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AMIcast #013 | AMIcast is an English podcast about the world of Amiga. In this episode: An interview with Daniel Müßener / Daytona, known from Wings Battelfield, Tower 57 and Wings Remastered.

C64 Intros Reorganizer | K.C. released a new version of the C64 Intros Reorganizer. This script copies or moves the intros available from intros.c64.org to a folder structure that is more convenient when using a 1541Ultimate or another C64 storage solution.

Retro Academy - MiST | Francesco Sblendorio wrote an review about the MiST. In this review he writes about the hardware, connections, configuration, performance, compatibility and a field test. The English translation is from Ignazio Palmisano.

C64Studio v4.8 | C64 Studio is a assembly development environment which is dependent on VICE. You can write assembly code and test this with the VICE emulator. Recent changes: Improvements for highlighting, memory information, sprite editor, key mapping, Pi and lots of other smaller improvements.

Micro VICious | R'zo made a synthesiser program that allows you to shift the tone, tune and the octaves of the 4 voices of the VIC20 across 2 playable octaves. Micro VICious can be used on a unexpanded VIC20.

Frutty Man - Plus/4 | Frutty Man is a Basic game for the Amstrad/Schneider CPC from Andreas Leicht. Roland Kunz converted the game to the Commodore Plus/4, C16 and the C64. In the game you must collect all the fruit but your opponent will try to prevent this.

Check64 | Thomas developed a new test-system for the Commodore C64. The test-system will be available as a kit: printed circuit board, electronic parts and a EPROM (programmed). The available tests are: C64 Dead Test ROM, C64 Diagnostic ROM, 1541 DIAG (worldofjani.com) and C128 Diagnostic ROM.

Boingsworld #77 | A new episode of BoingsWorld (German language) is now available. You can listen to the following articles: Amiga Meeting Bad Bramstedt, AmigaTec Birthday, Mediator PCI 3 Volt version, Startpage for Amigafans, Commodora Amiga in pixels, Wings and Daniel Müßener.

Yatzy - C64 | Yatzy is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is made by Ron (code /graphics), Fredrik (music) and shine (graphics). The game can be played with 1 to 4 players.

Reset #09 | Reset is an pdf magazine for the Commodore C64 user. In this edition: Hyper Sentinel, Four5Six Pixel, Andrew & Rob Hewson, News, Hints & Tips for Videogame Pioneers, Barnsley Badger, Tiger Claw, Paradroid Redux, GTW64, 3D Lunattack, Hessian, Rack-It, Freedom Expansion Board and Insects in Space.

Attitude #17 | In this English diskette magazine the following: Editorial, Scene news, News from the groups, Ultimate II+ cartridge, interview with HCL/Booze Design and the Gubbdata 2016 party report.

SEUCK competition 2016 | You can now submit your games for the SEUCK competition 2016. The latest entry is F-Clash 64 from Canseco. In the game you must fight with your jet-plane over the city and the sea.

Athanor - VIC20 | Majikeyric made a new adventure game for the Commodore VIC20. The game can be played on a Commodore VIC20 with a 32K RAM expansion. In the game you are a Franciscan Monk and must discover the mysteries in the abbey.

ZX-Live - Amiga | Dmitriy Zhivilov released a new version of the ZX-Spectrum 48/128k and Pentagon 128k emulator for the Amiga. Features: Emulation of all Z80 instructions, flags, registers and interrupts. Support for keyboard, Kempston joystick / mouse, border, sound, 1818VG93 and load & save in many formats. In this version improvements for Tape: Fast auto LOAD and Fast with delays.

FRGCB | FRGCB (Finnish Retro Game Comparison Blog) is a 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: FRGR #06: Octapolis (English Software, 1987), Test Drive (Accolade, 1987), APB (Atari Games/Tengen, 1987), SWIV (Storm, 1991) and FRGR #05: Space Satellite (Teknopiste, 1985).

Amigos | The web page Amigos added new articles last month: Trivai Night, Amigo Scour, Mouse Trap, James Pond, Flood, Gurus meditating, The Great Giana Sisters, Buggy Boy, Pac-Mania, Rambo III, Boat and Flack talk Retro Gaming, Flashback, 8 piracy killers that weren't, Street Fighter II, A bundle of dreams and Mortal Kombat II.

C64 Endings | The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: Mancopter (Datasoft), The Last Ninja 3 (System 3), KGB Agent (Pirate Software), Jaws (Screen 7), Imagination (Firebird), Hawkeye (Thalamus), Gates of Dawn (Virgin Games), Fighting Soccer (Activision), Elvin (Rainbow Arts), Dark Caves (CP Verlag), Captain Power and The Soldiers of the Future (Box Office) and Barbarian (Psygnosis/Melbourne House).

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: Computer Conflict, Moria, Parodia Adventure, Senseless Violence, Soccer Cards - FA Cup, Mangled Fenders ACE, UChess, Wipe Off, WipeOut!, Yatcy, Demon Wars, TurboRaketti and UFOs.

Sprite Castle | Rob Flack O'Hara has a web page for all his podcasts. Besides the podcast you can also find the links of web pages mentioned in the podcast. The most recent games are: Sword of Fargoal (Epyx) and One on One (Electronic Arts).

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: Flashtro - Ghosts 'n' Goblins, Ackerlight - Audio Master II, Ackerlight - Action Service, Thrust - Ottifanten, Anthrox - Fire and Ice, Paradox - Vroom, Wizzcat - California Games II, M.A.D - Chrono, Ministry - KGB, Alpha Flight - KGB, Razor 1911 - Medieval Warriors, Paranoimia - Another Crack and Razor 1911 - Classic - Betrayal.

Club Info 142 | In this German language d64 magazine for the Commodore C116, C16 and the Plus/4 the following articles: Forum,Scene, Tipps & Tricks, Maerchenbgriffe, Golf, Computer Spass, Breitband, Hardware, Mastermind, Space Fort, Aprilschatz, ROM, Operation Thunderstorm, Jumpi, Borrowed Time and Dateimanager.

Commodore Free #93 | A new edition of the English pdf, text, seq, d64, html and Ebook magazine is now available. In this edition the following: Editorial, news, Mastering Tapes, JAM IT - C64 Game, Growing Pains (3), Heroes & Cowards and Microsound 64.

States of Brazil - C64 | States of Brazil is a new game for the Commodore C64 computer developed by Cout Games.

New Amiga 1200 cases | After a very successful Kickstarter campaign by A1200.net (Philippe Lang) and with the help of a number of sponsors such as Scoopex, it is for the first time in almost 25 years that Amiga cases are being manufactured again.

CBM prg Studio v3.8.0 | Arthur Jordison has released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: Logical operators, code relocation, watch labels/addresses, local character mapping, more export options for the screen editor and multiple layers for sprite preview.

Sum firmware update | For the Sum devices is new firmware available. Changes in this version: Saving LED states for Capslock, Numlock and ScrollLock keys, improvements for key-repeat, RESET key-lock for CD32 and other minor enhancements.

Kabura - C64 | Kabura is a new arcade game for the Commodore C64. The game is made by Rulas International (code & graphics), Baron Ashler (music), Errazking (graphics), Bieno64 (test). In the game you are in Japan in the year 2113 and you must take back the control over the energy supply.

DiagROM - Amiga | DiagROM is a diagnostic tool for the Amiga computers. When you power-on your Amiga the diagnostic software will star. The diagnose software will try to send information to the serial port and the screen.

Gremlin Graphics | Mark Hardisty has launched a dedicated blog full of memorabilia, pictures and stories, about the famous software house. You can also find source files and disk images. Mark will also release a book about Gremlin Graphics.

Amiga Future #98 | Edition 98 of Amiga Future is now online available. In this edition: Zeus, Sqrxz, Worms DC: Kirby Conversion Set, Abbo, Dust Digger, Software Manager, AROS Vision, MorphOS 3.1, Scriba, X-bEnCh, OS4 Depot, Homebank, Paint, Hollywood Designer 4, Sketchblock, XAMOS, glUAE, Data management in AmigaDOS (2), Mercurial (1), C-Workshop (15), Classic Reflections (5), Caanoo (1), Magnetic Fields and Sharrukin.

Breakaway 2016 - C64 | Matteo Angelini made a new game for the Commodore C64 with the help of SEUCK. This is a puzzle game, in which you move counters A, B and C around the grid, in order to prevent counter D from getting to the most bottom point.

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