blog page of KiCHY.

C64 Endings | The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: Rally Cross (Anco), Redhawk (Melbourne House), Stunt Car Racer (Microstyle), Scout (Mastertronic), Tintin on the Moon (Infogrames), Tales of the Arabian Nights (Interceptor Software), Toadforce (Players), Tarzan Goes Ape (Codemasters), Ultimate Wizard (Electronic Arts), Vindicators (Domark) and Wild West Seymour (Codemasters).

SIDboard | Stefan Noack developed a hardware SID player with the help of a Atmel micro processor. The used components are: 6581 SID, Atmel Atmega162 and a MAX 323. You can use the ACID 64 software to play your SID's on the SIDboard. Because the project is open source you can download the schematics and firmware to build your own SIBboard.

AmigaRemix | You can listen to new remixes on the AmigaRemix web page. In the last weeks they added the following Amiga music: Elvira Loader Darkstyle, Hybris (NewAgeMix), Flashback - The Escape (Long version), Leisure Suit Larry 3 - Nontoonyt Hotel (Casino Mix), Lotus 3 Metalmachine daXX RMX, Amberstar (Title Remix), SHINOBI - Ninjas never die, Project-X (XPlod Remix), Wings Of Death (Level 2) - More Gravity, Memories of a Turbo Challenge,A cembalo on Monkey Island, Elvira Mistress of the Dark Garden, The Great Bath (of the Seven Seas).

TMPx v1.0/Style | TMPx (TMP cross) is a cross assembler that is 100% compatible with the full syntax of the Commodore C64 program Turbo Macro Pro. TMPx was tested thoroughly and will produce the same output as Turbo Macro Pro on the real C64. Besides TMPx you can also use TMPview. This program will show the ASCII version of the Turbo Assembler code.

FS-UAE v1.2.0 | FS-UAE is a multi-platform Amiga emulator for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X based on UAE/WinUAE. Changes in this version: Improvements in the rendering performance. Input devices and options can be changed in the menu while running FS-UAE. Added the A4000/040 model. Support for mounting CD images. Better net play support. UAE core from WinUAE 2.4.0. Many other fixes and improvements.

JS VIC-20 | The Javascript emulator of the VIC-20, made by Matt Dawson, has been updated. This emulator works best with the latest Chrome or Firefox browsers. Changes in this version Full-screen support. New debug screen with VIC and VIA info. Edit or view a Basic or machine-code program. Choice between 100% speed or no-limit. Datassette emulation (Load) with support for TZX, CSM and PRG files.

Boingsworld #27 | You can now listen to a new episode of BoingsWorlds (German language). You can listen to the following articles: BoingsWorld Ostergewinnspiel Gewinner, Timberwolf Beta 3 für AmigaOS 4, Viva Amiga in Europa, Tutorial Audioevolution 4, Turrican Soundtrack Anthology, AmigaONE X1000 Debian Linux, Micromys V4, AmigaOne X1000 AmigaOS Update, Floppy Autoloader, Indivision AGA Mk2, Classic-Computing 2012, WiiUAE 9, Commodore-Meeting in Wien, Project 1565, Blue Metal Rose Homepage, OctaMED Soundstudio 1.03c, Aegis Audiomaster, Ambermoon Arcade, Backbone, Super Street Fighter 2 DX, Maestro Professional Soundkarte, Konturen der Welt Musikvideo and the Commodore 64.

Quod Init Exit v1.2 | Simone Bevilacqua (saimo) released an update of his game Quod Init Exit. In the game you are a little pig, and you need to eat all the food you can find. The game has excellent graphics and is fun to play. You can download the game from the Commodore Scene Database (CSDb) web page.

Retrogaming Times Monthly #96 | In this English pdf and html magazine about the retro gaming computers the following articles: The Business Of Gaming - Good Ol' 1982. Retro Collecting 101 - Is There A Such Thing As Too Many Games? Apple II Incider - Apple II's 35th Birthday / Visicalc. 30th Birthday Bash - ZX Spectrum: The World's Most Emotional Computer Turns 30. MAME Reviews - Snap Jack. Commodore Du Jour - Jack Tramiel and Breach. NES'cade - Chase H.Q. A Pixelated 21st Century. Middle Aged Gamer + More!

GTW64 - Memo | Memo is a simple memory game and was developed in 1992 by Göran Johansson (Code), Anders Elmen (Music) and Kim Nordström (Graphics). The special thing about this memory game was that is was a two player game and you could steal pairs from your opponent. But in 1992 the game publishers had lost interest in the C64 market and the game did not get released.

The Commodore PET serial registry project | This web page wants to make a register of all Commodore PET / CBM computers and peripherals. The database now holds more 50 serials and is still growing. Besides the serials database you can also find software, books, adverts, manuals, brochures and much more.

Darren Melbourne interview | The web page c64.com interviewed Darren Melbourne. Darren developed games for many computer systems. For the Commodore C64 he worked on Hades Nebula, Blazer, Shinobi, Ninja Warriors, Gemini Wing and Speedball. Nowadays he develops games for the Nintendo and the iPhone. You can read the complete interview on the c64.com web page.

Indivision AGA Mk2 | A new version of the Amiga flicker fixer is available. The device comes in two versions and can be used with the Amiga 1200, 4000, 4000T and the CD32. Specifications: DVI-I Connector, 135 MHz Pixel clock, 16 MB frame buffer, Hardware updates are possible. The device is placed inside the Amiga on top of the Lisa chip.

Project 1565 | Stefan from the computer collection Vienna has now a real replica of the Commodore 1565 disk drive. He made a 3D drawing of the disk drive and used it to print the disk drive. With a modern 3D printer it is possible to produce 3D models. In the video you can see the result of the project. The total printing time was 4 hours.

Commodork 64 | Warrenterra79 collected an number of videos of Commodore C64 games with strange behavior. A few examples are: Circus games, Decathlon, Summer Games, Summer Games II, World Games, Winter Games and many more.

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