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ANT&TEC - CBM 8050 repair | You can now watch a new video from the ANT&TEC YouTube channel. In this episode: Repairing a Commodore CBM 8050 disk drive. The self-test is indicating a fault with the MOS 6502 CPU or the MOS 6530 RRIOT IC.

Soul Crystal - C64 | Soul Crystal is an adventure game for the Commodore C64 computer. The original German version has now been translated to English by CSixx, Arcane, Jazzcat and Bieno.

CCM - Commodore ads | You can now watch a new video from the Commodore Computer Museum YouTube channel. In this episode: all kinds of old Commodore television ads.

C64 OS - v1.05 | Gregory Naçu released a new version of his C64 OS. This C64 OS comes bundled with over 25 useful utilities. Changes in this version: Fast app switching, fast reboot, usage utility, updated about this app and new keyboard shortcuts.

Yawning Angel Retro - AMOS sound samples | You can watch a new video from the Yawning Angel Retro YouTube channel. In this episode, an explanation about using sound samples in the AMOS programming language.

The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor - C64 | The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor is a new adventure game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by 8bit_era. The game is written with Inform 6, that uses the Ozmoo interpeter.

The Commodore Amiga 500 Story: The Gaming Chronicles (1) | Nicola Caulfield and Anthony Caulfield started a Kickstarter campaign for making a documentary on how the Amiga 500 computer saved Commodore and what happened next.

Tetris Recoded - C64 | Tetris Recoded is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer. The game is developed by Courage and TheRealWanderer (code), fieserWolf, Nordischsound and Wally Beben (music), Shine and SIT (pixels), LazyJones and Schorsch3000 (help). The game reached the first place in the Mixed Game Competition at LuheCon3.

AMI Tech-Gazette - 6 | The AMI Tech-Gazette is a magazine like a user group newsletter, with that personal, not-fully-professional touch, covering the Amiga and its relatives: A500 Mini (2), Graphics Workshop, Shallow Games, News & Views, Nostalgia Bait, Publication Recap - Antic's Amiga Plus, Classic arcade games, Pitfall II (Atari 2600), TF:Prime Wheeljack and Dayton Duke.

Zapped to the Past | You can now listen to a new episode of the Zapped to the Past podcast. In this episode: Rainbow Islands, Inner Space, Gemini Wings, Red Heat, The Running Man and Licence to Kill.

SIDKick pico | SIDKick pico is an inexpensive SID-replacement without making compromises regarding quality. It is based on an extended reSID 0.16 emulation and uses a Raspberry Pi Pico (or compatible clone). It supports dual-SID, paddles/mice, has a built-in configuration tool, and outputs via PWM and DAC.

Commodore Free #97 | A new edition of the Commodore Free magazine is now available. In this edition the following: Editorial, Morcambe and Retro, CEX (Complete Entertainment eXchange), News, Why did we use tape, SID software, Vic games review, Amok Vic 20, Super Amok, Bezerk 2010, Soundpaint and Alternitaves.

Retro Commodore | The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high-quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: Word Perfect Printing Guide and Programmering i BASIC.

Amiga Future | Amiga Future is looking for reinforcements for the magazine and the webpage. The magazine needs more editors and translators for the Applications area, Games section, Hardware area and the News section. Also, the webpage can use some help for the News section.

GadgetUK164 - A1200 repair | You can now watch a new video from the GadgetUK164 YouTube channel. In this video, Chris is showing how to repair an Amiga 1200 computer. Chris also replaced the electrolytic capacitors.

Chip SID show - 62 | You can now listen to a new episode of the Chip SID show with Max Hall. An hour long classic and new SID music.

Yewdow - Plus/4 | Yewdow is a new game for the Commodore Plus/4 computer, developed by Inufuto. In the game, you must guide the car around the screen, and collect all the flags.

C64 intros | The web page c64Intros has updated its intro database and added more new intros. Updates: 30 new intros and 5 new groups.

Videntium Picta - Amiga | Videntium Picta is an image viewer program for the Amiga, made with Hollywood. Videntium Picta can show many image formats. Features: Rotate, mirror, resize, sharpen, negative and zoom.

Single Screen Dash - C64 | Single Screen Dash is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Iceout. The size of the game is only 2 kB.

Amigos: Everything Amiga | You can listen to new episodes of the Amigos: Everything Amiga podcast: Powerdrome brought 3D space racing to the Amiga in 1989, Myth - BRUTAL Amiga Platforming and Narco Police.

Laserscape - C64 | Laserscape is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer developed by Vector5 Games. The object of the game is to paint all the floor tiles to the same colour as the door. You must do this by avoiding the moving lasers.

Flashtro | On the web page Flashtro.com you can see many cracker intros within your browser. The original intros from the Amiga, Atari-ST, Dreamcast, PC, Playstation etc. are converted to the browser. The most recent flashtro's are: Flasht-Ross -The Plague and Flashtro - Frogger 500.

Diamond Geezer - C64 | Diamond Geezer is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by Arlasoft. The aim is to collect all the diamonds on each level. When you move, you will continue moving in that direction until blocked by a wall. If you buy the game the money will be donated to the Spark and HSTAR charities.

WHDLoad | WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. New: Zener Drive and Eon. Update: Time Bandit, Alien Legion, Traders, Campaign, Hammerfist, Super Hang-On, Crash Garrett, Total Recall, Nathan Never, Butcher Hill, Reshoot Proxima 3 and Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters.

Nordischsound | Ben from the Nordischsound YouTube channel is making SID music on the Commodore C64 computer. The latest addations are: Eternal Warriors of Light, Super Mario Galaxy, Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch, Outrun Radio, Peek A Boo and Nordischsound - Fighting in the Past.

Versatile Amiga Test Program v5.7 | The Versatile Amiga Test Program is developed for all Amiga computers. The available tests are: Screen, Audio, Sprite, Blitter, CD32 joypad, Keyboard, CIA, ROM, CPU, FPU, RTC, Memory, Address-line, Real Interrupt, Interrupt Request, Disk-drive, Parallel-port and Serial-Port.

Penguin Tower - C64 | Penguin Tower is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer, developed by d'Arc (code & pixels), Scapegoat (code) and AudioMaster J (music).

A600GS | If you want more information about the new Amiga console, the A600GS, from AmigaKit Ltd, you can now visit the A600GS Wiki-page.

Z64K | Z64K is a pixel exact emulation of the Commodore 128, C64, VIC20 and Atari 2600 written entirely in Java. The emulators should run on any platform with an updated Java Runtime environment. Recent changes: Enabled the tape recording for the VIC20 computer.

Greaseweazle Tools v1.16.2 | Keir Fraser has released updates for the Greaseweazle hardware. The recent changes are: New formats: DCP and DIM. And improvements for image import and flux reading.

GAAC64 | GAAC64 is a Graphic Adventure Assembler for the Commodore C64 computer. You can write a script file that defines rooms and objects, writes code for the objects, and provides graphical assets. The program then creates the C64 game file.

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