Commodore.news

Yape v0.69 | A new version of Yape is out with the following changes: Tape counter in the status bar, TED and SID mixed sound can now also be saved to AVI/WAV, Bug in 1551-IEC / file system mode fixed. Get the new version from the web site.

Commodore Free #1 | In this new PDF magazine the following: 64HDD updated, Prophet 64, GEOS/Postscript, Music, Web sites and News.

The Crypt #46 | In this issue: Exclusive interview with Jan Zahurancik, Amikit and The Event Detector Project. Not only Amiga articles but much more in this (online) HTML magazine.

Demo version of Mr Beanbag. | Mr Beanbag is a fast-paced platform adventure for AGA Amigas (A1200/A4000 or a recent emulator). Rescue Mr Fizzy Pop from the evil Count Gazpacho! Explore the world, from Mr Beanbag's home in Verdant Valley. The game is still in development but you can download a demo to see how it's going to look like.

MixCol Hi Fli Converter | Algorithm (Naveed Khugiani) made a new program that will convert pictures in the Hi-Fli mode of the C64. To get a perfect conversion most settings can be set by the user. This program can be used on a Windows computer.

Clone-A | Jens Schönfeld and Oliver Achten have been working on a new project the last 12 months. They recreated the custom Amiga chips inside a FPGA. This means that you can replace broken chips with these FPGA's. But it could be possible to place the FPGA's on a PCI card. Then you could use the custom chips in any PPC system. Proto types were tested in a real Amiga 500 without problems.

DTVBASIC | This is the normal C64-basic extended with DTV-specific features and a RAM-disk. The basic makes use of banking techniques so that the extended features doesn't use any extra memory in the normal memory range. This program is still in development but you can download the Beta version from the web site.

PSPUAE v0.60 | There is a new version of PSPUAE available. Changes / improvements are: New auto frame skip logic with fps limiting for both PAL and NTSC, Real 4 channel stereo, Added new Menu User Interface, Immediate Blits, Blitter Cycle Exact, High Density Floppy possible. The read me has also been fully reworked, to explain this emulator. The Amiga emulator for the SONY PSP is available from the web site.

GEOS on the Nintendo DS | Andreas Varga ported the GEOS system to the portable Nintendo DS. You can use GEOS with the stylus on the touch screen. Andreas also included a virtual keyboard like in the Frodo emulator. He made a little video that you can download from Google Video.

Let's Scroll it! | The web site C64.com released a new demo. This is a tribute to the scroll text. Design / programming by: Morpheus, The Electric Co, HCL. Graphics by: The Hobbit, Morpheus, Redstar, The Sarge, Viny. Music by: Chapelier, Drax, Hein, Jeroen Tel. The scrollers are filled by more than 70 people. The demo can be downloaded at the web site.

Commodore Amiga Retro Sounds | The web site www.modcast.de plays the sound files that where made on a Amiga. They update the site almost daily. There are 70 mp3's available at the moment. The music comes from demo's, games and composers.

www.commodore128.org | This web site provides an active and vibrant community devoted to keeping the Commodore 128 alive into the future. The site provides information, downloads, a forum and much more.

Lunapaint v0.2.5 | Lunapaint is a paint and animation program for AROS, focusing on making the paint process fun and intuitive. Being inspired from DeluxePaint and TVPaint on Amiga, it aims to be a complete graphics solution for AROS users.Fixed: optimized scrolling. Bug fixes: Better centering on zoom in/out, optimized redraw. New: Recessed buttons if active tool, Colorpicker tool, Dotted line around active color in palette.

CCS64 | There is a new version of the popular C64 emulator CCS64 available. New features are: Multi play over Internet, windowed mode, more screen resolutions, increased compatibility, more Windows friendly, integrated HardSID support.

SDLjump | Herbert HAK Klackl made a port to MorphOS for the platform game SDLjump. The goal in this game is to jump to the next floor so you don't fall down. As you go up in the Falling Tower the floors will fall faster. You can download the game from the web site.

Biedronka Zuzia | This is a arcade game (Little Susan the Ladybug) for MorphOS. It's a simple game without violence for small children. The program is made by Rafal Zabdy, ukasz Zabdyr, Pawel Pajor and Michal Szynol. It's freeware and will run on MorphOS 1.4 (+PowerSDL).

FPGA for C64 / C-one | Jens schoenfeld from Individual Computers announced that he's working on a new product. He made a FPGA card that will fit in the C-one but also will fit in the C64. With this card you can make you're own processor, ROM, extra memory and much more. The space in the FPGA is twice as big as the FPGA's in the C-one. Features are: Two interfaces: C-One PCI and C-64 cartridge slot (auto detect), 8Mbyte or 16Mbyte ram, 16 bits wide, SD-Ram option, 1 cyclone EP2C8 FPGA: 8256 logic elements, 18K ram on-chip, 18 embedded multipliers, 2 PLLs, 64-macrocell CPLD for initial configuration and additional IO, 512KByte flashrom for code and cores, optional interface: VGA / SPDIF-out. If everything works out it will be available in a couple of months.

Lemon Amiga | There are 111 games added to the games section of Lemon Amiga. Visit the website and you can choose from the 2765 games, 23701 screens. But also look through scans of boxes, adverts, cheats and videos. Or you can vote for a game or write a review if you want to contribute to the web site.

XLOAD CBM 2001/3001 | Michael Sachse has made an update available for XLOAD. This program makes it possible to transfer data from a modern PC to the early PETs with Basic 2.0. The computers are connected with a User port - Printer port cable. The transfer rate is about 9,5 KB/Sec.

CEVI-aktuell 10/06 | In this edition: Mood - A Doom-Clone for the C64, Rainer Sinsch, Developer of TinySID, COMMODORE on the IFA and Benders colomn. This is a German PDF magazine.

XeO3 / Xenon Trioxide | Mike Dailly and Luca Carrafiello are working on the ultimate shoot'em'up game running on the glorious Commodore Plus/4. They have made a teaser that you can download. Making a game on a Plus/4 has limitation, there are no hardware sprites like on the C64 and the Amiga's. You can read all about the game on the web site.

8bit mayhem podcast #10 | Scout made another podcast. This is number 10 in the series. He also added some links to the original demo where the original SID-tune came from. This is for the people who don't believe the music is done on a ordinary C64 and also for everybody who like to watch demos. Track listing: Dane - Live Forever (2004), Jens Christian Huus and MSK - Hawaii (1990), Red - Rhaa Lovely II (1987), Guy Shavitt - Vector Victory Main Tune (1990), Deek - Quasar (199?), Fred Gray - Hysteria In-game tune (1987), Glenn Rune Gallefoss - GRG in Cyberspace (1999), Ben Daglish - The Last Ninja - The Wilderness level (1987), Steve Barrett - Ultimate Combat Mission (1988). Download the (31 Mbyte MP3) Podcast from the web site.

C-One PAL core | Peter Wendrich has published the first C64 PAL core that is not considered to be alpha any more. CPU registers $0000 and $0001 are fixed now, CIA timers / TOD registers fixed, IRQ/NMI timing fixed. Peter is now accepting bug reports under the eMail address mentioned in the readme file. Tobias Gubener has released a new system flash that can now emulate a 1541 drive. The 1k30 FPGA can be fed with a new rom file containing the drive emulation code. Every core that uses the IEC port can make use of the emulation. Just hit F8 to get to choose the D64/PRG file.

Commodore video | About 150 videos of Commodore can be seen at Google Video. This are old TV commercials, demos but also promotion videos. A real nice one is: Commodore Promotional Video. This is a promotional video (1 hour) which the German plant of Commodore Business Machines showed to visitors and clients during the 80s. (German language)

Competition Pro | It's back ! Individual Computers and SPEED-LINK are going to re-produce the best joystick ever: The Competition Pro. After the re-release of the SPEED-LINK Competition Pro USB there were many requests for the original version with a plug for the systems of the eighties. The Competition Pro can be used by the following computers: Commodore / Amiga, Amstrad/Schneider CPC, Atari and MSX. It has six micro switches. You can get your Competition pro at Individual Computers. The price will be around 13 Euros.

Big Book of Amiga Hardware | The well know web site for information on Amiga Hardware has been moved. Ian Chapman who runs the web site for seven years has turned over the site to a new group of people.

Deap Sea Salvage 2 | Richard Bayliss produced another C64 game. This time the follow up of Deep Sea Salvage. Go to the TND web site to download the new game or one of the other games from Richard.

BeepEm | There is a BBC Acorn emulator available for the Amiga. The emulator runs on OS4. It is a pre release but you can use it to play games or use software for the BBC Acorn computer.

DTV mon/boot | DTV mon/boot is a boot menu and machine language monitor for the PAL C64 DTV (DTV2/DTV3) and the Hummer-game. Features (version 0.7): Boot Menu. Screen shot function. Alternate kernal can be activated by pressing 'K'. Video mode PAL / NTSC. Original DTVMENU can be loaded. DTV trans included in menu. Two versions: Flash or RAM. Handles full memory banking (ram and flash). Additional DTV V2/V3 opcodes.

7-Zip | For the archive (zip) program 7-Zip is a MUI interface available. It is made for the Amiga Operating System. The MUI uses the latest version of LZMA by Igor Pavlov.

Heroes and Cowards | At the moment people are working hard to complete a new graphical adventure for the C64. This is the successor of Crime Time and Brubaker. In the game you are a savior of a faraway world. You have to defeat a number of evil forces to return to your own world. The game will be available soon. Take a look at the web site to learn more (German).

Web Analytics Made Easy - StatCounter