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C64 Endings | The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: WEC Le Man (Imagine) and Vigilante (U.S. Gold).

The Games-Coffer | On the Games Coffer web page you can find games, demos, animations, slideshows, diskette magazines, history, FAQ, emulators, reviews and advert Scans. The new additions for this month are: Cold Caves, Junior Chaos Caves, Malediction, Sinking Island II, SmartCardz, Introgash, Invataxi, Psycheual, Puzzle Pits 2, Zzzep, Audio Illusions, Calibra, Delited 3, Happy Days, Jalonola, Peak Flow, Perfect Setup, Style Blend, Technofunctionom, The Cuttin Edge, X, Doodle Paint V2.1, Edit Keys, Helping Hands, Icetracker, Public Domain Copiers, Unicorn Copy, Gunny Go, Hop and Hurl, Rock Slide, SYS, TechnoVenture, Victor Loomes (DE), 1497 - Five Years After, Age Of Rock, E-Type, E-Type II and Shivered Sheep.

Retro Commodore | The web page retro-commodore.eu has many high quality scans available for the Commodore user. The latest additions are: The Working Commodore 64, Proposed solutions to BASIC garbage collection, Monteringsvejledning for BASIC 4,0 (CBM3032), Commodore PET 2001 Operating System Version 4.0 assembly listing, ALFADATA RA5 RAM Card User's Manual, ANCONA High Resolution Monitor BW 861/10G and BW 861/10W, Commodore 64 Exposed, Amiga Computing Issue 49 extra - SuperBase Personal, Abacus AmigaDOS Quick Reference, Amiga Game Maker's Manual with AMOS Basic and PET BASIC 4.0 ROM assembly listing.

AMIcast #20 | AMIcast is an English podcast about the world of Amiga. In this episode: Trevor Dickinson (A-EON Technology), AmigaOne, AmigaOS, AmigaOne X5000, Tabor, Odyssey, Timberwolf, LibreOffice, Hollywood book, AMIStore and the Alice (laptop) project.

Meteor Wave - VIC20 | Tokra released a new game for the Commodore VIC20. In the game a meteor wave is threatening the earth. You can play the game with the light pen on a unexpanded Commodore VIC20.

Amiga game awards 2016 | The Obligement website is organizing another best game of the year competition. You can choose your own favourite from the list of games. The best 3 games of each systems (AmigaOS 68k, AmigaOS 4.x, MorphOS and AROS) will be revealed February 6, 2017.

Tetris - 6502 Assembler 13 | Wiebo de Wit is writing a blog on how to program a Tetris game in 6502 assembler. In each episode he explains how a part of the game works. In this episode: Hiscore Table and Load / Save.

Redit - Amiga | Redit is a word processor for the Amiga computer. Redit can be used from Kickstart 1.2 and 0,5 MB. Changes in this version: Improvements for new documents, library loading and the stack size has been increased to 16 KB.

Eight Bit Magazine 3 | Eight Bit Magazine will celebrate early eight bit microcomputers from the 1970's to the early 90's. The magazine is a Kickstarter project and the folowing articles are planned: The collectors guide to the Amstrad CPC 464, The Apple adventurer, Hacking for infinite lives, Retropie: Emulating the 8-bits, Pond Software, Programming sprites for the C64 and CPC, Games and hardware in 2017 and many game reviews as well as interviews and technical articles.

Retro Asylum Podcast 153 | Retro Asylum Podcast is an English podcast for the retro computer fans. In this episode: Mads and Steve play Super Cars 2 (Magnetic Fields) on the Amiga.

Maxi-Edit - VIC20 | Tokra made a program for using a larger screen in Basic with the Commodore VIC20. The screen can now be 26x32 characters. But you will need an 8 KB RAM expansion.

Floppy Days - Podcast #69 | Floppy Days is an English podcast about Retro computers. In this episode: The Commodore VIC20 - History, with Brian Bagnall, Michael Tomczyk, and Neil Harris.

Polyanna - C64 | Polyanna is a 8-channel music editor for the Commodore 64. Polyanna plays 3 regular SID channels together with 5 emulated SID channels on a stock machine with the 6581 SID chip.

Genius - Plus/4 | Twinspirit32 released the game Genius for the Commodore Plus/4. In the game you are in a dream world and must run through 8 toy warehouses. The game is compatible with PAL and NTSC.

Main Ninja & Super ACE 1942 - C64 | Igor Errazkin released two new SEUCK games for the Commodore C64. In the game Main Ninja you must guide your ninja safely to his home. In the game Super ACE 1942 you must fly a WW2 fighter plane and fight against the enemy forces.

Cask Jumper - VIC20 | Tmy10100 released a game he made 30 years ago. In the game you must jump your motorcycle over obstacles. You can use the keyboard or a joystick to play the game.

Sink-20 Beta2 | Kweepa developed an emulator for the Commodore VIC-20. This emulator also has a BASIC editor, a debugger and a profiler. Sink-20 is still a work in progress but you can try it already.

WHDLoad | WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. New: Spectrum Emulator Games Pack 1, Sigh, Music Disk, Lethal Frequency, Rubbish, Sunwind, Soundbox 2, The White Room, Synthetic Power, Lovesongs, Music Disk, Audio Dreams, Sound of Music 7, Music Collection 4, Music Collection and One Day on Mars.

Princess C64SD v4.0 Ultra | The Princess C64SD v4.0 Ultra is a new product from Manosoft. Features: Redesigned schematic, C=LINK (Bluetooth), indexing on TAP files and multi cassettes TAP games, TAP for PET / CBM computers, stand-alone operation, ATMega1284p with 128KB flash memory, and improvements for the firmware.

Flashtro Amiga | 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: Tycoons - Fire and Brimstone, Bionic Commandos - Hybris, Bionic Commandos - California Games, Reflex & Trilogy - Bubble bobble, F4CG - Satan, Napalm - Castle Master, Scoopex - Killing Game Show, Paramount - xenomorph, Endless Piracy - Move em, Nemesis - Civilization, Wanted Team - Bundesliga MAN PRO, Paradox - Mystical, Flashtro - More Lemmings and Nemesis - World Cricket.

8701 replacement | A prototype has been developed to replace the 8701 clock generator chip used on boards 250425, 250466, 250469 and in the C128. A NTSC and a PAL version will be available in the next few months.

A history of the Amiga (10) | The web page ArsTechnica published another episode of A history of the Amiga. In this episode the downfall of Commodore.

$B - VIC-20 | Vic Porter made a VIC-20 version of the game 2048, originally developed by Gabriele Cirulli. The game $B is a puzzle game that can be played on a VIC-20 with no expansion. You can use WASD to move and R to restart.

Reset #09.5 | Reset is an pdf magazine for the Commodore C64 user. In this edition: 2017, Graham Axten, DubCRT, Craptastic Competition, Gazunta vs Jeff Minter, The Bear Essentials, Maze of the Mummy, Moonspire and My Life.

The Hunter - C64 | The Hunter is a new game for the Commodore 64 developed by Igor Errazkin. In the game you take control of a submarine, which must go into the abyss and battle against mutant creatures. You also must collect spinning coins for bonus points.

Retro Asylum Podcast 152 | Retro Asylum Podcast is an English podcast for the retro computer fans. In this episode: Simon Butler (Boot Camp, Highlander, Legend of Kage, N.O.M.A.D., The Neverending Story, Shadowfire and Transformers).

Border Blast 3 - C64 | Alf Yngve released a new game for the Commodore C64. In the game you must fight against your enemy and destroy the force-field. The game can be played with one or two players.

Basic Battleships - C64 | Steveboy released a new game for the Commodore C64. The game Basic Battleships is a strategy game and is written in basic.

Vampire / Apollo - Gold2 | The Vampire turbo card uses the Apollo FPGA-core to emulate the 68000 CPU and the SAGA graphics chip. The changes for Apollo are: Added CPU counters and TURTLE mode. Improvements for AMMX, PCR, MOVEC Rc,Rn, memory controller and the HDMI core.

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, 79 updated and 0 removed.

Overlay64 v1.0 | Henning Bekel released a new hardware device for the Commodore C64. Overlay64 is a video overlay module that superimposes predefined text on an analogue video signal depending on the state of up to 24 digital input lines.

Retrohax: A600 keyboard repair | On the Retrohax web page you can see how to repair your A600 keyboard. The flexible connection to the motherboard can be damaged. Retrohax shows how to repair this connection.

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