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Jack v4.7 - Amiga | Jack is a multi-purpose program for AmigaOS, AROS and MorphOS. Features: Preferences, Screen snapshot, Knowledge Base, Image editor, Music player, Slideshow, File-management, Auto-updates, etc. Changes in this version: Server migration including AppStore Database. Improvements for community statistic data including support for AmigaOne A1222 hardware.

Project SIDFX | SIDFX is a hardware expansion for two SID chips inside the Commodore C64. This makes it possible to choose between two different SID chips with a simple switch. It is also possible to use both SIDs together. The system can be installed without soldering.

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: Alien World, Robocop FRENCH, The Survivors - Pull, A Touch of Class - F14 Tomcat, Paradox - Celica GT Rally, Red Sector Inc - Plutos, Megaforce - Peggy, The Twilight - Crystal Hammer, Dynamix - Goal, United Forces - Arc Ed, ICS - Fighter Command, Crystal - Jetsons, Arkanoid Revenge of Doh FRENCH, Bio Challenge FRENCH, IK+ FRENCH, Scoopex - A10 Tank Killer, etc.

Sheepoid - Frozen In Time - C64 | Richard Bayliss released a new version of his game Sheepoid for the Commodore C64. Two sheep have been transported into a neon vortex inside an alien mother ship. Your mission is to help your two sheep defend each of the vortexes against the alien invaders.

C128 repair | On the Youtube channel Cainers Commodore Capers! you can see the repair of a Commodore C128. This Commodore C128 was not working at all. In the video you can follow all the steps from diagnostics, schematics, (de)soldering and testing the system.

Petaco'5 - C64 | Petaco'5 is a new pinball game for the Commodore C64. The code for the game was made by Maniako and Richard. And Errazking is responsible for the idea and the graphics. The SIDs in the game are: Bum Bottom Bassline, Cooksey 2009, Enigmatic Wave, Hidden Planet, QuickFire, X-Static and You Rock the Boat.

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: The Sacred Armour of Antiriad (Palace Software, 1986), Balloonacy (New Dimension, 2001), Sub Hunter (Psytronik Software, 2008), Eliminator (Hewson Consultants, 1988), Frak! (Aardvark, 1984), Miner Machine (Boss Company, 1987), Renegade (Technos Japan Corp./Taito, 1986), BoneCruncher (Superior Software, 1987) and The Last V8 (Mastertronic, 1985).

Super Pizza 2 - C64 | Roberto Ricioppo made a new game for the Commodore C64. The game Super Pizza 2 is made with the help of S.E.U.C.K. In the game you can use pizzas to shoot at your enemies.

C16 review | Dan Wood from kookytech.net made a video about the Commodore C16. He tells about the C16 computer, the 1551 disk drive, the MPS802 printer and various games for the C16.

TAB64 | Commodore1971 is working on a C64 guitar tablature book. He has been busy translating the SID's from Last Ninja and Flimbos Quest to guitar. The features are: Printed paperback or digital Download. 50 pages in full colour. 10 well known SIDs including info and pictures.

Martyn Brown interview | The web page Retrogamesmaster had an interview with Martyn Brown. Martin is on of the co-founders of Team17. Team17 developed games for the Amiga such as: Alien Breed and Worms.

AudioEx | AudioEx combines the previous FM-radio, CD and MP3-players into one application. Additionally, there is an experimental RDS decoder included but this will only work if you have the RDA5807M chip.

Relaunch64 - v3.3.6 | Relaunch64 is a program (text editor) for programming 65xx assembly on a modern computer. This editor works together with common cross assembler like Kick Assembler, acme, dasm, c64asm or ca65. Changes in this version: Improvements for expand folded lines or sections. Edit files in external editor. And the load and save operations are more stable.

Eight Bit Magazine | 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 if the funds are met you will get a full colour 48 page magazine full of great articles written by people with a wealth of knowledge and passion for those computers.

SID Adventures | GeoAnas had a interview with a SID musician. This time it is Sebastian Hirsch, a prolific musician and music producer from Germany who still uses the SID as a tool for composing his music.

AmigaRemix | You can listen to new remixes on the AmigaRemix web page. The following Amiga music is added to the web page: Captain Planet Ma Ti (Synthwave Mix), Great Courts 2 (You Can Win), Mantronix & Tip's Jazzy Nork - Live Jazz Club Cover, Strider Vs Thunderblade, Pinball Prelude Medley, Stardust Warp Sequence 2, Hybris [2016 Remix], Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 Intro, Fire & Ice Temple Theme (daXX Remix), Wrath Of The Demon Title (2016 Wremix), Arabian Nights (daXX Remix) and Return of the Jedi - Hard Wars.

Commodore Free #91 | A new edition of the English pdf, text, seq, d64, html and Ebook magazine is now available. In this edition the following: Editorial, News, Growing Pains Part Deux, Book review: 10 PRINT, A Garden Of Game Glyphs, Algorithms for Commodore BASIC #01, Reviews: Dork Dave & The Dirty Trick, Blok Copy and Popeye.

Icaros Desktop 2.1 | Paolo Besser released an update for the Icaros Desktop. There are improvements or updates for: OWB 1.25, HTML5 video, DirectoryOpus 5, FPC, PortablE, GoogleDrive, Filesysbox library, NTFS-3G, EX-FAT, SNUG http, ZuneView, Amath, EdiSyn, metaDiary, RPNScientific, Water, GLMark, Fract, Timeless, Scalos, Unarc, Ri-Li, RotateGear, Skunks, FFMPEG, ImageMagick, meteData, RFT-Riddle and toram.

CBMXfer v0.41 | Steve J. Gray released a new version of CBMXfer. CBMXfer is a collection of utilities for transferring files and working with diskette images. New in this edition: Support for .P00 files, New options: new folder, cancel all and lock view. And more compatibility for the 1571 (XM1541).

Amiga Future #93 | Edition 93 of Amiga Future is now online. In this edition: Red Wizard Island, Phalanx, Manhole, Der Clou (OS4), MasterGear, C64 Forever, Amiga Forever 2012, Magnetic, AmigaOS 4.1 Update 3, MuiOWB, AmIRC, Immortal 4, Quizmaster, Markdown Part 2, C-Workshop Part 10, AmigaOS 4.1 Workbench Part 5, VGA Monitor Switch, Amiga 600 2 MB, Interview with Cinemaware. Amiganoid and Classic Computing.

Tetris - 6502 Assembler 12 | 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: SID music and sound effects.

LumaFix64 | Biosrhythm tested the new LumaFix64 for the Commodore C64. The LumaFix 64 is a small PCB that is placed between the VIC-II and the motherboard. It can adjust the signals AEC, PHI0 and Chroma to hide the vertical stripes on the output image of the C64.

Gorilla - CP/M | Francesco Sblendorio made new games for the Commodore C128. But not in Basic 10 or in machine language but in CP/M. This means that the games can be played on computers that support CP/M. Besides Gorilla he also made the games Towers of Hanoi and Eight Queen Puzzle.

Jocopod interface & Speeding On The A81 | Speeding On The A81 is racing game for the Commodore C64. The game has 24 classical car models and can be played with a joysticks, paddles and even a PC steering wheel. For the steering wheel you will need the Jocopod interface.

C64 intros | The web page c64Intros has updated its intro database and added 100 new intros. The new or updated groups are: 3001 Crackings Unlimited, Avenger, Circle of Nine, D.O.A., E.C.A. Industries [ECA], The Fantastic Duo [TFD], Hoodlums, The Limit Crew, New Garfield Crew, The Nuclear Chain [TNC], R.A.P., Reflex (DE), Soft Aids Team+Soft Service Switzerland, Terminal Intelligence Agency and Verca+China Syndrome.

Big Book of Amiga Hardware | New additions to the Big Book of Amiga Hardware web page: American Laser Games: Mad Dog McRee, C-Ltd (Cardco Ltd): A1000 Scsi Controller, MacroSystem (US & Germany): Falcon 1240, Microbotics: StarBoard 2 adaptor (SB2000), DKB: Battdisk, Custom Chips: Buster, HiSoft: Whippet, Phoenix Micro Technologies: Phoenix Expansion Box (A1000 version & A500 version), Commodore: Diagnostics aid for A1000 - 314066-01, Newtek: DigiView, Commodore: Sync Dongle - VGA Adaptor, Scala: Workstation 040, Commodore: A1000 TV Modulator, Commodore: AA3000, Commodore: A3000+, Commodore: 020/030 prototype CPU board, Commodore: 2.0 ROM tower and Commodore: A1000+ '040 prototype.

Scene World Magazine: Hans Ippisch | Scene World Magazine had an interview with Hans Ippisch. Hans Ippisch worked for the computer game developing studio Rainbow Arts. He also was involved with magazines such as Play Time, PC Games, Amiga Games, SEGA, N-Zone, PlayZone and Club Nintendo Magazine.

AMIcast #010 | AMIcast is an English podcast about the world of Amiga. In this episode: An interview with Gunnar von Boeh, member of Apollo Team and FPGA processor developper, Vampire II for A600, Natami project, FPGA development, PowerPC development, AmigaOS 3.x and AROS Vision (for 68k). Music from VjDominion.

Club Info 141 | In this German language d64 magazine for the Commodore C116, C16 and the Plus/4 the following articles: Forum, Events, Scene Focus, Tips & Tricks, PI, Primzahlen, Hugohunt, Space Grid, Computer Spass, Hardware, Kingsize Tennis, Enemy, Super Break Out, Indianapolis, Indi Jones, Borrowed Time, ASW, Pacman and Wlan.

Bagels - C64 | Matteo Angelini made a game for the Commodore C64 with the help of SEUCK. The game is based on a game from Jim Butterfield for the KIM-1. The computer randomly chooses 4 letters (A - F) and you must type in the four letters in order to guess the hidden code. The music is from Richard Bayliss.

Amitopia TV | Amitopia TV made a new series of video podcast. In these episodes: Blue Metal Rose Special, Amiga Racer, MorphOS on PowerMac G5, Alien Breed 3D, Hard 'n Heavy, Xtreme Racing, Cities Skyline and much more.

FunkPaint 0.44a | FunkPaint is an editor for Hires, Multi and Multicolor pictures. The program can be used with an joystick or mouse and supports memory expansions (+60k, REU, Ramcart, Georam etc.). Changes in this version: An update for the documentation, the DTV support has been removed, larger paintbrushes (8x8) and many more improvements.

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