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C & A Fan #09 | C and A Fan is a Polish .pdf magazine including a diskette. In this edition the following articles: Editorial, News, Competition, Amiga background screens, Recipe for success (Arosa), ACA 630/25, Amikit Clip History, Amiga in your pocket, Boing Icon Bar, Quick Data Drive, The evolution of demos, My struggles with the Keyrah, Save the Commodore 64, Interview with Thomas Nideckim, Cassette to .tap conversions, Vintage Studio, Commocoffee 64, Easy Flash 3, Tape Loaders (1), Let us Game and Hi-res.

Let's Compare | Let's compare is a series of videos about classic computer games. In the videos from the Gaming History Source channel you can see all the classics games but on different computers or consoles. The latest additions: Gorf, Tapper, Gradius, Bad Dudes, Ninja Spirit, Castlevania, Bubble Bobble, Pit Fighter, Track and Field, 1942, Mr. Do and many more. The computers used for the games are the Commodore VIC-20, C64, Amiga, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amstrad, Gameboy, original arcade machines and many more.

Kick Assembler v3.25 | Another updates for Kick Assembler is available. Changes are: Modifiers, Boolean parameters for plugins, Removed the modes zp,x and absolute,x from the bit mnemonic, List parameters for plugins, Plugin archives. Kick Assembler is a combination of an assembler for 6510 machine code and a high level script language.

HxC floppy emulator - v1.7.1.2 | For the HxC floppy emulator is new firmware available. The HxC floppy emulator is a replacement of a 3.5 inch disk-drive in for example an Amiga or a Atari ST. Recent changes in the firmware: Embedded setting menu: Floppy Interface mode, Bitrate, Track step mode, Enable/disable the drive B. Write support: Improvements for MFM / FM, HFE file format and DataMark support. Faster seek and load. Flip disk function.

Commodore Free #62 | A new edition of the English pdf, text, seq, d64, html and Ebook magazine is now available. In this edition the following: Editorial, Readers comments, News: Adventures In Time 2 Preview, Lord of the Rings Slide Show, How To Build An 8 Bit Computer, Amiga Future #96, SIDboard, RGCD: Fairy Well Cartridge, Woolly Jumper (Special Edition), LoView Suite 2.50 Released, Commodore LCD Computer Spec, Press Play On Tape, C64 audio update,CBM 8 Bit Repair - VCF Workshop, New articles on Obligement, TMPx v1.0/Style, Plus/4 memory map v1.7, SketchBlock v1.3 - Amiga, Micromys V4, Reviews: Huntress of Midgard, Quod Init Exit v1.2 and Woolly Jumper (Sheepoid 2), Interview with Paul Hughes.

Retrogaming Times Monthly #98 | In this English pdf and html magazine about the retro gaming computers the following articles: Atari 5200 Zone - Atari's 40th Anniversary, Lunch With...Roger Merritt, MAME Reviews - Hard Hat, Commodore Du Jour - Rootin' Tootin', NES'cade - Elevator Action, The Pixelated Mage - Wings Of Wor + More!

CBM prg Studio v2.4.0 | Arthur Jordison has released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: Larger colour palette for the screen designer and character editor for the C16 and Plus/4. Build can now be cancelled. Speed improvements. Improved invalid label detection. Auto-completion added for assembly programs and column selection in code editor.

Commodore 8bit Search | You can now search for diskette, tape, cartridge or prg images with a new search engine. At the moment you can search in more than 1200 GByte of data on more than 25 servers. In the advance section you can also select on which server to search and what type of data you are looking for.

2012 Summer Retrochallenge Competition | In this summer you can enter the RetroChallenge competition. You can submit anything that has to do with computers from the pre-Pentium era. Everything is allowed, hardware project, programs, multi media etc. Visit the RetroChallenge web page for more details.

Kick Assembler v3.24 | The last couple of months there have been updates for Kick Assembler. Changes are: Added the -maxaddr option for setting the upper memory address. Removed an error in the datablock directives. It's now possible to write you own macro plugins in java and you can use a escape sequence to add to strings.

Retro style microcomputer | Jeff Ledger started a new project. He made an platform for your own Retro-style microcomputer. The platform is based on the Gadget Gangster Propeller Platform USB board and will have video, audio and a wire less keyboard. With the right software you can turn this system in a 6502 or Z80 microcomputer.

Retr0Bright demonstration video | GalileanMoons made an video on how to use Retr0Bright. Retr0Bright is a chemical method to remove the yellowing of plastics. In this 2-part video he removes the yellowing of a 30 year old Dragon 32 computer. You can see the results of an 8 hour and a 12 hour cleaning.

Komoda #6 | In this Polish pdf magazine the following articles: Reviews: Aliens, Energy Warrior, Subterrane, Lazarus, Wyvern, Stack Up, Traz, Traz Construction Kit and Continental Circus. Mid’s 80: Eagle Empire, Jumpman Junior, Silicon Warrior. Soccer games on the C64. Live is Brutal. Thunder Light. Demo Express. Holidays with fantasy. Slawomir Łosowski. Writers write alone. Traces of the past. Earl and Jan. Top 10.

Retrogaming Times Monthly #97 | In this English pdf and html magazine about the retro gaming computers the following articles: Apple II Incider - Free Tools Association, MAME Reviews - The Pit, Commodore Du Jour - Starflight, Dual Perspective - Super Mario Kart (SNES), The Pixelated Mage - The Legend Of Zelda: Parallel Worlds, A Pixelated 21st Century, Middle Aged Gamer + More!

Return #11 | Return magazine is a German print magazine about the 8-bit computers from A (Atari) to Z (ZX Spectrum). In this edition: 40 Years ATARI, Adventures in Time (C16),: Notemaker (C64), Atari 400/800, BASIC (1), Simon Butler, Zap! The Rise and Fall of Atari, The Art Of Video Games, Think Analogue!, Revision 2012, Star Wars, Dragon’s Lair, 8-Bit Racer, Log!cal (Dr. Future) and the news.

CBM prg Studio v2.3.0 | Arthur Jordison has released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: Support for the C16 and Plus/4 computers. Undo/redo for character, sprite and screen designers. Support for illegal opcodes. Removed small programming errors with the Commodore key, PI and DATA keyword, SYS call for the VIC20, renumbering and the MMI.

RedPower 2 | RedPower 2 is an 6502 emulator inside Minecraft, made by Eloraam. This mod gives you the possibilities to build your own 8 bit computer based on the 6502 processor. The available blocks are: CPU, monitor, disk drive and ribbon cable to connect them all together. The CPU can be programmed in assembly or with Forth programming language.

1541 Emulator - ARM Cortex M4 | Thomas Winkler started a new project. He wants to develop a hardware replacement for the 1541 disk drive. He is using a STM32F4 Discovery development board with a 168 MHz CPU, 1 MB Flash RAM and 192 kB RAM. With this system it will be possible to emulate all serial (IEC) communications, but also Speed-DOS und Professional DOS are possible. You can follow the progress of Thomas on his blog (German language).

Flashtro Amiga / C64 | On the web page Flashtro.com you can see many cracker intro’s with your browser. The original intros from the Amiga, Atari-ST, Dreamcast, PC, Playstation etc. are converted to Flash. The most recent flashtro's are: Supplex - SuperLeague Soccer, DPAD - Team Yankee2, Infect - Monkey Island 2 and Hudson Hawk.

BitJam #152 | The BitJam podcast number 152 is a Jeroen Tel edition. In this BitJam the following music: Hotroad, That's the way it is, Eliminator, Rubicon, Savage, Tin Tin on the Moon, Play Hawkeye with me, Robo Cop 3, The MON Demo, JT in space, Dan Dare 3, Outrun Europe, Invest (Intro) and Gaplus. Total playing time: 54:51 minutes.

Commodore Free #61 | A new edition of the English pdf, text, seq, d64, html and Ebook magazine is now available. In this edition the following: Editorial, Readers comments, News: Amiga Forever/C64 Forever 2012 R2, Automated Amiga Disk Archiver, BOH, Lotek64 #40, QR Code Generator, P1565 Project, Chillin' with Porter, Moldi's Treasure #5, AmigaONE X1000, Return #10, Sqrxz 3, VFLI - VIC-20, PETvet, DiscreetFX, HVTC High Voltage TED Collection, Scene World #18, Cinnamon Writer v0.80, FS-UAE Emulator, AmigaOS Beta Testers, Aladdin 4D, PC World Review WinUAE, Boing Ball Re-visited (2), Galli - Plus/4, Rediscovering CP/M (3),Happy Prog'ing, My Personal Memories of Commodore, Interview with Jack Tramiel, Jack Tramiel, a man who changed the world.

BitJam #151 | The BitJam podcast number 151 is a tribute to Turrican. In this BitJam the following music: Turrican Anthology Teaser Demo, Mega Turrican Second Floor - Level 1, Turrican 1 Amiga Intro Remake, Turrican 2 Main Title (Dosk Mix), Turrican II (Concerto For Laser And Enemies Enhanced Mix), Turrican 2 - The Final Challenge, Super Turrican 2 Submerged - Level 3, The Great Bath (of the Seven Seas), Turrican 3 (reloaded), Super Turrican Steam and Pressuren - Level 2, Turrican 2 - The Explorer. Mega Turrican Turrimann OC ReMix, Super Turrican II Wormland Remix, Turrican 3 Freedom - Credits. Total playtime: 50:30 minutes.

VintageStudio | VintageStudio is an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for 8-bit computers (C64, VIC-20 and Atari). The program is made by Pawel Kadluczka with the help of Visual Studio 2010. In a video Pawel shows the features of VintageStudio and how it works. Now you have a modern way of building, running and debugging your 8-bit programs.

EPROM Programmer Universal Adapter | Reading an old EPROM is not as easy as you think. There are many different EPROMs and they can have different connections. Matthew D'Asar has made an universal adapter for an EPROM programmer. With this adapter you can read every EPROM. The adapter can be used for example on the inexpensive Willem EPROM reader / programmer.

Retro computer case - X500 Plus | Loriano Pagni designed the X500 Plus. This computer case is a tribute to the computers of the eighties and nineties and is inspired by the Commodore Amiga 500. The case is build from aluminium and plastic and has a in-built keyboard. You can install a mini-itx or flex-ATX motherboard, SSDs or HDDs, slim DVD-RW or Blu-Ray drive and a card reader. You can use the case for many systems like: PC, SAM, Raspberry pi, Natami, FPGAArcade etc.

Furiod - Andriod | Furiod is a 3D sequel of the great arcade title Arkanoid made by Ozzy. The game is also a tribute to the great SID composers of the commodore 64 era. This game is a Arkanoid clone , but the difficulty will increase every 10 levels. The game has 100 levels and a Final Boss. The game can be downloaded for free.

PPOT - Home Computer | The Commodore revival band PPOT (Press Play On Tape) will release a new album on 12 May 2012. On this double album the following music: Man with the Gun, Formula One Simulator, Olympic Fanfare, Winter Games, Parappa the Rapper 2, Ghosts 'n Goblins, How to Waste this Day, Gods (Into the Wonderful), Piece of Noise, Nonterraqeuous, Zero-G, Future Knight, The Human Race, Knuckle Buster, Lightforce, One Man and his Droid, Rambo : First Blood Part II, The Last Ninja (The Wilderness), Master of Magic, Aztec Challenge, Thrust, Commando, Sanxion, Shockway Rider, Monty on the Run and Zoids.

Retrogaming Times Monthly #96 | In this English pdf and html magazine about the retro gaming computers the following articles: The Business Of Gaming - Good Ol' 1982. Retro Collecting 101 - Is There A Such Thing As Too Many Games? Apple II Incider - Apple II's 35th Birthday / Visicalc. 30th Birthday Bash - ZX Spectrum: The World's Most Emotional Computer Turns 30. MAME Reviews - Snap Jack. Commodore Du Jour - Jack Tramiel and Breach. NES'cade - Chase H.Q. A Pixelated 21st Century. Middle Aged Gamer + More!

Project 1565 | Stefan from the computer collection Vienna has now a real replica of the Commodore 1565 disk drive. He made a 3D drawing of the disk drive and used it to print the disk drive. With a modern 3D printer it is possible to produce 3D models. In the video you can see the result of the project. The total printing time was 4 hours.

Stare Kino - Komputer Commodore | Stare Kino is an alternative band from Poland. The song Commodore is a musical tribute to Jack Tramiel. The members of the band grew up in the 80s, in communist Poland, and dreamed of the Commodore C64. You can watch the video-clip on YouTube.

CBM prg Studio v2.2.0 | Arthur Jordison released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: Basic listing improvements. Jump to destination, for BASIC files. Auto complete for BASIC (v2 / v7) programs. Relative branching for assembly programs. Improvements for the screen designer and several bug fixes.

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: 50 new, 64 updated and 22 removed.

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