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Start page X500 Pro computer case | Loriano Pagni started a new Kickstarter campaign for a computer case that is inspired by classic machines such as the Amiga, Atari and Sinclair, but designed for modern hardware. U36 Multi-ROM - C128 | Pyrofer developed a new option ROM for the Commodore C128. This system has a menu and space for 7 ROM images. The selected ROM will be the default ROM even after switching the C128 off and on. GadgetUK164 - Terrible Fire CD32 | GadgetUK164 made a video about the TF328 from Terrible Fire, and a quick look at games Time Gal and The Dream of Rowan too. Mega65 | 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. Most recent updates: Improvements for sprites and the VIC-III. Support for a cartridge, 1351 mouse, paddles, GEOS and a serial disk-drive. Wireless joystick | Teemu Leppänen is developing a wireless joystick transmitter and receiver. This system is based on a XBee wireless radio and can be used for Atari style joystick for almost all retro computers. Retrohax - EasyFlash 3 | Retrohax wrote a blog about the assembly of a EasyFlash 3 cartridge for the Commodore C64. He also installed the firmware and loaded a cartridge image into the EasyFlash 3. Wicher 500i - software update | There is new software available for the Wicher 500i. The Wicher 500i turbo card has been designed for installation inside Amiga the A500 / A500+ computer. Features: 68000/68010 CPU, 50 MHz, 8 MB Fast RAM (SIMM72), IDE controller and SPI controller. Retro invaders calendars 2018 | The new Retro invaders calendar is now available. The theme this time is: Games. The calendars are available in many languages. Retro Commodore - 2018 calendar | Retro Commodore has made a calendar for the year 2018 with a retro theme. There are month and year calendars available with a Sunday or a Monday as the first day of the week. VIC-20 Fusion | Radical Brad is working on a multimedia expansion for the Commodore VIC-20. Features: No modifications to the VIC-20, VGA 400 x 300 with 4096 colours and a blitter system, 4 channel sound, SD and USB. DC2N4-LC | Luigi Di Fraia has made a new video of the DC2N4-LC. You can now use the multi-threaded GUI client under Windows 10. 6561 Die-shot reversing explorations | Lance Ewing is exploring the MOS 6561 chip (Video Interface Chip). He is working on the Y-decoder and X-decoder logic. Mega65 | 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. Most recent updates: Automatic 4502 / 6502 Instruction set switching. geoRAM | GGLabs reversed engineered the Berkely softworks geoRAM. The schematics and all files are now available to build one yourself. C64 FM Radio v2.0 | Listen to your favourite radio stations on your Commodore C64. Timo Voutilainen developed a system that uses a DA5807 FM Radio module which is connected to the user-port of the Commodore C64. Changes in this version: Channel pre-set list, loop through channels, I2C, RTC and a RDS decoder. SD-BOX v1.20 | The SD-BOX is a cartridge with an SD card interface for the Commodore C64. The cartridge has many functions for the disk drive and the Datassette. Recent updates: Improvements for SD2IEC, delete, cassette, manual, tape protection, C128 mode, copy menu and the loader for Exos v3 / FC3. C64 Robot Guitar | Steve Smit has made a robotic guitar using 24 servo motors that are controlled by a Arduino Mega that is connected to the user-port of the Commodore C64. MindFlareRetro - C64 S-Video Adapter Box | MindFlareRetro made a video about how to make an adapter box with s-video to connect a Commodore C64 to a LCD screen. Checkmate A1500 Plus | The Checkmate A1500 was a desktop upgrade to the Amiga 500. Stephen Jones is now designing a new version of the Checkmate A1500. External Gotek adaptor | Arananet-net made a custom adapter for the Gotek. Features: 3 buttons, USB port, screen (segments, LCD or OLED), loudspeaker connection and LED indicators. Universal C64 cartridge - 256 KB ROM | Engraved64 developed a new universal cartridge for the Commodore C64. The cartridge has a 256 KB ROM. In the ROM you can store your favourite programs and a start menu. VIC-2000 Expander | Radical Brad is working on a modern expansion for the Commodore VIC-20. The features are VGA video, 4096 colours, 16 Megabytes of fast audio / video memory, a blitter system (sprites) and 4 channels of 8 bit sound. Internal SD2IEC | Tynemouth Software has written a blog on how to install a SD2IEC device internally in a Commodore C64c. A3660 CPU board | John Hertell has made a replica of the Amiga A3660 CPU board. All the files for making a CPU board will be open source. The working CPU board will be demonstrated at Amiga32 meeting in Neuss. SDHost-64 | Luigi Di Fraia is working on his project SDHost-64. He now demonstrates loading a program from a SD-card via the user-port into the Commodore C64. THE64 - Mini | Retro Games Ltd. has announced THEC64 Mini. The features are: HDMI, USB, Built-in games such as California Games, Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe, Paradroid and Impossible Mission. Amiga CD 1200 | Andy Spencer tells us about the Commodore Amiga CD 1200, a prototype of a peripheral for the Amiga 1200 that would allow it to play Amiga CD32 games. Keyman64 v1.6 | Keyman64 is an hardware expansion for the keyboard on your Commodore C64. With Keyman64 you can assign actions to key combinations. These action could be a series of keystrokes or hardware switches. The possibilities could be: assign commands to (function) keys, do a reset, switching a Kernal, switch on/off LED's etc. The configuration or firmware update is possible via a USB connection. Teensy64 | Frank Bösing is working on a Commodore C64 emulator with the Teensy 3.6. The Features are: IEC Bus, ILI9341 SPI display, USB keyboard, reSID, a simple disk drive emulation and joystick support. The latest changes are: Added a VGA output. Wicher CD32 | The Retro 7-bit web page announced the Wicher CD32. This expansion card for the Amiga CD32 has the following features: 8MB RAM, IDE controller and a clock port. Arduino Amiga FD reader/writer v2.0 | A new version is now available for the Arduino Amiga Floppy Disk reader / writer system of Robert Smith. Changes in this version: Support for writing diskettes and improvements for reading diskettes. ADF-Drive v0.621 | ADF-Drive is an enhancement for the ADF-Copy system. With ADF-Drive it is possible to access the diskette data via the MTP protocol. The MTP protocol is supported by Windows, MacOS, Linux and AmigaOS.