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Hand BASIC - CBM Flavor | Hand BASIC - CBM Flavor is a BASIC programming language for the iPad, iPod Touch or the iPhone. It is compatible with Commodore 64 BASIC V2. You can load and save your files. You can use the text editor for your programs. A help function and sample programs are included.

Recorded Amiga Games | The web page Recorded Amiga Games added more longplay Amiga games last month. Now you can watch: Rodland, Soccerkid, Attack of the green smelly aliens from planet 27, Art of breaking heads, Altered Beast, Fist Fighter, Mortal Kombat II, Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers, Nobochi: The Big 'Ead With a Mission, Mr. Men Olympics, Castleof Doom and Bargon Attack.

Tap Clean v0.27 | TAPClean is a Commodore tape preservation / restoration tool. It will check, repair, and remaster Commodore 64 and VIC 20 TAP or DC2N DMP files (tape images). Changes in this version: Improvements on the following loaders: Power Load, Gremlin F2, Visiload, Aces, Anirog, Atlantis, Burner, Chr, Firebird, Flashload, Hitec, Hitload, Ikloader, Jetload and Microload. Improvements on the file search function for Linux/Unix. The PRG filename now contains a block index for quick cross-reference.

BitJam #142 | The title of the BitJam podcats number 142 is Womanizer. In this BitJam the following Amiga music: Mitch and Dane - Gloria, Fanta - Madalena, Gasman - Losing Victoria, 4-mat - Rose, Beek - Oh Delia, Vinnie - Bangin' Cindy, Maestro - Black Carol, Ciccilleju - Martina, Brainbug - Vanja, Nightbeat - Miriel, Drax - Caroline, Christian Stenzel - Joanna's Flashback, Carebear - Louis Lane, Rymdlego - Yuki Satellites, Cdnalsi - Song for Tina and Machinae Supremacy - The Great Gianna Sisters. Playtime: 47:28 minutes.

Blood and Honour, Aidaars Revenge - C64 | There is a new game available for the Commodore C64. The game Blood and Honour, Aidaars Revenge is made by Chris Yates and Skull (program), Wiklund (music) and Indyjr (graphics). In the game you must free your beautiful bride from the evil sorcerer. For the game is a design for a diskette sleeve and a cassette inlay available.

Commodore Free #55 | Edition 55 of the English pdf, text, seq, d64, html and Ebook magazine is now available. In this edition the following: Editorial, Readers comments, News: Cottonwood BBS update, ImageFX, Prince of Persia, SID Symphony II, Bit Fox - Plus/4, NST Audio Extension, Dunjon Battler, Edge Grinder, Red Wizard Island - Amiga, Swords - Plus/4, Takeover - VIC20, Commodore Games Walk-Through, Micro-SD Card - PET, Fairy Well Preview, Dunjon Battler and a interview with Tokra.

Amiga Future #93 | The English and German Amiga (paper) magazine Amiga Future 93 has been released. In this edition: Red Wizard Island, Phalanx, Manhole, Der Clou (OS4), MasterGear, C64 Forever, Amiga Forever 2012, Magnetic, AmigaOS 4.1 Update 3, MuiOWB, AmIRC, Immortal 4, Quizmaster, Markdown Part 2, C-Workshop Part 10, AmigaOS 4.1 Workbench Part 5, VGA Monitor Switch, Amiga 600 2 MB, Interview with Cinemaware. Amiganoid and Classic Computing.

CBM prg Studio v1.6.0 | Arthur Jordison released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: Improvements to the screen designer for the C64. Removed some errors in the VIC-20 section. And there is now support for the C128 with BASIC 7.

CrossCrabTris 1.0 | KeHo Software released a thinking game for the Amiga. The game is made by Achim Kern, and is programmed in the Hollywood programming language. The game is a mix between a crossword puzzle, Scrabble and Testris. The game is available for MorphOS (ppc), AmigaOS4, AmigaOS3 and AROS.

C64 Studio 1.8 | C64 Studio is a assembly development environment which is dependent on VICE. You can write assembly code and test this with the VICE emulator. Changes in this version: Improved the debug system. Support for BASIC V2. Experimental label mode for the BASIC editor inspired by Bas.Edit (Labels replace the line numbers).

WHDLoad | WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard-disk. Improved: Fire and Brimstone (Microprose). New: California Games (World of Wonders), SWIV (Skid Row), Pinball Dreams 2 (Skid Row), Collection (Razor 1911), Super Off-Road (Paradox), Project X Special Edition (Ministry), Fatal Mission (Robin Burrows), Test Drive 2 (Black Monks), Rock 'n Roll (Newcomer Rainman Crew, Paranoimia), Début: Planet Simulation (Pandora), The Paranoia Complex (Magic Bytes) and Intro (Code Killers).

RAM expansion for the C64 and 128 | Digital Audio Concepts developed a RAM expansion for the C64 and C128. The cartridge has a maximum of 1 MByte DRAM, controlled by a standard 8726 REC chip. The supply of the REC chips is limited and prices start at $34.95.

CBM Command v2.1 | Payton Byrd released a new version of CBM Command. New features are: Support for CMD partitions and sd2iec's disk images. CBM 8050 and CBM 8250 (SFD-1001) disk copier. Improved help file. Better support for RELative files. Better layout for the VIC-20 screens and many other improvements.

Retrogaming Times Monthly #90 | In this English pdf and html magazine about the retro gaming computers the following articles: CoCoLicious! Apple II Incider, Gaming Tetralogies, Retro Collecting 101, Move 1 Space Forward - Q*Bert The Board Game, Bewitched Brews, Beyond The Plastic, Commodore Du Jour - Mail Order Monsters, Dual Perspective, MAME Reviews, Standalone Spew, A Pixelated 21st Century and more.

Word Me Up XXL 1.5 | Word Me Up XXL is a mix between an arcade game and a memory game. You can try a demo or buy the complete game. In this version: More help available. New transition effects between screens. New users management, 12 users can play and save their games. Two new characters available: Lisa and Miss Shen. Four new levels and 27 avatars included. The game is available for AmigaOS 4.x and MorphOS.

SOAP Rewound Edition | Snake on a Plane Rewound Edition is a game for the Commodore C64. The game is made by Ned Ryker (Code, Graphics) and the music is from Fredrik. The sequel to Snake on a Plane has less compiled BASIC and much more assembler code.

PortablE | Christopher Handley released a new version of PortablE. PortablE is a recreation of the AmigaE programming language with many improvements. The program is available for Amiga OS3, OS4, AROS, MorphOS and Windows. You can find a complete list of new and improved items on the PortablE web page.

Commodore PET in a FPGA | Thomas created an Commodore PET inside a FPGA. Features: Digilent Nexys3 FPGA board. 6502 implementation (Max: 50 Mhz). 640x400 VGA output. 16K ROM / 16K RAM. PS/2 keyboard. Datassette simulation. CB2 audio.

C128.com | Bil Herd started a new web page. Bil worked, in the eighties, for Commodore and was the man responsible for C16, Plus/4, C128 and the C64 LCD. On this web page you can find information about commodore, news, videos, downloads, electronics, science and technology. There is a forum and you can start your own blog on the C128.com web page.

Pavel Fedin interview | You can read an interview with Pavel Fedin on the Obligement web page. Pavel is one of the developers of AROS. AROS is a open source, lightweight and efficient desktop operating system, compatible with AmigaOS 3.1 but improving on it in many areas. In the interview Pavel tells about himself, the development of AROS and the future plans with AROS.

Hoxs64 v1.0.7.3 | David Horrocks released a new version of his Hoxs64 emulator. The latest changes are: Enabled editing of the CPU registers and the disassembly mnemonics. Fixed pixel glitch while stepping in the debugger. Added up / left soft cursor keys. And a tweak for the demo Bad Copy by Emulamer.

BetterWB v2.4 | BetterWB is a new workbench pack, much 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: Compact disk player with lots of great features (ACDPlay). SetJoyPort is a program for the use of CD32 style joy pads. ClickNot is for stopping the clicking of the disk drive. Improvement for the Copy, Sort, Join and the Avail command.

C64 Endings | The web page C64 Endings has added 5 new game endings last month. The latest additions are:Arc of Yesod (Thor), Blinky's Scary School (Zeppelin Games), Demon Blue (Microvalue), Giant's Revenge (Thor) and Strike Force Cobra (Piranha).

Hatari v1.5.0 - AmigaOS 4 | For AmigaOS 4 there is a new version available of Atari ST /STE emulator. Hatari emulates most of the ST / STE hardware including joysticks and hard disk images. Hatari is also available for Linux, Apple, BSD, Windows and BeOS. Visit the Hatari web page for all the details.

SID Happens | Hawkeye/Maelstroem made a music video. He uses 8 Commodore C64 8580 SID chips. With this 8 SID's and a MIDIbox he constructed a DIY SID synthesizer. The sound in the video is made with the 8 SID chips, a machine-drum and a virtual piano. Everything is sequenced and mixed live.

Komoda #5 | In this Polish pdf magazine the following articles: Game reviews: Titanic Blinky, Silkworm, Robbo, Vixen, New Zeland Story, Airwolf, Artax, Nebulus, Shaman, Zycie Maklera and Thunder zone. Silesia Party, Fresh Fruits, Tape Power, Mariusz H. Jakubowski, Demo Express. Life is Brutal, Theatre Europe. Bitwa o Anglie, Dinozaury, Top 10 and Johnny Przedstawia.

Internal µIEC | Berry de Jager modified his Commodore C64 with an internal µIEC. On Berry's blog you can follow step by step how he integrated the µIEC (made by Jim Brain) into his C64. As you can see on the photos this C64 has more modifications: SID2SID, S-Video and controls for the Prophet64 cartridge.

Amiga Music Preservation | Last month there was a big update of the Amiga Music Preservation (AMP) web page. AMP wants to be the most comprehensive, complete and precise database about Amiga music. At the moment there are 81462 MODs, 14768 XMs, 4760 S3Ms, 3447 Its and 3634 MEDs.

F7 Cars Target | You can find a new Commodore 64 game on the TND web page. Roberto Ricioppo made the game with the help of SEUCK (Shoot'Em-Up Construction Kit) and the music is from Richard Bayliss. The game is called F7 Cars Target, and it combines a shoot 'em up and a race game.

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 Amiga flashtro’s are: The Champs - New Stuff, Vision Factory and Beyonders- Tetra Quest, Access - Shadow of the Beast 3, Fairlight - Pac Land, Skid Row - Street Rod, Paranoimia - Day of the Viper and many others.

Prince of Persia - C64 | Mr. SID released a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is an conversion of the classic game Prince of Persia for the Apple II, made by Jordan Mechner. Later the game was converted to the Amiga, Atari, Nintendo, Sega, Playstation and many other computers. Making a C64 version is difficult because the game need a large amount of memory. The EasyFlash cartridge with its 1 MByte of memory makes it possible to store all the data. You can play Prince of Persia with an real C64 and the EasyFlash cartridge or use the VICE emulator.

USB joystick adapter | Markus Gritsch developed a simple USB joystick adapter. With this adapter you can use a digital joystick with your favorite emulator. Markus used a PIC micro controller and a few components on a experimental circuit board. Het tested his adapter with the VICE emulator on his laptop and the famous Competition Pro Retro joystick. The schematic and the firmware are available.

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