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Atlantis | Last month the group Technische Maschinenfabrik released a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is called Atlantis and is a clone of the original Atlantis from Imagic. The game is made by Jörg Heyltjes and Christian First.

Commodore Free #35 | In this English pdf, txt, seq, html and d64 magazine the following articles: Editorial, 1541 Ultimate II, News, Commodore Scene VGA adaptor, Natami project and FAQ, Interview with Giedeon Zweijtzer, Interview with Neil Reive, Commodore Free FPS challenge, Evil computers by Lord Ronin and the GeoGlyph review.

AmigaOS 4.1 - Update 1 | Hyperion Entertainment released update 1 for Amiga OS4.1. In this update the following changes: Kernel, more stability and improved memory management. DOS, new system for launching preset programs and improved shared object support. Intuition, improved window support, fading and rendering - including drop shadows. System, new notification system and improved support for external USB devices. Workbench, new and scalable icon set. Python v25. MiniGL V2.2.

Tape Master Pro V1.0 | Richard from TND made a utility for datassette users. With this program you can include a game with an autoboot turbo loader with music and loading picture. The utility comes with full documentation and examples files.

Project One v0.6 | There is a new version available of Project One. Project One can be used to manipulate pictures for the Commodore 64. The program can be used on a Windows computer and can import pictures such as: GIF, JPG and others.

C64 Calender 2010 | Josepzin made a calender for 2010. The calender has a Commodore C64 theme. For example Ghost 'n Goblins, Antiriad, The Great Gianna Sisters, Boulderdash and Ghostbusters. You can download the pdf and print it out. There are English and Spanish versions available.

Games That Weren't | Another update on those missing games. There are 8 new games available from Kayde Software: Ace in the H.O.L.E, Arcane Quest, Horror Atoll, Leopard Lord, Picnic Adventure, The Roundsby Incident, Terror from the Deep and The Swamp. And a major update of Jimmy's Grand Prix. New finds of Reyn Ouwehand music: Flimbos Quest 2 and Caveman Ninja. Other finds: Shove off, Thundercats V1 and The Secret Path.

WHDLoad | WHDLoad offers a way to play diskette games from your hard-disk. New in this update: Football Glory (Black Legend), Embryo (Black Legend), Sim City (Infogrames), Player Manager 2 (Anco), Player Manager (Anco), Kick Off 3 European Challenge (Anco), The New Zealand Story Demo (Taito/Ocean), John Barnes European Football (Krisalis), The Attack of the Green Smelly Aliens from Planet 27b/6 (Alex May), Tubular Worlds (Dongleware), Misja Harolda (MarkSoft), Ingrid's Back! (Level 9) and Lorna (Topo Soft). Improved: Embryo (Black Legend), Kick Off 2 (Anco Software), Misja Harolda (MarkSoft), Kick Off 2 (Anco Software), Thug Life (Essence) and Civilization (Microprose).

Catalypse v1.1 | Andrea Pompili released the game Catalypse v1.1. Version 1.0 was published in 1992 but the game had some small bugs. Andrea has now fixed the bugs and added a level 2 loading screen. The improved game is now available for download.

AmigaOne X1000 | The company A-EON has announced a new hardware platform for running Amiga OS4. The hardware has the following specifications: ATX Formfactor, Dual-core PowerISA v2.04+ CPU, Xena, 7.1 channel HD audio, 4x DDR2, 10x USB 2.0, 1x Gigabit Ethernet, 2x PCIe x16, 2x PCIe x1, 1x Xorro, 2x PCI, 2x RS232, 4x SATA 2, 1x IDE connector, JTAG and Compact Flash. Visit the web page of A-EON for more details.

JavaScript Commodore 64 Emulator | jsc64 is a Commodore 64 emulator written in JavaScript by Tim de Koning. It's a port of the FC64, the Commodore 64 emulator written in Actionscript by Darron Schall and Claus Wahlers. This emulator is meant as a 'proof of concept' and uses the HTML5 Canvas-element to render the Commodore 64 screen layout. It will work on all modern browsers like Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari.

Demalion Dash | TatterDemalion released a new Boulder Dash game called Demalion Dash 1. The game has 20 caves and 6 intermissions. The last caves are not easy and need a lot of practice to get to the exit.

Brain Innovations | Jim Brain has introduced a new web-shop. Jim Brain is well known for his innovating products for Commodore Computers. At the moment the following products are available: The µIEC/SD, a replacement for the 1541 disk-drive that uses a modern memory card for storage. JiffyDOS, the original DOS replacement for serial disk-drives. The µIEC/SD daugther board. The 64NIC, a C64 module with Ethernet connection. The ROM-el, a replacement / adaptor for Commodore ROM chips.

An Amiga Christmas Story | Rockersuke has released a short text adventure for the Amiga. This adventure is a preview of a complete text adventure that will be released later. The adventure is developed with AMOS Professional and includes pictures and audio samples. The adventure can be played with any Amiga computer with 1 MByte RAM or more. Visit the web page for more information.

Lotek64 #32 | In this German-language pdf magazine the following articles: Newsticker, Hobby+Elektronic 2009, Pixelpunch, Death Rally, Kick Off 2 World Cup 2009, C64 Fußballmanager, Arkanoid, Sony PSP, The Bard's Tale, RPG-Perle Terranigma, Blutbad im Splatterhouse and more.

HVSC #52 | The High Voltage SID Collection has been updated. This update: 874 new SIDs, 65 fixed/better rips, 470 SID credit fixes, 174 SID model/clock infos, 17 tunes identified. The whole collection (73 MByte) or the update (4,9 MByte) can be downloaded from the HVSC web page.

VICE v2.2 | VICE is a emulator for the 8-bit Commodore computers. It can be used on many platforms: Unix, Linux, MS-DOS, Win32, OS/2, Acorn RISC OS, BeOS, QNX 6.x, Amiga, GP2X, Mac OS X, AROS64, QNX 4.x, HPUX, Atari Mint, Solaris Express and SkyOS. New features in version 2.2 are: Improved: C128 VDC, VIC-20 and PAL emulation. ReSID's resampler has been optimized. SFX Sound Sampler and SFX Sound Expander emulation. Added: EasyFlash, Digibooster SID, Mega-Cart, Final Expansion cartridge, paddle, lightpen/lightgun emulation, userport joystick adapters.

Games That Weren't | An update from the GTW web page. This time the following games were found: Arkanoid V1, Brainleak (preview), Starglider 2, Toxic (preview), Live and Let Die V1. Cartridge confirmations for the C64GS that never were, 33 new GTW entries added and 15 existing GTW entries updated.

Digital Talk #89 | In this German-language d64 magazine the following articles: Computer Szene, Party-corner, Leserhistory, Talkies und Diskussionen, Hall of Fame, Games-corner, Politikecke, Out of C64 and the Musikbox.

Amiga Virus Encyclopedia | The Amiga Virus Encyclopedia has been updated. This web site dedicated to analysis and descriptions of viruses for the Commodore Amiga computer. The database has now information of more than 500 virusses.

WinUAE v2.0.0 | A new version of the Amiga emulator is now available. In this release the following new features: Improvement an the A500 and unexpanded A1200/CD32 emulation. A2065 ethernet card emulation. Old game protection dongles emulated (Leaderboard, Robocop3, etc..) Full NTSC timing implemented. Single sided PC/Atari ST disk images supported. AVI and wave sound recording improved and much more.

C64 Intros | The web page C64 Intros has added another 300 intros bringing the total to 5300 intro's. Updated groups include: Abnormal, Aron Cracker Crew, Beastie Boys, Depredators, Dualis, Extasy, Holocaust, Impact (US), Laxity, Red Sector Incorporated, Silicon Limited, The Ruling Company, Victims and more!

PS/2 keyboard for CBM/PET | Johannes Eggers made a small interface that makes it possible to connect a PS/2 keyboard to your Commodore CBM or PET computer. You can even reset your PET/CBM by pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del on the keyboard. Visit his blog for all the details.

64Copy v4.43 | 64COPY is an all-purpose DOS and C64 emulator file manager made by Peter Schepers. It specializes in converting and manipulating emulator files between various formats. This version has the following changes: Cursor shows insert or overwrite mode. The disassembler has more options with labels. The file splitter is improved. Many improvements with handling directories. Visit Peter's web page for all the details.

VIC-20 Game/Dev cartridge | A new cartridge is available for the Commodore VIC-20. The cartridge contains a EPROM, a memory decoding circuit and selection switches. The games can be burned in a EPROM and selected with the 5 switches. This means that you can put 32 games inside the EPROM. For developers all the cartridge connections are available for testing and custom memory decoding is also possible. Visit the web page for all the details.

SCACOM #15 | In this German pdf magazine the following articles: News, Die neue 1541 Ultimate, Original oder Kopie?, Commodore Vienna 2009, Big Scale Racing, Gianas Return, PS1 zu CD32 Adapter, Reparatur: Autofeuer-Joystick, Little Computer People, Lunix am C64, Datassette transfer, SX-64, Zack McKracken, Wussten Sie?, 5.25 cover, Game-Rätsel / Game Show, Top und Flops.

xum1541 | Nate Lawson has released a beta version of his xum1541. The xum1541 is a device that makes it possible to connect a Commodore 1541 disk drive to a PC with the help of a USB connection. The xum1541 can be made with a Atmel AT90USBKEY developer's kit. Software is available for Windows and Mac OS X.

The Vague #2 | The Vague is a Englisch diskmag for the Amiga. You can read the magazine on-line or on a real Amiga as a diskmag. In this edition: AROS demomaking, Amiscene 2008/9, The AOS4/MOS scene, Debugging on the Amiga, 68k Linux Coding, Mixing assembler and C. Part 2, Perfect animation and much more.

C64 Endings | The web page c64endings.co.uk has added new endings of Commodore C64 games. The most recent additions are: Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge (Ocean), Warrior (Living Colors Software), Video Meanies (Mastertronic), All Terrain Gardener (Ubik), It's Magic (Protovision) and Superkid in Space (Atlantis Software). There are now more than 450 endings available.

MorphOS on PowerMac G4 | Ralph Schmidt announced in the MorphZone forums that MorphOS will soon include support for Apple's PowerMac G4 range of computers. The PowerMac G4 are not as compact and portable as Mac Minis, but they are more affordable, can be faster and offer expandability option.

Commoradio | The internet radio station Commoradio plays a 1 hour play-list. The music is randomly generated. You can choose between Amiga 32/16 bit music and C64 8-bit music. There is no fancy interface, no presenters, no breaks, just authentic computer music for your ears!

SabreMSN v0.6.0 | James 'jahc' Carroll released an update of his MSN-Messengers program for AmigaOS 3/4 and AROS. In this release: File transfers, this is a alpha version, everything downloads straight to RAM. Incoming buffer is now a ring buffer, which prevent loosing random incoming messages. You can download the latest version of SabreMSN from Jahc's web page.

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