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C64 Longplays | The web site where you can watch a long play of games has been updated. More than 25 new entries are available. There are now more than 200 longplays available.

Get It | A new game for the Plus/4 made by Gábor, Róbert and Csaba. Your goal is to get through all of the 50 caves. Each fifth level you will earn a code.

New Firmware for the 1541-III | Jan Derogee has released a new firmware version for the 1541-III. With this update Jan worked on the stability of the 1541-III. If you want to know where the 1541-III is used for take a look at his promo video of the 1541-III.

Scalos v41.5 | Scalos is a desktop replacement for the Amiga. It is used instead of Workbench or Directory Opus Magellan. The original Workbench gets older every day and is being left behind by other desktop systems. Scalos's goal is to integrate a lot of additional functionality and an enhanced look without losing any of the look-and-feel we all love about the real Workbench.

VICE 1.22 | In this latest version of the 8-bit Commodore emulator. Added 2 MHz mode and fixed C64-mode autostart for the C128. Improved the sound emulation for the VIC20. VIC-II is improved, also a fix to show the Krestage 3 demo. Improved drive emulation. For the AmigaOS3 and AROS netplay support is added. New VICE Volume control for all ports.

Scacom #1 | Stefan Egger started a new (German) PDF magazine about Commodore and Amiga. In this first issue. Picture rendering, CF-card for Amiga, PSP, Jack Tramiel and more. You can download this magazine from Stefan's web page.

Racked Off | A new game for the C64 by: Richard Bayliss, Jaymz Julian and Johan Janssen. Instructions: Barry the Bear wakes up and finds himself stranded on a strange planet full of different colored gardens. The poor bear is starving so it is up to you to help Barry gather all the food for a good feast. Unfortunately he's not alone as there are alien bugs guarding the gardens. Watch out, they can catch you. You have 16 levels to complete.

Plus4emu v1.2.1 | This is a portable emulator of the Commodore 264 family of computers (Plus/4, C16, and C116), aiming for high accuracy and compatibility. Plus4emu is made by Istvan Varga and can be downloaded from his developer web page at Sourceforge. The emulator will run on Linux, BSD, UNIX and MS Windows (NT/2000/XP).

Cevi-aktuell 07/07 | In this German PDF magazine: News, Vince Briel, Birthday of the PET and the C64, Hardware 1541 / 1551, Crackers, C64DTV2.

Mail Madness #57 | In this German D64 magazine: News, Hardware (idefix2, astra, laptop mod), laberecke, highscore and more.

Phonolith v0.8 | Phonolith is a software instrument, which plays sampled waveforms. It's usable with Horny and other CAMD based sequencers, or just a connected MIDI keyboard. There is a free lite version or you can buy a full version. Some features are: Downmixing to AIFF file. Receives MIDI notes through camd.librar. yMixer unit with non-linear volume/panning controls and peak meters. 16 different instruments at once, Look on the web page for more information.

Sweet Chili O'Mine | Duce of Extend released a very nice picture called Sweet Chili O'Mine. Duce has made many pictures for the Commodore C64. You can take a look at his art on the CSDb.

Joe Gunn | Georg Rottensteiner has finished his C64 project. It's a game called Joe Gunn. In this game you are Joseph J. Gunn Archeologist by passion. By chance you stumbled upon an unknown pyramid in the desert of egypt. You suspect it to be the long lost tomb of the Crocodile King. The king whose name has been erased from history as if nobody should ever know of his existence. Can you enter the tomb, solve it's secret and escape alive again? Puzzles, traps and ancient enemies await you in more than 70 rooms with puzzles and enemies.

Commodore Service manuals. | If you need a service manual for your broken Commodore system then take a look at this web site. Service manuals for the C64, Plus/4, disk drives and datassettes. Also manuals and other technical information on Commodore systems.

Amiga Future #67 | Edition 67 of the English and German Amiga magazine is available. But if you want to look through some older versions you can download full versions from the download section.

C64 DTV - demo | Andreas Gustafsson (SDW) made a great C64 DTV demo. Uncharted Territory even won the mixed platform demo competition at BFP2007! The demo can be downloaded from his web site. For the people who do not have a modded C64 DTV you can watch the demo on YouTube.

WinUAE v 1.4.3 | A new version of the Amiga emulator for Windows computers is available. New features are: Built-in lha, lzh, lzx, zip, 7zip and RAR support. A3000 Kickstart ROM and SuperKickstart disk support. A590 /A2091 SCSI, A3000 SCSI and CDTV SCSI expansion harddrive (HDF) emulation. (WD33C93 + (Super)DMAC based SCSI hardware). Action Cartridge Super IV Prof. freezer cartridge emulation. X-Power Prof. 500 (v1.2) freezer cartridge emulation. - Nordic Power (v2.0) freezer cartridge emulation. Debugger improvements. Also lots of bugs were fixed.

AWeb 3.5.09 beta | A new version of the web browser for Amiga OS 3.x / 4.x is released. In this new release the following: Improved characterset. Implementation of Java script 1.5. Also loads of Bug fixes. The latest version can be downloaded from the web site.

Goldshaft | A new game by Mombasa Joe. The story: Bedlam City 1976. Ugly Fat Joe controls the entire city. The police is on the take and murder and extortion by gangsters happens on a daily basis. The best running factory is a drugs lab run by Ugly Fat Joe. The only one that can put an end to all this is Goldshaft.

Minimig web site | Dennis van Weeren famous for his mimimig development has made a web site. On this web site all information on the minimig project. History, technical specifications and the source files of the project.

Church of Death | Chris Snowden released a new adventure called Church Of Death. Make a journey to the hunted church of Death. The game can be downloaded. And for the real game collector you can order the game on a real cassette.

VICE for WarpOS and PowerUP | Version 1.21 of the 8-bit Commodore emulator is now available for the Amiga fans who run WarpOS or PowerUP. This VICE version is still experimental. Also on this web page VICE for Amiga OS3.x, OS4.x, MorphOS and AROS.

Commodore Free #10 | Issue 10 of the PDF, TXT, HTML or D64 magazine is available for download. The items are: News. Programming The great adventure. Interview Amiga hardware book. Interview Codebase64. Hex files. Potrace F.A.Q and interview. Interview Slang and Quick Reference / Tutorial. Interview HDD64. Interview Jim Butterfield by Jim lawless.

Amiga OS4.0 update | Hyperion announced the availability of a update of Amiga OS 4.0 which addresses some outstanding issues and introduces substantial new functionality. The new functionality includes: A new ExecSG kernel. New library for POSIX and ELF. Amiga Python 2.5.1. The latest version of the Sirion USB stack. Numerous bug fixes. Please consult the included documentation for more details.

Primary Star 2007 | Primary Star will take place on August 10, 11 and 12 in the town Reusel in the Netherlands. Check the web page for more news and info.

Shade | This demo for the Plus/4 won the demo competition at Arok 9. The demo was made by Larry, Chronos and Gaia from the group Wilds.

Vintage Computer Festival East 4.0 (2007) | The Vintage Computer Festival East 4.0 was held Saturday and Sunday, June 9th and 10th in Wall Township NJ. Take a look at the very special items shown on the festival like a 264, C64 LCD and the Amiga AAA motherboard.

Cevi aktuell - 06/07 | In this German PDF magazine: News, Lance Lyon, Book review about the Amiga, C64-online.com and the Commodore meeting Wien.

Blaster Bastards OS4 | Stian Strom released the beta version of his game Blaster Bastards for Amiga OS4. You can download the game and try it out. If you find an error please let Stian know about it.

Lotek64 - #21+22 | In this German PDF magazine the following items: Interview with Miha Peternel, top 10 Games, 10 years HVSC and much more.

AmiKit Wallpaper Contest 2007 | You can join the AmiKit wallpaper contest and win great prizes! The AmiKit package needs a refresh look. The prizes are waiting for three winners and their wallpapers become the part of the next full AmiKit 1.4.0 release. You can send multiple wallpapers to increase your chances to win!

New boulderdash web page | ODO made a new web site dedicated to the game Boulderdash. ODO has just started but is expanding his web site in the near future.

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