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SidTracker64 - iPad | SidTracker64 is a chip tune tool for the iPad that emulates the SID from the Commodore 64. The features are: Midi keyboard. Export your music to .sid or .prg files (Dropbox / e-mail). Fully emulated SID 8580 R5 chip. 3 Voices, 8 waveforms, 3 volume envelopes, 32 instruments and vibrato controls. Wavetable & Filter editing and much more.

TwittAmiga v4.2 | Oliver Urbann released a new version of his Twitter client TwittAmiga. The features are: Map view, Search, Skinnable timeline, Multiple user accounts, Preview of linked images, Update of status, Follow / Unfollow, Retweet, etc. You can read about the changes in the change log.

Compilation64 | The Compilation64 web page is reborn. Compilation64 is an attempt to archive the multi-game compilations that have been released for the Commodore64. All the games from the old web page have been rescued and new information / scans will be added over the coming weeks / months.

SD2IEC SID Player V2.1 - Plus/4 | Epy released a new version of his SID player. This program works together with a SD2IEC device and a SID card on the Commodore Plus/4 and is compatible with PAL and NTSC. Changes in this version: A new play-list system and a SID card detection.

cOS - C64 | Jim released a new Operating System for the Commodore C64. It is a modern looking graphical user interface with drivers for a touch screen, joystick or the cursor keys. You can try out the test / demo diskette with cOS. The diskette includes a cBooks app and the SAM-Siri.

VIC-20 IEEE interface | Mark Gladson started an Kickstarter project to make replicas of the VIC-20 IEEE interface cartridge (VIC-1112). The project will produce fully assembled cartridges with case and label included.

Hangman's Hazard - C64 | In 1992 Craig Golab released the game Hangman's Hazard for the Commodore C64. But only a few copies of the game were sold. Long time the game was lost but now it is available on the Commodore Scene Database. The game is very nice to play and is highly competitive.

Amiga mixer v1.4 | Amiga mixer is a program for the Amiga that can control your audio. It supports many soundcards: SBLive/SBAudigy, FM801, Envy24HT, Solo-1 and many others. Changes in this version: New short-keys for Fader. A Greek catalog. KEYS_UDM tool type. Improvements for CLI parsing and the ARexx #?MUTE command.

VirtualC64 v1.0 rc | Dirk Hoffmann has released a new version of his VirtualC64 emulator. This emulator can turn your Mac (OS X) into a Commodore C64. Changes in this version are: Many optimisations for the VC1541 emulation. Cycle-based sprite drawing and many other improvements.

FRGCB | FRGCB (Finnish Retro Game Comparison Blog) is a new 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: Zany Golf, Thing On A Spring, Pirates!, Unique Games! (8), Skate or Die!, NGOTM: Sir Ababol and Realm of Impossibility.

Amiga key caps | Loriano Pagni started an Kickstarter campaign for producing Amiga inspired key caps for mechanical keyboards. The key caps will be UV printed (at over 300 dpi) on caps compatible with Cherry MX switches. The key caps will be available in following colours: black, white, beige, dark grey, orange, green, lilac, yellow, pink, red, and light blue.

CBM prg Studio v3.4.0 | Arthur Jordison has released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: Improvements for: Dump file, Visual data generator tool, Tabular data, Mixing BASIC & ML and the IDE colours. And a few error were removed: Start address memory window, TEXT and PTEXT generation, < and > characters, Binary import and Incbin.

Classic Boing Ball Mouse | Amigakit is now selling a Classic Boing Ball Mouse. The feature are: 1000 DPI optical mouse with scroll wheel (third button). DB9 connection for Classic Amiga computers: A500, A500+, A600*, A1200, A1500, A2000, A3000, A4000, A4000T.

64TASS v1.51.992 | C64tass is a multi pass compiler with 65816 support, CPU64, DTV, illegal opcode's, optimizations, and a lot of features. The syntax is the same as the well known Turbo Assembler on C64. C64tass can be used on a Linux, Windows or Mac OSX computer.

Sum A600 | The Sum adapter enables connecting USB HID keyboards to your Amiga 600. It has been designed for installation inside A600’s casing. Sum is based upon a 16-bit Microchip micro-controller. Features: Support for both USB HID and USB-PS/2 keyboards, built-in USB stack, configuration mode, boot-loader (firmware upgrade) and a status LED.

Games That Weren't 64 | The GTW64 web page has had an update. New: Daffy Duck, Behemoth, Ilogicall, Welcome to hell, Moonraker, Black Hawk, Butch - Hard Guy, Coma, Coven, Double Dragon V1, Enforcer 2, M45, Maelstrom, New Zealand Story V1, Operation Gunship, Planet Quarx, Quark IX, Screaming Wings, The Black Onyx, Unknown adventure game and Wreckers.

Relaunch64 - v3.3.4 | 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: Compile-options via scripts. Support for latest 64tass, logging parameters and script command lines can now be split over multiple lines.

Dopus5 v5.91 - Amiga | Dopus5 is a Workbench clone for AmigaOS-based computer systems. The main feature of Dopus5 is the file manager functionality. The team behind Dopus5 has released a new version for AmigaOS4, MorphOS, AROS and the original AmigaOS3 platform.

Legends of the commodore 64 and the Amiga scene | This web page is about the forgotten scener-heroes of the Commodore 64 and the Amiga days. It was created on December 23.12.2014 and serves as an inspiration tool, to help those fantastic but too often lonely sceners from the Commodore 64 and the Amiga community.

Andrián Pertout interview | The C64.com web page had an interview with Andrián Pertout. Andrián is a music composer from Australia, but he was born in Chili. He made music for the C64 games Penetrator (1984) and Fighting Warrior (1985).

Return Of The SOASC= (ROTS) 2015 | It is more than 6 years ago that the SOASC= Project was ended. The SOASC= Project recorded every SID from the HVSC (High Voltage SID Collection) with real hardware. The SOASC= Team has now announced that will update all SIDs starting from #50 up to #63 and beyond.

Bootdisk-Creator v1.62 - Amiga | With Amiga911 Maker is it possible to create boot diskettes for AmigaOS 3.0/3.1. The changes in this are: All In One type solution. Support for: DiskSalv4, MaxTransTest, PFSSalv2 and SFSSalv. New Prefs window, Expert Mode and many other improvements.

Das Camp - C64 | Das Camp is one of the games in the Forum64 Game Competition 2015. The game is a adventure and is released by TUGCS. The music is from Onebitman and SIDWAVE, the graphics are from Mac, the linking by Henning and bug fixing by Dizzy Devil.

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 fort his month are: City, Classic Racer (DE), Euro Trotter, Fireflies, Super Blobble 2, Torque, Batman, Boat Animation, City Jumper, Luxo Teenager, Rocking Robot, The, Shuttlecock, Spark Trek, Air Ace II, Bionix 2, Black Belt, Hyperace, Patience, Zerg, D-Day, History of Aviation, Little Traveller, Spelltris and Star Trek Guide.

Amiga Future #116 | A new edition of the English and German Amiga magazine Amiga Future has been released. In this edition: Editorial, News, Playfield, Tecnoball Z, Minos, Amiiga 10x10, Help my Cat, Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force, Bed Games, Jay the Miner, Volfied, Wings Battlefield, Commodore Amiga: a visual Commpendium, The Amiga Workbench Simulation, Pegasos, MorphOS 3.8, WHDLoad, Phase 5 Digital Products, Demoscene, ArtEffect, Programming with AmigaOS4 (13) and a interview with Paul Gardner-Stephen (Mega65).

Boingsworld #67 | A new episode of BoingsWorld (German language) is now available. You can listen to the following articles: Amiga news, Schnapper des Monats, Interview with Markus Tillman and the meeting Amiga 30 Jahre in Neuss.

Hyperion Entertainment - SDK Final edition | Hyperion Entertainment released an update for the OS4 Software Development Kit (SDK). The changes in this version are: New components: btree.library, diffview.gadget, diskio.library, z.library and graphics.library. Extended memory > 4 GB. Next generation menu system and improvements for dos.library API and console.device API.

Sprite Castle | Rob Flack O'Hara has a web page for all his podcasts. His new podcasts are: Montezuma's Revenge and MicroLeague Wrestling. Besides the podcast you can also find the links of web pages mentioned in the podcast.

Amiv 2.0 | Staringlizard has developed an replacement for the Amiga A520 adapter. The Amiv 2.0 can converts the Amiga RGB 15 KHz signal to HDMI to make it possible to connect your A500 or A1200 to a modern screen. The Amiv has buttons to shrink the picture horizontally and move the picture horizontally and vertically.

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