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Retro Asylum Podcast 102 | In this episode Dean Swain, Paul Davies, Steve Erickson and special guest Chris O’Regan prepare for the battle in our 8 Bit Wars Special. Paul tries to maintain order and decide which one will win Spectrum, C64 or the Amstrad. Will there be 8 bit tears before bedtime?!

BetterWB v3.9 | BetterWB is a new Workbench pack, like AIAB, Amikit, AmigaSYS, ClassicWB etc. It aims to be an enhancement and an update to AmigaOS 3.1 but without the need of extra hardware. New in this edition: Integration of Disksalv and pfsdoctor, Addmem for ram expansion configuration, Icon.library v46.4.399, Prism2v2 v2.6, PrepCard+ v0.2, CleverWIN, Redit and general improvements.

Matt Gray interview | The C64.com web page had an interview with Matt Gray. Matt is a musician and producer and started with the Commodore C64 in 1985. When he discovered the SID chip he wanted to make music for the Commodore C64 himself. He played music on a Casio MT-45 keyboard and then converted it to the C64. You can read the whole interview on the C64.com web page.

RetroWiki Magazine 10 | RetroWiki is an Spanish pdf Retro Computer Magazine. In this edition the following articles: News, Dragon 32, 64 and 200, Thomson MO5, TO7 and TO9, 5 VDC power supply, Uridium, Knight Rider, Shinobi,Commodore Plus: SD2IEC - 1541, improving your joysticks and Crazy Balloon.

C65 - FPGA | Paul Gardner-Stephen is working on a FPGA version of the Commodore C65. His goal is to make an 8-bit computer for the 21st century. In the last month he has been working on anti-aliasing, proportional fonts, a C65GS laptop, migration to Vivado, memory access and loading data via Ethernet.

Retrochallenge Competition 2015/1 | The winter edition of the Retrochallenge competition will be held from 1-12-2014 until 31-1-2015. Everybody with a retro computer project can compete. Examples of the entries are: Urbancamo - KIM Uno with keypad, Michael Sternberg - Serial port, Eric Smith - Restoration of a 1976 computer, Paleoferrosaurus - Building a classic computer from crap.

Reset #05 | Reset is an pdf magazine (English language) for the Commodore C64 user. In this edition: Editorial, Reviews: Soulless, The Adventures of Scooby Doo and Leisure Suit Leo II. They were our gods, Paper Plane, News, Return of the King, From bedroom to billions, C64 a visual compendium, C64 power supply and more.

Retro Game Calendar 2015 | The Sunteam web page has made calendars for retro computer fans. You can print out the calendar and use a old CD case as a holder of your calendar. The following calendars are available: ZX-81, ZX-Spectrum, Commodore 64, Sega Master System, PC Engine, Sega Mega Drive and Commodore Amiga.

Scene World Podcast #2 | In this episode of the Scene World Podcast the following: Matt Falcus and Sven Vößing (Cinemaware), Rocket Ranger Reloaded, Wings! Remastered Edition, Sven's Retro Hunter, John Draper and more.

Mini Mag #10 | Mini-Mag is a German diskette magazine. In this edition: Editorial, Forum, Doreco, Leo 2, Protector v1.7, Scumm!, Burger Time, Turbo Chameleon 64, Retrobright, Top 5 Games and Demos.

Mr. Pacman | Mr. Pacman is a 8-bit hero gangsta rock band from Denver, USA. Mr. Pacman performance with retro-futuristic outfits, and their Commodore 64 inspired electronic music with a rock attitude. Mr. Pacman uses a SidStation, controlled by his keytar, and Silver Ghost uses a Commodore SX-64 as a bass synthesizer.

TOSEC | TOSEC has been updated. TOSEC, or The Old School Emulation Center, is a group of people dedicated to the preservation of games and other programs for home computer and console systems. In this update: 8 new, 131 updated and 7 removed.

CBM prg Studio v3.2.0 | Arthur Jordison has released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: New: PTEXT and NULL directives, Colour printing and a source overview. Improvements for: Assembler reformatting, Renumbering TRAP keyword, Mixing upper/lower case in DATA statements, Turkish language and Auto-complete.

FRGCB | FRGCB (Finnish Retro Game Comparison Blog) is a new web page that writes about retro games. But the difference is that this blog compares the games between the different computers like the C64, Amiga, MSX, NES, CPC, DOS, etc. The most recent comparisons are: Batman the Movie (Ocean, 1989), Invasion of the Zombie Monsters (Relevo Videogames, 2010), Killed Until Dead (Accolade/US Gold, 1986), Unique Games: Horror! and The Evil Dead (Palace Software, 1984).

Petro Tyschtschenko - Saku 2014 | Petro Tyschtschenko is interviewed by Janne Sirén. Petro tells about Commodore, Amiga, Jack Tramiel, Mehdi Ali and Commodore's bankruptcy. Petro also tells about his favourite Commodore computer, his career at Escom and later on at Gateway and how the A1200's and A4000T's production was continued.

Agnes64 - iOS | Jarle Berntsen released an app for the iPad that makes it possible to edit pixels in the same style as on a real Commodore C64. This editor uses single pixels in multi-colour mode instead of the double size pixels in the real Commodore multi-colour mode. You can click on the mailbox to get stuff and tools.

GeekTunes - Andriod | ParkyNZ released a music player for Andriod. You can use the player to play the following music: Amiga MOD files included .IT .XM and .S3M, C64 SID files and MP3 files. The app has big buttons for easy use in your car and also comes with advanced features for searching for music, artists or albums.

Return #19 | Return magazine is a German print magazine about the 8-bit computers from A (Atari) to Z (ZX Spectrum). In this edition: Altair 8800, Q*Bert, 60 Years computer music, Paul Norman, Remix-Szene, German Remix Group, Atari BASIC 10-Liners 2014, Rock Star ate my Hamster, Code Monkeys, Protracker Digital Turntable, Apidya, Darkness, Forever 2014, NES-Games and the news.

Commodore C64 - ZX Spectrum | At the Play Expo 2014 one of the biggest battles took place. The big question which one is better the Commodore C64 or the ZX Spectrum. In this debate for the ZX Spectrum are: John Gibson and Ste Pickford, and in for the Commodore C64: Andy Walker and Jeff Minter.

C65 - FPGA | Paul Gardner-Stephen is working on a FPGA version of the Commodore C65. His goal is to make an 8-bit computer for the 21st century. In the last month he has been working on a small problem with the CPU code, but also on the sprites and the RR-NET.

Tape loader tune competition 2014 | You can now vote for the Tape loader tune competition 2014. The aim of the music competition is simply to compose a tune which would be suitable to listen to when loading a game from tape or disk. You can choose from more than 30 SIDs.

Bitzah Retro Pixel Camera | Kicaco has made an Andriod app that shows the world in a retro picture. You can take pictures with your camera and the result will be like a picture on your favourite retro computer. Available computers are: NES, Commodore 64, Commodore VIC20, Atari 2600, Tandy, ZX Spectrum etc.

Commodore Free #83 | A new edition of the English pdf, text, seq, d64, html and Ebook magazine is now available. In this edition the following: Editorial, Cover Tape 15, News for the C64, Plus/4, VIC20 and Amiga users. Internet - VICE, Jargon Free - Dumbo Music!, Reviews: Shack, Roll, The Vice Squad, Shoot 'Em Up Destruction Set 3 and a interview with Michał Pleban.

KryoFlux v2.5 | The software for the KryoFlux system has had an update. KryoFlux is a USB-based floppy controller. The system can be used to read a diskette, at low-level, and store the data from this diskette. New in this version: Preview of the RepliFlux technology. Updated G64 generator, Improvements for cell band detection and noise detection. Faster DTC, Improvements for the GUI and support for the wild cards ? and *.

Retro Asylum Podcast 98 | In this episode, Sam (mrsid), Steve (press play on tape) and Paul (the drisk) talk about the history of the budget game kings, Mastertronic. They talk about the key games, milestones in the companies history and there is also a History of Mastertronic PDF available.

Commodore Fan Gazette #004 | Commodore Fan Gazette is a pdf Commodore magazine in the Italian language. In this edition: Ready ... Return!, Super Powers A 8 BIT!, Emulate all Amiga's, AmiBridge, Darkness, C64 16KB Cartridge Game Development Competition, Commando Arcade, TETRIS, VICE Squad, PowerGlove, Viccy Bird, Flappy Bird, Blitz, 1541 Ultimate II, Game Parade, You go ON STAGE! and CommVex 2014.

Komoda #10 | In this Polish pdf magazine the following articles: Chest of Drawers # 10, Cover Disk # 5, BLOB, Burning Pen 64, Commando Arcade, Kur Peiite Tu Teceji, Cobra Mission, Die Ringe von Copiar, Get to the End, Maze of the Mummy, The Last Hope, Lunar Blitz, Xain D Sieena, Attack of the Megagalactic Cows, Color FoodAlter EgoSuper Cars 4, Every two horns, is not one, I love being a Turtle!, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Tai Chi Tortoise, Ninja Attack, Mario Bros, Purple Turtles, Skool Daze and Twin balls.

FRGCB | FRGCB (Finnish Retro Game Comparison Blog) is a new web page that writes about retro games. But the difference is that this blog compares the games between the different computers like the C64, Amiga, MSX, NES, CPC, DOS, etc. The most recent comparisons are: Friday the 13th (Domark, 1985), James Bond 007 (Parker Brothers, 1983), Xeno + Wibstars (A'n'F Software, 1986), Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper (Go!, 1987), Unique Games! - Part 5, Fort Apocalypse (Synapse Software, 1982) and NGOTM: Alter Ego (RetroSouls, 2011).

Cassiopei - C128 | A firmware update for the Cassiopei has been released. This new version supports the C128 in C128 mode including wedge functionality. A major advantage of the C128 is the use of a boot-disk. Now you can use the Cassiopei directly after power-on, no typing required. Also a new version of the Cassiopei manager, a screen resizing bug has been fixed. And off course the manual has been updated with info about the C128.

VU-sette | Jani was making backups of old turbo-tapes to disk and noticed that the quality was very poor on some tapes. He needed a method to adjust the head alignment and see if the signal was better. He built an analogue VU-Meter inside a Datassette. On Jani's blog you can see the new system.

Beep | Beep is a documentary film and book of video game music and sound. This project is a kickstarter project and it will start on October 1st. The finished documentary is planned for March 2016. A few examples of people in the documentary are: Allister Brimble, Chris Huelsbeck, Anders Carlsson, Mike Clarke, Tim Wright, Martin Galway and many more.

Tape loader tune competition 2014 | You can now compete in the Tape loader tune competition 2014. The aim of the music competition is simply to compose a tune which would be suitable to listen to when loading a game from tape or disk. The rules fort his competition: No covers or remixes, maximum playing time is 2 minutes and you can send in a maximum of three tunes. Visit the TND web page for all the details.

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