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XeO3 Demo | You can download and play the first level of XeO3 on your Plus/4. You will have to fight with hordes of baddies in order to clean up the scene, collect coins to keep your weapon up, and reach the end of the level. The sources of the game are included, to allow you to modify the game. For more information visit the web page or XeO3's Wiki.

WE ARE FAMILY - The 2nd Coming | There is a new DVD available for C16 and Plus/4 fans. It contains 10 demos and 92 photos. The total time is about 2 hours long and will show the following: 8 Shades of Black, Notizen aus de provinz, Adventures in mono, Zenith of Puberty, Oldschool, Halassa, Crackers demo 4, Shade, Monopsy and Threeve. You can download the complete DVD from the web page.

New Plus/4 maps | The maps page at Plus/4 World now has 67 maps of games! Reuben Cornwall contributed a lot new ones to the collection. Some of them are: Split Personalities, Blagger and the all 5 parts of Magician's Curse. And there is a new map for Invincible.

BalSys 3.1 | Valentino Zenari released a new version of BalSys. BalSys is a language, and development system package designed for C= Plus/4 (or expanded C= 16). In this release 2 new features and bug fixes. The package is a complete all-in-one tool: Editor / Debugger / Executer.

Paddles for Plus/4 | Chizman build an interface that makes it possible to use paddles on a Plus/4. He made a game for the paddles called Paddle Shooter. You can download the schematics for the interface. The software that is needed for the interface is also available.

Scacom 264 | In this German pdf magazine all about the 264 series of Commodore computers. Articles are about the C16, C116, Plus/4, C232, C264 and the V364. Emulating on the PC. The best demos. Interview with Marcus and the opinions of C16chris.

YAPE 0.78 | The Plus/4 emulator has had an update. New fancy Vista ready icons (courtesy of Chronos). Preliminary MPS802 printer emulation. Improved file association dialog. Optional 1:1 sound sampling (111150 Hz, PAL only for now) and a couple of bugs fixed.

Minus4 / Snasm | Minus4 has been updated quite a bit, although only in a development sense. The debugger has improved a lot and a realtime profiler is added. The NEW source to Minus4w (complete with profiler) is released so you can change things yourself. Snasm has also been updated, and now sports 65816/65c02 support, along with some new undocumented ops and bug fixes.

plus4emu v1.2.4 | This is a portable emulator of the Commodore 264 familiy of computers (Plus/4, C16, and C116), aiming for high accuracy and compatibility. In this version: Implemented the ACIA 6551 registers at $FD00-$FD0F, which are automatically enabled for configurations with 64K or more RAM. Video recording in RLE8 format now. Added new command line option for selecting the GUI style and colors. Various minor improvements and bug fixes. This emulator can be used on Windows NT, 2K and XP or on Linux, BSD and UNIX.

Best of Plus/4 | If you want to know what the best game, utility or demo is for the Plus/4 then take a look at the Top List page of Plus/4 World.

plus4emu v1.2.2 | plus4emu is an open source, emulator of the Commodore Plus/4 computer, written in C++. Available for Linux, Mac and Windows. In this version: Implemented Digi-Blaster emulation. Added limited support for error information in D64 files. P00 format files can be loaded. CPU Speed and Track, side, and sector can be displayed in a window.

Club Info 100 | The German Plus/4 magazine reached a land mark. Issue 100 is out now. In this double D64 magazine: Tips and Tricks , Programs, Computerspass and Hardware.

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.

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).

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.

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.

Yape v0.75 | Another release of the Plus/4 emulator. Here's a list of the changes made: Support for custom drive ROM images. Added parallel 1541 drive emulation. Optional breakpoint opcode ($F2). /BREAK command line parameter now accepts hexadecimal addresses (0xADDE). True drive emulation and high accuracy mode are now the default. Couple of bugfixes (custom joystick keys etc.).

Club Info 99 | The German disk magazine (D64) for the 264 range has the following articles: Forum, Tips and Tricks, Programs, Computerspass, Hardware, Games Guide and more

Yape v0.74 | Another new release. This time with the following changes: Custom joystick controls. Customizable RAM startup patterns. Adjustable interlaced line shade in double sized VDU emulation mode. Slightly improved SID filters and improved mixing of audio channels. And a couple of little bugs fixed.

LimiTed | Just 1 day to vote in the limiTed demo competition. There are 12 entries in the 64 bytes section. 9 entries in the 128 bytes and 5 entries in the 1024 bytes. So get your vote in on time.

Plus4emu | Plus4emu is an open source, portable emulator of the Commodore Plus/4 computer, written in C++, and supporting Windows and Linux. It implements accurate, high quality hardware emulation, however, the system requirements are higher than that of most other emulators.

Dark Mansion | Chris has made an adventure game for the 264 series. The goal is to break into the mansion, steal the treasure and escape with your life. The game is programmed using the GAC engine. It plays on a C16 with 32k of ram, Plus/4, Yape or VICE.

Club Info 98 | The German D64 magazine for the Plus/4 has the following articles: Forum, Tips and Tricks, Programs, Hardware and a Games Guide.

limiTED | The limiTED compo is the very first Commodore Plus/4 online demo challenge ever, featuring three differently memory sized battlefields: 64 bytes, 128 bytes and 1024 bytes demo categories. This is the kind of gauntlet that hardcore coders can't refuse to raise up. We don't care if you're a beast of Plus/4 mythology, a bold newcomer from other scenes or a tiny BASIC addicted: read the rules, code at your best and upload your precious little gem.

Yape v0.72 | Another new version of Yape. This time with the following changes and improvements. Implementation of exact video shift register emulation in VHA mode. Improved PAL-NTSC switch artifacts. Oversampling now also for the SID card. Selectable sound replay frequency. More fullscreen mode options. This new version can be downloaded at the Yape web site.

Zenith Of Puberty | This is a great demo and won the first price at the 15 Years Oxyron Party. The really nice part is that this demo runs on the Plus/4. The maker of this demo is Ingo (Dr. Death) from The Electronic Knights (TEK).

Yape v0.71 | A new version of the Plus/4 emulator is out. Changes are: Forced Update Overlay call introduced in 0.70 now optional, Optionally allow only one instance of the emulator to run. Two older tweaks (load vector patch and 1541 loader hack) are incorporated. Command line options: /DISK#:image for attaching an image to drive {8,9,10,11} at startup, /TAPE:image for attaching a TAP/WAV image on startup, /TYPE:text for typing 'text' on startup, NOSTART will suppress autostart. And a couple of TED bugfixes.

T-rex - Plus/4 demo | Four demos with digital music from the band T-rex. István (aka Hifi) made the tracks. T-Rex 2007 (1), T-Rex Telegram Sam (2), T-Rex Slider (3) und T-rex Revolution (4).

BalSys v3.0 | Valentino Zenari released a new version of BalSys. BalSys is a language, and development system package designed for C= Plus/4 (or expanded C= 16). Based on the B.A.L. (Business Assembler Language), an existing standard for business machines, the environment has been improved with many high-level new commands and features. The package is a complete all-in-one tool: Editor / Debugger / Executer.

Club Info 96 | Issue 96 of the German disk mag for the 264 series is out now. In this issue tips and tricks, programs, hardware and a games guide.

YAPE for the PSP | For the people who own a Sony PSP there is good news. ZX 81 has released a new version of YAPE the Commodore Plus/4 emulator for the PSP. Everything you need to know how to use it is included as a TXT file. And if you want another emulator for the PSP. Then ZX-81 can help you there too. Here's a list of working emulators: Atari 800, 800XL, 130XE and 5200 series, BBC Micro, CPC, ColecoVision, Intellivision , MSX(2), SamCoupé , Thomson TO7 and the Sinclair ZX 81.

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