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Hackersoft | On the Hackersoft web page you can find hacks and cheat for Commodore games. You can use the cheats by altering the hex codes of the game with a cartridge such as the Action Replay. Or you can download the Crazy-Hack version of the game. Recent Crazy hacks are: Crystal Kingdom, Trollie Wallie, Cosmic Cruiser, The Enforcer, Falcon Patrol 2, Monty on the Run - Jet Pack, Super G-Man and Zub.

durexForth v1.2 | Ravelli released a new version of Forth for the Commodore C64. Forth is a very low-level and minimal language without any automatic memory management. Forth on the C64 is more faster, more memory effective and more powerful than the standard Basic. Forth on the C64 includes an editor, compiler and a assembler. This version has more graphical possibilities, the new commands are: hires, lores, clrcol, blkcol, plot, peek, line, circle, erase, paint, text and drawchar.

TAWS v0.20 | TAWS (The Amiga Workbench Simulation) is a JavaScript simulation of the Amiga-Workbench 1.x - 3.x for IE, Firefox, Opera and WebKit-Browsers. With TAWS you can work with the Amiga Workbench inside your favorite web browser. Changes in this version: New look OS 4.0 / 4.1. New options like rounded corners and XEN. And removed a couple of small errors.

Comet+ | In the past months Goog has been working on a new version of the Comet64 Internet Modem. The new Comet+ is a mix of a storage media, internet connection and a hardware and software experimentation platform. The features are: Wi-Fi. Micro SD. Disk drive emulation. BBS system. Open-source firmware (Arduino). RS-232. 4MB Flash RAM. The Comet+ can be used with the C64, C128, VIC-20, Plus/4 and the C16.

Vic-20 Lives | The web page Vic-20 Lives is dedicated to the classic VIC-20 Computer. On the web page you can find games that Rob programmed himself, and games that Rob typed in from computer magazines. The latest additions are: Caves of Alpha-Ceti, Fly Grand Canyon, Kingdom, Mushrooms and Sea Battle.

Koules - AROS | Koules is a arcade game for AROS. The original game is made by James Jacobs and the AROS version is made by Matthias Rustler. In the game the Koules have exhausted all the resources of their home planet. Their emperor Dark Applepolisher wants to take over earth for new resources. You have to fight against the Koules to save earth.

Gamebase 64 - v9 | The team of Gamebase 64 released version 9. The total is now more than 23,000 entries, 500 more then the previous version. The goal of Gamebase 64 is to preserve all software that was made for the Commodore 64 computer.

Bochs v2.5.1 - Amiga | Bochs is a PC emulator for AmigaOS 4. The program can emulate the x86 CPU, AT hardware and BIOS to run Windows, Linux, DOS etc. on your Amiga. This version is a work in progress and is missing the audio and CD-ROM support.

C&A Games 4 | The Polish magazine Commodore and Amiga Fan released another games edition. In this pdf magazine the following articles: News, Giana's Return, Klemens, Clone, The Great Giana Sisters, Jimmy's Fantastic Journey, Quasimodo, International Truck Racing, Quiz games on the C64, Forgotten Forest, The history of artillery games, Prince of Persia, Polish bytes, Pieces II Preview and an interview with Viktor Toth.

Amiga exe games | The Company is a group Amiga enthusiast from Poland. They make exe versions of Amiga games. You can download a exe file that contains the game and a preconfigured version of WinUAE. The latest additions are: BattleToads, Battle Isle (4), Big Red-Nippon (2), Elite Trilogy (3), Centurion: Defender Of Rome, Myth: History In The Making Rooster (2) and Clystron.

C64 Endings | The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: 1,000 Kung-fu Maniacs (Psytronik Software), Ice Palace (Creative Sparks / Mastertronic), Super Hero (Codemasters), Seaside Special (Taskset) and Vincent (CP Verlag).

Boingsworld #30 | You can now listen to a new episode of BoingsWorlds (German language). You can listen to the following articles: Ultimate PPC, Amiga Meeting Bad Bramstedt 2012, Timberwolf, Sam440ep-flex, Movie on a A500 AVI4HV, Zeus68k Amiga 500 - 2000 - CDTV, Aeros, Individual Computers News, Hollywood Shop closed, Hollywood Designer 4.0, Atari SM 124, 600 HD, Aeros on Raspberry Pi Video, Genesi Efika, Amiga Media Center AMC, Aros, Ares One and React Os.

Test Cartridge - C64 | Musicmax3 from the web page C64MOD has made an test cartridge for the Commodore 64. The cartridge has a 2 Mbit Flash memory for storing the programs. The program can be selected by jumpers. A reset button is also available. You can view an demonstration on YouTube.

Retrogaming Times Monthly #99 | In this English pdf and html magazine about the retro gaming computers the following articles: Press Fire To Begin, Retrogaming News, Show Report - California Extreme 2012, The Business Of Gaming - 1983: The Home Computers Take Over, Encounter Rate - Final Fantasy, Dual Perspective - Dragon Warrior 2 (NES), NES'cade - Renegade, Apple II Incider - Summer Games II, MAME Reviews - Marvin's Maze, The Pixelated Mage - Metroid Fusion, A Pixelated 21st Century and Game Over.

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: 70 new, 195 updated and 14 removed.

DotBasic+ | Shane from the web page cbm8bit.com has rebuild the original DotBasic web page. Almost all of the original information is now available again. And the most recent files for DotBasic+ are available for download.

YAPE v1.0.3 | A new version of YAPE is available. YAPE is a Windows emulator for the Commodore Plus/4. The changes in this release are: Improvements in the implementation of SHA, SHY and SHX. Memory dump into text files. Added 192 kHz sound frequency. Removed small errors in the monitor and the debugger. Improved the true 1541 / 1581 drive emulation.

Blinkenwall C64 | Blinkenwall is a wall made from 9 x 5 = 45 glass bricks. Next to every glass brick is a RGB-LED (Shiftbrite). The Blinkenwall is normally controlled by an Arduino system. But it was time for something different and now the Blinkenwall is controlled by a Commodore 64 with a custom build interface. You can see an demonstration on YouTube.

ACE - MorphOS | ACE is an Amstrad CPC emulator made by Philippe Rimauro. The emulator is written in the language C and its GUI is based on MUI 4. The changes in this version are: Internal improvements. Added emulation of the different Gate Array versions. Added a Manufacturer option. Configuration of the ENTER key. New more user-friendly icon. Improved the French and English texts.

Commie Inside #15 | Commie Inside is a Hungarian PDF magazine for Commodore fans. In this edition: Editorial, News, Knight n Grail, 4 Emelet, Newcomer - the last part of the story?, All the good things - conversion?, Pixel Perfect, Hardware: PSX64 Adapter and Demológia.

The SEUCK Vault | New updates for the The SEUCK Vault web page. A new addition is Ciuffy, made by Emiliano Sciarra. The game is an scrolling shoot'em game with a cute little dog (Ciuffy). And 10 new additions to the Trainers section by the group SEUCK Trainers United. Examples of the games are: Brakon, Blood and Honour, Forgotten Forest, Godslayer, Legion of the Damned parts 1 and 2, Medieval Mayhem, Sylphwyrm, Wyvern and Wyverns.

Retina-Display - VIC 20 | Retina Display is a demo for the Commodore VIC20. This demo uses a new graphical display system. This graphical system is named Ultra-Hires Interlace mode and can be used on a NTSC VIC-20 with an 32 kByte RAM expansion. The screen can display 192 x 416 = 79872 pixels, that is 25% more than with a Commodore C64.

Nederscene forum | For people who can speak Dutch there is a new forum for the Commodore Amiga and the Commodore C64. The forum is split in the following parts: General, My set-up, Commodore C64, Commodore Amiga, Demo-scene, For sale and Hotdogs.

Sabrewulf - Plus/4 | Sabrewulf is a new game for the Commodore Plus/4 or the C16 with an 64 kByte RAM expansion. The game is a conversion from the ZX Spectrum game, made by Gary (gc841). In the game you are Sabreman and you must find 4 pieces of an amulet. The pieces of the amulet are hidden in a 256 screen jungle.

WimBASIC - VIC-20 | There is a new version of WimBASIC available. WimBASIC is a BASIC extension for the Commodore VIC-20. The program is loaded in BLK5 of a RAM memory expansion or you can use a ROM cartridge. The changes in this version are: A new command: DIVMOD. This command is used to calculate the quotient and the remainder of two unsigned integers (0..65535). The results are put in two variables DQ and DR.

TedPlay V1.2 | TedPlay is a Commodore 264 family music player for the PC The program supports the following formats: PRG, PSID/RSID and C8M, a new versatile 8-bit computer music file format. Changes in this version: Many internal improvements. Selectable TED waveforms and tune auto-skip interval. Adjustable filter order, sample rate and buffer length (latency).

UAE4Droid v0.998 | UAE4Droid is a free Commodore Amiga Emulator (UAE4ALL), developed by Arnaud Brochard. To make the emulator work you need a Amiga ROM. You can use the touch screen or trackball as mouse control. Recent changes: Solved the problems with the menu button and loading save states. Orientation support. Shift and arrow keys are now available, and the virtual keyboard is now multi touch.

WHDLoad | WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. New: Emerald Mine 3 Professional (Kingsoft), I.C.E. 8 (Cytax), Twin Turbos (Fun Factory), Rebellion (Fun Factory), Electronic Pool (Microdeal), Tecnoball (TLK Games), Heroes Of The Lance (SSI), Lords of War (Digital Concepts), Jet (subLOGIC), Megademo (Predators), Kennedy Approach (Microprose) and I.C.E. 7 (Cytax). Improved: Emerald Mine 2 (Kingsoft), Horror Zombies from the Crypt (Astralvision/Millennium), Heroes Of The Lance (SSI) and Crystal Dragon (Magnetic Fields).

Icony - SID | Icony is a new stereo SID for the Commodore C64. The original music was made by Yogibear (Joachim Wijnhoven) for the PC. The C64 version is made by Conrad (Owen Crowley). The SID is specially written for the 8580 SID chip.

FPGA64 | Sabbi is still working on his Commodore 64 inside a FPGA chip. All the parts for the system are now placed on a wooden board to avoid problems with the connections. The hardware SID is replaced by an FPGA implementation. An Arduino Pro Mini together with an 1.8 Color LCD gives the system two joystick-ports with paddle support. The control panel has control buttons for a system reset, mute, borders on/off and a menu system to select the kernal image.

New products from Individual Computers | Individual Computers announced a number of new or updated products for the Commodore C64 and the Amiga computers: SuperPLA, PLA replacement for C64, Plus/4, 1551, CBM 610 / 710 and PET. ACA1220, Turbo card for the A1200 with 128 MB RAM. ACA620, Turbo card for the A600 with 9+1 MB RAM. BigRamPlus, 256 MB RAM expansion for the A3000(T) and A4000(T).

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