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Commodore Free #27 | In this English pdf, txt, seq, html and d64 magazine the following articles: News. RGCD Kickstart 16 cartridge. Interviews with: Cincinati Commodore Computer Club, Simon Quernhorst and Simon Owen. GFX and bigger screen on the vic 20. Understanding the Vic 20 ram expansion. Comments from: Shaun, Nigel and Peter. In the beginning Part 12.

Quikman 8K (VIC-20) | Robert Hurst made an improved version of his game Quickman. For this game, Quickman 8k, you will need an Commodore VIC-20 with an 8k memory expansion. You can also use the VICE emulator. The improved version has better (software) sprites and more features. You can download the game, sources and the cartridge binaries.

Press Play On Tape | PPOT will be performing at The Rock. The event is in Copenhagen, Denmark. The supporting act will be Reyn Ouwehand. Reyn is an internationally acclaimed performer and producer and the composer of famous tunes like Last Ninja 3 and Flimbo's Quest. Tickets are 110 Denmark Kroner or about 15 Euro's.

SEUCK Vault | The Seuck vault has 6 new entries. For the Amiga two new games are added: Piequest and Lost Treasure. Both games were made by Ricky Derocher. And for the C64 there are 4 new games: Imaginator v3 by Richard Bayliss, Legion of the Damned by Anthony Burns, R-Type Reverse and Renevator both by Simon Peterson. All the games can be downloaded from the web page.

Giddy3 | Giddy3 is a retro-style scrolling puzzle / platform game. As Giddy, the egg-shaped super hero, you must solve a load of puzzles. You will meet odd characters and use strange objects. But avoid the giant robot stompers! This game is available for AmigaOS 4, Windows and the Nintendo Wii.

Blok Copy | Blok Copy is a new game for the PET / CBM written by T.M.R. Bizzmo and SLL helped with the music and graphics. Blok Copy is a puzzle game were you have to arrange tiles. The game can be played on a PET / CBM with 40 columns and 8 kbyte memory or with the VICE emulator. You can download the game or order the game on cassette or diskette.

Ten-Ten | Jeffrey Daniels made a new game for the (unexpanded) Commodore VIC-20. The game is called Ten-Ten and is a puzzle game. Your objective to align a universe of dots. The game is written in BASIC and uses a joystick to play.

Games That Weren't | An update from the GTW web page. This time the following games were found: High Rise Horror, Colony, Armageddon, Hip Hop, Guardians of Time, Ninja Grannies, Shutdown, Sooty and Sweep 2, Space Ace (Unofficial), Crystal Castles, Donkey Kong JR, Missile Command, Mario Bros, Stargate, Typo Attack and Vanguard. Also some entries were updated: Chaos Lands, Covboy's Quest and Thomas The Tank Engine 2.

C-One / Minimig | Version 1.29 of the Minimig core for the C-One is available. With this version the hard disk option is now working for the Minimig. Tobias Gubener also improved the sync behaviour of the bridge between the C-One board and the extender card. This fixes start-up problems of the Minimig. Peter Wendrich made a technical document for the C-One. Peter is also working on the Chameleon project. Chameleon will be a cartridge for the Commodore 64 with: VGA, REU, Turbo, MMC/SD and disk drive emulation.

Island of Secrets - VIC20 | FAT40 and Orion made a VIC20 version of the game Island of Secrets. This is a adventure game and was originally written by Jenny Tyler and Les Howarth. To play the game you need VIC20 with a 24K RAM expansion or the VICE emulator. Besides the game itself also the manual, clues, map and the original book are available for download. As a bonus the adventure is in 40 columns!

AmigaOS4 - ctorrent | A new version (2.0) of ctorrent is available for download. This is a client for the BitTorrent p2p-network. Changes in this version are: New layout, The drag'n'drop issue is fixed, Total download and upload statistics are added, Horizontal resize of window added. To use ctorrent you need AmigaOS4.

LDX#40 Live | The musician LDX#40 did a live radio concert on Radio X. There is a mp3 recording (08.02.09) available for download. LDX#40 makes electronic music with a C64.

WhackE VIC-20 | Aleksi Eeben and Kweepa developed a game for the Commodore VIC-20. It is a enhanced version of the 1K game Whack. Find your way through the dungeon levels and bring the Amulet back to the surface. Watch out for fierce guardian Demons and other creatures living in the dungeons. The game can be played on a unexpanded VIC-20 or with the VICE emulator. You can use keys (ZXOK) or a joystick.

Commodore Free #26 | In this English pdf, txt, seq, html and d64 magazine the following articles: News, Tap file creation, Interviews with: Tom Rogers, Shaun Mc Manus and Robert Hurst. The Brain Micro µIEC, Mossycon5, In the beginning 10, On the Road by Robert Bernardo, DCN-2692 Floppy Controller, Robert Hurst Programmer's Delight and the Quikman Source code.

PLA Replacement for C64 | Old ICs are harder to get. The sollution would be to make new ones. But now there is a alternative. The web page FPGA Arcade has developed an 28 pin module with an FPGA. This FPGA can be programmed to simmulate hardware. Arnim Läuger makes programs for this module and has now made a PLA for the Commodore C64. You can buy a programmed module or buy an empty one and program it yourself. You can find lots of other FPGA information on this web page too.

Retro Action Magazine #1 | There is a new English pdf magazine about retro games. The first edition is 62 pages and has the following item: Retro remakes, Retro respect, Zenobi software, Reviews, DOS-box, AMsoft and much more. The magazine can be downloaded from the Retro Action web page.

AmigaSYS 4 - Xbox version | AmigaSYS 4 is now available for the Xbox. The AmigaSYS is a fully pre-configured AmigaOS system. To install, you'll need an original AmigaOS CD. The AmigaSYS pack contains every important program, which could be required by the user. Besides the Xbox version the SYS 4 package is also available for AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, Linux, MacOS, PDA and Windows.

Retro fair | The Bonami game-computer museum organises a retro computer fair. There will be many exhibitors who sell games, consoles, computers and much more. The fair is in Harderwijk, the Netherlands on 4 April 2009. The entrance is 1 euro. Go to the Bonami web page for all the details.

C64 Longplays | There are 20 new game videos available on the C64 Longplays web page. If you want to see how a game ends you can watch the video. A few examples are: Army Moves, Delta, Game Over, Nemesis the Warlock, Tetris and Yogi Bear.

AmiBlitz3 | There is an update for Amiblitz3 available. In this update: Alpha version of NTUI. Bugfixes here and there. Alpha version of midimod.include. Improved strptr.include. Added image_Filter, useful.include and v43+.definitions.bb2. Visit the web page for all the details.

Vandalism #50 | The 50th Golden edition of Vandalism is available. This English disk magazine from Onslaught and Wrath Designs has the following articles: Headline news, The Awards, World of Demos, Less is More, The mini Awards, Vicious Routines, Chameleon, 1541U, Cracker's map, Anything goes, State and fate, X2008, Oxyron 2008, Silesia and BFP. Interviews with Andreas Larsson, Tricket and iAN CooG.

Retro Computer Dag - 2009 | The Retro Computer Dag is the largest retro computer event in the Netherlands. On this day (29 April 2009) you can buy all sorts of games, consoles and computers. Examples are: Atari, Commodore, Amiga, Sinclair, Philips, Sharp, MSX, BBC, Amstrad, New Brain, Intellivision, Vectrex, Coleco, Nintendo, Sega, Dreamcast and Sony Playstation 1.
Free entrance and free parking! Visit the web page of the Retro Computer Dag for all the details.

xum1541 | Nate Lawson is working on a X1541 cable that has a USB connection. With the xum1541 and the OpenCBM software it is possible to transfer data to and from a 1541 disk drive and a modern PC. It supports high-speed parallel cables, so you can use nibtools and make low-level images from a diskette. The xum1541 is based on a Atmel developers board and a small pcb for connecting the 1541 disk drive.

Amiga Remix | The web page AmigaRemix.com added new remixes to their collection. This month there were 20 new mp3 files added. A few examples are: Gummisnoppis, TURRICAN 2009 MetalMedley, Twilight Warp, Lotus 2 Level 2, Lost Patrol Remix and Spaceballs.

Yape 0.81 | A new version of Yape is available for download. In this version of the Plus/4 emulator the following changes: CPU watch frame in monitor window. File association via the menu now works under Vista. Solved sound reset problem for save states. Ironed out a joystick set-up bug. A few bugs fixed when recording to tape. There is also a 64-bit Windows version available.

Recorded Amiga Games | If you always wanted to know how an Amiga game ended but couldn't get to the end? You can now watch the game as a video. On the web page of Recorded Amiga Game there are more than 500 high quality videos available for download.

Commodore16.com | On the web page Commodore16.com are dozens of new articles and videos added. If you want to learn more about the C16 you should take a look at this web page.

Knight'n'Grail | Knight'n'Grail is a new game made by Mix256. It is still a preview but it is playable. You can download the game to try it out.

Mega Cart | The Mega-Cart is a collection of games (179), handy utilities (24) and a software-configurable 32K RAM expansion. It can be used with the Commodore VIC-20 (PAL and NTSC).
The Mega Cart is in production and shipping starts in February. You can order it for USD 99.95 from the web page.

KEGS | KEGS is a emulator of the Apple IIgs computer, running on many different platforms, including the Amiga. KEGS emulates the 65816 processor, 5.25 and 3.5 disk-drives, Apple II sound and all Apple IIgs graphics modes. Keyboard, mouse and joystick are supported.
For KEGS you need Amiga OS 4.x and the ROM images from an Apple IIgs.

SJLOAD | SJLOAD is a C64/C64DTV software fast loader. It works with Jiffy-enabled disk drives and uses the Jiffy protocol.
SJLOAD speed is about 15% faster than a normal Jiffy kernal. SJLOAD is loosely based on VDOS by Edward Carroll and improved by 1570.

OWB 3.4 | Jörg Strohmayer released a new version of his web browsers for the Amiga. In this new version: Implemented the context menus for AmigaOS 4.x. Increased the number of items in the pop-up menu. AmigaOS 4.x port of OWB Galekid. The new version can be downloaded from the web page of Jörg.

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