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Maziacs | Maziacs is a new game for the Commodore Plus/4. This game was originally released in 1983 for the ZX Spectrum and was programmed by Don Priestley. Now the game is converted by Kichy and ASN for the Plus/4. In the game you need to find a treasure in a big maze. You need to find food for energy and swords to fight the monsters.

200 Commodore Sightings | The Commodore Info Page has reached the milestone of 200 Commodore sightings. And number 200 is a special one. In a episode of the Channel 4 computer-show, 4 Computer Buff's, you can see Jack Tramiel. He talks about the new range of computers from Atari. Other examples of sightings are: Airwolf, Buck Rogers, Derrick, Futurama, Knight Rider, MacGyver, Magnum PI, Miami Vice, Police Academy 3, Red Dwarf, Sesame Street, Star Trek, The IT crowd and Wayne's World.

Bionik Granny Returns | Richard Bayliss released a new version of the 1984 game Bionik Granny. In this game Granny has to clobber people in the street to get her hands on coins. But beware of people throwing things or shoot at Granny. The game has 8 levels and can be played on the Commodore 64.

NetSurf 2.5 | Artur Jarosik released an update of the Amiga 68k web browser NetSurf. In this update the support for cookies is now included. NetSurf is a HTML 4.01 and CSS2.1 compatible browser with Bookmarks, Theme and Favorite buttons, Unicode support, Getvideo plugin, Site downloads and a Search bar. Requirements are: AmigaOS 3.x, Picasso/CGX, 64 MByte and a 020 CPU or better.

Contiki v2.4 | C64web has made a web page where you can download a disk image with the latest Contiki OS. you can fill in you internet configuration and choose which Ethernet card you are using. Contiki v2.4 contains the following programs: dhcp client, web server, web browser, wget, smtp client, irc client and a Twitter client.

SCACOM #18/19 | In this German pdf magazine the following articles: Bild des Monats, AmigaONE X1000, Interview mit Güther Walter, Commodore USA, Joystick reparieren, Drei schlechte Ideen, Power Knete Tips, Trash Design, Commodore Meeting 2010, Leser-Diskussion, Spectrum Magazin Interview, Commodore Vorseriengeräte, Compitition Pro, Amiga 3000T and Burning Rubber.

Pocket 1541 | The Pocket 1541 is a emulator for the 1541 disk drive. Pocket 1541 uses a SD card to store your data, supported formats are: D64, M2I, PRG, D71, D81 and P00. The firmware is based on the open source SD2IEC firmware. The device has four buttons and a LCD screen that can be used to navigate to the required files on the SD card. Visit the web page for more information. (The page is in Italian which you can translate with the help of Google-Translate.)

C128 System Information v7.2 | MIRKOSOFT released an update of his C128 System Information program. With this program you can detect which type of hardware is used in your Commodore C128. On Miro's web page you can find lots of information for the Commodore C128 and software like: CommOS 2008, aceDOS128 v1.1, Enhanced Keyboard 2.1 and Sprite Designer v2.4.

Uwol, Quest for Money C64 | A new game for the Commodore C64 from the Mojon Twins. The game was released for the ZX Spectrum and the Mega Drive in the past, but now there is also a C64 version. In the game you need to grab as many coins as you can. In the game there are four area's: the driveway, the laboratories, the rooms and the basement. But there are some enemies you should be aware of, they are called Franky, Vampy, Wolfy and Fanty.

Amiga Future 86 | On September 3rd the 86th edition Amiga Future will be available. In this printed magazine: News, Reviews, ZorRAM, Amiga Retrospective Part 20, Interview with Petro Tyschtschenko, Amiga Event Essen, VCF UK and lots of Public Domain software on the CD-ROM.

Pillow Fight | Jeffrey Daniels released another BASIC game for the Commodore VIC-20. This time an action game where you bounce off the boundaries. You can play the game on a un-expanded VIC-20 with a joystick.

SPRedit | Hermit made a new sprite editor. This program can be used on a PC and gives you the opportunity to edit overlay sprites. You can edit 4 x 4 overlay sprites with all of the 16 colors. The program has the following features: Zoom, Move, Load, Save, Convert, Drawing modes: floodfill, lines, circles, rectangles, UNDO, REDO, Shortcut-keys, Command-line, etc. There is also a manual available for SPRedit.

UFE v2 | UFE is an SD/MMC floppy drive emulator for old computers. It connects to the floppy drive port of the host computer and behaves like a real floppy drive. The UFE has Read/Write access for Commodore AMIGA, Atari ST and Amstrad CPC computers. On-board support for ADF, DSK, ST and MSA images. Can emulate two floppy drives. Video overlay user interface. Firmware update (SD Card). Visit Retromaster's weblog for all the details.

Tiger-Disk #170 | Tiger Disk is a German diskette magazine for the Commodore C64. In this edition of TG: Editorial, Leserforum, Hitparade, Marktplatz, Anleitungen, News, Reviews, Interview mit Michael Hengst, Forbidden Forest History and the programs: Atlantis, Inbissbude, Trickkiste 64.

Fortis | Fortis is a game for MorphOS. The game has 36 levels in 3 stages. The game increases in difficulty when you get to higher levels. It has great sound effect, weapons store, changeable back-grounds, diversity of enemies, pick-ups in the bonus levels, three language interface and much more. The full version can be downloaded from the web page.

The Great Adventure | TGA (The Great Adventure) is a new game for the Commodore VIC-20. The game is a conversion of the C64 game from 1983 by Alessandro Castellari and can be played on a VIC-20 with a 24 kByte memory expansion. The conversion of TGA was done by Orion70 and Mike did the graphics and bootloader.

Morph | Morph is a new game for the Commodore C64 made by The Mad Scientist. It is a C64 conversion of the Amiga PD puzzle game Polymorph, by Andrew Campbell from 1993. The game can be downloaded from the Commodore Scene Database.

Club Info 118 | There is a new edition available of the German language diskette magazine for the Commodore C16, C116 and Plus/4. In this edition: Forum, Tips and Tricks, Computerspass, Hardware, Games Guide and new software: Ball Editor, Rechnerei, Pre Esotera, Number Inversion, Solitario, Kalah, Sabrina Digi1010, Nik Kershaw, Hitech 2 Plasma and Dot Net.

EvenMore v0.69 | There is an update available of Evenmore. EvenMore is a text-viewer for the Amiga made by Chris Pervers. EvenMore offers functions such as proportional font support, multi-coloured text, file conversion plug-ins, and more.

Snake on a Plane | Snake on a Plane (SOAP) is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is made by Ned Ryker (Code, Graphics) and the music is from Antony Crowther and Ben Daglish. The game is based on a fake game cover for an Atari 2600 game based on the film Snakes on a Plane.

Seuck Vault update | The team of the Seuck Vault web page made another update. This web page searches for the best games made with SEUCK software for the Commodore C64 or the Amiga. This update includes: Super Space Invaders, Bum Button, Cybernator end Sequence, Mega Blaster, Micro Machines War Challenge, Axel Burner 2, Biker 94, Crack Commando and Alienator from Frank Gasking. Desert Force and Gun Smog from Bamse. Car Wars by Fox/K Designs. Kill Hill by Wayne Womersley. And the latest news is that the web page will add a Atari ST section soon.

Recorded Amiga Games | The web page Recorded Amiga Games added 30 new longplay Amiga games last month. A few example's are: Banana Island, Booze-O-Meter, Popeye 2, Cedric, New Year Lemmings, Renegade, Vigilante, Window Wizzard, Doofus, Surf Ninjas and many more. You can download the longplay from the web page and after watching you can rate it or leave a comment.

C64-Archiv v3.2 | C64-Archiv is an easy to use file manager for C64-files on your PC. This program can work together with emulators such as VICE, CCS64, HOXS64 and EMU64 to start programs. It can handle archives from zip, 7zip and cab and has a GameBase frontend. The program supports English, French, Italian and German.

Montly Page - Amiga magazine | Montly Page is a English pdf magazine about the Amiga. In this edition (#13) an interview with Guido Does from Vesalia. Damien wrote an article about UnoKrappe which is a new game for the Amiga. The game is being developed by the team from BlitterWolf.com an will be available for all Amiga's. And 1Mouse wrote a article about the X1000 VCF Show.

Berzerk Redux v1.10 | Version 1.10 of Berzerk Redux is now available. This game is based on the classic arcade game Bezerk. In the game you have to escape the maze, you can shoot the robots, but beware of Evil Otto. The game can be played on a Commodore C64 or with a C64 emulator.

Commodore Free #42 | In this English pdf, txt, seq, html and d64 magazine the following: News, MorphOS 2.5, Spectacular Copy, C64SD, DIY Action Replay card, BaseEdit, Timberwolf,New Commodore Club, CCEE, Descent Freespace, Arcade Retro Gaming, X-MOTO 0.5.3, Loadstar #250, Frtis for MorphOS, MorphOS SDK, SD2IEC Firmware, A-EON and Varisys, The new adventures of Alfredo, Commander, Micromark UK, Interview with Björg Stojalowski and Ross Myer.

Brisbane C64 Night | Brisbane C64 Night is a meeting of C64 fans in Australia on the 4th of September 2010. Bring your C64 or another 8-bit Commodore computer with you and have a great evening. There is also a Bomb Mania competition. Entrance is 5 AUD.

Read the message on the Lemon64 forum for more information.

25 Years Amiga | It is 25 years ago (24-07-1985) that the Amiga 1000 computer was introduced at the Lincoln Center in New York City. The first Amiga had 256 kBytes RAM, a Motorola 68000 CPU at 7 MHz and three custom chips: Agnus (blitter, copper), Denise (video) and Paula (audio, disk). The A1000 was followed by new models like: A500, A2000, A3000, A4000, A600, A1200, CD-32 etc.

Sabrina Digi 2010 | A new demo for the Commodore Plus/4 was released on the Arok #12 party. The demo is coded by Attila and the music was composed by Luca. The demo won second price at the Arok party in Hungary.

N.A.S.E. V1 | Steve Barker released a sprite editor for Windows. The name of the program is N.A.S.E. what means: Not Another Sprite Editor! The program can be used to edit sprites including: Undo, Redo, Flip XY, Copy, Paste, Animation etc. You can download the program from the Commodore Scene DataBase.

Games That Weren't | The Games That Weren't web page has added 4 new games to the collection of never released games: Mooraker a game from Mikrodata in 1984 made by Gert von Hirsch and Torfinn Høiland. 3D Tunnel from Quicksilva in 1985. Deathstalker from Codemasters 1989 in 1989 made by Mark Gallagher, David Whittaker, Matt Gray and Tony Warriner. Drax - Evilblood from Deesl in 1989 made by Mark Gallagher, Andrew Rodger and Ed Campbell. And the team of Games That Weren't is now busy with recovery of Ocean's long lost Streethawk game.

Amitopia TV - 06-2010 | The July edition of Amitopia TV is now available. In this episode: Amiga News, Play! Giana Sisters, Play! Giana's Return and the MusicBox. The 27 minute episode can be downloaded or watched via a Vimeo stream.

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