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Amitopia TV - 02-2010 | The Februari edition (mp4) of Amitopia TV is now available. In this episode: Amiga News, Amiga Demo-TBL Tint and MusicBox-Annex Keep the momentum going. The episode can be downloaded from the download section of the web page.

Berzerk MMX | Robert Hurst made a Commodore VIC-20 version of the arcade classic Bezerk. You can play the game with joystick on a real Commodore VIC-20 with an 8 kbyte RAM expansion. You can also use a VIC-20 emulator such as VICE. The sources in ca65 assembler are available.

HVSC - New web page | The High Voltage SID Collection web page is totally renewed. The main parts are: The download section, Search, SID-Players, Info, FAQ and Links. Especially the Search part is much improved. You can for example type-in Jeroen Tel 1991 and you will be presented with a complete list. Via this list you can view details such as Title, Author, Release date, SID model, Speed, File Format and more or download the SID.

Commodore Free #37 | In this English pdf, txt, seq, html and d64 magazine the following articles: Editorial, News, BASIC programming challenge, Interview with Mathfigure (ICU64), Commodore Best 80's Computer, Cottonwood BBS, Denial Games Collection and My Commodore-Amiga Life by Lord Ronin from Q-Link.

Amiga Games That Weren't | The Amiga Games That Weren't website has again found a couple of never released games. This time two Wolfenstein 3D clones AMRWOLF AGA by Alastair M. Robinson and Dent a Wolf / Dentects / Dentaku-26 AGA by Alex Amsel. And more information about: Putty Squad, Siegemaster, Pipeline and Rotoplex.

D64 Editor v 0.030 | Forrest (Almightyc64) made improvements on his Windows based D64 editor. Fixed bug with Save button. Fixed bug in function used to write the directory. Fixed bug in D64 Creation routine. Improved the drag and drop. Fixed bug in SEQ Viewer. Expanded window size for separators list.

Rita Raute | Prof. Pi^2 released a new game for the Commodore C64 called Rita Raute. The games reached the third place at the BCC Party #4 (Mixed Competition). The game is written in BASIC, and is very original in the game play. The game can be downloaded from the Commodore Scene Database (CSDb) web page.

Island of Secrets | Island of Secrets is a graphic adventure for the Commodore VIC-20. The game is a conversion from the Commodore C64 type-in text adventure from the book published by Usborne in 1984. To play the game you need a VIC-20 with 24 kbyte extra RAM or an VIC-20 emulator such as VICE.

Best Amiga Game 2009 | The results of the 2009 Amiga Games Award are available. In the four catgories AmigaOS 68k, AmigaOS 4.x, MorphOS and AROS there were the following winners: Zelda Returns Of The Hylian, BOH, HyperCannon and BOH. Visit the web page for the complete lists and all the details.

Egy szippantás a jóból | Hermit (Samar Productions) made a SID of the song Egy szippantás a jóból. The original is from the Hungarian jazz singer, Charlie Horvath.

Attitude #10 | In this English diskette magazine the following: The Scene, Reports, Causeries, Opinions, Tutorials, Music and a 33 page interview with V-12/Tropyx.

Club Info 115 | There is a new edition available of the German language diskette magazine for the Commodore C16, C116 and Plus/4. In this edition: Articles and new software: Cross-Reference, Rechnerei 003, Firefox (Basic) and Nim/C.

$Mandelbrot Madness | Skull released a program to produce computer generated fractals for the Commodore C64. The program can use Hires, Multi-color Hires, FLI, AFLI and Super Hires. You can download the program from the Commodore Scene Database (CSDb).$

ACID 64 Player Pro v3.0.3 | Wilfred Bos released a new version of his SID player for HardSID devices. New: Support for Uno and UPlay. Auto detection of turned on/off USB devices. Added sorting on column of every grid. Emulated SID. Improvements: When performing e.g. mute/unmute, filter on/off or pause then no time gap isn't noticed anymore while playing on a USB device. Seek bar is always going smooth now and still synched with the 6510 CPU clock. Improved fast forward. HardSID.dll isn't required any more for USB devices.

Amiga Documents | A anonymous person has published a large amount of files on a web page about the history of Amiga. At the moment there are more than 600 PDF files available for viewing or downloading.

Yape 0.85 | A new version of the PLus/4 emulator YAPE is available for download. In this version: Non-overlay based TV/display emulation, which is now the default one when using GDI for screen rendering. Other changes are bug fixes. (Monitor, video recording and TED.)

C64 Intros | The web page C64 Intros has added another 500 intros bringing the total to 5800 intros. Updated groups include: Alcoholics, Chaos, Crash, Devils+Druids, Dynamix, Faces, Genesis Project, Holocaust, Laxity, Pentacle, Phoenix, Royalty, The Ancient Temple, Tristar, Ultimate. New groups include: Abyss (DE), Afros, China Syndrome, Collision+Electric Boyz, Compagnions, Curve, Duplex, Garbage+Troep, Inceria, Jam, Oxygen, Poison, Pyrotech, Ruhrpott Knacka, Section 8 (Rebuilt), Sire, Slothsoft, Tintin, The Wise Guys.

New HardSID products | There are two new HardSID products available. Both products (HardSID Uno and HardSID Uplay) are connected via the USB and do not need an external power supply. In both devices there are two SID sockets available. The HardSID Uplay has the extra option to select the SID through software. Prices are HardSID Uno 149,-- Euro and HardSID Uplay 169,-- Euro. The HardSID 4U is available for 399,-- Euro.

Commodore Free #36 | In this English pdf, txt, seq, html and d64 magazine the following articles: Editorial, News, Cloanto Update Amiga and C64 forever, Bubbler found for the C64, Commodore at work, Interview with programmer Mike Dailly, Commodore 16/plus 4 programming, Wild Bunch Review and Wild Bunch Cheats.

SCACOM #16 | In this German pdf magazine the following articles: News, SCACOM Backstage, Chip Produktion, Amiga 3000, C64 Laufwerk an Amiga, Bericht über CC06, Commodore Floppy, AmigaOS am SAM, EDS Gehäuse, OS4.1 Installation, Artillery Duel, Seltene Commodore Computer, Tops und Flops, Game-Rätsel, Bilder zum Schluss.

GB64 v7.0 | The Commodore C64 Games Database is Updated to version 7.0. There are now 21.000 entries in the database! With this edition there is now a section where you can see what's new in v7.0.

Netsurf 1.4 | There is an update available of NetSurf. NetSurf is a web browser for Amiga OS3.x made by Artur Jarosik. The changes are: More video modes supported. Top / Bottom with Ctrl + Up/Down keys, Scroll with Shift + Up/Down keys. This wil work also with mouse wheel. ffplay updated (by Piotr Bandurski). New navigation buttons. Requirements: AmigaOS 3.x, Picasso96 / CGX graphic card, 128 MB Ram, Equivalent of 100 Mhz 060 CPU.

The Cursed Key | The Cursed Key is a new game for the Commodore C64, developed by The Mad Scientist. The game is a adventure and you need to find the keys to complete the game. There is a .d64 and .tap version and a walk trough available. You can download the game from the Commodore Scene Database (CSDb) web page.

SIDstick | Jeff Ledger designed a portable SID player called the SIDstick. This device can play the entire HVSC collection wherever you are. Technical Details: 31kHz Sample rate. 16bit Resolution. Full filter support. Full envelope support. Supports all 4 waveform types. 16 steps main volume. Waveform reset bit works. Ring modulation. Oscillator synchronization. On Jeff's web page you can order a kit to build your own SIDstick.

UAE4Droid | Manuel Schreiber is working on a Amiga emulator for the Andriod Operating System from Google. The emulator is still in development and has a few bugs. At the moment the emulator is working on the G1 and the Motorola Milestone. Visit Manuel's blog (German language) to check the progress on UAE4Droid.

C64Pixels.com | There is a new web based database for c64 graphics. On this web page you can find high quality Commodore 64 graphics from the 80ies until now. To see all the graphics you need to register first. The following graphic formats are available: AFLI, CharMode, FLI, HiRes, IFLI, MCI, MUCSU, MultiColor, MUIFLI, NUFLI, SHI, SHIFLI, UIFLI and XFLI. For more details you can contact enthusi/onslaught or veto/oxyron by personal message via the CSDb web page.

Space Limits II | Achim released his game Space Limits II for the Commodore C64. This 4 kbyte game is the successor of Space Limits from 2009. In the game you control a space ship and has to destroy the enemy. The game can be downloaded from the CSDb web page.

Sideways SEUCK Compo | TND has announced the SEUCK sideways game competition. The Shoot Em Up Construction Kit (SEUCK) from 1987 is a system to create your own, vertical scrolling, games. The limitation of only scrolling vertical was removed by Jon Wells in 2008. Now it's possible to scroll sideways with SEUCK, you can develop new type of games. For all the details about this competition visit Richard's TND web page.

The Improbable War - VIC-20 | Jeffrey Daniels released a new game for the Commodore VIC-20. The game is a turn based strategy game with a retro-futuristic theme. The game can be played with an unexpanded VIC-20 or with an emulator. You need a joystick for playing the game.

C64 Mags Update #8 | The Ultimate C64 Scene Mag Archive is a collection of magazines from the C64 scene underground. In this update: 79 Disk magazines, 38 Paper magazines, 78 Disk covers, 2 Bonus files, 17 Bug fixes and 20 Vote sheets. You can download the update or the complete archive from the web page.

SVS-Calc v1.5 | SVS/FIRE released a new version of SVS-Calc. SVS-Calc is a spreadsheet for the Commodore Plus/4. In this new version: Lots of bug fixes, Scientific notation, Grid reduction to view whole sheet, Formulas can use external values stored on disk, Paste special and if you use an emulator you can synchronize the clock / alarm.

PrBoom 2.5.1 - Amiga OS4 | A new version of PrBoom is available for Amiga OS4.1. PrBoom is a free version of the game classic Doom. In this update: Auto resolution, Save destination, MIDI files are fixed, PNG v1.2 support, Insert volume usr request is fixed. Visit the web page for all details and installation instructions. The freedom.wad files are included in this game, but you can also use the original .wad files of Doom.

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