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Temple of Terror - Plus/4 | Csabo (programming) and Chronos (graphics) released the Commodore Plus/4 version of the adventure game Temple of Terror. The original game was released in 1987 for the Commodore C64 and the ZX Spectrum. Csabo removed a programming error and made the game much faster than the original.

Rocket Science - Plus/4 | Bauknecht released a new demo for the Commodore Plus/4. The demo Rocket Science was released at the Evoke 2014 party in Germany where it reached the number 1 place in the All Platform category. The demo is PAL only and is made by Stephan (code) and Ingo (music).

Evo Lution - Plus/4 | At the Arok party BSZ and Stinky of NST presented a Commodore Plus/4 with an hardware extension that makes it possible to play 50 fps animations and 12 bits 44 kHz music from an SD card. The system is called Evo Lution and you can watch an demonstration on YouTube.

Notepad+4 - Plus/4 | Vladimir released an text editor for the Commodore Plus/4. The editor can use the same keyboard combinations as the default BASIC editor. It can load and save SEQ files and has a search function. The program can be uses together with SVS Calc to form a Office suite.

Shack - Plus/4 | Gaia released a chess game for the Commodore Plus/4. The game Shack is a conversion of a chess program from the Commodore 64. It has adjustable difficulty setting (1-9), load/save option and a undo function. The game can be played on a PAL or NTSC machine with 64 kBytes.

Botticelli Bilderdisk #39 | Erich released a new Botticelli Bilderdisk for the Commodore C16 and the Plus/4. This double-sided diskette is filled with pictures in the Botticelli format. The Magica viewer is used to display the pictures. The pictures are a mix of handmade and digitized pictures.

Indoor Soccer Brasil - Plus/4 | The group Absence released the FIFA World Cup Brasil 2014 edition of Indoor Soccer for the Commodore Plus/4. The original game was released in 1986 by Magnificent Seven for the Commodore Plus/4. The game can be played on a PAL machine with 64 kilobytes.

Club Info 134 | In this German language d64 magazine for the Commodore C116, C16 and the Plus/4 the following articles: Tips and Tricks, Computer Spaß, Hardware, Total Eclipse, SVS Calc 2.0, Other systems, NSA, Katze ASCII Print, Meriday in the morning, Dunzhin - Warrior of RAS, A.R.C.O.S. C16, Kristall-Labyrinth, 2048, Flashback, Calculate It, Indiana Jones PETSCII, Going Up PETSCII, Walk Sprite-Animation and Far Cry.

HVTC | The HVTC or High Voltage TED Collection is an collection of music for the Commodore C16, 116 and the Plus/4. The files that are available, are the original programs that produce the music with the TED music chip. At the moment there are 391 files available in the database.

Note-Game - Plus/4 | Champ made his first game on the Commodore Plus/4. The game is written in Basic and is available in the German and English language. In the game you can learn musical notation and earn points. If you have comments on the game you can use the Plus4 World forum.

FloodIt - Plus/4 | Csabo released a Commodore Plus/4 version of the game FloodIt. FloodIt is a logical puzzle game written in machine code and available for PAL and NTSC. The game has 16 levels and a Hall Of Fame.

A.R.C.O.S. - C16 | Last year Baron Ashler released the game A.R.C.O.S. for the Commodore C16 and the Plus/4. The game was written in Basic and sometimes it was a little bit slow. But now SVS made a faster version of the game. In the game you must fight against the aliens. You have the control over the ultra secret weapon called A.R.C.O.S. Besides defeating the aliens you must also save as much spaceman as you can.

Commodore V364 | Rob Clarke has made a video of the Commodore V364 motherboard. The V364 is a extreme rare Commodore and there maybe only 3 or 4 of them in the world. The motherboard was not functional but after replacing a few components it is working again.

2048 - Plus/4 | Csabo released a new game for the Commodore Plus/4. In the game you must slide blocks with numbers. If you connect two blocks with the same numbers the blocks will merge into one. The goal is to reach the magic number 2048. The game is 16 kByte and compatible with PAL and NTSC.

Plus/4 memory map v1.8 | SVS improved his memory map for the Commodore C16, C116 and the Plus/4. This .xls file is a very comprehensive description of the 264 models. Changes in this version: PETSCII codes with CBM+key codes. New tables and command modes for RS232. More information about: ACIA registers, banking routines, OS96, LOAD routines, functions keys, monitor commands and the RT clock.

Club Info 133 | In this German language d64 magazine for the Commodore C116, C16 and the Plus/4 the following articles: Forum, Tips & Tricks, SVS OS 3.2, Computerspass, Hardware, Total Eclipse, SVS Calc 2.0 and other systems.

Flashback - Plus/4 | Methabolix released a new demo for the Commodore Plus/4. The code is written by József (Beast) and the graphics and music are made by Csaba (Unreal). The main part of the demo was already made between 1993 and 1994, and now after 20 years it is completed. The effects in this demo are DYCP, Bobs and MegaDYPP.

Saboteur - C16 | The game Saboteur is developed for computers with at least 48 KByte of RAM. But Luca of the FIRE crew took on the challenge to make the game available for the Commodore C16. He had to drop a few features but you can now play the game on the C16 and a trainer is included.

Text Resizer - C16 / Plus/4 | Miro made a new utility for the Commodore C16 and Plus/4. With this program you can print larger version of the normal text on the screen. The possibilities are: 4x tall & 4x wide, 8x tall & 4x wide, 4x tall & 8x wide and 8x tall & 8x wide.

NST's Monitor Extension - Plus/4 | The NST's Monitor Extension is an extension for the internal Plus/4 software. This expansion gives your more possibilities with TEDMON, scrolling, disk drive and memory management. Changes in this version: Improved RESET/INIT function, Automatic ROM BANK detection, New commands: LA (Print Load and End address), L (Load), V (Verify), S (Save) and a Work Indicator for commands.

Android 2 - Plus/4 | KiCHY release an Commodore Plus/4 conversion of the game Android 2. The original game was made by Ian Thompson in 1983 and was available for the Commodore C64, ZX Spectrum and the Amstrad CPC. The game is arcade game with many robots, a maze, worms and mines. You must kill 5 Millitoids in each level and return to the transporter capsule in time.

A.R.C.O.S. - C16 | Baron Ashler released the game A.R.C.O.S. for the Commodore C16 and the Plus/4. In the game you must fight against the aliens. You have the control over the ultra secret weapon called A.R.C.O.S. Besides defeating the aliens you must also save as much spaceman as you can.

Hires Color 8 | Erich/Unlimited has released a new picture diskette called Hires Color 8. You will find 32 images on the two disk-sides, and all images use the hi-res graphics mode. The picture show is made with the Magica program.

C+4Hires - v2 | C+4Hires is a new picture diskette for the Commodore Plus/4. The diskette is released by Carrion and it contains high resolution pictures converted from the Commodore C64. The original artists are: Deev, Frost, Leon, Electric, Mermaid and Veto.

Warrior of RAS Volume I - Dunzhin | Kichy converted a Commodore C64 game to the Commodore Plus/4. The game Dunzhin is a 2D role playing game. You must enter the dangerous dungeons and fight with many enemies. In the game you must recover the hidden treasure hidden. The levels are always randomly generated, which will ensure a fresh experience each time you choose to play the game.

Club Info 132 | In this German language d64 magazine for the Commodore C116, C16 and the Plus/4 the following articles: Forum, Scene Focus, Tips & Tricks, Uebung/Umrechn, Banner/Swift, Sgt. Helmet Zero, Momento, The Frog, Hasenjagd, Robo Knight, Tiere Erraten, M.A.H.V., Computer Spass, Hardware: Keyboard, Games/Users Guide: Championship Wrestling, ScapeGhost and SVS-Cal.

The Frog - C16 | The Frog is a game for the Commodore C16 made by Jens Engel. The game is written in machine code and can be used on a C16 (16 KB version) or Plus/4 (32 KB version). You can also use a level editor to make your own levels in the games.

NST's Monitor Extension | The NST's Monitor Extension is an extension for the internal Plus/4 software. Features: More functions for TEDMON. The use of illegal codes. Scroll screen in both directions. Disk drive memory editing. Disk block editing. Clear memory function and much more. On the web page for The NST's Monitor Extension you can read more about this system.

Memento - Plus/4 | Memento is a new game for the Commodore Plus/4 (PAL) made by the group Assassins. The program is written by Skoro, the graphics are from KiCHY and the music was made by Csabo. The game is a memory game and has 20 levels. The difficulty will increase with each level.

Plus Graph 2.0 - Plus/4 | The Fantastic Italian Research Enterprise (FIRE) released an improved version of Plus Graph from Tri Micro for the Commodore Plus/4. The Plus Graph program was one of the programs that was intended to be included in the Plus/4, but the program was never built in to the 3+1 ROMs.

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