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VVVVVV - C64 | Paulko64 released a pre-view of his new game VVVVVV for the Commodore C64. The game is a conversion from the Adobe Flash game for Windows and MacOS. The game is a maze game where you can run and jump. But if you jump something strange happens. You can download and try-out the preview from the CSDb web page.

Hostile Breed | The web page Amiga Games that weren't has found a new game called Hostile Breed. The game was made in 1992 by Jo Walker (Graphics), Rob Stevens (Programming), Sonix Systems (Music and Sound effects) but was never released. The game-play is both tactical and action-based. You must protect your base but you can also fly to the threat and attack it. You can read more information and download the game on the Amiga Games that weren't web page.

Minestorm | Tristar and Red Sector Incorporated released a new game called Minestorm. Minestorm is a Commodore C64 conversion of the famous Vectrex game from 1982. The game was made by Peiselulli (Code), Linus (Music), Peiselulli and Yazoo (Graphics) and Benson (Crack). Minestorm is a Asteroids-type game and can be played with the joystick.

Monthly Page - Amiga magazine | Monthly Page is a English pdf magazine about the Amiga. In this edition (#15) an interview with Discreet FX (Article by Gebrochen), Getting to Grips with Hollywood (Article by MickNish), advert pictures and the top ten downloads from OS4depot.

Recollection #3 | The third edition of Recollection is available for download in a D64 or D71 format. In this English magazine the following articles: Editorial, How it all began, Early 80's scene, Compunet, Protection analysis, Scene wars, Revolution, NTSC fixing and the Delight of FLT.

The Richard Joseph Tribute | The Richard Joseph Tribute was released by Onslaught, Protovision and Samar Productions. The SID's in this tribute are: Cauldron II Sinus Milieu Studie, Defender of the Crown, For Domination #01, Monster Museum, Rimrunning, RJ, Robocrack und Wizkid Music.

Commodore Free #44 | In this English pdf, txt, seq, html and d64 magazine the following: News: ACE Commander 128, Pocket 1541, A conversation with Chuck Peddle, Bil Herd and Jeri Ellsworth, Maziacs, 64HDD, Morph Game, CBM-Command, Blu Manager, TargetD64, MiniGame Compo 2010, Interview with Payton Byrd, Will You Still Need Me When I am 64 and much more.

Dual SID | Tomi Malinen made a dual SID system for the Commodore C64. You can buy the printed circuit board and assemble it yourself. Features: Small board (40mm x 50mm). 6581 or 8580. Selectable address (D400, D420, D500, DE00, DF00). You can read more about this project on the Lemon64 forum.

C64 TrueType Fonts | Style has released a Commodore C64 TrueType font package. This package provides five TrueType formatted fonts as well as Embedded OpenType (.eot) and Web Open Font Format (.woff) versions ready for use in your own website. The fonts contains all the C64 characters and additional characters to complete the ASCII set (left and right brace, caret, grave accent, backslash and tilde).

JSIDPlay2 v2.0 | JSIDPlay is a Commodore C64 cycle-exact emulator optimized for sound reproduction. It is also a SID player for music collections like HVSC and CGSC. JSIDPlay2 can load SID (PSID/RSID), MUS, DAT, P00, PRG and STR sound files. It can play mono and stereo formats. External SID filter definitions are possible. And you can also use it like a real C64 to watch demos or play games.

WinUAE 2.3.0 | There is a new version of WinUAE available. With WinUAE you can emulate the Amiga 68k on your Windows PC. A few examples of the changes in this version (2.3.0) are: CDTV and CD32 CD+G audio CDs support. Borderless/minimal/normal window modes. SCSI emulation, including full CD audio support. Cycle exact audio and disk DMA sequencer. Improvements of the 68000, 68020 and 68040 MMU emulation. Please visit the web page of WinUAE to read about all the changes.

Replay Resources | The web page Replay Resources is a wiki about the Action Replay. On this web page you can find pictures, schematics, manuals, software, adverts, screen-shots, etc. for the Action Replay. But the wiki has also information about all kinds of freezers (Expert cartridge, Magic Formel, Nordic Power, Power Cartridge, Final Cartridge etc.), Kernal ROMs, Cartridge speeders, REUs, Expansion port expanders, Parallel cables and game pokes.

GnGeoNG v0.8.0 | GnGeoNG is a fast and powerful command line Neo Geo emulator for Amiga OS4. Neo Geo is a cartridge based game computer for arcade halls and for home use. The Neo Geo has a Motorola 68000 processor (12 MHz), Zilog Z80 processor (4 MHz) and dedicated video / audio chips. The Neo Geo has a resolution of 320x224 pixels, 4096 colors (65536 pallet), 380 sprites and 15 channels of audio.

CartographPC v2 | Arkanix Labs released a new version of Cartograph for the PC. With this program it is possible to make tile based maps on the PC. The maps can be used on the Commodore C64 for games or demos. A few examples of changes in this version are: Hires mode. Tile undo. Save Tileset to bitmap, chr and prg. Projects. Hover mode. Export to d64. Tile invert, rotate, mirror X/Y and many more.

NetSurf v2.6 | NetSurf is a small but fast web browser for the Amiga (OS4), RISC OS and Linux. NetSurf supports: HTML 4.01, CSS 2.1, Images: png, gif, jpg and bmp, HTTPS, Unicode text, URL completion, Text selection, Scale view, Page saving and much more. If you want to know about the changes and improvements in version v2.6 please read the change log on the NetSurf web page.

Lampa i Sofa | Surgeon made a new SID tune from the original song by Ania Wyszkoni. The SID reached the fourth place at the Silesia Party 4. The SID is available as a .prg file.

YAPE 1.0 | The Commodore Plus/4 emulator YAPE celebrates it's 10 year anniversary. In the latest version (v1.0) the following changes: 32-bit and automatic bit-depth option in full-screen mode. Copy and paste to/from the clipboard now respects upper/lower case mode. Partially implemented 48 bps mode of the T6721A speech LSI. G64 image support improved. Reading from open address space. And many bug fixes for the drive, TED, auto-start, monitor etc.

Balls to the Walls | Jonathan Andrews (DrewSoft) released a new game for the Commodore VIC-20. Balls to the Walls is an action game where you break through barriers. The game has 34 screens and can be played with a VIC-20 and a 16 kByte expansion or a emulator. If you succeed to get all 34 levels you can play them again at greater speed.

The SEUCK Vault | The SEUCK-Vault web page has collected new SEUCK games: Xenonoid (ICU/Exact), Casanova (Rainer Dohnem, Frank Wankum), Spitti's Search (Sönke Rahn - 1989), 2112 - The Battle for Planet Earth (Alf Yngve - 1992), B-Raid (Al Dukes - 1989), Fight Driver (Holger Holstem - 1988), Underground (Hol Soft - 1988), The Way of the Ghost (Matthias Zint - 1988). If you like to make SEUCK games yourself don't forget to enter your game in the vertical SEUCK Competition of The SEUCK Vault.

MPlayer v1.50 - OS4 | Daniel Westerberg from OnyxSoft released version 1.50 of the MPlayer GUI for Amiga OS4. The changes in this version are: Drag 'n' drop files to the play list. Automatic queuing of dropped files. Added a Next button. Added an OSD setting so MPlayer can be started with a specific On-Screen Display. Update of the file patterns. Changed arexx handling and allocation of argstrings.

C128 System Information - v7.3 | MIRKOSOFT released version 7.3 of his System Information for the Commodore C128. With this update you can now recognize CMD devices: FD, HD, RAMLink, RAMDrive, JiffyDOS and the SuperCPU. GonGo, WTE, dr.v. and skoe supported Miro with coding and testing

ACID 64 Player Pro v3.04 | Wilfred Bos released version 3.04 of his ACID 64 Player Pro. With this version there is now support for JSidplay2 and JSidDevice. This means you can use ACID 64 without hardware. Improvements: Faster start-up time. Emulation improvements. Copy file/directory added to context menu. Many small improvements. Fixes: ACID 64 couldn't start on some Windows 7 64 bit machines, Turning filter off and seek back turned filter on. Switching device and then seeking could silent the tune. Fast forward could freeze GUI in some cases.
You can download the new ACID 64 Player Pro from Wilfred's web page.

AceCommander128 | Miro from MIRKOSOFT released a new program for the Commodore C128. The program is called AceCommander128 and can be used to organize your diskettes. The program uses the 80 columns mode and can display two disk-drives / diskettes next to each other. This program is a Release Candidate, so if you find a bug please let Miro know about it. Coding: Miro. Additional coding: Robert Willie, LokalHorst, Payton Byrd, Joseph Shaughnessy and GoDot. Help and testing: sauhund, tokra and Bacon.

C64SD v2.0 - Advanced | Manosoft released an advanced version of his C64SD v2.0. The C64SD emulates a IEC disk-drive and uses a SD memory card to store your diskette images (.d64, .d71, .d81). The advanced version has a aluminum casing to protect the electronics. The advanced has an extra IEC connector to connect external disk-drive. It is also possible to connect a second C64SD (dual mode). Visit Manosoft's web page for all the details.

WHDLoad | WHDLoad offers a way to play diskette games from your hard-disk. New in this update: The Clue! (Neo),Khalaan (Rainbow Arts), Das Boot (Three-Sixty), Day of the Pharaoh (Rainbow Arts), Mikro Mortal Tennis (Skywards Software), Kajko I Kokosz (Seven Stars) and Humans III: Evolution - Lost in time (Gametek). Improved: Operation Firestorm (F1 Licenceware), Never Ending Story 2 (Linel), Back To The Future 3 (Imageworks/Konami), Eye of Horus (Logotron), Art Of Chess, The (SPA), Infestation (Psygnosis), Kajko I Kokosz (Seven Stars), Baal (Psyclapse) and Rogue Trooper (Krisalis).

C64 Endings | The web page C64 Endings has added 10 new game endings last month. The latest additions are: Transformers, Crush, Castle Master 1 and 2, Co-Axis, Storm Warrior, Cybernoid, Elven Warrior, Garfield: Winter's Tail, Mr. MWino and Rasputin. On this web page you can read how the game ends and look at the screen-shots or the YouTube movies. The web page has now more than 530 endings and is still growing.

500 new C64 intros | The web page c64Intros has updated there database and have added 500 new intros. A few examples of groups with new or updated intros are: Atheist, Collision, Destiny (EU), Federation Against Copyright [FAC], Inceria, Noise, Poison, The Softteam, The Stars, The Ancient Temple [TAT], Triad, Union, Yankees, Bonanza Crew, Hurricane, Megadeath [MGD], SpeedCracker, Twilight Zone (UK) [TZ], Zagreb Cracking Service and many many more!

USB-64 | Luigi Di Fraia well known for his digital replacement of the datassette (DC2N) has been working on a new project. This time he is working on a USB system for the Commodore C64. The prototype uses two devices. A cartridge to provide software and commands to operate the USB device, and a user-port device that interfaces with the USB stick. With the proto-type it is possible to transfer files at 1.2 kB/s (serial) or 9.5 kB/s parallel. You can follow the progress of USB-64 on Luigi's web page.

Commodore Free #43 | In this English pdf, txt, seq, html and d64 magazine the following: News: Amiga forever, SIDin, WINUAE, Silo64, BASIC Point, UFE, The unofficial CMD homepage, Commodore Scene VGA update, Interviews with Trevor Dickingson and Gregory Alekel.

Vandalism News #53 | In this English D64 magazine the following items: The Charts, News, World of Demos, Meet the Press, On the Edge, Interview with Mr.Syvertsen (PAL of Offence), Cracker's Map and The List.

MAXIGRAFIK | MAXIGRAFIK is a BASIC extension which provides true 208x256 pixel high-resolution graphics on a PAL VIC-20. The program is made by Mike and tokra and requires a Commodore VIC-20 with a 24 kByte RAM expansion. The new commands are CLEAR, SHOW, DRAW, CIRCLE, COLOR, MULTI, GSAVE, GLOAD and the new functions POINT() and ADR(). You can read more about MAXIGRAFIK on the VIC-20 Denial forum.

Audio Evolution 4 for MorphOS | After the release of Audio Evolution 4 for AROS, AE4 is now also available for MorphOS. It is a port from the AmigaOS4 version and has almost identical features. Audio Evolution is a multi-track audio and MIDI recording system. You can download a demo version or buy the full version.

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