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YAPE v1.0.2 | A new version of YAPE is available. YAPE is a Windows emulator for the Commodore Plus/4. The changes in this release are: Removed some programming errors with recording media, joystick scanning, MPS 803 emulation and TED emulation. The in-memory bitmap of the printer emulation is now visible.

Computer Collection Vienna | The Computer Collection Vienna web page from Stefan Egger has had an update. On this web page you can see his collection of Commodore, Amiga, Atari and other computers. You can read information about transferring data, emulators, joysticks, repair and other tips and tricks. Stefan also made many 3D models from computers.

C64 Endings | The web page C64 Endings has added 5 new game endings last month. The latest additions are: Grand Prix Simulator II (Codemasters), Garfield: Big Fat Hairy Deal (The Edge), Galaxy Force (Activision), Herobotix (Hewson / Rack-it), Time Trax (Mind Games).

MegaGlest 3.5.2 - AROS | Krzysztof Smiechowicz made a AROS version of the MegaGlest strategy game. MegaGlest is an open source 3D strategy game, where you control the armies of one of seven different factions: Tech, Magic, Egyptians, Indians, Norsemen, Persian or Romans. In the game you must establish settlements, defend yourself and gather resources. The game is also available for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X and FreeBSD.

XSidplay2 - v2.1.1 | Tognon Stefano (ice00) released a new version of XSidplay for Linux. XSidplay is a SID music player for Linux, initially developed by Michael Schwendt. This version is made with the QT4 development framework. The next versions will have multiple run-time sid library support and PSID v3 support.

The Marlo Files - C64 | Binary Legends made a updated compilation of two text adventure games. Join Sammy Marlo, Private Eye as he searches for stolen paintings in the Caper museum and goes on the trail of a missing scientist in Dial M for Marlo. The games were created with the Questwriter text adventure creator. Instructions on how to play the games are included on the disk. Also in case you get stuck while playing the games, full solutions are also included.

Amiga Future 77 and 78 | The editions 77 and 78 of the English and German Amiga magazine Amiga Future are now on-line available. In these editions: News, Cheats, Interviews: Andreas Falkenhahn, Paolo Besser. Tests: Protext, Prodata, OWB, Hollywood 4, SRec, Synergy VIM, ,AtlTabSwitcher, Amidisk, Arrowz, Amiga Depot Spiele, Amiga OS4 - SAMflex, Allegro, Atax, Robbo, Warpview, Grafx2, Evenmore, AmiCygnix, VmwAros, Morph OS 2.2. Specials: Amiga Walker, Ghostscripta, SAMflex, A3640, Dreamcast emulator, MOSNet.

Realms of Quest I: Anniversary Edition | Ghislain released a special edition of Realms of Quest I. In this version the following changes: User-friendly instructions, Unique names for each of the 36 magic spells, Better interface, display and text. The game can be played on a unexpanded VIC-20 + disk drive or with a Commodore VIC-20 emulator. Instructions and a Book of Beasts can be read from the main game menu.

Exomizer v2.0.2 | Zagon released a new version of his Exomizer. Exomizer is a program that compresses files with efficient decompress time and file size. It can produce stand-alone self-decrunching files for the following targets: Commodore VIC20, C64, C16/plus4 and C128, Atari 400/800 XL/XE, Apple II+ and //e. Changes in this version: 6809 decruncher added, documentation updated and a few bug fixes.

BeebSID | Andy made a demonstration video about the BeebSID. The BeebSID is a project from Martin Barr and Tom Walker. They made a circuit board with a SID chip, that connects to the bus of a BBC Micro computer. With the BeebSID you can play SID music on a BBC Micro computer. You can also see a HcX floppy disk emulator that is used to load the SID data.

Spy photo of new emulator | Today I could take this spy photo with my mobile of a new emulator. This mysterious emulator was presented to a select group of Commodore users. Some details are: Ethernet, USB, VGA, Video, IEC, 2 x Joystick, Datassette, keyboard connector and a unknown FPGA engine cartridge. On the PCB is printed: Made by Gideon...

GCart - VIC-20 | Thomas Lövskog is working on a new cartridge for the Commodore VIC-20. The cartridge will have the following features: 64k - 1024k SRAM, 8k Kernal, Diskmanagement and Basic extensions with fullscreen editor, SD card, Audio decoder for MIDI, MP3, FLAC, WAV, OGG, etc, RTC with battery backup, WiFi, 3 buttons (RESET, NMI, DISK) and a 0.96 display for text, icons etc. At the moment Thomas is working on the design of the printed circuit board, after that he wants to make the first proto-types.

EasyFlash 3 | Skoe showed a new version of the EasyFlash cartridge. In this version the cartridge will be able to switch to another Kernal, and the RAM under the Kernal will also be available. In total you can choose from 8 Kernals and 7 EasyFlashes. The USB connection can be used for updating the Firmware. The EasyFlash can also emulate another cartridge like the FinalCartride-III, ActionReplay etc.

Scacom #22 | In this German pdf magazine the following articles: Picture of the month, News, News from Commodore USA, Commodore Meeting in Wien 2011, First exclusive test of the Minimig AGA, Book: Volkscomputer, Interview with Michael S. Tomczyk. You can now read the preview, the complete magazine will be available soon.

CBM prg Studio v1.4.0 | Arthur Jordison released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: Improved the debugger by transferring the labels and breakpoints from the source code into the debugger. Added a simple screen editor that can generate assembly data or BASIC print statements.

Pet Me | Pet Me is a collection of true type fonts made by Rebecca Bettencourt. In this collection you will find the fonts of the Commodore PET, VIC-20, C64 and C128. As a bonus you can also download the GEOS and Giana Sisters fonts. Besides fonts for the Commodore, Rebecca made many more fonts including Apple II, Mattel, Atari, Gameboy, Spectrum and many more.

GOTO-less BASIC coding competition | Jonnosan is organizing a BASIC programming competition. The goal of the competition is to use a BASIC program to scroll the text GOTO CONSIDERED HARMFUL on the screen continuously. But you can not use the command GOTO (or USR, SYS, RUN, THEN-linenumber).The size of the program must be so that it will fit on the screen after you do a LIST. For more details you can read the post on Lemon64. You can submit a program until the 28th of August.

Press Play On Tape | Press Play On Tape performed at the Assembly 2011 party. You can watch a video where they do a tribute to TV-series. You can listen to music from Night Rider, Miami Vice, Ghost Busters, The A-Team, Dallas, Dempsey and Makepeace, Mac Gyver, Bravestar, Transformers, V, Dick Turpin and Airwolf.

BitJam #138 | The latest podcast of BitJam has as title 2:18. All tunes in the podcast are 2 minutes and 18 seconds long. Podcast #138 was made by Vincenzo, and a few examples of tunes are: D Fast - Macgyver, Dreamweaver - Shivers, Geir Tjelta - That's the Wave II, Uncle Tom - Stunnflight and Muffler - Free Power.

Also a interesting podcast is number 136. This is a tribute to the Immortal CD’s. A few examples of the tunes are: Barry Leitch - Lotus Turbo Challenge 2, Chris Hülsbeck - Turrican 3, Per Almered - Obsession - Desert Run, Jon Hare and Richard Joseph - Cannon Fodder War and Timothy Coldstorage Wright - Agony 2007 (Astronaut mix).

Pirate's Portal | The web page Pirate's Portal is back online. The site, now hosted by cbm80.com, has more than 3000 pieces of software for the Commodore, Amiga, Spectrum, Atari, MSX, Amstrad, Nitendo and Sega computers. You can also find Demo's, Magazines, Tools and information about people from the retro computer community.

Saga 1.7 | Saga is a conversion of the 1981 TSR board-game Saga: Age of Heroes, for up to 6 players. Players can be controlled by human or the Amiga. In Saga you must defeat evil monsters, win fabulous treasures and rule great kingdoms. In this version changes are a Historical score graph and bug fixes. Saga 1.7 is available for Amiga OS3 / OS4 and MorphOS and the following languages are supported English, German and Italian.

Amigian Software heeft ook een update gemaakt voor het spel Africa voor Amiga OS3 en OS4. Africa is ook een conversie van een bordspel voor meerdere spelers. In dit spel heb je de controle over het noordelijke gedeelte van Afrika.

The SEUCK Vault | The web page about SEUCK games has made a big update with 40 new games for the C64. A few examples are: 3D Spacewar, Alien Blast II, Amadeus, Ardant, The Armageddon Files, Banana Jones, Base 3, Fireflash, Invasion from outer space, Lard, Space Opera, Stink Warz, Usurper, Bottom, Contura, Vios and many more. And Martin Pugh added more than 200 SEUCK games with trainers.

SIDcog v1.0 | SIDcog is a project from Johannes Ahlebrand. He made a hardware simulation of the Commodore SID music chip inside a Propeller micro controller. Some of the features are: 31kHz sample rate. 16 bit resolution. Full filter and envelope support. All 4 waveform types and combined waveform. Ring modulation and oscillator synchronization. On the Youtube channel from Johannes you can see several demonstrations of the SIDcog.

durexForth v1.1 | 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, durexForth has the following advantages: Sources are stored as text files. DurexForth is small. The editor is a vi clone. It's open source. And a comprehensive English pdf manual is Included.

vbcc v0.9b - Amiga | A new version of vbcc for AmigaOS 3/4, MorphOS, PowerUp und WarpOS is available. Vbcc is a C-compiler made by Volker Barthelmann and Frank Wille (Amiga version). Visit the web page for all the details and changes in this version.

Unreleased Pimps | Unreleased Pimps is a music collection from the Maniacs of Noise. The music is made by DRAX and the graphics and code were made by Clarence. The songs are: Plea Ease, Blue, Dreamy, Handle It, Indifference and Sloppy.

Web-it | Mark Vergeer made a video review of the Web-it. The Web-it is a 486 PC that could be used to connect internet, with a built-in modem and a TV screen. To make the product more interesting it also had a Commodore C64 emululator installed. Mark shows the functions of the Web-it and also a couple of hacks.

Sideways Seuck Competition 2011 | The result of the Sideways Seuck Competition 2011 are revealed. The winner is Alf Yngve with the game Forgotten Forest. The results are: 1 - Forgotten Forest - Alf Yngve. 2 - Heroes of Midgard / Anthony Burns. 3 - Action Def / Christian Siege. 4 - Flawshow / Anthony Burns. 5 - Missile Madness / Alf Yngve. 6 - Escape from the Annoying Chavs / Joshua Green. The winning game will be professional released with specially made music, a loading picture and a cover design.

VirtualC64 0.9.5.1 | 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: Support for OS X Lion. Redesign of the CIA debug and the Preference panels. Fixed bugs in the BCD to binary conversion routine, keyboard events and the TOD. New startup animation. Visit Dirk's web page for all the details.

Manhole - Amiga | Lee Hurley made a game for the Amiga. He made a conversion of the Nintendo LCD game Manhole from 1981. In the game you must close all the manholes before pedestrians fall in the open holes and disappear in the sewers. The game is made in AmigaBASIC and then compiled with the AC-Basic Compiler.

Vic20 - Game Compilation A | Vicman has made a compilation of games. He shows in his video games for the Commodore VIC-20. This time you can see the games that start with the letter A: Aardvark Attack, Aavelabyrintti, A-B-C legen, Abductor, ACE, Acey Ducey and Acrobat.

1991 | Booze Design released a new demo for the Commodore C64. The demo is made by HCL, JackAsser, Dane, RaveGuru, Archmage and Jailbird. The demo won the first prize at the LCP 2011 in the C64 demo competition.

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