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Botticelli Bilderdisk 38 | Erich released a new Botticelli Bilderdisk for the Commodore C16 and the Plus/4. This double-sided diskette is filled with pictures in the Botticelli format. The Magica viewer is used to display the pictures. The pictures are a mix of handmade and digitized pictures.

Lunar Rescue - C16 | Daniel Crespo Andrés made an Commodore C16 version of the classic coin-op game Lunar Rescue. The game is written in BASIC and runs on an unexpanded C16. The original game was developed by Taito in 1979. In the game you must land your space module safely on on of the platforms.

Club Info 130 | In this German language d64 magazine for the Commodore C116, C16 and the Plus/4 the following articles: Forum, For Sale, Tips & Tricks, CBM Filebrowser, General F-Copy, Asteriods, Liberator, Galaxy Wars, Tunnel, Computer Spaß, Plus/4 Itern (10), Games Guide: Lode Runner and Scapeghost, User Guide: Games Creator and Other Systems.

C+4Hires | C+4Hires is a new picture diskette for the Commodore Plus/4. The diskette is released by Carrion and it contains 15 high resolution pictures converted from the Commodore C64. The original artists are: Archmage, Duce, Leon and Veto.

Galaxy Wars - Plus/4 | Galaxy Wars is a game for the Commodore Plus/4. The game is a conversion from the arcade game made by Universal and Taito in 1979. The conversion is made in Basic by Daniel Crespo Andrés. In the game you must destroy the invading aliens with your missiles. And you must avoid being hit by an asteroids or enemy fire.

HVTC | The HVTC or High Voltage TED Collection is an collection of music for the Commodore C16, 116 and the Plus/4. The files that are available, are the original programs that produce the music with the TED music chip. At the moment there are 330 files available in the database.

Plus/4 Endings | The web page Plus/4 World has a special section for C16 and Plus/ game endings. The newest additions are: Tonido, Nuclear Ball, Lloyd Game, The Hell, The Hell 2, The Hell 3, Molecule Man, Extasy, Legionnaire, Kaputörõ, Slipper 2, Trans Logic, Escape, Trap, Ponk, Puzzlenoid, Triple Change, Landscape Maze, Very Shit Game, Very Shit Game 2 and Dixi A Megmentõ.

Exomizer - 2.0.7 | Exomizer is a program that compresses files with efficient decompress time and file size. It can produce stand-alone self-decrunching files. This version is dedicated to 264 machines. This version repairs several problems for the 264 series and there is now also a c16 target.

Asteroids Emulator - Plus/4 | Asteroids Emulator is a new game for the Commodore Plus/4 made by Norbert Kehrer. The game is based on the classic arcade game released in November 1979 by Atari Inc. The original Asteroids uses a vector display. The object of the game is to shoot and destroy all the asteroids and saucers.

Club Info 129 | In this German language d64 magazine for the Commodore C116, C16 and the Plus/4 the following articles: Forum, For sale, Events, Scene Focus, Tips and Tricks, SVS Calc 2.0, SVS-Pong, Gun Fun / Pot Shot, Double Link, Computer fun, Hardware: Plus/4 (9), Scapeghost, Games Creator, Other systems, Stinkys First, HNY2013 and Wall 4.

VIC20 / C16 newsstand compilation | On the Plus/4 World web page you can find a rare newsstand compilation cassette for the Commodore C16 / Plus/4. The compilation cassette was made by Pubblirome and has the following games: Il Legionario, Scimmia Magica, La Morte Nera, Corsa Sul Fiume, Il Pizzaiolo, Astronave Talpa, Missione Su Marte, Meteorite (Pubblirome), Lupo Di Mare, Invasione 2000, Biss, Autostrada, Le Chiavi, Il Pittore, Scacchi, La Spia, Tennis (Pubblirome), Il Ladro, Agente Segreto and Velocipede.

Hires Color 7 | Erich/Unlimited has released a new picture diskette called Hires Color 7. You will find 32 images on the two disk-sides, and all images use the hi-res graphics mode. The picture show is made with the Magica program.

1551-II | Balázs built a 1551-II disk drive. This disk drive is a combination of a Commodore 1541-II and self built hardware. The extra hardware is needed because the CPU will work on 2MHz when the disk drive is in 1551 mode and the rest of the hardware is on 1 MHz. The hardware also supplies extra RAM. The web page is in the Hungarian language.

Plus/4 World - Hall of Fame | The web page Commodore Plus/4 World has added a new page with the high scores of games. On this web page you can see who the best gamers are on the Commodore Plus/4. A few examples of the games are: BMX Racers, Formula 1 Simulator, Guzzler, Jack Attack, Legionnaire, Moon Buggy, POD, Space Pilot and Video Meanies.

Plus/4 Endings | The web page Plus/4 World has a special section for C16 and Plus/ game endings. The newest additions are: Pipe Dream, Crater, Demonsdom, Halállabirinthus, Auf Wiedersehen Monty, Tomb Of Tarrabash, Auto Zone, Firm Base+, Storm, Berks 3, Dork's Dilemma, Out On A Limb, Rolling Stones, Rolling Stones 2, Pipe Mania, Commando (Plus4), Cross It 2, Storm +4 V1.2, Boogie Ball, Explosive Net and Tetris 2.

Deadline - Plus/4 | Deadline is a new game for the Commodore Plus/4. The original game is made by Infocom and was released for the Commodore 64. Gary Cooper converted the game for the Plus/4. In the game you must investigate a murder, but you only have 12 hours to solve the death of a wealthy industrialist.

YAPE v1.0.4 | A new version of YAPE is available. YAPE is a Windows emulator for the Commodore Plus/4. The changes in this release are: Improved oversampling and forward looking adaptive sound buffering. More accurate CPU read cycles. Improved 1551 and IEC printer emulation.

Club Info 128 | In this German language d64 magazine for the Commodore C116, C16 and the Plus/4 the following articles: Forum, For sale, Events, Scene Focus, Tips and Tricks, Programs: Rebel Planet and Christmas Cracker. Computer Jokes, Hardware: the PLA chip, Games Guide for Boulder Dash and The Witness, Users Guide for Games Creator and Other systems.

Commodore C16 RAM repair | Thecellartroll has made a video about the replacement of the RAM chips in a Commodore 16. In the video he explains how to open the C16, take out the motherboard, remove the old defective chips and replace them with new RAM chip. The SID files played in the video are: Megtha Fix 2 (DaFunk) and Broken Bottles (Deek).

SVS-Pong - Plus/4 | There are many types of games, simple, difficult, small or big. SVS has now made a simple game, and he made it in BASIC. In the game you can score extra points by hitting the ball with the edge of the bat. The game can be played on a real Commodore Plus/4 (PAL/NTSC) or with an emulator.

Plus/4 Endings | The web page Plus/4 World has a special section for C16 and Plus/ game endings. The newest additions are: 007, Dudaorru Patric, Rázós Út, Supremacy, Sun Street, Escape Pro, Escape 2 Tape, Kikstart (Messe-Soft), Citadel Of Chaos, Pokoli Torony, Bernát A Nyomozó, Oliver Otthona, Idõlabirintus, Flash Gordon, Hexenkuche, Jet Set Willy, Jet Set Willy II, Saboteur C16, Goonies, Fortress Underground and Clone.

The Italian Treasure - C16 / Plus/4 | The Commodore Plus/4 World web page is searching through a treasure of tapes for the Commodore C16 and Plus/4. A few examples of the discovered programs are: Educational Line N1, 3D Car Race, C16 Super Games 2, 2Games: Super Poker Briscola, Interceptor, Missione Spaziale, War Games, Chess, La Torre Misteriosa / Conto Corrente, Cuthbert Enters, Fruit Machine, Dedalo, Froggy, Olimpya, Paladine, Tycoon Tex and World Soccer.

Essex-Rockon - Plus/4 | TLT (Tron Lamer Team) has made a new music demo. The demo can be used on a PAL version of the Commodore Plus/4 or an emulator like YAPE or VICE. The demo can be downloaded from the Commodore Plus/4 World web page.

SVS-calc 2.0 - Plus4 | SVS-calc has been updated. New in this version: Printing to file, Sorting, Blanking management, Rename and Delete options, Embedded graphs, Area selection with cursor movements, Names, Memory warning, Info, Auto sizing of column width, VAL(), DAYS(), WDAY(), LOOKUP(), SECONDS() and much more.

Plus/4 Endings | The web page Plus/4 World has a special section for C16 and Plus/ game endings. The newest additions are: Labirinth 1/ 2/ 3, Pegged, Way To Running, Hydroines, Beamphobia 1/ 2, Chtulu, Logictrainer, Acidball, Vegas Jackpot, The Champs, Cloud Kingdoms, The Power, Yie Ar Kung-Fu, Nautilus, Aliens, Ewox, Logomaze and Mission Mars.

TedPlay V1.2.2 | TedPlay is a Commodore 264 family music player for the PC. The program supports the following formats: PRG, PSID/RSID and C8M, a new versatile 8-bit computer music file format. Changes in this version: The elapsed playing time is now visible. Additional info on the PSID tunes is shown in the play list window and a couple of bugfixes.

Club Info 127 | In this German d64 magazine for the Commodore C116, C16 and the Plus/4 the following articles: Forum. Tips and Tricks. Programs: Musical keyboard, Sabrewulf, The Tower and Florbingel. Hardware: 6551 and 6529. Games Guide: Rocketman, Church of Death, Jäger des verlorenen Schatzes, Reaktionstest, Oil for Texas, The Witness and Malprogramm. Brian Howarth.

Atari vs Plus/4 | Carrion converted Atari pictures to the Commodore Plus/4. The slide show with 14 pictures are retouched a little bit to suite the Plus/4. For the best result you should use a real Commodore Plus/4.

Commodore C16 long-plays | C16plus4gamer has added more long-plays to his YouTube channel. The following games can now be watched: G-Man (Codemasters), Fire Ant, Harbour Attack (Commodore Business Machines UK), Daley Thompson's Star Events (Ocean Software), Airwolf, kari Warriors (Elite Systems), Ghost Town (ANIROG), Cave Fighter (Bubble Bus Software), Spore, BMX Racers, Pacmania, Formula 1 Simulator (Mastertronic), Robin to the Rescue, Invasion 2000 A.D (Solar Software) and Death Race (Atlantis Software).

Lazur vs Boris | Lazur vs Boris is a new 7 image picture show for the Commodore Plus/4. The slide show has pictures from graphical artist Lazur and painter Boris Vallejo. The slide show was created by carrion and IstvanV, and contains adult images and/or text.

Metamerism - Plus4 | Metamerism is a new demo for the Commodore Plus4. The demo is made by the group Bauknecht. The effects used in this demo are: FLI, Texture-mapped Tunnel, Text Zoomer, Plasma, Twister, Chessboard and Shadebobs. The demo was released at the Evoke 2012 party.

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