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Quickman - VIC-20 | Robert Hurst has released an new version of his game Quickman. Quickman is a Pacman clone for the Commodore VIC-20 (no memory expansion). Robert made the following improvements: Changed the character graphics to reduce flickering. Fixed the number of lives remaining. Fixed a software interrupt. Reverse monsters direction after swallowing a power pill. Improved quikman's death sequence. Added a cheat key to advance to the next fruit level. You can download the game and the complete source code from Roberts web blog.

MUI: TextEditor.mcc | There is a new version of the MUI based TextEditor. The features are: Colored text. WYSIWYG for bold, italic and underline. Multi-level undo and redo. Full clipboard support (cut and paste). Support for external spell checkers. AREXX interface for scripted programming and much more. TextEditor.mcc can be used with AmigaOS 3.0 or MorphOS.

DLH's Commodore Archive | David Haynes made a web page for his Commodore documentation. You can find here: magazines, advertisements, manuals of hardware and games. You can download the files as pdf. The very large files must be downloaded with Bittorrent.

GTW 64 | The web page GTW 64 (Games That Weren't) has discovered more games. Slideways made by Simon Birrell is the game that TRAZ should have been. The Gamma Strike game is fixed. An level-editor has been added to the game Lethal Xcess. And two more games Artic Moves and Blond Blubber were added to the collection.

Bomb Chase 2009 | A new game for the Commodore C64. The game Bomb Chase 2009 is an improved version of Bomb Chase with improved sound and new enemies. The code and music was done by Richard of The New Dimension and JSL did the graphics.

7up Sprite Editor v2.0 | Kerm1t released a new sprite editor called 7up Sprite Editor v2.0. This sprite editor can be used on a Windows computer to generate sprites for the Commodore C64. New in version 2.0: Load: .sprite. Load and Save: .gif. Animation. Single sprite colors. Different 16 color palette. Copy and Paste. More than 8 sprites and HiRes palette.

SView5 v2.62 | SView5 is based on a object orientated module with many classes for processing images. With SView5 you can view, converter and edit images. SView5 is also a screen-grabber, it has ARexx support, GUI, online-help and many external tools. SView5 needs AmigaOS 3.1.0 or better.

C-One - Minimig | For the owners of the C-One there is another update for the Minimig core. Version V1.21 makes use of the large memory chip on the FPGA extender: In addition to 2M Chipmem and 1M fake-fast memory, there's now another 8M fastmem usable from any program, resulting in a total of 11 megabytes of usable memory. The update also fixes a few memory-timing problems, so any startup-problems should finally be a thing of the past. You will need the FPGA extender card if you want to use the Minimig core.

Amiga Games That Weren't | The web page Amiga Games That Weren't is searching for lost games. Besides the 5000 officially released games for the Amiga there were many games that didn't make it into the shops. This time the team found 4 more games that didn't make it: Harold the Hairy Hermit, Four mystery games from One Step Beyond, FLOWER and Dragon. You can read more about the games on the web page of aGTW.

Frosty the Snowman 2 | This is a new Jump and Run game for the Commodore C64 made by Joe Dixon. This game is a unofficial sequel to Frosty the Snowman. The idea is simple - you have to get your snowman from one end of the obstacle course to the other, avoiding various hazards. This version has more screens than the original and two players can play simultaneously. Both players can enter the same screen, and can push each other.

MorphOS 2.2 | MorphOS 2.2 is now available for download. In this new edition the following applications are updated: Ambient, Kryptos (new), RemoteShell, ShowGirls, FilesystemPavk, Diamonds, porthandler, rawdisk-handler (new), IWizard, SFSDoctor, Bienvenue, Multiview. MorphOS 2.2 is a free update for users of MorphOS 2.1 and 2.0. If you want to try-out 2.2 you can download a time-limited demo version. MOrphOS can be used on a Pegasos I, Pegasos II and the Efika 5200B

Cevi-aktuell 12/08 | In this German-language d64, pdf magazine the following articles: Collectors pilgrimage to Loope. Interview with: Boulder Dash man, Niels Hädecke and Peter Sieg. Review of Dragon's Lair. DoReCo #14. Classic Computing 2008. Braunschweig's last sales. Hobby und Elektronik 2008. 30 years Space Invaders. The chip becomes 50 years old.

JITT 64 v1.00 | Java Ice Team Tracker 64 is a java based music tracker (editor) for creating music for SID chip of Commodore 64. Instruments are totally based onto tables for full control of sound generation. You can download JITT64 including instruction from the JITT64 web page.

Csabo's Gfx Edit v0.62 | Csaba (Csabo) has released an update for his graphics program. With this program you can draw / edit graphics on a PC (Windows OS) and make a graphics file for the Plus/4. A help-file and the full source code (Delphi 5) is included.

DigitalTalk #85 | In this German-language d64 magazine the following articles: Computer Scene, Talkies und Diskussionen, Hall of Fame, Games-Corner, Out of C64, Music box and much more.

Amitopia TV, 12-2008 | The Xmas edition of Amitopia TV is now available. You can watch the episode as a stream via google video or vimeo. In this episode: Amitopia TV News, mplayer review, Xmas Xtra, Introduction of Amiga 1000, TvPaint Guide.

Lotek64 #28 | In this German-language pdf magazine the following articles: C64-Chameleon: Flickerfixer, 1541, SD-Interface, Freezer, Turbocard. Financial crisis, boardgames instead of computer. Hacking with the Commodore 64 and Apple II. The Toy Shop. Interview with Max Scharl from redspotgames.

VICE v2.1 | A new version of VICE, the Commodore 8-bit emulator, is available. The most important change is that now the C64 DTV is supported.
C64 changes: Added isepic and Double Quick Brown Box cartridge emulation.
VIC20 changes: Improved the sound and VIC emulation.
C64DTV changes: New emulator.
Unix changes: PAL Emulation fixed and improved. MIDI cartridge emulation for x128, x64 and xvic. MS-Windows changes: MIDI cartridge emulation for x128, x64 and xvic. RS232 can use real devices now.

Introbase64 | Kees Zaaijer released version 1.3 of the Introbase. IntroBase64 is a database like the GB64 collection. IntroBase64 tries to preserve intros that crackers made for games they had cracked. The database has now about 3500 intros and more than 5500 screen shots. The complete Introbase system can be downloaded. If you want to help Kees with this project please send him an email.

VmwAROS v1.0 | Version 1.0 of your AROS distribution has been released. WmwAROS is a pre-configured AROS desktop environment available in two formats: a bootable live-DVD installable on the hard drive, and a disk image for VMware. The AROS Research Operating System is a open source lightweight, efficient and flexible desktop operating system, aiming at being compatible with AmigaOS 3.1 at the API level, while improving on it in many areas.

C128 One-Liner competition | On the forum Commodore 128 Alive! a competition has started. The competition is about who can write the best Commodore C128 BASIC program of one line. First prize $AU50, second prize $AU30 and third prize $AU20. Besides making the BASIC line you can also discuss about it.

FUSE 0.10.0 | Fuse (the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator) was a ZX Spectrum emulator for Unix. But, it has now also been ported to Mac OS X, Windows, AmigaOS and MorphOS. The 16K, 48K, 128K, +2, +2A and +3 Spectrums are emulated accurately. For AmigaOS there is a version available made by Chris Young and Q-Master made a version for MorphOS.

Game Theory 2 | Jeffrey Daniels released a new game for the VIC-20. Game Theory 2 is a collection of mini games written in BASIC. After each level the difficulty increases. The game can be played on a Commodore VIC-20 with no memory expansion or in the VICE emulator.

cpm8680.com | www.cpm8680.com is a web page for the users of the operating system CP/M (Control Program for Microcomputers). CP/M can be used by many computers. The Commodore C128 can use CP/M and the C64 can use CP/M via a cartridge. If you want to learn more about CP/M visit the web page of Bill Buckels.

SDL v1.2.13 | Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, 3D hardware via OpenGL, and 2D video frame-buffer. SDL can be used to write games and software. This version has been made by Bernd Rösch and it includes substantial improvements compared to previous versions. SDL is available for 68k Amigas.

C64 mags update | C64 mags is a web page that collects all C64 disk magazines. The total of magazines is now more than 3800. In this latest update (#7) all issues of Iguana, the paper version of Arise, the missing first issue of Internal and many more.

OWB 2.19 | Jörg Strohmayer released a new version of his web browsers for the Amiga. In this new version: Support for fontkerning. Font sizes are now integers, this makes the spaces between the same characters also the same. Fonthinter is now supported. Fixed some bugs on the ACID3 test. Better rendering optimisations. No more stripes when scrolling with the mouse wheel or window scroll bars. GETTITLE ARexx command is now added.

SID Compo results | The results are available of the SID Compo #8. And the winner is Eskimonika by Stellan Andersson (Dane). You can download all (22) SID's that were in the competition. Available formats are: SID, PRG, MP3.

AROS archive update | The latest uploads for AROS are: Play music (simple ogg and wav player), AmiBridge video demonstration, Perl, Python, Link library to port and zunify GTK appl, LZO real-time data compression library, Autoconf port for i386 and x86-64 AROS, Automake, Promotion Presentation Template, AROS promotion leaflet, E-UAE with a GTK-MUI GUI, Quake 1 *with sound*, Battle-pong. Highmoon (Worms Clone), Changeit, dcraw, grafx1 / 2, Mountainview, lzop, xDMS, sdlcalc and vmw.

C64PrgGen 2.0.0 | Arthur Jordison released version 2.0.0 of his program C64PrgGen. In this new version the front-end is completely re-designed. The use of the library is improved. There is now also a 'virtual' memory map of available. C64prgGen (Commodore 64 Program Generator) allows you to type in a BASIC program using a Windows environment and convert it to a .prg file which you can run on an emulator, or even a real C64. The features are : Sprite editor, character editor, Code snippets, Screen Code Buider, Code formatting and renumbering and a Comprehensive help, including tutorials.

Retro Paper-craft | Marshall Alexander is a graphic designer and illustrator who spent his childhood drawing and programming games for his Commodore 64. He specializes in one-piece paper toys that consist of a single flat piece of paper, which by intricate folding is transformed into a 3-dimensional model. He also made a series of retro computers. You can download the paper-craft as a pdf file.

Miggy | Miggy is an Amiga emulator written in Java. The emulator is not finished yet but you can follow the progress at the blog of Tone. With the current version it is possible to run the 68000 processor on 64 MHz.

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