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Adventures In Time | Kichy of Assassins released a new game for the Commodore Plus/4. Adventures In Time is a platform game and can be played with the cursor keys or a joystick. The music in the game was made by Luca. You can download the game or watch the YouTube video of the game.

YAPE v0.86 | Gaia released an update of his Plus/4 emulator YAPE. In this version support for memory watch points (read, write, execute). Auto detect for best full screen mode, overall speed improvement and a couple of bugs removed.

Plus/4 ROM map | A new version of SVS's Plus/4 ROM map is now available. Version 1.6 has lots of little improvements and bugfixings. The xls file can be viewed with Microsoft Excel or Open Office Calc and has the following sections: OS, RAM, TED, Graphics mode, Bus, IO table and PET ASCII.

Hires Color | Erich released another Hires Color disk. This time a 2 sided disk with 32 converted high resolution images for the C16 and Plus/4 computer. The images are displayed using the Magica viewer.

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.

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.)

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.

Plus/4 Ftp archive | A new Ftp archive is available with Plus/4 demo's, documentation, games, magazines, parties and tools. The archive will be kept up to date by Luca. All changes are available in the txt file in the main folder.

Thrust - C16 | Matt Young programmed the Commodore 16 version of the game Thrust in 1987. But the game had a bug with the scrolling of the screen. Matt has now released the improved version including the source code.

Plus4IDE v1.64 | There is an update available of Plus4IDE (Plus/4 Integrated Development Environment). The update concist of bugfixes and cosmetic improvements. For people who want to know more about Plus4IDE or want to contribute can also download the source-code.

Maze of Mazes | RoePipi released a new game for the Commodore Plus/4. You can play the mazes or build your own! Features: Built-in maps (38). 4-Way infinite scrolling. Stairways and goal objects. Including a maze editor. 3 Different sounds with adjustable volume.

Yape 0.84 | There is a update of the Plus/4 emulator Yape available: Implemented a simple assembler in the external monitor. Tape head adjust dialog for wave samples. Optionally invert tape sample input signal. Tape fast forward and rewind in 15 sec steps. TAP's with non-native encoding now supported (C64, VIC20 frequencies) and bugfixes (sound, tape).

Container - Plus/4 | Chronos made a conversion of the Commodore 64 game Container for the Commodore Plus/4. Container is a C64 entry for the Minigame Compo edition 2009. Originally coded by Charles Grey. Container is smart and cute action game in just 1 Kilobyte.

Club Info 112 | In this German d64 magazine for the Commodore C116, C16 and the Plus/4 the following articles: Forum, Tips en Tricks, Programs, Computer Spaß, Hardware, Games guide. On the disk are more than 10 programs available for the C16 and or Plus/4.

C16 - Highscore challenge | The Commodore16 web page has started a challenge. You can post your high scores. There are a few rules: 1. No Cheating, 2. Screen shot of your score, 3. Must be a C16/Plus4 game, 4. Most important, don't take it seriously and have fun.

Plus4IDE v1.63 | A new version of Plus4IDE, the Commodore Plus/4 Integrated Development Environment is now available. In this version: Better documentation. Re-definable shortcut keys. Window position is remembered. CTRL+TAB allows cycling between tabs. Any editor window can be closed. Comment/uncomment code block works more intuitively. The program can be used on a Windows computer.

SVS-Calc 1.0 | SVS-Calc 1.0 is a spreadsheet system for the Plus/4. The program is written by Valentino and gives you an intuitive interface, powerful calculation engine, graphics generator, color themes, and much more. You can download the spreadsheet program from the Plus/4 World web page.

Csabo's Gfx Edit v0.64 | The Csabo's graphics editor has been updated to V0.64. This program can be used to make images or logos for the Plus/4 on a PC (Windows). In this version: Preview window added. Screen update optimization for faster performance. PRG file import and export works better, saves extra color information like Multi-Botticelli. A few minor bugfixes.

Yape 0.83 | A new version of the Plus/4 emulator is available. In this version the following changes: SID card DigiBlaster (8bit DAC) support. Immediate exit on pressing F12 now optional. Separate version for Win9x / NT machines. Occasional GCR data corruption problem fixed. The new version can be downloaded from Attila's web page.

C16 - Plus/4 books | There are more books about the Commodore C16 and Plus/4 available for download. The latest additions are: Commodore Plus/4 User's Manual. Commodore Plus/4 Integrated Software Manual. Write your own adventure programs. GEOS Inside and Out. The Commodore 16 Games Book. Beginners Micro Guides - Commodore 16. An Introduction to Basic - Part 1. C16/Plus 4 Reference Book.

C16-Plus/4 BASIC programming | On the Commodore16.com web page you can now download 4 pdf's about programming BASIC on the C16 and Plus/4. In these pdf's the following articles are included: Slow and Fast, Restore key, Window Command, Screen Codes / TED Text modes, Default and your own Character Set, Escape codes, ROM, Kernal jump table, 3-plus-1 and TedMon.

Yape 0.82 | A new version of YAPE is available. In this release a couple of bug fixed and performance improvement. The changes are: Emulator optimization (up to 30% speed increase). Improved the tape system. Bug solved in the CPU level of the 1551. XP/Vista theme support restored. Solved a TED idle cycle read inaccuracy. The Plus/4 emulator can be downloaded from Attila's web page.

D64 Recall | D64 Recall is a collection of C16 and Plus/4 software. This time Bushrat made a collection of 380 diskettes. Besides games there are Graphics programs, Viewers, Tools and Recipes.

Club Info 110 | In this German diskette magazine (d64) for the 264 range the following articles: Forum, Tipps and Tricks, Programme, Computerspaß, Hardware, Games Guide and Systeme.

Csabo's Gfx Edit v0.63 | The Csabo's graphics editor has been updated to V0.63. This program can be used to make images or logos for the Plus/4 on a PC (Windows). In this version: Copy/paste in the current drawing mode. Fixed problems with pixels on right/bottom. Fixed problem with the drawing mode menu. Saving color maps in odd sizes is now working.

limiTED 2 | This is the second limiTED compo. limiTED is a on-line demo challenge, with three categories: 64 bytes, 128 bytes and 1024 bytes. And the program must run on a unmodified Commodore 264 series computer. You can send in your entries until April 4th 2009.

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.

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.

Csabo's Gfx Edit v0.62 | Csaba (Csabo) has released an update for his graphics program. With this program you can draw / edit graphics on a PC (Windows OS) and make a graphics file for the Plus/4. A help-file and the full source code (Delphi 5) is included.

Club Info 108 | In this German d64 magazine the following articles: Forum, Tips en Tricks, Programs, Computer Spaß, Hardware, Games guide. On the disk are more than 10 programs available for the C16 and or Plus/4.

Commodore16.com | The Commodore16.com web page has had an update. This web page is a must for the Commodore C16 fans. On these pages you will find news items, articles, a forum, documentation, software and games. Many games have reviews and can be played on-line with the help of the Minus4j emulator.

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