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Amiga Forum #007 | Amiga Forum is a Swedish (printed) magazine for the Amiga user. In this edition: Rivalry between Amiga OS 4 and MorphOS. Review: UFO - Enemy Unknown. Interview: Henry Erngren Ohlén. News: SAPPHIRE, MorphOS Nordic and SEUCK. Novell, TRSAC, The Making of The Insider, the short story and SEUCK games.

Sidplay64 v0.8 | Sidplay64 is a program that can playback .SID files from the HVSC collection on a real Commodore 64/128. Changes in this version: F7 key for pause / continue. Improved random function. 1541U2 software IEC mode support. Configure and clear registers for 2nd SID chip. And select your skin colour with keys 1-9.

Gamebase20 v0.3 | A new version of the Commodore VIC-20 Gamebase is now available. In this package you will find: Gamebase front-end, Games, Screen-shots, Extras and the VICE emulator. This version has 1485 games, 1993 screen-shot, 166 cartridges, 1136 scans, 127 manuals and 727 .tap files.

Return #16 | Return magazine is a German print magazine about the 8-bit computers from A (Atari) to Z (ZX Spectrum). In this edition: Ghost Town, Inversion (NES), Bomberland (C64), HeliCops (Atari), Pixelkunst, Multijoy, The Golden Age of Video Gaming, Atari, Activision, C64 Music, 8 Bit?, Raspberry Pi, Classic Computing Berlin, Flipper- and Arcade museum Seligenstadt, Galaga, News from the retro-scene.

WinUAE v2.7.0 | A new version of WinUAE is now available. Changes in this version: SCSI tape drive emulation, A2065 emulation, improved 68020 emulation, new field based interlace options, cycle-exact CIA TOD counter, solved problems with the XBox 360 pad, RTG mode video recording, lzx decompressor, CD CUE file parsing and much more.

Retro Invaderss Calendar 2014 - SEUCK | Retro Invaderss made a calendar for 2014. This year the calendar theme is Commodore C64 SEUCK games. The games on the calendar are: Strike Team Delta, Cobra Mission, Laser Hawk, AquaVile, Renovator, Sheer Earth Attack, Verde, Synetic, Twin Tigers, House Case, Stormbird and Alien TaskForce. You can download the pdf and print it out. There are English and Spanish versions available.

WHDLoad | WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. New: Paradise Lost (Silicon Twins), WHDLoad V17.2, Wild (Anadune & Nah-Kolor), Optical Dreams (Addict), Aloha (Rebels), Our Definition of a Boombastic Demo Style (Rebels), Spaced Out Vol. 2 (Magnetic Fields), Spaced Out Vol. 1 (Magnetic Fields), Sound Atax Vol. 3 (Magnetic Fields), Chip Music Festival (Magnetic Fields) and Sound Atax Vol. 2 (Magnetic Fields). Improved: Hybris (Discovery Software), Elf (Ocean), Demo Disk (Quest), Wicked (Electric Dreams/Binary Vision) and Kick Off (ANCO).

View64 | View64 can be used to view native C64 image files without using an emulator or a real C64. The features of this program are: Open source, Supports of many image formats (70+), PAL/NTSC S-Video and RGB rendering, Scanline, shadow mask, chroma leakage simulation, Multicolor interlace de-interlacing and image saving to BMP.

Jon Hare interview (Cannon Fodder) | The web page Eurogamer.net had an interview with Jon Hare (Sensible Software). In this interview Jon tells about the development of Cannon Fodder. The original concept of Cannon Fodder was a Rambo style game with a troop element. But at Sensible software they did not make a complete plan before the game development was started. Many of the elements were added when they were making the game. You can read all the details about Cannon Fodder in the interview.

TurboFlyer 530 | Elbox Computer will release the TurboFlyer 530 in the next year. The TurboFlyer 530 is a new 68030-based accelerator with integrated FastATA CF/SATA controller for Amiga 500/500+ and A2000 computers. Features: 68030 processor (with MMU) @ 40MHz, 16MB fast 32-bit DRAM. Visit the Elbox web page for more details.

D64 Editor v 0.032 | A new version of the Windows based D64 editor is now available. The features of this program are: Reading of D64 files, display the directory, move files around the directory and rename files. Export from D64 to PRG. View/Edit the BAM and the data blocks. New in this version: Export the directory listing to a TXT file. Added save and discard buttons to the file properties screen.

ACA500 | The ACA500 turbo card from Individual Computers will be available at the end of this year. The ACA is connected to the expansion port of the Amiga 500. The features of the new product are: 68EC000-10 CPU @ 14 MHz, 2 MB RAM, two CF-card connectors, compatible with internal memory expansions, expansion port, clock port, Kickstart 1.3 and 3.1 ROMs and the ACA500 is WHDload compatible.

Online D64 viewer | Keith Green made an online viewer for D64 files. Keith got his idea for this viewer when he visited the Kryoflux web page. You can now drag and drop your D64 files into the viewer and it will generate a visualization of the disk. For the next year he has planned to make an G64 viewer.

Oricutron v1.1 | Oricutron (formerly known as Oriculator) is an emulator for the Oric series of computers. This emulator is available for AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, MacOS and Windows. Changes in this version: Improvements for scan lines, full screen options and the Pravetz 8D ROM. Disk and tape image auto detection, auto run for Jasmin and Pravetz diskettes, various AY emulation improvements and simplified the system timing.

RetroWiki Magazine 7 | RetroWiki is an Spanish pdf Retro Computer Magazine. In this edition the following articles: ELAN Enterprise, 25 years Sega Megadrive, Interviews: Amigamers and Jim Bagley, Jurassic Park, TECMO, Arcade experience in a C64, SID sound, Power Supplies, BASIC: the DATA statement and SEGA conversions.

Bloboats - AROS | Bloboats is a new game for AROS. The original game is made by Markus Kettunen and is a boat racing game. In the game you must reach the MS Enterprise as fast as possible to save it from the tentacles of a terrible monster. You start somewhere in the United States, and your destination is Helsinki.

Retrogaming Roundup 67 | In this (English language) pod-cast the following items: Chris Huelsbeck: Giana Sisters, Build your own Pocket SID Audio Player, Wireless Motion-Sensing Gaming Glove for the Commodore 64, How use a Raspberry PI as an Amiga Floppy Drive Emulator and much more.

SketchBlock v2.5 - Amiga | SketchBlock is a drawing program for AmigaOS made by Andy Broad. The aim of this project is to create a sophisticated application for digital painting. Changes in this version: It is now possible to make a lists of colours (palettes). Poster transformation. A script for making circles. Improvements to the menus and removed some small errors.

Online VICE | Richard Janicek made it possible to use the VICE emulator online. This emulator makes use of JavaScript and needs a modern browser such as Firefox 28 or Chrome 33. For the future Richard has planned: joystick and gamepad support, adding another computer (VIC-20) and making this emulator work with IE.

Amiga keyboard | Amedia Computer has now a new keyboard for sale. This keyboard has all the keys that are on the Amiga computers. The logos on the keys not sticker but printed on the keys. The keyboard is connected with USB and is available in black or white and as QWERTY or AZERTY.

C64Studio v3.3 | 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: Added: Tile map editor, Ignore warnings and modifiable constants. Improvements for PDS and DASM support, overlapping segments, breakpoints and the find/replace function.

Boingsworld #46 | A new episode of BoingsWorlds (German language) is now available. You can listen to the following articles: Petro Tyschtschenko, Virtual Dimension Retroplay, RoadShow 1.11, Battle Squadron AmigaOS4, Bounty OWB, Viva Amiga, Minimig Case, No Amiga versie of Putty Squad?, Alchimie X, Game DVD1 AmigaOS 4, Z3SDRAM, Classic Computer, Hardware-Retrocomputing (5), Peter Sieg, Atari Jaguar and the Amiga CD32.

Bolder Dan - VIC20 | Bolder Dan is a new game for the Commodore VIC-20 made by Misfit. The game is based on the classic game of Boulderdash. For the game you need an unexpanded VIC-20 (PAL), a disk drive and a joystick. The game is developed with the help of cc65 and CBM prg Studio.

Plipbox | Plipbox is an device that allows to connect Amiga's via Ethernet to your local network. The device uses a an Arduino and connects to the parallel port. Changes in this version: Automatic MAC address. Automatic connection to Ethernet module. Improved parallel line protocol. Added: Full duplex Ethernet, flow control and an error log system.

Fastboy - VIC20 | Fastboy is a new game for the Commodore VIC-20, made by Misfit. The game was made for the LudumDare 48h competition. In this competition you have only 48 hours to make a complete game. For the game you need an unexpanded VIC-20 (PAL), a disk drive and a joystick.

Hayesduino | Hayesduino is device with an Arduino micro-controller that is a bridge between the Internet and small devices, such as the Commodore 64, Apple II and the Atari 800. The Hayesduino emulates a Hayes compatible modem. One of the applications of this device could be BBS (Bulletin Board System).

NST's Monitor Extension | The NST's Monitor Extension is an extension for the internal Plus/4 software. Features: More functions for TEDMON. The use of illegal codes. Scroll screen in both directions. Disk drive memory editing. Disk block editing. Clear memory function and much more. On the web page for The NST's Monitor Extension you can read more about this system.

Assist v1.7 - AmigaOS 4 | Assist is a collection of information: All the content from the Get the most out of your AMIGA PDF guide, shortcuts and links. Assist helps with downloading and unpacking of software, plays YouTube videos and it has AmiUpdate support. Changes in this version: Added a web search button, Assistants for Workbench and new articles. More options for gadgets and more ARexx commands.

RGCD 16KB Cartridge Competition 2013 | The games that are competing in the RGCD 16KB Cartridge Competition 2013 are: Bellringer III (Geir Straume & Sean Connolly), Candle Burner 1.1 (Dirk Schmitt), Cosmic Ark (Max Hall), Devil Ronin (Georg Rottensteiner), Invert (Richard Bayliss), Kobo64 (Kajtár Zsolt), Linus Vs Simon (Simon Quernhorst), Magic Duel (Jörn Ruchmann), Micro Hexagon (Paul Koller & Mikkel Hastrup), Monster Buster (p1x3l.net)
Powerglove (Matthias Bock), Revenge Of The Tomato (Richard Bayliss), Rocket Smash (John Christian Lønningdal & Saul Cross), S-Blox (Payton Byrd) and Vallation (Jason Kelk & Sean Connolly).

VIC-20 flash memory expansion | Phvic is developing a flash memory expansion for the Commodore VIC-20. The following features are planned: The VIC will see the flash memory as a ROM. Auto booting from the flash memory. A micro-controller will control the memory and the expansion port. At the moment the device is still in development. You can follow the progress on the Denial forum.

Retrogaming Times Monthly #115 | In this English pdf and html magazine about the retro gaming computers the following articles: The Gift Of Giving, Ladybugs & Joysticks, Holiday Catalog, Des Gamer, Apple II Incider - Computer Gaming World, Starting A Podcast - Lessons From A Clueless Hopeful, Turn To Channel 3 - Saturday Night Slam Masters, Saturday At The Arcades - WWF Superstars, Know Your Role - 7th Saga, MAME Reviews - Freeze, Gaming Studies With The Tomy Tutor - Cave Crawlers and The Pixelated Mage - NES Review.

C64 Endings | The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: Adidas Champ. Football (Ocean), Baal (Psyclapse), Bangers and Mash (Alternative Software), Call Me Psycho (Pirate Software), Dark Castle (CP Mirrorsoft), Felix (Elite), Game Over 2 (Dinamic), Motocross (Codemasters), Mean Streak (Mirrorsoft), Ninja Master (Firebird), On The Farm 3 (Achin Volkers), Parsec (CP Verlag), Para Academy (Zeppelin Games), Raging Beast - Ole! (Firebird / Jawx), Storm (Mastertronic), Space Harrier II (Grandslam), Scumball (Mastertronic), Scramble Spirits (Grandslam), Saboteur 2 (Durell Software) and Task III (Databyte).

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